About this episode

James Lindsay discusses the dangers of the 'woke right' and their embrace of Marxist ideas.

James Lindsay once exposed the woke left’s insanity with a hoax. Now he’s exposed part of the right for bashing liberty and even embracing Marxist ideas.To prove it, he sent a conservative magazine a revised version of "The Communist Manifesto." They published it! He calls them the “woke right" because they "behave like the tyrants of the woke left." In this podcast, Lindsay explains why they’re a problem. We also discuss why capitalism is hated, and how normal people fall for dangerous ideas.

People in this episode

Host: John Stossel

Guest: James Lindsay

Topics covered

• academic hoaxes
• woke mind virus
• Marxism
• liberty
• capitalism
• political ideologies

Keywords

• James Lindsay
• woke left
• woke right
• Marxism
• capitalism
• academic hoaxes
• liberty

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: conservative magazine

Books & works: The Communist Manifesto

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