50 Books like Return of the Strong Gods

Why Liberalism Failed

by Patrick J. Deneen • 2018

Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Communitarianism 🧩 Individualism Critique 📉 Meritocracy Critique 🏚️ Civic Decline

Why Liberalism Failed 96%

Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.

by Patrick J. Deneen 2018

3.84

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Communitarianism 🧩 Individualism Critique 📉 Meritocracy Critique 🏚️ Civic Decline

Age of Anger

by Pankaj Mishra • 2017

Today's global resentments echo the fury that tore through modernizing Europe.

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🧠 Intellectual History 😤 Ressentiment 🏭 Modernity Critique 🚩 Nationalism 💥 Political Violence

Age of Anger 96%

Today's global resentments echo the fury that tore through modernizing Europe.

by Pankaj Mishra 2017

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🧠 Intellectual History 😤 Ressentiment 🏭 Modernity Critique 🚩 Nationalism 💥 Political Violence

Globalismo

by Agustín Laje • 2024

Social engineering survived the Terror and went global. Your sovereignty is its target.

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🌐 Global Governance 🏛️ National Sovereignty 🛠️ Social Engineering 👑 Elite Theory 📜 Conservative Critique

Globalismo 95%

Social engineering survived the Terror and went global. Your sovereignty is its target.

by Agustín Laje 2024

4.46

145 ratings

🌐 Global Governance 🏛️ National Sovereignty 🛠️ Social Engineering 👑 Elite Theory 📜 Conservative Critique

The Right Side of History

by Ben Shapiro • 2019

Greek reason plus biblical purpose built the modern West. Both are now in retreat.

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🏛️ Western Civilization ✝️ Judeo-Christian Values 📉 Western Decline 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🏰 Traditional Conservatism

The Right Side of History 95%

Greek reason plus biblical purpose built the modern West. Both are now in retreat.

by Ben Shapiro 2019

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9k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization ✝️ Judeo-Christian Values 📉 Western Decline 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🏰 Traditional Conservatism

Ideas Have Consequences

by Richard M. Weaver • 1948

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

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🏛️ Western Civilization 🧠 Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Traditionalist Conservatism 📜 Thomism 📰 Mass Media Criticism

Ideas Have Consequences 95%

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

by Richard M. Weaver 1948

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🏛️ Western Civilization 🧠 Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Traditionalist Conservatism 📜 Thomism 📰 Mass Media Criticism

Anti-Pluralism

by William A. Galston • 2018

When economies stop delivering, democracies start falling. Populism is the symptom, not the disease.

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151

🏛️ Liberal Democracy 📢 Populism Studies 💸 Economic Anxiety ⚡ Cultural Backlash 🏢 Elite Disconnect

Anti-Pluralism 95%

When economies stop delivering, democracies start falling. Populism is the symptom, not the disease.

by William A. Galston 2018

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151 ratings

🏛️ Liberal Democracy 📢 Populism Studies 💸 Economic Anxiety ⚡ Cultural Backlash 🏢 Elite Disconnect

10 Books That Screwed Up the World

by Benjamin Wiker • 2008

Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.

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🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⛪ Critique Of Secularism ⚠️ Dangerous Ideas 🔗 Totalitarianism Origins

10 Books That Screwed Up the World Summary

10 Books That Screwed Up the World 95%

Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.

by Benjamin Wiker 2008

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⛪ Critique Of Secularism ⚠️ Dangerous Ideas 🔗 Totalitarianism Origins

The Reactionary Mind

by Corey Robin • 2011

Conservatism is the counterrevolution: a history of the right borrowing from the left to defeat it.

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🏛️ Conservative Thought 🔥 Reactionary Politics 🔄 Counterrevolution ⛓️ Defense Of Hierarchy 🗳️ Right-Wing Populism

The Reactionary Mind 95%

Conservatism is the counterrevolution: a history of the right borrowing from the left to defeat it.

by Corey Robin 2011

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🏛️ Conservative Thought 🔥 Reactionary Politics 🔄 Counterrevolution ⛓️ Defense Of Hierarchy 🗳️ Right-Wing Populism

The Dark Enlightenment

by Nick Land • 2012

Democracy is not a broken system; it is a self-destructive engine that devours civilization.

