Hegel, Wokeness, and the Dialectical Faith of Leftism

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3 жыл бұрын

The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 37
Is Critical Race Theory Marxist, as many insist, or is it not? What is the relationship between Marxism, neo-Marxism (Critical Theory), and Wokeness? All three criticize one another, and yet all three have a great deal obviously in common. Is there some common underlying thread between these clearly similar yet obviously different worldviews? The answer is yes, and by tracing back to one of the most influential speculative idealist philosophers of the early 19th century, namely George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, we can gain a great deal of insight into how these decidedly leftist movements-the Marxist Old Left, the neo-Marxist New Left, and the intersectional Woke Left-share at least one deeper philosophical architecture in common. From Hegel, the Left since his time has, wittingly and not, adopted several of the pillars of Hegelian philosophy, these including his statism, historicism, and, much more importantly, his dialectical approach and metaphysical worldview. In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, James Lindsay takes a long, deep dive into the ways that Hegel's philosophy is at the root of the entire "Dialectical Left" since, naming the dialectic the "operating system" of all activist Leftism since the early 1800s.
In this episode, Lindsay takes considerable time explaining Hegel's view of dialectical thought and then reveals in many examples, reaching up to the present day, how consistently the dialectic appears as the functional underpinning of Leftism ever since, at the latest, the 1830s. He makes the case that Leftism since Hegel thinks dialectically, moves dialectically, and applies dialectical thought not just to its targets but to everything, including itself and even its own dialectic. He then switches gears and explains how the dialectic is central to Hegel's underlying Hermetic (or alchemical) worldview and explains his mystical metaphysics so that this long arc of Leftist activism can be understood as evolving denominations within a single religious faith. With this theoretical groundwork laid, he then tackles how Hegel's historicism and statism arise as key features of his philosophy, with both of these characterizing activist Leftism up to the present day. Join him for his longest and most in-depth discussion yet, taking on how Hegel is a key progenitor of communism, liberationism, and ultimately Wokeness, how this philosophy must be understood so that it can be countered, and why it should be thought of in the same way that Hegel thought of it: as a religion in its own right, with its own notion of deity, metaphysical commitments, soteriology, and eschatology.
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@queeneartha9871
@queeneartha9871 2 жыл бұрын
I majored in black studies in college and read Black Feminist Thought. Was a black feminist. As I listen to you breakdown quotes, I’m searching for them in the book and seeing that in college years ago I’ve highlighted a lot of the quotes you’re reading. I’m like 😲🤯. It’s a trip learning from your videos why this stuff just didnt sound right. Learning the roots. Getting the tea. Thank you so much for these videos!
@steffkriegthegreat3435
@steffkriegthegreat3435 Жыл бұрын
You state that you "[were] a black feminist." I would be curious to know what the impetus was that led you to move away from that ideology.
@eldermillennial8330
@eldermillennial8330 Жыл бұрын
The ultimate question for the deconstructionist cultural Hegelians: Why is THIS ONE white guy the ONLY one who is ultimately mostly correct out of all others? Without him there’s NO CRT, no Marxism, no Leftism whatsoever past the vague anarchical crudities of Rousseau and Robespierre. Rousseau is very much the master mould model for the modern ghetto Black and White Trash absent father, by the way. What good have ANY of these Parasitoids done ANYONE?
@Tadesan
@Tadesan Жыл бұрын
You a sucker. You got taken advantage of. I can only imagine how many people you have hurt in the last decades. Did you mutilate your son? Shame on you.
@vaughncassidy5242
@vaughncassidy5242 Жыл бұрын
It takes a very strong person to admit to themselves that perhaps they listened and embraced wrong teachings. I have nothing but immense respect for you.
@dhmossedios2194
@dhmossedios2194 Жыл бұрын
Respect!! Its really hard to notice and admit that you have been lied. We have to inform people about this stuff
@LuIsSaNcHeZ510
@LuIsSaNcHeZ510 Жыл бұрын
4 hours might seem long, but once you’ve listened to it you’ll realize it’s actually an incredibly distilled and condensed masterclass. Thank you James.
@comentedonakeyboard
@comentedonakeyboard Жыл бұрын
I think it was Schopenhauer, who suspected that Hegel (ab)used his endless winding Style to hide the emptiness of his thoughts. So James does a great job here.
@philosophicaltool5469
@philosophicaltool5469 Жыл бұрын
--- Me - "to completely understand the woke/Marxist(s) agenda, how it operates and its metaphysical basis. Which are shown to be horrid and baseless respectively.
@catatafish22
@catatafish22 11 ай бұрын
​@@comentedonakeyboard Schopenhauer and Hegel had massive beef. They both lectured at the same university... during Schopenhauer's induction (they would test new professors by making them conduct a mock lecture to the entire faculty, then the profressors would pose as students asking questions... trial by fire). During this induction/test, Hegel asked Schopenhauer an extremely stupid medical question (I think it was medical, don't quote me on this). The question was based on an extremely flawed premise which could be easily pointed out by a teenager. Schopenhauer debunked Hegel's presumption quite easily, the medical professor agreed with Schopenhauer and so Schopenhauer passed the test... (again this detail escapes me, so don't quote me on it.. but its the general jist) This was the beginning of a long running beef, because 1. Hegel tried to stump Schopenhauer with an embarrasingly stupid question. And 2. the fact that his question was so stupid indicated to Schopenhauer that Hegel was poorly trained in the stem fields. This meant Schopenhauer disliked Hegel both for being disprespected by him, and his lack of knowledge in the sciences... Schopenhauer was a very traditionalist philosopher, and there was a time where extensive knowledge in the sciences was considered a pre-requisite for being a good philosopher... so in short, Schopenhauer did not respect Hegel as a philosopher. Again, I forget the exact details so don't quote me... But I believe Schopenhauer purposely conducted classes in the same time slots as Hegel (not sure why, perhaps to try and out do him, or maybe to conduct an experiment on how influencial Hegel was)... Inevitably no one attended Schopenhauer's lectures because everyone was so starstruck by Hegel's 'rockstar' status at the time. There's a good creator who went in to depth about this story... have a look here if you're interested - I'm not a huge fan of Schopenhauer's pessimistic philosophy, however one thing I can respect is his integrity to the discipline... and most importantly it's a big tell on why everything which followed Hegel has so many logical holes. If you're creating theory and you don't have a core understanding of how the world works... your philosophy is going to yield some pretty crappy results. I definitely believe in Hegel's idea of the dialectic - it's an undeniable truism... however most of his other ideas are pretty trash. Also, his conception of the dialectic is not really that groundbreaking. Many people would have observed it and eventually someone would have articulated it... Hegel just happened to be the one who articulated it first and he did a good job of spreading the concept... It's kinda like the iPhone - the invention was inevitable. Many companys were working on hand held touch phones and many got really close to developing a good working model... Apple just happened to get there first. Any other tech company could have made something as groundbreaking as the iPhone, but as fate went... Apple got there first. The same would have happened for articulating Hegel's dialectic. It was just bound to happen. I really don't think he's particularly special in any way
@comentedonakeyboard
@comentedonakeyboard 11 ай бұрын
@@catatafish22 if i remember corectly Kar Popper wrote (somewhere in the Hegel chapter of the open society and its enemys) that Hegel used his political connections to the prussian state to promote his career.
@catatafish22
@catatafish22 11 ай бұрын
@@comentedonakeyboard that makes sense, because I just rewatched the video. He published a paper claiming it was only physically possible for our universe to hold 7 celestial bodies 🤣… like even for his time that was retarded, the dwarf planet was discovered pretty shortly after. Cool book, I just googled it. The author indicts Plato, Hegel and Marx for relying on historicism to inform their philosophies… this is the exact definition which Weltgeist uses to define Hegel - ‘more of a historian than a philosopher’. Either his analysis is sharp af, or he was inspired by the book. Either way, Weltgeist probably has the best philosophical analysis I’ve heard. He summed up BGE, Genealogy and a few other Nietzsche books each in roughly an hour. So concise and easy to understand… I never thought it was possible to make N’s work easy to digest
@stevenrichardson1843
@stevenrichardson1843 2 жыл бұрын
Only Thomas Sowell ever engaged my interest consistently for this amount of time just by talking about ideas. I got the feeling Tom knew how good he was. I don't think James realises how important his voice is or how much he's changing thought out here in the real world.
@6Sparx9
@6Sparx9 Жыл бұрын
It seems like Sowell got his glib attitude directly from Friedman. It's almost like he has the secret knowledge that the Anoited has the secret knowledge.. I wonder, being he was a raging marxist during his years under Friedman, if he would joking characterize himself as the synthesis? We are indebted to Sowell's works, they don't get nearly enough exposure.
@shannonm.townsend1232
@shannonm.townsend1232 Жыл бұрын
@@6Sparx9 for a minute I thought you meant John Milton
@6Sparx9
@6Sparx9 Жыл бұрын
@@shannonm.townsend1232 Another fine Milton, bit ill fix up the confusion now
@shannonm.townsend1232
@shannonm.townsend1232 Жыл бұрын
@@6Sparx9 The finer, I should say.
@6Sparx9
@6Sparx9 Жыл бұрын
@@shannonm.townsend1232 and I too shall say that marble is finer than granite, and let us leave it at that. Yet, it begs the question; to what end?
@robgreene9615
@robgreene9615 3 жыл бұрын
James, I am an Environmental Studies student and we are constantly provided with theories that do not explain the underlying theories. It is expected that the foundation should be accepted even when I provide evidence that rejects the hypothesis. This vlog has really helped me to understand the thinking that is being forced on me. Thank you! I called a leftist friend of mine on his dialectic thinking and his response was "now that you know the secret knowledge I hope you will use it for good". You have hit the nail on the head and removed the wool from my eyes.
@spambot_gpt7
@spambot_gpt7 Жыл бұрын
@robgreene9615 I think the dialectic is not that important. The main principle: Mind over matter. "I know the Truth and reality should bend to that." Dialectic is basically just a pseudo-logical confusion tactic to move things in the direction you want. A is the status quo. B is some made up reason the status quo is bad/incomplete/imperfect. C is my suggestion for fixing the world. Then I say A,B => C. It looks like a logical chain. But it really is just free association. It's a bit confusing to talk about it too much because its intent is to confuse. That's why "the Dialectic" has no fixed direction. It is just a pseudo-logic tool for scamming gullible people. So forget about the dialectic. Focus on the lack of REAL evidence for the benefit of societal experiments and power grabs. Also, concerning pseudo-logic, there was a really good article on James' Website called "Psychopathy and the origins of Totalitarism". Check it out! Also, could you give some details about what your friend said and what theories you are pressured to accept? I'm interested!
@6Sparx9
@6Sparx9 Жыл бұрын
OP I think you missed an important part of the HegDial framework - 54:45 "You can't understand the particulars without understanding the whole"
@fastinbulvis2223
@fastinbulvis2223 Жыл бұрын
@@spambot_gpt7 Speaking of pseudlo-logic.
@FlashArc
@FlashArc Жыл бұрын
​@@spambot_gpt7yeah but their feelings don't care about your facts, so we need another answer. May I suggest putting them in situations to be eaten by their own? Driving down the zombie hoard by piecemeal?
