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Episode 30: WTF is Trad? (and what does 'abolishing the family' mean?) pt.1


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We discuss the emergence of Traditionalism and its surge in popularity amongst Gen Z. In a world of porn, online dating, cost of living crisis, and increasing alienation, why are young people turning to traditional catholicism, romanticising feudalism, and rejecting democracy in favour of monarch rule? We go over Trad's aspirations (marriage and children), its sexual politics (please, no more porn!) and other rising subgroups of volcels (voluntary celibates), femcels (women deciding to be celibate), and incels (involuntary celebrates) that are each responses to the current landscape of dating app merry-go-rounds, normalisation of BDSM, and the downturn in privacy and adult independence. Traditional sexual politics is seen as the antidote to these, with women turning to conservative dating apps like The Right Stuff to find a man who isn't interested in a polycule or calling himself a woman. 

The latter third of the episode concerns what Marx actually meant by 'abolishing the family' and the liberal Left's twisted version of it that promotes surrogacy, brothels, sterilising gender non-conforming children, and, of course, unbridled access to violent porn. We end on Sophie Lewis (author of Full Surrogacy Now) and her call for a caste of women who will be sexually exploited by all - a mirror of the call for a caste of women in prostitution. Final remarks are on Lewis's claim that people can experience 'queer love' with octopi (perhaps there will be a squid on the Pride flag soon).

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