🔴 James Lindsay: How the Woke Right Is Leading Conservatism Toward Collapse

In this episode, Lindsay lays out how “wokeness” has re-emerged on the right in a new form — one defined by victimhood, forbidden knowledge, conspiratorial thinking, and identity-based power claims. Using concrete examples, he explains why this mindset undermines truth-seeking, corrodes political judgment, and ultimately leads to electoral defeat.

Tucker, Candace, Fuentes, Mental Illiness, anti-Semitism... All of it.

AI Chapters:

00:00 Introduction – James Lindsay and the Grievance Studies Affair

01:48 How Absurd Academic Hoaxes Got Published

06:12 The Dog Park Rape Paper Explained

09:56 Why Exposure Didn’t Lead to Reform

12:58 What Lindsay Means by “The Woke Right”

15:41 The Epistemology of Forbidden Knowledge

16:52 “Just Asking Questions” as a Worldview

18:06 Identity, Victimhood, and Resentment Politics

22:47 Conspiracy, Demons, and Fringe Beliefs Going Mainstream

27:10 Cult Capture, Narcissism, and Incentives

32:55 Nick Fuentes and the Acceleration Trap

37:58 Antisemitism, Immigration, and Scapegoating

44:38 The Political “Third Rail” Problem

49:22 Rogan, Podcasts, and Influence

01:01:35 Why This Leads to Electoral Defeat

01:10:48 The “Abscess” Metaphor – Internal Collapse

01:18:12 Final Warning and What Comes Next