@spambot_gpt7
@spambot_gpt7 Жыл бұрын
@@FlashArc Well, the real antidote is the one thing they fear most: Any kind of standards. Intellectual. Moral. Behavioral. If they eat themselves, they are still in the initiative. Instead, we have to retake the institutions and enforce a meritocracy that sidelines them completely.
@bfranciscop
@bfranciscop 3 жыл бұрын
"If we could only get rid of all the problems, we could have the perfect society" What if all the problems are people? This is the reality they _always_ come up against.
@ericb2103
@ericb2103 3 жыл бұрын
This is why gulags existed and why their modern form, cancel culture, exists. Systems predicated upon the perfect citizen cannot function with an imperfect citizenry because they have no built in mechanisms to moderate the impact of the imperfect citizen, unlike systems predicated upon imperfect citizens that inherently moderate the deleterious effects resulting from the imperfection of the citizenry. Societal systems that presume a perfect citizenry can only purge the imperfect citizen, or become unstable and eventually collapse, because they lack the means to mitigate the impact of imperfect citizens upon society.
@mamachicken4602
@mamachicken4602 3 жыл бұрын
Christians (at least the mainstream Christians, not Oneida-type Christians) have been trying to argue this for many years. We will never have utopia nor a workers' paradise because the people who make up those societies are all sinners. The problem is our human nature. When all the workers form their own paradise, that paradise will last about 30 minutes. Then it will cease to be paradise because our sin (which Christians believe we all inherit) will begin to manifest.
@eddiedelisio
@eddiedelisio 3 жыл бұрын
See Thomas sowell “a conflict of visions”
@justifiably_stupid4998
@justifiably_stupid4998 3 жыл бұрын
Hegel was a madman. He might say that a problem arises when floods kill humans. Therefore, humans should become more like floods in order to eliminate the contradictions that result in death.
@bfranciscop
@bfranciscop 3 жыл бұрын
@@ericb2103 Especially since the leadership is composed of the same imperfect citizens.
@markkaravan4245
@markkaravan4245 3 жыл бұрын
0:40 Tweeting about Hegel gets you in trouble 2:23. Reading from Critical Race Theory: An Introduction 4:30. James’ goal: to teach you the Dialectic 10:00 Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis 11:45 Marcuse’s views on negative thinking 17:00 Young Hegelians 24:00 Engels: Hegel wasn’t ready for prime time 29:30 Marx’s dialectic 33:00 Hegel’s contribution to the dialectic 38:00 Failures of Marxism in the 20th century 42:09 The Woke incarnation of the dialectic 49:10 Marcuse’ take on the dialectic 57:20 Marcuse’s take on democracy 1:01:05 Post-Hegelianism / Post-Marxism 1:08:18 Patricia Hill Collins’ Black Feminist Thought 1:17:28 bell hooks’ Feminist Theory 1:21:50 Kim Crenshaw’s Seeing Race Again 1:24:40 Critical Turn in Education 1:27:50 Allison Bailey’s Tracking Privilege, Preserving Pushback 1:31:38 Henry Giroux’s teaching agenda 1:33:06 A few more points 1:34:15 structural determinism 1:37:00 Intersectional Dialectic 1:42:00 Aufhaben, the tool 1:46:10 Hermetic Alchemy 1:49:00 Alchemy with Language 1:52:05 Aufhaben der Kultur, Lukacs 2:01:30 Theosophy 2:09:00 A folk religion for Germany 2:13:05 marxists.org metaphysics of ideas 2:23:00 Hegel’s Trinities 2:31:25 Hegel’s God 2:40:30 Progressive Alchemy 2:44:16 Marcuse’s Eugenics 2:51:20 Robin DiAngelo’s Critical Whiteness 2:54:38 Marcuse’s critical theory 2:58:10 Men of Action and history 3:04:00 Verstehen and Vernunft 3:09:09 Hegel(ideas) -> Marx(state) -> Neo Marxists(culture) 3:14:50 Consequences of Hegel 3:18:10 Hegel vs Locke/Jefferson 3:23:15 Hegelianism and psychopaths 3:27:03 Interfaith movement 3:30:38 Leftists, Liberals and Conservatives 3:33:03 Conservative God(is) vs. Leftist God(becomes) 3:36:00 Practical advice: Avoid the dialectic 3:41:40 The dialectic’s stated goal (George Soros) 3:45:09 Wrap-up
@codex3048
@codex3048 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@yol1421
@yol1421 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@KRDecker
@KRDecker 3 жыл бұрын
looks a little OCD
@markkaravan4245
@markkaravan4245 3 жыл бұрын
@@KRDecker You're welcome
@KRDecker
@KRDecker 3 жыл бұрын
@@markkaravan4245 not you; Lindsay's OCD
@kevinevans8505
@kevinevans8505 2 жыл бұрын
I'm only moderately brainy and I couldn't really handle this stuff when I was supposed to be doing it at university; I just couldn't get that first corner lifted so that I could see what was under it. But listening to this is manageable, so I'm going to plug my head into it for a few nights and I have much hope for results. I really do thank God for the people like you who give the internet such a good reason to exist. Bless you.
@eurodelano
@eurodelano 2 жыл бұрын
Very likely because the professors presented the information in such an academic, abstruse way that any normal young person was bored immediately.
@frosksdeadteeth5163
@frosksdeadteeth5163 Жыл бұрын
I often wonder how many of these people genuinely believe in what they're writing or whether they're just intellectually masturbating. If only they'd applied their minds to actually creating something useful instead of a destructive religion they may have improved lives across the globe rather than creating millions of miserable, resentful,angry people whose only goal in life is destroying things. It's almost as if they never expected to be taken seriously but were just theorising because they felt actual work was beneath them.
@jo3_the_artbot791
@jo3_the_artbot791 Жыл бұрын
Please don’t listen to this bullshit. It’s literally a 4 hour long 10 minute video about why woke sucks which is such a baby level analysis
5 ай бұрын
​@@eurodelanoThey want you to fall asleep so the hypnosis works better.
@The_Isaiahnator
@The_Isaiahnator Жыл бұрын
This was a masterclass. Maybe I'll give it several more listens in the future to let it sink in.
@fastinbulvis2223
@fastinbulvis2223 Жыл бұрын
Better to read Hegel yourself. That way you might be able to see how badly James mangled him. Marx's interpretation of Hegel was based on a misunderstanding of his work. The irony of James's video is that he misunderstands Hegel too. Hegel was writing about human behavior not politics.
@psychewhisperer
@psychewhisperer Жыл бұрын
A LOT of sinking in.
@rheinhartsilvento2576
@rheinhartsilvento2576 11 ай бұрын
​@@fastinbulvis2223Well then apparently a whole bunch of influential thinkers "misunderstood" Hegel. And applied his thought process to society and history at large. So maybe it was an extrapolation or wider application of his system. And not a "misunderstanding ". Guess you're gonna need to call Karl up in his grave to make sure😂😝
@fastinbulvis2223
@fastinbulvis2223 11 ай бұрын
@@rheinhartsilvento2576 wrote: "Well then aparently a whole bunch of influential thinkers "misunderstood" Hegel." Actually, though I know you're joking and being sarcastic, that's exactly right. It was starting around the 1960's that a number of important (though not all were necessarily well known) thinker-writers began to have an uneasy feeling that Hegel was saying a lot more then was normally thought about him. For example, A.J Ayer, the great exemplar of logical positivism was aske if he still stood by everything he wrote in Language, Truth, and Logic, and he said, "No. But then, I hadn't read Hegel when I wrote it." Not an exact quote, but close. Another example was the great cultural historian and behaviorist Morse Peckham, who completely changed the direction of his work after his re-reading of Hegel. For me, it's obvious that he's the great philosopher of Cultural Transcendence. That's what his work is all about. It's why he's more relevant and useful now then ever, and why James Lindsay is wrong about him.
@SeraphsWitness
@SeraphsWitness 10 ай бұрын
@@fastinbulvis2223 This is precisely the problem. Folks like you always think they have the correct interpretation, and everyone else must have gotten it wrong. The arrogance alone makes you completely unlistenable. Frankly James' lecture predicts your exact behavior.
@mfciaccio
@mfciaccio 3 жыл бұрын
This is more comprehensive than my entire grad school philosophy class. And much less expensive. Keep up the good work.
@mfciaccio
@mfciaccio 3 жыл бұрын
@Michael Fox We read Sophie's world. I had a major in engineering, and it was a blow-off credit. I love applied philosophy.
@historyandhorseplaying7374
@historyandhorseplaying7374 3 жыл бұрын
@@mfciaccioWhich engineering?
@mfciaccio
@mfciaccio 3 жыл бұрын
@@historyandhorseplaying7374 Chemical. I work in A.I. at a Pharma company.
@historyandhorseplaying7374
@historyandhorseplaying7374 3 жыл бұрын
@@mfciaccio Very cool, that’s an interesting field. I was in aerospace e, I liked things that fly. And blow other things up during the course of said flight.
@petermathieson5692
@petermathieson5692 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Astoundin
@harviejosephs5515
@harviejosephs5515 3 жыл бұрын
In communistic Poland people were painting anti Marxist slogans on the walls, authorities were painting them over and someone was painting picture of a gnome on top. Finally they caught the gnome painter and asked him why. He responded: aniticommie slogan is thesis, you painting it over anithesis and a gnome on top - synthesis.
@RobertAndriano
@RobertAndriano 3 жыл бұрын
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@dontbelieveeverythingyouth8173
@dontbelieveeverythingyouth8173 3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha legend 😂
@janinecat1865
@janinecat1865 3 жыл бұрын
Gnomsticism
@violinsinthevoid4579
@violinsinthevoid4579 2 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome!
@RTek1986
@RTek1986 2 жыл бұрын
Lol!
@leslielandberg5620
@leslielandberg5620 2 жыл бұрын
After reviewing some dozen or more of these lectures in their entirety, I am convinced that this lecture is your finest one. At least of those I sampled this far. It was my first and I had to listen carefully to it twice. It was rough going, but as an introduction to the whole thing, there is no finer explanation. This is the video I give to everybody I can. I tell them the scales will fall from their eyes and they will never see anything happening in their lives in the same way. Their entire life will need to be reappraised. Simply mind-blowing. Thank you.
@gregkosinski2303
@gregkosinski2303 Жыл бұрын
I’m only twenty-five minutes in, but it’s so incredibly good already. I think especially he does a great job showing how the dialectic paradigm could be such a constructive tool for society if you have competent participants working in good faith. It really helps one understand the chimp with a machine gun aspect.
@christopherzen8665
@christopherzen8665 2 жыл бұрын
I've listened to this at least 6 times. it's absolutely excellent work.
@petedandrea8463
@petedandrea8463 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah but it's the 7th listening where you truly benefit from this reading, imo
@tamara6771
@tamara6771 Жыл бұрын
This will be my 3rd time listening.
@christopherzen8665
@christopherzen8665 Жыл бұрын
@@tamara6771 it really is the operating system of the left. after this, i would recommend his marcuse series. it's excellent.
