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This episode explores the concept of seizing the means of production within various totalitarian frameworks.

New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 160 At the heart of the Communist project is "seizing the means of production." But what does this really mean? Is it just taking control of factories and farms and "expropriating the expropriators," as Marx had it, or is there something deeper? In this fascinating episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay takes a unique look at the concept of seizing the means of production in terms of taking control of the production of humanity itself within different totalitarian schema. For the Communists, it's economic; for the Fascists, it's nationalist; and for the Nazis, it's racial production they're seizing, all with the purpose of remaking man into what he was always supposed to be. Join him for this fascinating look into the real evils of totalitarianism in a way few have ever seen them. Latest from New Discourses Press! The Queering of the American Child: https://queeringbook.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…

People in this episode

Host: James Lindsay

Topics covered

• Communism
• totalitarianism
• means of production
• economic control
• nationalism
• racial production

Keywords

• Communism
• totalitarianism
• means of production
• James Lindsay
• economic control
• Fascism
• Nazism

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Organizations: New Discourses, New Discourses Press

Books & works: The Queering of the American Child

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