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🏴 Neo-Reactionary Thought 📉 Democratic Decay 🧬 Human Biodiversity 🚪 Political Exit 🔮 Secular Religions

The Dark Enlightenment 95%

Democracy is not a broken system; it is a self-destructive engine that devours civilization.

by Nick Land 2012

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733 ratings

🏴 Neo-Reactionary Thought 📉 Democratic Decay 🧬 Human Biodiversity 🚪 Political Exit 🔮 Secular Religions

Liberalism and Its Discontents

by Francis Fukuyama • 2022

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📜 Classical Liberalism 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🪪 Identity Politics

Liberalism and Its Discontents 95%

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

by Francis Fukuyama 2022

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3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📜 Classical Liberalism 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🪪 Identity Politics

Shitbürgertum

by Ulf Poschardt • 2025

Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.

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🇩🇪 German Politics 🏛️ Elite Critique 🎭 Cultural Hegemony 🗣️ Language And Power 🏗️ State Worship

Shitbürgertum 95%

Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.

by Ulf Poschardt 2025

3.21

301 ratings

🇩🇪 German Politics 🏛️ Elite Critique 🎭 Cultural Hegemony 🗣️ Language And Power 🏗️ State Worship

The Servile State

by Hilaire Belloc • 1912

Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.

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659

🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Economic History 💰 Capitalism Critique 🔴 Socialism Critique 🚧 Welfare State Critique

The Servile State 95%

Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.

by Hilaire Belloc 1912

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659 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Economic History 💰 Capitalism Critique 🔴 Socialism Critique 🚧 Welfare State Critique

The Rise of the Outsiders

by Steve Richards • 2017

Outsiders took the West with three forces: globalization's losers, immigration fears, media rage.

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150

🗳️ Populism 🏛️ Democratic Decline 🔄 Political Realignment 🌐 Globalization Backlash 📰 Media And Democracy

The Rise of the Outsiders 94%

Outsiders took the West with three forces: globalization's losers, immigration fears, media rage.

by Steve Richards 2017

3.69

150 ratings

🗳️ Populism 🏛️ Democratic Decline 🔄 Political Realignment 🌐 Globalization Backlash 📰 Media And Democracy

A Pelican Introduction

by Mike Savage • 2015

Three hidden currencies now define British class, and only one appears on a payslip.

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546

🏛️ Class Analysis 🇬🇧 British Society 🎭 Cultural Capital 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Social Mobility

A Pelican Introduction 94%

Three hidden currencies now define British class, and only one appears on a payslip.

by Mike Savage 2015

4.06

546 ratings

🏛️ Class Analysis 🇬🇧 British Society 🎭 Cultural Capital 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Social Mobility

The Retreat of Western Liberalism

by Edward Luce • 2017

Western democracy's real threat isn't China. It's the voters who no longer believe it works.

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🏛️ Liberal Democracy Crisis 🌐 Globalization Backlash 📉 Middle Class Stagnation 🗳️ Populist Nationalism ⚔️ US China Rivalry

The Retreat of Western Liberalism Summary

The Retreat of Western Liberalism 94%

Western democracy's real threat isn't China. It's the voters who no longer believe it works.

by Edward Luce 2017

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🏛️ Liberal Democracy Crisis 🌐 Globalization Backlash 📉 Middle Class Stagnation 🗳️ Populist Nationalism ⚔️ US China Rivalry

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

by Martin Wolf • 2023

The system that delivered freedom and prosperity is devouring itself from the inside.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 💰 Rent-Seeking 📉 Inequality 🗣️ Populism

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism Summary

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism 94%

The system that delivered freedom and prosperity is devouring itself from the inside.

by Martin Wolf 2023

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1k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 💰 Rent-Seeking 📉 Inequality 🗣️ Populism

The Dying Citizen

by Victor Davis Hanson • 2021

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

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🗽 American Citizenship 🏴 National Identity 📉 Middle Class Decline 🏢 Bureaucratic State 🎭 Identity Politics Critique

The Dying Citizen 94%

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

by Victor Davis Hanson 2021

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🗽 American Citizenship 🏴 National Identity 📉 Middle Class Decline 🏢 Bureaucratic State 🎭 Identity Politics Critique

Against the Machine

by Paul Kingsnorth • 2025

The West lost its soul; a machine grew in the gap, now coming to replace us.

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🏛️ Critique Of Modernity ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🌳 Spiritual Ecology 🪄 Disenchantment 📵 Digital Resistance

Against the Machine 94%

The West lost its soul; a machine grew in the gap, now coming to replace us.

by Paul Kingsnorth 2025

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🏛️ Critique Of Modernity ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🌳 Spiritual Ecology 🪄 Disenchantment 📵 Digital Resistance

Intellectuals and Society

by Thomas Sowellm • 2009

The most educated minds keep getting the biggest questions wrong. It is not bad luck.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 📢 Social Criticism 🧠 Intellectual Overreach 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚙️ Social Engineering

Intellectuals and Society 94%

The most educated minds keep getting the biggest questions wrong. It is not bad luck.

by Thomas Sowellm 2009

4.29

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 📢 Social Criticism 🧠 Intellectual Overreach 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚙️ Social Engineering

Defeating Big Government Socialism

by Newt Gingrich • 2022

Bureaucratic socialism hollowed out America; reclaiming it takes history, civility, a long fight.