@tamara6771
@tamara6771 Жыл бұрын
@@christopherzen8665 I have listened to every single episode from the start, more than once. 😘
@christopherzen8665
@christopherzen8665 Жыл бұрын
@@tamara6771 all of the signs were right in front of our faces in the 90s. i mean...idk if you're old enough to remember, but it's odd...lookin' back on those days.
@esimm595
@esimm595 3 жыл бұрын
Jesus: "Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?"
@VaughanMcCue
@VaughanMcCue 3 жыл бұрын
A typical carpenter's joke. If JC was a pastry cook it would have been a pie in your eye.
@auntjenifer7774
@auntjenifer7774 3 жыл бұрын
But what does that mean to you !?
@VaughanMcCue
@VaughanMcCue 3 жыл бұрын
@@auntjenifer7774 It means I can have fun. If it was a pig it would be a stye in the eye or the apple of the teacher's eye is a pupil.
@LlibertarianGalt
@LlibertarianGalt 2 жыл бұрын
@@VaughanMcCue Yes the subject matter of the parables are relative to his career but it doesn't take away from the deeper meaning within the parable.
@VaughanMcCue
@VaughanMcCue 2 жыл бұрын
@@LlibertarianGalt Like The Road Runner will always be the bane of Willy Coyote's life. We can invent meaning from anything that suits our predisposition. The coyote has unlimited access to Acme explosives, rockets, cranes, and band-aids, all to no avail. Tom and Jerry, Jesus and devils, Batman and Robbin; the list of fiction is endless. Thanks for your interest and contribution to the comedy hour.
@xs10tl1
@xs10tl1 3 жыл бұрын
No wonder they need endless dissertations to prevent people from reaching this level of clarity.
@destroybabylonsystem6854
@destroybabylonsystem6854 3 жыл бұрын
Precisely, lies upon lies, obfuscation, obtuseness, duplicitous rhetoric so as to never face the facts of the cracked foundation it all rests on.
@januarysson5633
@januarysson5633 3 жыл бұрын
“My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.” - The Queen of Hearts, Alice in Wonderland
@michaelsieger9133
@michaelsieger9133 3 жыл бұрын
Because this guy is a hack? The goal of history is the consciousness of freedom fully expressed as substantial subjectivity in the form of a Protestant state. God Hegel was a real lunatic, he actually believed real dangerous ideas like Christianity and science were signs of advanced social organization.
@keblee2443
@keblee2443 3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelsieger9133 …what?
@michaelsieger9133
@michaelsieger9133 3 жыл бұрын
@@keblee2443 the Lutheran State, whose main mode of intellectual inquiry is natural science represents in a concrete form the historical Telos. That is the conclusion of Hegel’s philosophical history. This apologetic tendency, which refused to cordon off a world of Philosophical Ideality constituted merely of vain insubstantial Platonic postulates and rather reconcile reason with existential reality, directly precipitated the subsequent appropriation of his work for reactionary purposes. Maybe actually read Hegel. He’s a brilliant historian and philosopher and a Titan of Western Culture.
@Rikalonius
@Rikalonius 2 жыл бұрын
I'm rapidly becoming a HUGE fan of your work. This is solid. It is post-graduate level Marxism deconstruction that is absolutely needed.
@ownificationify
@ownificationify 10 ай бұрын
Just because it’s brain numbingly long long winded doesn’t mean it’s post grad level.
@casteretpollux
@casteretpollux 8 ай бұрын
Hegel was not a Marxist.
@x0rn312
@x0rn312 6 ай бұрын
​@casteretpollux No one said he was- James said Marx was a Hegelian
@brandoncrusen9160
@brandoncrusen9160 3 ай бұрын
​@@casteretpollux But Lincoln was a Marxist. Leftism makes the lights come on in America. Liberty is Leftist. I like leftism and I abhor the fascist stupidity we swim through.
@DavidConnerCodeaholic
@DavidConnerCodeaholic 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking your time on this. This is quite clearly one of the best resources on the dialetics that exists on the internet.
@Eternal_Albion
@Eternal_Albion 3 жыл бұрын
I knew about 60% of this already. But i've never seen anyone put the whole thing together like this. Amazing work.
@za5820
@za5820 3 жыл бұрын
Straight up sophistry. These people are high verbal IQ sociopathic sophists. All of it falls apart with the slightest bit of critique. They only win the argument if they can tie you up in bs semantic knots. Thats why they never argue the points unless they know theyre arguing with somebody who is clearly going to buckle. The risk/reward is skewed. All it takes is one moderately knowledgeable person to introduce any of several questions and it totally dismantles their narrative for everyone listening forever. Their best case scenario is basically neutral. They *need* power to bend others to their whims.
@chrisc7265
@chrisc7265 3 жыл бұрын
@@za5820 this made me realize how good these activists are at activism their ideas are trash everything they touch turns to trash and collapses, so they have no long term effectiveness yet somehow they've sold their "Midas of Trash" touch to all these high profile institutions, corporations, bureaucracies --- got to admire that in a warped way
@CHX_37
@CHX_37 3 жыл бұрын
I knew about 90% of this already. But to the extent of having a 2,000 piece jigsaw puzzle on the dining room table with just the edges two thirds done. This is a case of knowing all the individual pieces is not enough. It is putting it together the way James did that helps us understand just how dangerous and misguided it is.
@Eternal_Albion
@Eternal_Albion 3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisc7265 Midas of Trash is nioce,.
@FightForFreedom1776
@FightForFreedom1776 3 жыл бұрын
@Chris C you’re exactly right. They have big money behind them. Capitalist money at that, the only time you ever see their bullshit ideas semi work, is when they’re riding on the back of capitalism lol. I highly recommend any work by Prof. Anthony Sutton, especially “why bankers live socialism” (I believe that’s what it’s called). He also points out how people in high places funded national socialism, American socialism (the welfare state under FDR) and Bolshevik socialism (communist Russia).
@Tiberon674
@Tiberon674 3 жыл бұрын
And professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.
@MyRoosterWisdom
@MyRoosterWisdom 3 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@KaoXoni
@KaoXoni 3 жыл бұрын
Calling Evil Good and so forth.
@agnesnalikksa6342
@agnesnalikksa6342 3 жыл бұрын
Amen
@chrishoff402
@chrishoff402 3 жыл бұрын
What make me laugh is a bunch of black radical feminists have a philosophy tracing back to some white German male who would probably hold them in complete contempt.
@GTX1123
@GTX1123 3 жыл бұрын
@@chrishoff402 Marx and Engels were horribly racist and many of their infamous commie follower / revolutionaries over the years have been too (e.g. Che Vegara). Of course this is ignored by these radicals. But why would we be surprised? Objective truth means nothing to them. Just the false veneer / pretense of truth to get their claws into power. The deceived, deceiving the deceived.
@hotairsaloon
@hotairsaloon 2 жыл бұрын
This goes even deeper than operating system. The Hegelian Dialectic is more like the kernel of Leftism and each iteration (Marxian, feminism, woke, etc.) Are like different operating systems made using the same kernel. Definitely an eye opening video!
@joedarrow5422
@joedarrow5422 Жыл бұрын
good analogy
@ganjaericco
@ganjaericco Жыл бұрын
Fascism is also a Hegelian principal, but you can't exactly say it's the dialectical progression of history. What you can say is that the Young Hegelians turned into the socialists, but the Old Hegelians, who saw Prussia as the perfect state, turned into Fascists, who tried to create the perfect state in the now with Actual Idealism.
@6Sparx9
@6Sparx9 Жыл бұрын
​@@ganjaericco Hence why Adolf's main target to deride and differentiate from were the Lenin-Marxists/communists - they were directly competing for the same supporters and the same goal of utopia
@mortalkomment8028
@mortalkomment8028 Жыл бұрын
@@6Sparx9 I call BS. The fascists in Germany were largely rooted in the urban petty bourgeoisie, protestant clerks and students and catholic peasants. Some workers joined but we're the minority. The Communists dominated the workers and jobless. It was an enormous difference between them. Also the Communists resisted the fascists the most.
@6Sparx9
@6Sparx9 Жыл бұрын
@@mortalkomment8028 The SA during the height of its membership, before it was superceded by the SS had a phrase regularly used amongst the rank and file called 'Beefsteaks', which was used to describe the enormous number of communists, especially in the nothern provinces, who joined the SA. ...Most likely due to the appeal of persons such as Geoege Strasser. They called them beefsteaks and joked they were brown on the outside, but red on the inside. Large numbers of these communists rallied behind the SA from the splintering of the SPD and USPD, as well as the Freikorps that was used by the SPD against the USPD to supress the Spartacus League during the German Revolution which included a failed communist revolution and resulted in the formation of the Weimar Republic. Nobody was happy with the turn of events and the SA lapped up all the disgruntled communists despite their agression toward the ultra-extreme groups like the USPD and later KPD. The SA and party it was attached to made a lot of concessions for establishing and promoting socialist programs once in power, some of which they later went back on and some they followed through with but they were popular across the board. Facism is rooted in Marxism anyway, its no supprise there is immense overlap in their worldview and goals.
@bobgretchenhollman4159
@bobgretchenhollman4159 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant discourse. History has shown the outcome of dialectical materialism - fear, suffering, and death.
@pitchforkpeasant6219
@pitchforkpeasant6219 7 ай бұрын
And history always repeats itself. People trust those in power because of one side or another and it always without exception bites us ALL. Even those who just tried to stay out of the way
@TelekineticCheez
@TelekineticCheez 3 жыл бұрын
I really hope James can get on Jordan Peterson's podcast so he can share his insights to a wider audience in a relatively digestible manner because we need as many people to understand what's going on as possible.
@shlomorabenovets4709
@shlomorabenovets4709 3 жыл бұрын
There was an interview with Peterson conducted by Lindsay Pluckrose and Bhogossian a couple of years ago. Google it.
@TelekineticCheez
@TelekineticCheez 3 жыл бұрын
@@shlomorabenovets4709 yeah I've seen it, but present day James has a lot more depth to his insights as he has clearly been doing more research on the subject. I want a more current perspective from both of them.
@EMO_alpha
@EMO_alpha 3 жыл бұрын
@@TelekineticCheez yeah james is almost a totally different guy.
@bunangst8415
@bunangst8415 3 жыл бұрын
TelekineticCheez I had the same thought that Peterson is uniquely equipped to add more. I hope they team up to reverse engineer this mess of woketopian lunacy.
@lsobrien
@lsobrien 3 жыл бұрын
Peterson is your people's god, isn't he?
@MrRmann1234
@MrRmann1234 3 жыл бұрын
This explains why the "burn it down" rhetoric is never followed with what comes next. The Utopia will just organically and magically emerge!
@juniorleslie4804
@juniorleslie4804 3 жыл бұрын
That is because, behind such rhetoric is nothing. Nothing begets nothing. Neither Hegal or Marx created anything. Both dealt in ideas and had their disciples were not all too human and wanted the good life without work; the evil that those disciples produced with over 100 million people murdered could never would have happened.
@jesuschristislord7754
@jesuschristislord7754 3 жыл бұрын
Xianity/Leftism are two sides of the same maya mon.key coin.
