James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames)

When we talk about the pendulum swinging, you probably imagine it swinging in a very simple back and forth: it goes Left, it comes back Right to roughly the same extreme. This is not how the dialectical operative understands or uses the pendulum swing. The gif below is closer. ...

Perhaps against my better judgment, I'll offer some initial thoughts on what we can actually do to reduce radicalism now, like concrete action. (Note: "we" means many things here and in some cases does mean your participation is required and in others is more royal and aspirational.) Some disclai...

People struggle to place Fascism as "Left" or "Right" because it's a Left-wing (Progressive) movement using regressive (coded Right-wing) means as the basis for power consolidation so that it can achieve Progress. Similar is true for Communism but in reverse....

I think we need a thread about "Election" and totalitarian ideologies like Communism. Communism always sells itself as being the champion of "the people" or "the oppressed," and then it speaks for them and uses them to obtain power, usually destroying them along the way. 🧵...

Last night, prompted by a superchat question, @timcast indicated that he doesn't really like it when I talk about Operation Christian Nationalism because he doesn't think it's relevant or important because Biden has power or something. This is a common misconception. Thread....