About this episode

James Lindsay explores the prelapsarian fantasies of Communists and Nazis and their implications for totalitarianism.

New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 161 Totalitarian projects are peculiar. They're obsessed with telling us who man is and then controlling who man can become from their unique theories about our true nature. Within each, though, is a particular fantasy about who man is outside of sin (and what defines the nature of sin and depravity). The theological word, at least in Christian circles, for this sinless man is "prelapsarian man," that is, man before the Fall. In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay explores the prelapsarian fantasies of Communists and Nazis and discusses how they inform the thinking of these two totalitarian cousins. Join him for a uniquely deep look into the totalitarian mindset and the strange fantasies of Communism and Nazism. Join us for the Preserving Liberty Conference at Sea!: https://ndcruise.com Support New Discourses: https://newdiscourses.com/support Follow New Discourses on other platforms: https://newdiscourses.com/subscribe Follow James Lindsay: https://linktr.ee/conceptualjames © 2026 New Discourses. All rights reserved. #NewDiscourses #JamesLindsay #totalitarianism

People in this episode

Host: James Lindsay

Topics covered

• totalitarianism
• prelapsarian man
• Communism
• Nazism
• human nature
• sin
• depravity

Keywords

• totalitarianism
• prelapsarian
• Communism
• Nazism
• human nature
• sin
• depravity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Discourses, Preserving Liberty Conference, Communists, Nazis

Books & works: Totalitarianism and Fantasies of the Sinless Man

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