@jnagarya519
@jnagarya519 3 жыл бұрын
You confess to your own lack of grounding in informed reality.
@MrRmann1234
@MrRmann1234 3 жыл бұрын
@@jnagarya519 you sound like 50 cent army tool
@LA-kc7ev
@LA-kc7ev 3 жыл бұрын
Without 'racism' or class difference you have utopia by definition. I am sure we will all then be saints.
@markustanbeck9149
@markustanbeck9149 2 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest meditations on these subjects I've stumbled upon on KZfaq, thank you so much New Discourses. I deeply appreciate that you took the time to make this!
@foxredacted1387
@foxredacted1387 2 жыл бұрын
I've listened to this almost every night for the past two weeks in disbelief in most part. It all feels so surreal, so fiction somehow.
@codex3048
@codex3048 3 жыл бұрын
3:39:55 "You can't create through a negation process. Aufhaben doesn't "make." Critical Theory doesn't build. Critical Theory doesn't understand -- it has no obligation to understand. It only has obligation to aufhaben der kultur. It only has obligation to tear down."
@shannonm.townsend1232
@shannonm.townsend1232 3 жыл бұрын
And you believed it
@codex3048
@codex3048 3 жыл бұрын
@@shannonm.townsend1232 Believed what?
@jmb4969
@jmb4969 3 жыл бұрын
aufheben
@didierfavre2356
@didierfavre2356 3 жыл бұрын
@@shannonm.townsend1232 I do.
@steveedmonds5592
@steveedmonds5592 3 жыл бұрын
Lucid, well-argued, well thought through and utterly compelling - thank you Mr Lindsay
@howardhutton6806
@howardhutton6806 10 ай бұрын
Hmmm, I didn’t get that at all.
@kristian5492
@kristian5492 3 жыл бұрын
its astounding how educational this is, and its entirely free. i think ive found a gold nugget here.
@betwandet41
@betwandet41 7 ай бұрын
In a sea of lead, gold shines through 😂
@IvanVesely920
@IvanVesely920 2 жыл бұрын
Dude. I've only gotten to the 2 hour 30 mark, but I've been listening to this for the past 4 weeks and the actual listening time is much greater. It has provided a tremendous amount of insight and pointers for further study.
@jrb4935
@jrb4935 Жыл бұрын
Aaghh! 'Dude'!
@bunangst8415
@bunangst8415 3 жыл бұрын
Equality is thesis (Bait), Equity is the antithesis, (Switch), and cultural strife is the synthesis that acts as a mechanism of controlling the populace. The establishment know this as a tactical propaganda subversion formula. In sales presentations you have deficit, solution and call to action.
@auntjenifer7774
@auntjenifer7774 3 жыл бұрын
Hence the hegal dialect 😉
@bunangst8415
@bunangst8415 3 жыл бұрын
aunt jenifer intelligence whistle blowers all warned when top officials like Biden and Harris start trying to sell, “Equity,” to the working class, the people need to start to speaking up!
@januarysson5633
@januarysson5633 3 жыл бұрын
That’s why the establishment, including billionaires, can promote wokeism without fear of their own position being toppled. Wokeism is just a way of achieving power, not using it. If you want to use an idea to your benefit, just co-opt it and bend its adherents to your will. They will march off a cliff like lemmings if you tell them what they want to hear. The dialectic is a slippery fish.
@bunangst8415
@bunangst8415 3 жыл бұрын
January’s Son quite some great insight. You’ve put effort into your life. Thank you for sharing!
@bunangst8415
@bunangst8415 3 жыл бұрын
January’s Son “wokeism is just a cheap way of achieving power, not actually using power! It’s just co-opting and bending adherents to the will of top ruling class war criminals who are calling the shots because they were trusted to appropriate taxpayer secured slush funds.”
@matthews7805
@matthews7805 3 жыл бұрын
I listened to this twice. Also started listening to a podcast on the history of philosophy. Pretty interesting. Thanks, James!
@edwhite7475
@edwhite7475 3 жыл бұрын
Im figuring at LEAST 3 times...
@quantumpotential7639
@quantumpotential7639 3 жыл бұрын
The history of mining is equally good.
@jimmyjimmy7240
@jimmyjimmy7240 6 ай бұрын
You're the most underrated content creator in the political domain. It actually frustrates me that those political content creators that lean more towards entertainment get more exposure than you. Which is one of the reasons why the left constantly progresses, because they educate their base and they take serious academic content like this seriously, but those on the right or conservatives are mainly watching guys like Crowder, Ben Shapiro, and Charlie Kirk Who offer just about zero substantive content.
@erlinacobrado7947
@erlinacobrado7947 5 ай бұрын
He's much better but not really enough. This video really fails to explain why Hegel was equally attractive to the right wing also of Jena University in Germany back in the 19th century, and also had many right wing, conservative Hegelian thinkers. And he seems to fail at directly addressing Hegel himself (not the interpretations of Marx or the non-communist left). Because all his understanding and criticism of Hegel here is dependent of later Leftist instantiations, who himself had no knowledge or possible way of knowing how his conceptual system would be used after his life - his critique rather founders on itself by making Hegel a Leftist, which he absolutely was not whe he wrote his major works. And unlike other far more original rightist conservatives like Scruton who was able to appreciate the subtlety if Hegel's "labour of the negative", despite his rejection of it, this video is just plainly wholesale dismissive of the vital concept.
@erlinacobrado7947
@erlinacobrado7947 5 ай бұрын
If you want a truly intelligent defense of the right conservatism, Scruton is probably the best thinkers recently out there, and although he probably did not reach wokeist ideology, presents a far more substantive critiques of the Left and follows its historical development closely.
@jimmyjimmy7240
@jimmyjimmy7240 5 ай бұрын
@@erlinacobrado7947 I'm not sure his intentions were to critique Hegel, nor do I think he necessarily considered Hegel a leftist. The purpose was to focus on leftism and its implementation of Hegelian philosophy, which would make it unnecessary to really get into Hegel himself politically.
@jimmyjimmy7240
@jimmyjimmy7240 5 ай бұрын
@@erlinacobrado7947 Yeah, I've got some Scruton books, but I'm not particularly looking for anything in defensive conservatism. I also don't think Lindsay is defending conservatism, but liberal democracy. I don't even know that Lindsay is a conservative, if I'm not mistaken, Lindsey considers himself a left of center liberal, or a classical liberal of sorts. I do really appreciate the heads up, though. I just appreciate Lindsey's approach to actually taking time and putting an effort into trying to educate people with in-depth material.
@Dannytheman444
@Dannytheman444 Жыл бұрын
English lit PhD student here. This talk was more informative than my doctoral level class on Marxist Literary Theory
@Lavishandlazy
@Lavishandlazy 3 жыл бұрын
James gives a helpful description of the concept of “historicism” here and in his previous “communism doesn’t know how” podcast. It’s really helping me understand Karl Popper’s book “the open society and its enemies” where he launches right into the term in the very first chapter. Thanks James 👍🏻
@dianakarina8080
@dianakarina8080 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, this Is very good stuff here. 👏. Bravo. The everyday people need to understand Hegelian Dialect more! Builds up to Post Modernism. Makes Peterson seem like a pre cursor to this knowledge.
@ct4074
@ct4074 2 жыл бұрын
Today's 'new' Marxists always claim that true communism has never been achieved. Tired of their worn out argument I've been hearing across continents and decades. Their delusion and stupidity reveals the indoctrination their leaders have subjected them to. Leftoids TODAY are SICKER than it appears on the surface. The sheeple of Latter Day Woke and their government high priests, Schumer, Pelosi, Schift, Nadler, Sanders, Swallowsnot, the CIA, et al are Satan's new Leninists and Nazis!
@Brandon-yb8gj
@Brandon-yb8gj 3 жыл бұрын
4 hours! Well, I definitely owe him money for all the content I value. I'm signing up right now. Edit: ...signing up for Locals...Done.
@albeit1
@albeit1 3 жыл бұрын
Worth 10,000X if we save the country from these jokers.
@davidaulds7031
@davidaulds7031 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I know a lot about this subject and more, but you have blown my mind on this. Thank you for posting and sharing. Keep sharing, the World needs this.
@minademian
@minademian 3 жыл бұрын
The most valuable 3hrs50minutes I've ever spent on KZfaq, including classic Vines. Thank you for saving my mind and soul, James Lindsay.
@jrb4935
@jrb4935 Жыл бұрын
What is Vines?
@minademian
@minademian Жыл бұрын
@@jrb4935 pre KZfaq shorts and TikTok. 30-second video loops.
@shannonm.townsend1232
@shannonm.townsend1232 Жыл бұрын
Why do you set the bar so low
@thetruthis24
@thetruthis24 3 жыл бұрын
James. Mr. Lindsay, I’m so impressed by your drive to break through the cynical morass of wokeness all the way to its pure Hegelian essence that, I, a man of meager means, will donate to your work and hope this inspires other “working class intellectuals” to do the same!!!
@shannonm.townsend1232
@shannonm.townsend1232 3 жыл бұрын
Too bad you can't connect wokeness to Hegel in any real sense, since they exist in different centuries, etc. The only reason to attempt such a dishonest association, would be to fear-monger or line someone's pockets.(Like yours, James).
@arthurhiroa4238
@arthurhiroa4238 3 жыл бұрын
Is it an honest reading of Hegel though? I think you should be warry of representations of complicated systems of thought (such as Hegel's) when the primary aim is to make a political statement (an attack of certain contemporary 'leftist' phenomena - which in itself is a huge generalization/antagonization). I'm sorry, I have not found the time to sit through all 4 hours of this lecture, but from the comments it seems like Lindsay is doing to Hegel what Peterson is doing to Foucault.
@arthurhiroa4238
@arthurhiroa4238 3 жыл бұрын
Wait a second, I was doing some research on Lindsay's position on Hegel and found this quote: "Black lives matter" is a Hegelian/Neo-Marxist dialectic meant to negate "all lives matter," i.e., "all men are created equal." The synthesis (their goal) is "some (politically Black) lives matter more than others (and there's an intersectional hierarchy of mattering)". Is this really something that Lindsay said? If he said that, he's probably taking the piss, right?
@shannonm.townsend1232
@shannonm.townsend1232 3 жыл бұрын
Also, "wokeness" is more of a corporate strategy to pacify/ameliorate a threat to the existing superstructure, in as cosmetic a way as possible, than some powerful grass-roots revolution. IMO. Some want to present "wokeness" as top-down indoctrination by a powerful cabal. Because reasons.
@shannonm.townsend1232
@shannonm.townsend1232 3 жыл бұрын
@@arthurhiroa4238 quote from where
@bananabread6148
@bananabread6148 3 жыл бұрын
You've heard of Elf on a Shelf Get ready for: Hegel on a Bagel.
@historyandhorseplaying7374
@historyandhorseplaying7374 3 жыл бұрын
Marx on a muffin
@nathanforrest3483
@nathanforrest3483 3 жыл бұрын
Hegel likes to put his finger In his navel .