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🗣️ Conservative Polemics 📈 Free Market Advocacy 🚫 Anti-Socialism 🏛️ Limited Government 📋 Bureaucratic Bloat

Defeating Big Government Socialism Summary

Defeating Big Government Socialism 94%

Bureaucratic socialism hollowed out America; reclaiming it takes history, civility, a long fight.

by Newt Gingrich 2022

4.19

288 ratings

🗣️ Conservative Polemics 📈 Free Market Advocacy 🚫 Anti-Socialism 🏛️ Limited Government 📋 Bureaucratic Bloat

When They Call You a Terrorist

by Patrisse Khan-Cullors • 2018

Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.

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🐘 Conservative Populism 🌐 Anti-Globalism 🗳️ Party Realignment 🦅 Neoconservatism ☕ Tea Party Movement

When They Call You a Terrorist 94%

Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.

by Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018

4.49

26k+ ratings

🐘 Conservative Populism 🌐 Anti-Globalism 🗳️ Party Realignment 🦅 Neoconservatism ☕ Tea Party Movement

Modern Times

by Paul Johnson • 1983

Einstein and Freud dismantled the old moral universe. Into the void stepped the totalitarians.

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📅 Modern History 💡 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political History ⚖️ Moral Relativism 🚫 Totalitarianism

Modern Times 94%

Einstein and Freud dismantled the old moral universe. Into the void stepped the totalitarians.

by Paul Johnson 1983

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📅 Modern History 💡 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political History ⚖️ Moral Relativism 🚫 Totalitarianism

The Age of American Unreason

by Susan Jacoby • 2008

Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.

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🧠 Anti-Intellectualism 🎭 Cultural Criticism 📚 Intellectual History 📺 Media Criticism 🔬 Science Denial

The Age of American Unreason 94%

Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.

by Susan Jacoby 2008

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3k+ ratings

🧠 Anti-Intellectualism 🎭 Cultural Criticism 📚 Intellectual History 📺 Media Criticism 🔬 Science Denial

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

by Ben Shapiro • 2020

Three principles made America. A rival philosophy now insists all three were the problem all along.

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🇺🇸 American Identity 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Natural Rights 🏛️ Limited Government 🎯 Cancel Culture

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Summary

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps 94%

Three principles made America. A rival philosophy now insists all three were the problem all along.

by Ben Shapiro 2020

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🇺🇸 American Identity 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Natural Rights 🏛️ Limited Government 🎯 Cancel Culture

What Is Populism?

by Jan-Werner Müller • 2014

Forget anti-elite anger. Populism's core is the claim that opponents are not the real people.

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🗳️ Populism Studies 🏛️ Democratic Theory 🚫 Anti-Pluralism 👥 Political Identity 🏗️ State Capture

What Is Populism? 94%

Forget anti-elite anger. Populism's core is the claim that opponents are not the real people.

by Jan-Werner Müller 2014

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🗳️ Populism Studies 🏛️ Democratic Theory 🚫 Anti-Pluralism 👥 Political Identity 🏗️ State Capture

In the Long Run

by Jonathan White • 2024

The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.

3.78

🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 💭 Political Imagination ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🤖 Algorithmic Governance

In the Long Run 94%

The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.

by Jonathan White 2024

3.78

85 ratings

🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 💭 Political Imagination ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🤖 Algorithmic Governance

Don't Burn This Country

by Dave Rubin • 2022

The left ate itself; dissent got you canceled. A survivor's playbook.

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498

🚫 Cancel Culture Critique 💪 Self-Reliance 📰 Media Criticism 🏛️ Institutional Decline 🗣️ Free Speech

Don't Burn This Country 94%

The left ate itself; dissent got you canceled. A survivor's playbook.

by Dave Rubin 2022

3.90

498 ratings

🚫 Cancel Culture Critique 💪 Self-Reliance 📰 Media Criticism 🏛️ Institutional Decline 🗣️ Free Speech

Identity

by Francis Fukuyama • 2018

Economics doesn't explain our political chaos. A deeper human need, the demand for dignity, does.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Recognition Theory 🏴 National Identity 📢 Populist Backlash 🎭 Expressive Individualism

Identity 94%

Economics doesn't explain our political chaos. A deeper human need, the demand for dignity, does.

by Francis Fukuyama 2018

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Recognition Theory 🏴 National Identity 📢 Populist Backlash 🎭 Expressive Individualism

Outclassed

by Joan C. Williams • 2025

The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.