@thenewmayorofcrazytown7392
@thenewmayorofcrazytown7392 3 жыл бұрын
Schopenhauer discourse hour
@TheWhitehiker
@TheWhitehiker 3 жыл бұрын
Woke on wheels!
@justinhart2831
@justinhart2831 3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking of that classic AC/DC song, "Hegel's Bagels."
@l.rongardner2150
@l.rongardner2150 2 жыл бұрын
Utterly brilliant and compelling discourse from James. I am writing a book on wokeness, and James is great source of insights and information for me.
@sarahhhh775
@sarahhhh775 2 жыл бұрын
This is undersold. It is an impressively comprehensive review of Left politics and philosophy over the last 200 years. I am in awe. This needs to be in the academic reading/watching list anywhere where political history and philosophy is still being taught.
@TheNaturalLawInstitute
@TheNaturalLawInstitute 3 жыл бұрын
Just have to comment again: Lindsay is fantastic. Listened to this twice now and while I've been following Stephen Hicks since the 00's the color and detail James is adding is an accessible asset to our understanding of the leftist movement. When people ask questions that reference Lindsay's efforts, it means he's having an impact.
@lukematthew3503
@lukematthew3503 Жыл бұрын
Everyone reading this needs to subscribe to this account, btw. ^^
@sillygoose4472
@sillygoose4472 3 жыл бұрын
I noticed Peterson has been reposting some of your stuff on Twitter, if he watches this you have to talk
@sillygoose4472
@sillygoose4472 3 жыл бұрын
@Michael Fox oh man that would be wild
@RupertMcGruber
@RupertMcGruber 3 жыл бұрын
We need a 4h dissertation by James on the JBP show... with Peterson quietly taking notes ;)
@cecilcharlesofficial
@cecilcharlesofficial 3 жыл бұрын
Has he really? This gives me hope. I've kept my eyes peeled for JP to sync with JL for months now, but feel like JP's somehow avoided Lindsay. Not sure why. They need to talk, weekly.
@curtisvalle5141
@curtisvalle5141 3 жыл бұрын
@@cecilcharlesofficial We know what they would conclude. Then what? Sorry, just me wrestling with my negative emotions.
@ronfox5519
@ronfox5519 3 жыл бұрын
@@RupertMcGruber lol. Ill lay $20 on the under
@jerryvang5149
@jerryvang5149 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing podcast. I'm so pleased that you connected these contemporary political and philosophical movements to their metaphysical roots. It all starts there! Once obvious example through the evolution of the lingo of today is how the word, "woke" was used primarily by spiritual seekers around 2012 to describe spiritual awakening, being awake to the nature of reality, and the coming of the "apocalypse" (which means unveiling, or awakening). Around 2016 during the US election, this was adopted by the conspiracy theorists to describe their awakening to the political and government conspiracies. And now we see this label being thrown around by the social justice and political activists to describe their awakening to the societal systems and structures of racial and class oppression. I've watched it go from this ism to that ism, from spiritual to secular, and today I'm anxiously waiting for where "woke" will go next.
@Animalis_Mundana
@Animalis_Mundana Жыл бұрын
The materialist hijacked idealist metaphysical concepts, recycled, subverted/converted it. Hegel took kants idea of dialectics, going back to Plato in some form. No wonder Schopenhauer hated hegel. Woke is closer to class consciousness, nothing like the "conscious" of Jung.
@seanarthurjoyce7366
@seanarthurjoyce7366 3 жыл бұрын
"Should you ever intend to dull the wits of a young man and to incapacitate his brains for any kind of thought whatsoever, then you cannot do better than give him Hegel to read." -Schopenhauer, quoted by Karl Popper in The Open Society and Its Enemies
@mikewhelan9561
@mikewhelan9561 Жыл бұрын
@Execute Crab-21 I think he just meant Hegel is hard to read
@SeraphsWitness
@SeraphsWitness 10 ай бұрын
@@TheGreatEric02 Way to totally misunderstand the quote. Ironic.
@konberner170
@konberner170 3 жыл бұрын
If you hate your boss and capitalism enough it will magically bring about a utopia. -Inane trolling that only an idiot would take seriously. It isn't so much a religion as active nihilism.
@jl12h60
@jl12h60 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. And that's why they are miserable and no fun to be around.
@MST3Killa
@MST3Killa 3 жыл бұрын
Oh no, it's certainly not nihilism. It's pure greed, power-lust, and envy.
@arturravenbite1693
@arturravenbite1693 3 жыл бұрын
There are definitely heavy nihilistic elements to it.
@bigtimes1
@bigtimes1 2 жыл бұрын
Holy fuck. That makes a lot of sense.
@RTek1986
@RTek1986 2 жыл бұрын
Probably it's most religious element is how fervently its adherents cling to it. They certainly behave that way.
@markallenbialik
@markallenbialik 3 жыл бұрын
James, your voice is so important
@januarysson5633
@januarysson5633 3 жыл бұрын
His voice and inflection is perfect to express the ideas he does at such length.
@marilyntape508
@marilyntape508 3 жыл бұрын
👍🇦🇺
@krunchyapples
@krunchyapples 2 жыл бұрын
Oooh, so the entire negative dialectic modus operandi of thesis->antithesis->synthesis is what that 1984 quote means: "War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength".
@RichardEnglander
@RichardEnglander 28 күн бұрын
These days it is: SPEECH IS VIOLENCE FREEDOM IS DANGER DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH
@trenchedband2103
@trenchedband2103 2 жыл бұрын
great work James, especially since I was READY for it
@mhorram
@mhorram 3 жыл бұрын
Perfect from beginning to end Dr. Lindsay. Kudos.
@toniwardell1933
@toniwardell1933 3 жыл бұрын
The sad thing about philosophy is it is not respected in politics unless it’s used to gain power and money
@marcoacosta2917
@marcoacosta2917 3 жыл бұрын
Very good point
@gwho
@gwho Жыл бұрын
If you or your parents just got gulaged by communists or fascists, you definitely respect the power of philosophy, riches or not.....
@BB-zi5wi
@BB-zi5wi 2 жыл бұрын
I can feel my head exploding & i m lovin it 🥰, thank You for this! Respect!
@dalerohling5989
@dalerohling5989 2 жыл бұрын
Robin DiAngelo - robbing the anglo(saxon) They mock the compassionate as “suffering together”. All we need to continue evolutionary advancement is rule of law under natural law and Christian love, thank you Curt Doolittle!
@mustang607
@mustang607 3 жыл бұрын
I heard that some people are gonna lose their marbles after they hear about this video. This should be interesting.
@jakell99
@jakell99 3 жыл бұрын
The reason for their discomfort is not so clear, and James has mused on this too. One would think that those on the Left who study this field would be confident and secure in their depth of knowledge, whereas in fact they seem insecure and resent any intrusion - even if it's just the one guy versus their numbers in many institutions. I see this quite often in the Far Left; behind the bluster a concern that their house of cards wouldn't take much to topple it. I put a large amount of their insecurity down to them watching and judging each other more than their opponents - there are some fault-lines there if we learn how to exploit them..
@Andrew-th8jk
@Andrew-th8jk 3 жыл бұрын
@@jakell99 (this is a long half baked comment from somebody who is relatively new to higher level philosophy, do with it whatever you want) its seems pretty clear to me. Look at rates of mental illness broken down by political ideology. Marxists are the most insecure and mentally ill, the alt right is the least insecure and mentally ill. These ideas aren't just ideas to them, this is who they are. When you adopt intersectionality, (marxist materialism and atheism in general exaggerate this effect) the ideology becomes literally everything you are. Everything is political to them, (i forgot who the feminists where who said "the personal is the political") and when everything is political including every single part of their intersectional identity, and this is what politics means to them, when they lose that or feel it losing stability, they feel that they are losing everything without even realizing it. That may be why you hear about "black bodies" and other similar terminology that reduces existence to just a hollow body with a skin colour. To your average non politically inclined person, their ideas aren't this crucial to them, but losing them still feels like losing a small part of yourself. To a scientifically inclined person, evidence is evidence, they simply don't have an attachment to ideas in the same way as others. Throw in feminism, the devaluation of sex, masturbation, body positivity, drugs, etc. And you have a decent helping of biological and unconscious factors that push people towards mental insecurity andd weakness. They basically turn humans into nothing but hollow shells of themselves while pushing in the indulgence of vices and rejection of any kind of responsibility or meaning to anything.
@damnmexican90
@damnmexican90 3 жыл бұрын
@@Andrew-th8jk let me help you even more. Seriously look into Cluster B personality disorders. Specifically how narcassitic individuals frame the world, see the world, and relate to the world. It will make sense.
@Andrew-th8jk
@Andrew-th8jk 3 жыл бұрын
@@damnmexican90 I believe an even simpler yet truthful analysis that isn't prevalent in psychology because of the left wing bias there would be to simply identify the individuals as "libtards", despite them contradicting liberalism.
@Andrew-th8jk
@Andrew-th8jk 3 жыл бұрын
@@damnmexican90 rather fitting that ndp stands for narcissistic personality disorder as well as new democratic party, which is the democratic socialist party of Canada. They used to be called the communist party but that changed. Nowadays they are extraordinarily authoritarian and definitely wouldn't support the anarchy/statelessness that communism requires.
@m0usju1c3
@m0usju1c3 3 жыл бұрын
Sir, I can't thank you enough for this deep dive into Hegelian Philosophy. As a reformed Christian, this has been immensely educational for me. God bless you!
@blackspiralstorytelling4402
@blackspiralstorytelling4402 Жыл бұрын
You should check out the Hegelian Right (Christian application of Hegel to Theology). This video is full of the author's bias, Hegel was a neutral author that inspired Christian Theology.
@m0usju1c3
@m0usju1c3 Жыл бұрын
@@blackspiralstorytelling4402 could you link some sources?
@SeraphsWitness
@SeraphsWitness 10 ай бұрын
@@blackspiralstorytelling4402 Half of it was literally reading from the author. lol
@ciananmeagher9005
@ciananmeagher9005 3 жыл бұрын
Anyone who hasn't should read Max Stirner. He was friends with all of the Young Hegalians, and his two notable works (The Unique and its Own, and Stirner's Critics) both lay out quite succinctly that the Dialectic is just a rationalist version of religion (He calls them "pious atheists"). Basically he explains their pursuit of dismantling religion through philosophy, they, accidentally or otherwise, have created what is essentially a secular copy of the church with their dogmas derived from, and faith in the perfection of the dialectic, rather than God.
@doubledare7034
@doubledare7034 2 жыл бұрын
Well done Mr. Lindsay! This connected many of the dots to make a complete picture of the scourge we’re currently facing.
@XXusernameunknownXX
@XXusernameunknownXX 3 жыл бұрын
Wow. This was enlightening. I heard these words used so many times, but never had a good understanding of what they actually meant to the people that use them. Thanks.
@zachmorgan6982
@zachmorgan6982 3 жыл бұрын
Me:played drinking game Rules: Take shot every time u hear dialectic Me later: hey I'm pretty drunk... Only 3 hours to go!!!
@jrb4935
@jrb4935 Жыл бұрын
Take a shot, then water, then a shot mixed with water.
@OC-Explorer
@OC-Explorer 2 жыл бұрын
It only took me 3 months to listen to this. Thanks Jiminy Concepts!
@rome2.04
@rome2.04 Жыл бұрын
So glad for this work, amazing job James and your team.
@Thomas-dw1nb
@Thomas-dw1nb 3 жыл бұрын
I love the opening music and animation to New Discourses videos. I feel they accurately capture the gravity of the lecture's content.
@joedarrow5422
@joedarrow5422 Жыл бұрын
what, that folkey music? it's pretty cool, I guess.
@gwho
@gwho Жыл бұрын
@@joedarrow5422 you call that folksey?
@spookypen
@spookypen 3 жыл бұрын
Whoa baby, 4 hours of James ASMR. 😂
@andyh1219
@andyh1219 3 жыл бұрын
Where is the info that it is 4 hours?
@carolinehill8325
@carolinehill8325 3 жыл бұрын
@@andyh1219 Put mouse cursor over video, you will see how many minutes this last, it is 3 hours 50 minutes.
@Wingedmagician
@Wingedmagician 3 жыл бұрын
I literally fell asleep (tired not bored) woke up almost two hours later and was like what the hell. Relistened to it on 2x later it was great.
@andyh1219
@andyh1219 3 жыл бұрын
@@carolinehill8325 Thanks
@deathsoulger1
@deathsoulger1 3 жыл бұрын
It funny listening to smart people I don't understand makes me feel calm and relaxed. Asmr yes
@gspurlock1118
@gspurlock1118 2 жыл бұрын
Ok, I've listened to this twice at least. I think I get the main point, but I don't think I get all of it and will listen again. Thanks so much, James!
@VideoQuestEx
@VideoQuestEx Жыл бұрын
Wow: a LOT to digest and understand, but well worth the listen. Big thank you for sharing all of this information.
@viramandybur4915
@viramandybur4915 3 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up even before watching...much gratitude for your amazing work, James!👍
@ippolit23
@ippolit23 3 жыл бұрын
"Aufheben" means "to cancel out" like when you combine a positive value with a negative value
@Edelwiess1066
@Edelwiess1066 3 жыл бұрын
Sublimation and then "Build back better"
@hlwebb9877
@hlwebb9877 3 жыл бұрын
This stuff does my head in. These people are mentally unwell.
@bellabuilder4160
@bellabuilder4160 3 жыл бұрын
I always had issue understanding Hegel, you managed to explain him and the connection to current ideas very well.
@spazmang101
@spazmang101 3 жыл бұрын
Finally James managed to keep the video short. :P
@uNeedsomeadvice
@uNeedsomeadvice 3 жыл бұрын
Great work, James! I remember when you and I were chatting on Twitter DMs and I was like-why can’t we call them the dialectic left. You said, it’s too deep, too complex to meme. And here we are, 4hr podcast!! Thank you for your efforts!
@CatAtomic99
@CatAtomic99 2 жыл бұрын
I've listened to this three times, and jumped off from it to reading things I have no previous exposure to. It's fascinating stuff.
@reagonowmix
@reagonowmix 3 жыл бұрын
Sooo glad I found your channel. I listened to this one, the entire 4 hours, and learned so much. I not only love how you think but also how you manage to bring in certain groups/schools of thought as examples of your topic without being the least bit offensive. Thank you for taking the time to share some of your brilliant insights. These are the times that try men’s souls, and so we must educate ourselves to have a better understanding of how we’ve allowed ourselves to get here, and what to do to turn it around.
@Individual_Lives_Matter
@Individual_Lives_Matter 3 жыл бұрын
It sounds like they (Hegel, Engels, Marx, etc.) wanted to take the diffuse and dynamic expertise (amongst autonomous individuals) and make it very static and centralized amongst a select few. The philosopher kings. They must have been terrified of spontaneous order or maybe they didn’t see the wonder and efficiency that is natural selection.
@pieceofjade4279
@pieceofjade4279 3 жыл бұрын
This is not neccessarily true. Hegel believed that "philosophy also arrives on the scene too late." It is only the world-historical figures, such as Plato, Socrates, Hitler, Napoleon, Martin Luther, etc. which are indicators of world-spirit acting in a cataclysmic way. So, to Hegel, philosophers are not ruling technocrats, the way that leftists would desire themselves to be under a Marxist paradigm. Rather, they are more like translators of history, rendered logically. They identify spirit.
@happychey13
@happychey13 3 жыл бұрын
This comparison is essentially the same dumb one that Popper made more than half-a-century ago.
@shanek1195
@shanek1195 2 жыл бұрын
Actually marx is one of the least deterministic philosophers. "The educators need to be educated." is perhaps the best example if this. He didn't believe that roles should be prescribed but rather he advocated for a system that caters for each according to his own need (in similar principle to that used by in families of the bourgeoisie). This individualistic element is often lost in interpretations of his work.
@olafweyer859
@olafweyer859 2 жыл бұрын
When I read spontaneous I had to think of Epicurus. Because of the joyful aspect of spontaneity. Did philosophers of that school ever criticize their materialist broth... err stepmothers from hell?
@maxstirner4197
@maxstirner4197 Жыл бұрын
Lindsay is misrepresenting. Part of where we get this distinction between right and left comes from different interpretations of hegel. Hegel had a autocratic side but he thought liberal capitalism was the ultimate culmination of human history.
@RandomizedCTRL
@RandomizedCTRL 2 жыл бұрын
The "Aufheben der Kultur" part is really resonating with me, but also really blackpilling me.
@nildameers3772
@nildameers3772 6 ай бұрын
Was steaming some table clothes for over 2 hrs.. Thank you for the insightful understanding and for helping me make good use of my ears for a mundane task 😀. Look forward to finishing tomorrow. And re-listening for taking proper notes 📝
@nildameers3772
@nildameers3772 6 ай бұрын
Finished at work this evening.. CMHC uni studies in the day... and night work for 2 hrs ...
@room2growrose623
@room2growrose623 3 жыл бұрын
Just incredible! Literally the narrative has NOT changed is literally Satan’s words to Eve, “....is that really what God said?”
@susanbarr1530
@susanbarr1530 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@citystone1324
@citystone1324 3 жыл бұрын
Yup. The Adversary.
@tirakindler1
@tirakindler1 3 жыл бұрын
Wow- great point
@____uncompetative
@____uncompetative 3 жыл бұрын
Would we still be in the garden without the help of snek? Surely, YHWH is infalliable right? Otherwise he couldn't be omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent and perfect. So, logically Genesis is flawed OR a deliberate plan by God to gift man free will by presenting a simple rule and giving man the freedom to break it if he so chooses. The other animals in the garden don't even get the option to eat from the tree of knowledge. God deliberately tells Adam about the tree, and had he not Adam might never have eaten from its fruits as there were plenty of other trees. Also, the tree is in the garden. If you don't want to risk accidental self knowledge fruits from being eaten why plant it in the garden where it could be accidentally eaten. What if a fallow deer eats one of the apples that falls from the tree of knowledge at the end of the fruiting season? Maybe God put snek in the tree (he did create everything so that includes snek) so that Adam would get tempted. Eve being blamed is just the start of the patriarchy so those Jews who conspired to write the Torah could repress women. All written religions locate men as authority figures, when prior spiritual schemes tended to elevate women and goddesses in a pantheon or animistic scheme. Why is Christianity not seen as a deeper conspiracy than cultural Marxism? The Roman Catholic Church is just a way to subvert and exploit the message of an evangelical baptist who advocated not funding Synagogues when lessons could be taught in the field on why it was nice to be nice to each other and help the sick and needy and homeless with direct action rather than money donated to an institution most of which is then spent on making the institution look more awesome. Did Jesus talk of original sin and the punishment of eternal Hell then raise funds for a Sistine Chapel through the sale of plenary indulgences to cancel out an invented sin to avoid an invented Hell? I thought Jesus talked about loving your neighbor as you love yourself, and revering God. I am not even convinced he was resurrected. It seems to be superfluous to his main message. Jesus is basically Jordan Peterson cleaning your room and helping society and yourself by taking on responsibility, all this "believe in the Passion and ye will be saved" is bullshit expedience to trick the rich into donating to the church on their death beds out of fear they need to save their souls that they have been brainwashed into thinking they have and will be punished hereafter. Catholicism and the confessional are just loopholes. Religious Mania and potentially heretical hallucinations turned into canonical miracles by the Vatican bureaucracy. Celibacy but anal sex with altar boys as it doesn't count? Ratzinger and the Nazis. Pius and the Crusades. Francis seems okay, I guess but they took a risk having someone not yet dead as Pope as he could say the wrong thing. Biden is basically the DNC's pope. A useless brain addled puppet cowed by a history of racism and sexual abuse to serve the BLM and MeToo agendas. He hasn't read a single one of the Executive Orders that Kamala wrote for him to sign. People on the right think Kamala is a joke, and they are in for a huge surprise. The Joker laugh masks a Joker schemer. Obama clearly wanted Kamala to be 46th and Tulsi embarrasing Kamala meant a rapid change of plans and after a few quick phone calls and promises to Sanders to do some of his socialist manifesto if he betrayed his grassroots berniebros and a job for Mayor Pete he can't easily fuck up and the semblance of a Democratic Primary by running Joe against Liz and Joe doesn't pick Liz, or Tulsi, or Stacey, but Kamala who had dropped out. Wake up. It was Kamala all along, Biden was just a blip. He is doing Obama's dirty work because Constitutional Scholar Obama knows he can't have three terms to push his globalist socialist agenda and economic reset. Wall St. is happy as they think they can profit off the Chinese market being brought slightly right towards a median socialist world government. That is why Fauci had to create a bioweapon to assassinate Trump's economy, and force him out of office. How often do US Presidents get reelected when their first term yields a strong economy? COVID had to come along to fuck up the US so they could displace Trump, as a capitalist nation state and Chinese tariffs was against the globalist socialist harmonisation programme that would get them their one world government. The Big Pharma cabal got Fauci to REEE about J&J's single dose vax, unnecessarily, as the convenience of one jab undercut the sale of their double jabs. Big Tech suppressed this Lab story (and is suppressing the Chinese dox on assessing coronaviruses as potential bioweapons now, so expect the whole truth to take another year to surface through FOI), then the Hunter laptop thing that the FBI had during the Primaries which should have kept Joe from running, was suppressed at the behest of the NSA to ensure BHO got his Vice in temporarily, do some dirty work, then use the 25th amendment to chuck Joe out and swap for his original, derailed, pick. Then expect Kamala to blame Joe for the bad border policy, complete the wall and stop catch and release. She will go all Law & Order on Latinos. Trans Rights Activists and BLM will have their head in a spin when she drops the facade. Ben Shapiro underestimates her competence. Obama wouldn't have picked her for his old job if he couldn't rely on her. We may see AOC as her Vice, as AOC basically sets the agenda of the extreme progressive left. Techically, from a certain point of view AOC is President right now. LOL. So, conspiracies all around, this dialectic nonsense is just something to undermine universities and thereby journalism courses to create a compliant Fourth Estate. 9/11 -> Patriot Act. 1/6 -> Pelosi killed Ashli. It is all the same circus, whether Republican or Democrat. The deep state runs America. The anomaly was PoMo Trump trolling his way into office in a way the media could not deflect. Trump isn't Deep State, and was once Dem and friendly with the Clintons when in New York, then considering running as an Independent, until Perot showed how lame that looked, so he pulled a Tony Blair and turned the existing Republican party into a populist Constitutional Conservative America First party, pandering at first to the military industrial complex (cause you have to otherwise you get JFK'ed) and then feeling ethically guilty about drones and got rid of Bolton and pushed for peace in the Middle East, whilst not starting any new wars. Hippies like Eric Weinstein should vote Trump, but they are too traumatised by the Shoah to risk electing someone who all media and social media describe as worse than Hitler. Had the first false impeachment not failed we would not have had this pandemic. Trump will probably get assassinated by Obama if he runs in 2024. The best 5D chess move he can make is appear to be running until the last minute then support a DeSantis Noem ticket and speak at their rallies behind green glass to draw crowds. People want the show, but don't need the man, and Kristi's CPAC speech almost makes her look more Trump than Trump. South Dakota never had a lockdown. Florida came out of its lockdown early yet protected its elderly, it banned CRT, and inspired ex-Cuban refugees to support Republican capitalism. The pendulum will swing back to constitutional conservatism and providing they don't make Abortion an issue, but instead run on gun rights / free speech / trade tariffs, the border/immigration won't even need to be an issue as Harris will have resolved it Trumpstyle by 2024 in order to try to get elected. The economy won't be too bad either as 2022 will stop the money printer going brrrr. Bitcoin will crash and then Gold will surge. Everything is going back to normal. Even the movies will stop being woke in about eighteen months time. You'll see....