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248

👷 Class Politics 🇺🇸 American Populism 📢 Political Messaging 🎓 Educational Sorting 🎭 Cultural Capital

Outclassed 94%

The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.

by Joan C. Williams 2025

4.20

248 ratings

👷 Class Politics 🇺🇸 American Populism 📢 Political Messaging 🎓 Educational Sorting 🎭 Cultural Capital

Alasdair Macintyre

by Peter McMylor • 1991

Our moral arguments never end because we threw out the framework that made them work.

2.90

🧭 Virtue Ethics 🏘️ Communitarianism 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 💡 Enlightenment Critique 📋 Managerialism

Alasdair Macintyre 94%

Our moral arguments never end because we threw out the framework that made them work.

by Peter McMylor 1991

2.90

10 ratings

🧭 Virtue Ethics 🏘️ Communitarianism 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 💡 Enlightenment Critique 📋 Managerialism

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy

by Christopher Lasch • 1995

The new elite left the country behind, and they took the institutions with them.

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🏛️ Civic Virtue 🏙️ Elite Insularity 📈 American Meritocracy 📉 Middle Class Decline 🗣️ Public Deliberation

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy 94%

The new elite left the country behind, and they took the institutions with them.

by Christopher Lasch 1995

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Civic Virtue 🏙️ Elite Insularity 📈 American Meritocracy 📉 Middle Class Decline 🗣️ Public Deliberation

Values, Voice and Virtue

by Matthew Goodwin • 2023

Britain's new class war: the university 25% versus the rest. The grads are winning everything.

3.68

338

🏛️ British Politics 👔 Elite Studies 📢 Populism ⚔️ Culture Wars 🌍 Immigration Politics

Values, Voice and Virtue 94%

Britain's new class war: the university 25% versus the rest. The grads are winning everything.

by Matthew Goodwin 2023

3.68

338 ratings

🏛️ British Politics 👔 Elite Studies 📢 Populism ⚔️ Culture Wars 🌍 Immigration Politics

The Closing of the American Mind

by Allan Bloom • 1988

A dogma that all truths are equal has hollowed the American mind, starting on campus.

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🏛️ Higher Education Critique 🌐 American Culture Wars 🤷 Moral Relativism 📚 Western Canon Debate 🏗️ Critique Of Modernity

The Closing of the American Mind Summary

The Closing of the American Mind 94%

A dogma that all truths are equal has hollowed the American mind, starting on campus.

by Allan Bloom 1988

3.76

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Higher Education Critique 🌐 American Culture Wars 🤷 Moral Relativism 📚 Western Canon Debate 🏗️ Critique Of Modernity

The New Vichy Syndrome

by Theodore Dalrymple • 2010

Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.

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238

🏚️ European Decline ⛪ Secularization 🌐 Cultural Relativism 📉 Demographic Decline 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism

The New Vichy Syndrome 94%

Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.

by Theodore Dalrymple 2010

3.89

238 ratings

🏚️ European Decline ⛪ Secularization 🌐 Cultural Relativism 📉 Demographic Decline 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism

Consequences of Capitalism

by Noam Chomsky • 2020

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Consequences of Capitalism 94%

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

by Noam Chomsky 2020

4.33

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Awake, Not Woke

by Noelle Mering • 2021

Woke ideology is a rival faith: it reduces the person to desire and injury alone.

4.30

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🧭 Political Theology 🏛️ Catholic Social Teaching ⚖️ Woke Critique 💍 Sexual Ethics 📜 Natural Law

Awake, Not Woke 94%

Woke ideology is a rival faith: it reduces the person to desire and injury alone.

by Noelle Mering 2021

4.30

676 ratings

🧭 Political Theology 🏛️ Catholic Social Teaching ⚖️ Woke Critique 💍 Sexual Ethics 📜 Natural Law

Life at the Bottom

by Theodore Dalrymple • 2001

Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.

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🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Welfare State Critique 🎭 Victimhood Culture 🌐 Cultural Relativism ✍️ Cultural Criticism

Life at the Bottom 94%

Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.

by Theodore Dalrymple 2001

4.23

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Welfare State Critique 🎭 Victimhood Culture 🌐 Cultural Relativism ✍️ Cultural Criticism

Race Marxism

by James Lindsay • 2022

Critical race theory is Marxism rebuilt around race, and its goal is not reform but revolution.