@tirakindler1
@tirakindler1 3 жыл бұрын
@@____uncompetative I grew up christian but love studying all the philosophies and belief systems of humanity. I also love genetic genealogy and the field of psychology and psychiatry as ways to see how we organize the traits of humanity using all the knowledge of the brain and the past. I'm a 40 year old woman- my conclusion is that we currently exist in a realm with others who have disconnected from our creator, God, light....etc. The beauty we experience is a memory of where our souls have been and through stories (bible etc.) we've tried to reconcile where we are and where we've been. I take the bible as a metaphor. The snake and garden "ground" us in the realm. This evil, dark realm full of death and destruction - yin and yang- no real progress of escaping the bad. Knowledge is only applicable to this earthly realm so its of no use though we, as evil beings, see it as the greatest achievement. Still being tricked that to "know" actually means something when to FEEL and submit to that little corner of our being that remembers love, light and like all of humanity, considers we came from somewhere else. This is satan's world. We are all here for a reason. I believe we can escape through faith which reconnects us to the light-- if not, your soul probably circles back time and time again-- here and maybe even in other dark realms. I think the reconnecting is what we see as "heaven" and to put it plainly, I don't believe our consciousness (part of the soul) is fully severed when we pass. I think IF YOU BELIEVE in reconnecting it will go on. IF YOU DON"T believe in anything you maybe be relegated to darkness or cease to move on- very low awareness- meaningless- IF YOU AREN"T SURE you come back here where the memories exist but the less you believe the further you get from the memories. (love, light, positive emotion). This wraps all the belief systems together along with science. Your brain will see what you choose it to see-- or "free will" but evil earthlings have used it as a behavior rather than a belief.
@LA-kc7ev
@LA-kc7ev 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you James for your hard work. Just listened to the last half hour or so tonight and found your perspective and analysis accurate and also helpful. Just one thing to say about this Hegelian 'alchemical process', which is also inimical to traditional alchemy in which the agent of transformation, far from being negation/contradiction/nothing/destruction, is sulphur=Fire=Spirit.
@LlibertarianGalt
@LlibertarianGalt 2 жыл бұрын
it took me a few days to get through this the first time I listened, back now after nearly a year to try and reabsorb the information. I think Hegels connections to Fascist and Communist ideology should be highlighted more.
@codex3048
@codex3048 3 жыл бұрын
1:47:48 "Critical race theory can be thought of as race gnosticism." Brilliant! In fact, we should start calling it "race gnosticism" on a regular basis.
@keltonschleyer6367
@keltonschleyer6367 3 жыл бұрын
Voddie Baucham is a Christian preacher who has been using the term 'ethnic gnosticism' to communicate a similar idea. His titular sermon is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9ZjoblnuMXKiYk.html
@mikeoveli1028
@mikeoveli1028 3 жыл бұрын
Andrew B I would like to know your understanding of crt and how you have any credentials to criticize its validity?
@detrockcity3
@detrockcity3 3 жыл бұрын
Love it. I'm on board w/ race gnosticism. Let it fly, soldiers.
@Xbalanque84
@Xbalanque84 3 жыл бұрын
@@mikeoveli1028 It's an ideology pent in Hell, how's that for understanding? Seriously, fuck your talk of credentials, it's all subversive utopian nonsense.
@mikeoveli1028
@mikeoveli1028 3 жыл бұрын
@@Xbalanque84 At least we know that you have no understanding.
@codex3048
@codex3048 3 жыл бұрын
A tour de force, James. I suggest a future episode on the roots of Hegalian Dialectic, which goes back to Plato. Hegel was deeply influenced by Plato. Hegel's "state" looks a lot like Plato's Republic.
@moe45673
@moe45673 3 жыл бұрын
According to Popper, "Republic" is a biased translation of that title. A literal translation would be the "Constitution" or "The City-State" or the "State"
@anonymike8280
@anonymike8280 3 жыл бұрын
However, the idea that Plato created the _Republic_ as a vehicle to describe his idea of the ideal state is outright b.s., and I have read the book (admittedly only in translation). What the text says is the he wants to describe what the principles of justice are, meaning what is social justice or what is fairness for the individual person. He says very clearly that he will describe his conception of the ideal society but only for the purpose of illustrating what the principles of justice are. He says that he does this because explaining what justice is for the individual is too complicated. I think he's copping out, or maybe the word was not translated quite correctly. In any case, what justice for the individual constitutes is the individual being provided or allowed to hold a position in society consistent with their own nature. This is what the "Myth of the Metals" passage is about. The idea even found its way into Marxism in the dictum "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need." This idea never meant what some people think it does, that the most productive do the work and the most profligate consumers get everything they want without doing a lick of useful work. The idea in fact refers back to the Platonic order and the idea that there is some hierarchy of natures within the human herd, leaving different individuals with different abilities and different needs. The roots of Marxism in Platonic idealism are very strong but on the ground it didn't work out so well in the Soviet system. The workers gave according to their ability and received a good pair boots every two years and a week in the Crimea. The administrative class gave according their ability too and received according to their need for a better apartment, occasional caviar, first class train tickets and shopping trips in Paris. There you have it.
@anonymike8280
@anonymike8280 3 жыл бұрын
@@goldmanstaxxx6408 Say something. If you are going to discuss philosophy, you need to put it on the table. Like I did. Maybe you are neo-Aristotelian in your viewpoint and you understand that my take on Plato is the definitive pushback against neo-Aristotelianism. Well, you have to live with it.
@codex3048
@codex3048 2 жыл бұрын
@James Patrick "A community of women" is also included in "The Manifesto of the Communist Party." You have to destroy the family if you are a statist, Marxist, or true Socialist. It's their #1 goal.
@LunarLocust
@LunarLocust Жыл бұрын
@@goldmanstaxxx6408 Diogenes>Aristotle
@TonySmith-jj9fv
@TonySmith-jj9fv 2 жыл бұрын
You are doing great work, guys. Important work. Keep in it up.
@timottes334
@timottes334 7 ай бұрын
Of course... listening to this again as it is brilliant. I don't think it's just Hegel. I think it is Idealist thought without grounding... generally. Remember... Kant sought to resolve or ground Hume... & Schopenhauer sought to correct " the great Kant. " When one studies Idealism, one has to be extremely careful in not transposing whatever Idealism one studies... upon one's everyday life in this world of representation/appearances. Idealism... imho... save for those of Berkeley & Kant... will absolutely lead one to extreme skepticism. Even they will lead one to that, but both offer resolutions to that issue - God & Deontology. I guess we could say that Schopenhauer grounded his Idealism in a Will without a purpose. When Idealism isn't resolved... it turns into that extreme skepticism ( Modern skepticism, that is. I don't find much wrong in ancient skepticism, ) and all of the ills James is talking about. Ancient Skepticism realizes that all thought turns into an infinite regress... & tells one to be calm in the face of that... & not go down the effin rabbit hole of trying to find The Thing Itself, imho. In the end, Idealism says that there is probably... The Thing Itself & one MUST know that it is unattainable, and seek to resolve that quest for it... or one will go down the path of the infinite regress of thought turned into action: Implementation of the Dialectic. They keep coming up with additions in their dialectical quest, because their mind is engaged in an infinite regress acted out in the world. They are digging a hole to the other side of the world, and, of course, need an infinite amount of shovels ( tools ) to get there! Essentially, as we see of them... they do not exist in reality... they are in a fantasy quest for something they can never attain... The Thing Itself. That is, in themselves as individuals, and in reality. Goedell tells us in his Incompleteness Theorems... that we can, indeed, go on forever... and we need to ground our realization that this is, indeed, a world of subjective representation and appearances... or we will spin out of control like the ungrounded Idealists...
@sterlingpratt5802
@sterlingpratt5802 3 жыл бұрын
I think that Heidegger and his understanding of the need for a Destruktion of thought going back to Plato and his concern over inauthenticity of culture would slot in nicely with a lot of this analysis. Not that your excellent breakdown needed any padding. :)
@Hans-mg5nf
@Hans-mg5nf 3 жыл бұрын
my friend and also james, heidegger goes from the idea of human fear of emptiness, hegel says something like: the human is evolving therefore it must be good and good into a goal ( prove , where is the prove??) So for heidegger destruction is always there always, no possibilty to escape to a higher utopia
@montycantsin8861
@montycantsin8861 3 жыл бұрын
@@Hans-mg5nf grim, but allowing freedom at moments. I think Heidegger believed art was a respite. Unlike Hegel, a freaky Prussian wizard, wiggling the rubber bone of Utopia of a spiked pit.
@mikkelborchsenius1156
@mikkelborchsenius1156 3 жыл бұрын
@@Hans-mg5nf Hegel has never said "human evolving therefore it must be good". Also, this is a really bad understanding of Hegel.
@Hans-mg5nf
@Hans-mg5nf 3 жыл бұрын
eeehh this is a little bit for me this channel and I am dutch so give me some time to understand your irony , 🤣🤣😎😎🤗🤗@@montycantsin8861
@Hans-mg5nf
@Hans-mg5nf 3 жыл бұрын
@@mikkelborchsenius1156 Ok lets go for conflict: I never liked hegel, there is no end utopia or reunited between ' god ' and his ' son ' or something in the end of times , both must excist realism and utopiasme, forever. Sorry for my bad english 😎😎😎
@ryanoloan4417
@ryanoloan4417 3 жыл бұрын
Hegels absolute knowledge is the realisation that everything is always in contradiction with itself. i.e we think we have self certainty until we find a truth that contradicts that. That's how we/the world develops through an ongoing dialectic of opposition and re-evaluation. The dialectic has no end, no final stopping point . Marx thought he could overcome the contradictions of capitalism with communism but he was wrong. I wouldn't blame Hegel
@GODHATESADOPTION
@GODHATESADOPTION 2 жыл бұрын
Logic has the law of non contradiction.
@GODHATESADOPTION
@GODHATESADOPTION 2 жыл бұрын
The dialectic has teleology.
@LionKimbro
@LionKimbro 10 ай бұрын
@@GODHATESADOPTION Hegel called ideas like "A=A" and the law of non-contradiction, as "nothing but the law of abstract understanding." Such laws accurately describe the consistency of things that are essentially mathematical in character. But when you look at a question like, "Is so-and-so a good person?", these laws of abstract understanding do not really function very well. "If A is a good person, what do good people do? OK, but on January 15th, 2021, A did not do the things that good people do. Therefore, A is not a good person." That would logically follow, would it not? What Hegel was pointing out is that logic does not work like that in the conceptual realm. Hegel would be much more comfortable with a statement like, "If you are going to be yourself, then you are going to have to change." If you are poisoned by the presenter of this video to Hegel, then simply replace the vehicle with G.K. Chesterton, a conservative Christian who nonetheless was perfectly at home with paradox, and the limitations of abstract understanding. To bridge the gap between abstract understanding, and what Hegel called "the concrete" (life as actually lived, situations as they actually are,) then you can say that "A" is "how a person is at a specific instant in time." But when we are talking about who people are, we are typically NOT talking about who a person is at a specific instant; we are much more interested in who and how that person is as a process.
@LionKimbro
@LionKimbro 10 ай бұрын
@@GODHATESADOPTION Yes, Hegel's concept of the dialectic recognizes teleology. But only by looking backwards. You can't predict the future with Hegelian thinking. Like how you could look at your life, and see how things developed, what role things played in making a certain outcome. Or how you could look at your body, and see, "Oh, well, my stomach digests food, and my throat brings food to it from my mouth." Telos, telos. But you can't then say, "So in the future, this is definitely what my future will be." Hegel didn't believe or argue that. Karl Marx did, but Karl Marx also wrote, "My dialectic method is not only different from the Hegelian, but is its direct opposite."
@GODHATESADOPTION
@GODHATESADOPTION 10 ай бұрын
@@LionKimbro no I like hegel and gk I just don't like the hegelian dialectic applied to cultural marxism
@TheGushroom
@TheGushroom 3 жыл бұрын
This is a very important piece of the puzzle for all my people to hear and understand and to keep in the archives.
@Castle3179
@Castle3179 2 жыл бұрын
I cant believe that I managed to watched the whole video. I will now re-watch once or twice more.
@MrWilson81
@MrWilson81 3 жыл бұрын
Holy sh&t. I never thought how deep this attack really goes. I had a basic idea/understanding of what this woke left was, I’m definitely not an intellectual and my mind is blown. I will have to listen again so I can have a better understanding of what I am listening to. The double speak and language I noticed to a degree but it sounds like anything can actually mean anything depending on context and desired effect. Well thank you, this was incredible and mind opening.
@kathrynratenski-harrison4635
@kathrynratenski-harrison4635 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the double speak of the current woke left. Just confuse people with words.
@shannonm.townsend1232
@shannonm.townsend1232 3 жыл бұрын
Really, if you want to know about Kant or Hegel, read a book written by them. This video, and by extension the video's creator, are doing you a disservice. And pushing an agenda. Whether it's for profit/clicks or another reason, I couldn't say.
@amoreperfectpodcast9061
@amoreperfectpodcast9061 2 жыл бұрын
@@shannonm.townsend1232 shut up. who made you the gate keeper of knowledge oh wise one?
@FreeSalesTips
@FreeSalesTips 2 жыл бұрын
@@shannonm.townsend1232 The agenda of this podcast is to expose the "operating system" that the left are operating under. The point isn't to speak a lecture that discusses the the totality of Kant or Hegel intellectual works. Kant and Hegel are important (within this podcast) about the matter that they believed in alchemy and dialectic thinking and how this thinking influenced Karl Marx. Karl Marx is important because he devised his theory of revolution that we call Marxism. This is all important because we have modern day alchemists who are creating their utopia within the basic worldview of Marxism.
@thecameronator
@thecameronator 2 жыл бұрын
@@shannonm.townsend1232 yeah this shit is super skewed towards a very particular worldview.
@codex3048
@codex3048 3 жыл бұрын
1:24:44 "Their goal is to teach children to think dialectically."
@marcyoverby3120
@marcyoverby3120 3 жыл бұрын
I noticed that yrs ago just talking to some of these millennials.
@auntjenifer7774
@auntjenifer7774 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this crazy.
@januarysson5633
@januarysson5633 3 жыл бұрын
Children taught to think dialectically become dangerous adults.
@Ripcalidonate
@Ripcalidonate 3 жыл бұрын
Man I don't know but u need to go on teaching this to more people I listen to this for two days and I had already seen some other literature on this and u put it together for me really good thank God for people like u
@RxAxIxNxBxOxW
@RxAxIxNxBxOxW 2 жыл бұрын
Another great podcast M.R. Lindsay, thanks for your work!
@hermestrismagistos3145
@hermestrismagistos3145 3 жыл бұрын
Just here to say that I am a believer and practitioner of Hermetic religion and philosophy. I am also a Conservative Capitalist who is completely fed up with this "woke" "victim" cult. Hermetic and neo-plotonic philosophy has nothing to do with this "woke" far leftist faux "anti-racist" neo-marxism. It is about responsibility, attempting to know God (The Good, The All, The Mind of Creation) and the pursuit of self perfection. These are the opposite of the grievances, "victimhood", and oppressor/oppressed ideologies pushed by the "woke" left. ✌🙏🇺🇸
@taucetii3412
@taucetii3412 Жыл бұрын
"Well said." Again it is the Judeo Christians , not the polytheistic believers , who are demonizing other paths toward the divine.
@codex3048
@codex3048 3 жыл бұрын
1:41:58 Beginning of discussion on "aufhaben," the tool of the dialectic axis.
@juliustuting4542
@juliustuting4542 2 жыл бұрын
aufheben (aufhaben mean something different)
@Babybugex
@Babybugex 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for your time and attention to detail.
@pancake_ghosty
@pancake_ghosty 2 жыл бұрын
People watching this need to stick to the end. Only 2 hours in did the whole thing come together for me. Eye opening stuff and very well explained.
@in.der.welt.sein.
@in.der.welt.sein. 3 жыл бұрын
Hegel is essentially an influence on every school of thought whether or not they're aware of it. Hegel was a systematic thinker who literally discussed and thought about practically everything under the sun.
@in.der.welt.sein.
@in.der.welt.sein. 3 жыл бұрын
@@camphor_dance hegel certainly discusses calculus and was very familiar with both Leibniz and Newton's discoveries.
@michaelmcclure3383
@michaelmcclure3383 2 жыл бұрын
Hegel is so hot right now
@codex3048
@codex3048 3 жыл бұрын
49:22 Marcuse's "One-Dimensional Man" did not sell 300,000+ copies in its first year. No chance. There are only 20 copies (hardcover and paperback) available of the 1964 printings available for sale currently on ABE Books. Such a low availability suggests sales about 99.5% reduced from 300,000.
@danieljakubik3428
@danieljakubik3428 Жыл бұрын
Excellent and enlightening linking Hegel and the modern wokeism movement! Worth the listen!
@DiffuseAppearance
@DiffuseAppearance 3 ай бұрын
That was without doubt one of the best lessons I've ever heard. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge James. You're doing good work, this is seriously important.
@LAZARUSL0NG
@LAZARUSL0NG 3 жыл бұрын
Any person for whom this form of reasoning is fully descriptive can be reliably depended upon to do their best to rig any democratic election in which they have an interest in the result.
@montycantsin8861
@montycantsin8861 3 жыл бұрын
Of course... you must use Any Means Necessary to defeat anyone standing in the way of The Empire Of The Good.
@fitamerican5051
@fitamerican5051 3 жыл бұрын
Explains why the left causes a physical response. I find it revolting and physically draw back as if it is a poisonous snake. I believe the Bible.
@justinhart2831
@justinhart2831 3 жыл бұрын
I'm just wondering what any of this has to do with healthcare.
@montycantsin8861
@montycantsin8861 3 жыл бұрын
@@justinhart2831 Well, for starters, we have a rationing problem in Healthcare, as we do in everything else. The free-market approach is to ration by price. If you want that difficult procedure, it's gonna cost ya. If you want that easy/simple procedure... no problem. Or, you can go Socialized Medicine. If you want any procedure... get in line and wait. If it's a direly needed procedure, maybe you can get bumped ahead of others. But then the others get angry. But if it's a simple/cheap/easy procedure? Again, no problem. The issue as I see it is incentives. A free-market system incentivizes doing whatever the provider can hor the patient... testing, state of the art procedures, etc. It fosters innovation and creates incentives to providers to work for the health of the patient. New innovation, and increasing success creates the incentive to make things faster, cheaper, better and more widely available. Once again, though, cost to the patient is the burden. With a socialized system, everybody pays constantly, through a portion of some method of taxation, and higher earners share a greater burden, while lower earners carry a lesser burden (typically), ensuring everyone has access to care. The problem is that, since such systems must be rationed, procedures are limited. Trying out new methods, or even asking for additional testing by providers is disincentivized, leading to more overlooked health problems, or late care... sometimes too late. It's a sticky problem, either way. Either way, there's the danger of bad providers, misdiagnoses, and malpractice. In both cases, patients can become frustrated out of seeking care, either because of fear of costs in the decentralized (free market) healthcare system, or from wait-times and bureaucratic hurdles, in the case of centralized (socialized) healthcare. I generally try to take care of myself, watch my weight, my diet, refrain from drinking, drugs, dangerous activities, and get good sleep and exercise, all while hoping for the best, whichever way our U.S. system ends up. Because we are in a see-saw boondoggle, with interests on both sides complicating the shit out of our system.
@montycantsin8861
@montycantsin8861 3 жыл бұрын
@@justinhart2831 sorry... I just realized I didn't connect it to the main topic. Western Liberal thinkers will tend to prefer the free market health-care approach, whereas Socialist (neo-marxist/hegelian) thinkers will prefer Socialized healthcare. I think that's where political philosophy most greatly impacts how our society produces a form for Healthcare provision.
@TheWhitehiker
@TheWhitehiker 3 жыл бұрын
'Dialectic' as construed today allows for contradictions in arguments-- What a sham dismissal of consistency, logic, and evidence! What an unfair handicap, to ignore your own contradictions!
@itsv1p3r
@itsv1p3r 3 жыл бұрын
doublethink
@TheWhitehiker
@TheWhitehiker 3 жыл бұрын
@@itsv1p3r or triple perhaps!
@januarysson5633
@januarysson5633 3 жыл бұрын
That’s how you can tell it’s a grift.
@TheWhitehiker
@TheWhitehiker 3 жыл бұрын
@@januarysson5633 true that!
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