4.23

364

🏛️ Critical Theory 🗳️ Racial Politics ☭ Marxism 🪪 Identity Politics 🔍 Postmodernism

Race Marxism 94%

Critical race theory is Marxism rebuilt around race, and its goal is not reform but revolution.

by James Lindsay 2022

4.23

364 ratings

🏛️ Critical Theory 🗳️ Racial Politics ☭ Marxism 🪪 Identity Politics 🔍 Postmodernism

Parasitic Mind

by Gad Saad • 2020

The West is not just polarized; it is infected. The pathogen came from the university.

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🦠 Idea Contagion 🏛️ Campus Culture Wars 🎭 Identity Politics 🤐 Political Correctness 🩹 Victimhood Culture

Parasitic Mind 94%

The West is not just polarized; it is infected. The pathogen came from the university.

by Gad Saad 2020

3.94

9k+ ratings

🦠 Idea Contagion 🏛️ Campus Culture Wars 🎭 Identity Politics 🤐 Political Correctness 🩹 Victimhood Culture

Morality

by Jonathan Sacks • 2019

Loneliness rivals smoking. Broken politics. Amoral markets. All from one trade: community for self.

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🔗 Social Capital 🫂 Loneliness Epidemic 🧍 Individualism Critique 🏘️ Communitarianism 🪞 Self-Help Critique

Morality 94%

Loneliness rivals smoking. Broken politics. Amoral markets. All from one trade: community for self.

by Jonathan Sacks 2019

4.34

2k+ ratings

🔗 Social Capital 🫂 Loneliness Epidemic 🧍 Individualism Critique 🏘️ Communitarianism 🪞 Self-Help Critique

The Age of Abundance

by Brink Lindsey • 2007

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

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134

🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture ⛪ Evangelical Politics 🏛️ Political Realignment

The Age of Abundance 94%

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

by Brink Lindsey 2007

3.51

134 ratings

🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture ⛪ Evangelical Politics 🏛️ Political Realignment

Age of Revolutions

by Fareed Zakaria • 2024

Four centuries of revolutions reveal one pattern: gradual change sticks; radical breaks collapse.

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🔍 Comparative History 💰 Economic History 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 🔄 Revolution And Reform ⚡ Populist Backlash

Age of Revolutions 94%

Four centuries of revolutions reveal one pattern: gradual change sticks; radical breaks collapse.

by Fareed Zakaria 2024

4.17

5k+ ratings

🔍 Comparative History 💰 Economic History 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 🔄 Revolution And Reform ⚡ Populist Backlash

The Age of Entitlement

by Christopher Caldwell • 2020

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

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⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis 🎓 Political Correctness 🏰 Elite Capture

The Age of Entitlement 94%

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

by Christopher Caldwell 2020

4.04

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis 🎓 Political Correctness 🏰 Elite Capture

Against the Web

by Michael Brooks • 2020

Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.

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🐘 Right-Wing Ideology 💻 Internet Intellectuals 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Socialist Critique 🏭 Economic Democracy

Against the Web 94%

Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.

by Michael Brooks 2020

4.10

2k+ ratings

🐘 Right-Wing Ideology 💻 Internet Intellectuals 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Socialist Critique 🏭 Economic Democracy

Disaster Nationalism

by Richard Seymour • 2024

The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.

4.06

597

🏴 Far-Right Politics 💻 Digital Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 💼 Neoliberal Critique 🔗 Online Radicalization

Disaster Nationalism 94%

The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.

by Richard Seymour 2024

4.06

597 ratings

🏴 Far-Right Politics 💻 Digital Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 💼 Neoliberal Critique 🔗 Online Radicalization

The Stillborn God

by Mark Lilla • 2007

Politics broke from God only recently, and Weimar nearly put them back together.

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289

⛪ Political Theology 🏛️ Secularization 🇩🇪 German Philosophy ✝️ Christian Thought 💡 Enlightenment Critique

The Stillborn God 94%

Politics broke from God only recently, and Weimar nearly put them back together.

by Mark Lilla 2007

3.60

289 ratings

⛪ Political Theology 🏛️ Secularization 🇩🇪 German Philosophy ✝️ Christian Thought 💡 Enlightenment Critique

Cynical Theories

by Helen Pluckrose • 2020

How a philosophy that doubted all truth became an ideology that brooks no disagreement.

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🌀 Postmodernism 📖 Critical Theory 🏷️ Identity Politics 📚 Intellectual History 🎓 Academic Culture

Cynical Theories 94%

How a philosophy that doubted all truth became an ideology that brooks no disagreement.

by Helen Pluckrose 2020

4.10

6k+ ratings

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