50 Books like The War on the West

The Madness of Crowds

by Douglas Murray • 2019

Identity politics became the West's substitute faith. A gay dissenter counts what we are losing.

4.20

17k+

🏷️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 🩹 Victimhood Culture 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism

The Madness of Crowds 97%

Identity politics became the West's substitute faith. A gay dissenter counts what we are losing.

by Douglas Murray 2019

4.20

17k+ ratings

🏷️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 🩹 Victimhood Culture 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism

Cynical Theories

by Helen Pluckrose • 2020

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

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6k+

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

Cynical Theories 97%

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

by Helen Pluckrose 2020

4.10

6k+ ratings

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

How Woke Won

by Joanna Williams • 2022

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

4.09

175

🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

How Woke Won 97%

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

by Joanna Williams 2022

4.09

175 ratings

🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

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 97%

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

The Tyranny of Opinion

by Russell Blackford • 2018

Conformity is eating liberalism from the inside, and censors don't all sit on the right.

3.92

🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🎯 Cancel Culture 🪪 Identity Politics 🐑 Conformity

The Tyranny of Opinion 96%

Conformity is eating liberalism from the inside, and censors don't all sit on the right.

by Russell Blackford 2018

3.92

36 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🎯 Cancel Culture 🪪 Identity Politics 🐑 Conformity

Speechless

by Michael J. Knowles • 2021

Political correctness is not politeness. It's a Gramscian takeover of culture, one word at a time.

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🥊 Culture Wars 🗣️ Language And Politics 🤐 Speech And Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📚 Cultural Marxism

Speechless 96%

Political correctness is not politeness. It's a Gramscian takeover of culture, one word at a time.

by Michael J. Knowles 2021

4.24

3k+ ratings

🥊 Culture Wars 🗣️ Language And Politics 🤐 Speech And Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📚 Cultural Marxism

America's Cultural Revolution

by Christopher F. Rufo • 2023

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

4.21

1k+

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

America's Cultural Revolution 96%

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

by Christopher F. Rufo 2023

4.21

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

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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5k+

🇺🇸 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 96%

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

by Ben Shapiro 2020

4.06

5k+ ratings

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

The Right Side of History

by Ben Shapiro • 2019

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

3.86

9k+

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

The Right Side of History 96%

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

by Ben Shapiro 2019

3.86

9k+ ratings

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

Marxismo norteamericano

by Mark R. Levin • 2021

The radical ideology that captured American institutions, and a practical guide to reclaiming them.

4.16

4k+

🔥 Culture Wars 🚩 Modern Marxism 💼 Corporate Wokeness 📺 Media Manipulation 🗣️ Cancel Culture

Marxismo norteamericano 96%

The radical ideology that captured American institutions, and a practical guide to reclaiming them.

by Mark R. Levin 2021

4.16

4k+ ratings

🔥 Culture Wars 🚩 Modern Marxism 💼 Corporate Wokeness 📺 Media Manipulation 🗣️ Cancel Culture

Parasitic Mind

by Gad Saad • 2020

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

3.94

9k+

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

Parasitic Mind 96%

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

The Identity Trap

by Yascha Mounk • 2023

An ideology that centers race and gender is dividing the left. The origin story, and a better way.

4.05

2k+

🏛️ Identity Politics 💬 Free Speech Debate ⚖️ Equity Vs Equality 📚 Critical Theory Critique 🌐 Social Cohesion

The Identity Trap 96%

An ideology that centers race and gender is dividing the left. The origin story, and a better way.

by Yascha Mounk 2023

4.05

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Identity Politics 💬 Free Speech Debate ⚖️ Equity Vs Equality 📚 Critical Theory Critique 🌐 Social Cohesion

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.

3.76

6k+

🏛️ 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 96%

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

Nation of Victims

by Vivek Ramaswamy • 2022

America turned grievance into social currency, and the bill is coming due.

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1k+

🗳️ Victimhood Culture 🎭 Identity Politics ⚖️ Meritocracy Debates 🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Critical Race Theory

Nation of Victims 95%

America turned grievance into social currency, and the bill is coming due.

by Vivek Ramaswamy 2022

3.90

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Victimhood Culture 🎭 Identity Politics ⚖️ Meritocracy Debates 🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Critical Race Theory

Unhumans

by Jack Posobiec • 2024

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

3.99

1k+

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism 🚮 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Institutional Capture

Unhumans 95%

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

by Jack Posobiec 2024

3.99

1k+ ratings

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism 🚮 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Institutional Capture

Don't Burn This Country

by Dave Rubin • 2022

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

3.90

498

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

Don't Burn This Country 95%

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

Woke Racism

by John McWhorter • 2021

Today's antiracism is a secular faith, and it is failing the people it claims to save

3.92

7k+

🛑 Antiracism Critique ⚔️ Culture Wars 😢 Victimhood Culture 🤐 Political Correctness 🖤 Heterodox Black Thought

Woke Racism 95%

Today's antiracism is a secular faith, and it is failing the people it claims to save

by John McWhorter 2021

3.92

7k+ ratings

🛑 Antiracism Critique ⚔️ Culture Wars 😢 Victimhood Culture 🤐 Political Correctness 🖤 Heterodox Black Thought

Black Rednecks and White Liberals

by Thomas Sowell • 2005

Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.

4.37

10k+

⚖️ Racial Inequality 🌍 Cultural Persistence 🗣️ Victimhood Culture 📚 Black Education ⛓️‍💥 Abolition History

Black Rednecks and White Liberals Summary

Black Rednecks and White Liberals 95%

Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.

by Thomas Sowell 2005

4.37

10k+ ratings

⚖️ Racial Inequality 🌍 Cultural Persistence 🗣️ Victimhood Culture 📚 Black Education ⛓️‍💥 Abolition History

What's Our Problem?

by Tim Urban • 2023

A society can think like a scientist or a zealot. Right now, the zealot is in charge.

4.24

6k+

🧭 Polarization 👥 Tribalism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🏷 Identity Politics 🧠 Group Psychology

What's Our Problem? 95%

A society can think like a scientist or a zealot. Right now, the zealot is in charge.

by Tim Urban 2023

4.24

6k+ ratings

🧭 Polarization 👥 Tribalism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🏷 Identity Politics 🧠 Group Psychology

The Vision of the Anointed

by Thomas Sowell • 1995

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

4.40

3k+

🧐 Public Policy 📢 Social Criticism 📊 Statistical Fallacies 💥 Policy Failure 🎭 Ideological Bias

The Vision of the Anointed 94%

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

by Thomas Sowell 1995

4.40

3k+ ratings

🧐 Public Policy 📢 Social Criticism 📊 Statistical Fallacies 💥 Policy Failure 🎭 Ideological Bias

Free Speech And Why It Matters

by Andrew Doyle • 2021

The argument for free speech when offense is treated as violence and platforms police every word.

4.23

1k+

🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy 🚫 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Hate Speech Laws 🔕 Censorship

Free Speech And Why It Matters 94%

The argument for free speech when offense is treated as violence and platforms police every word.

by Andrew Doyle 2021

4.23

1k+ ratings

🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy 🚫 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Hate Speech Laws 🔕 Censorship

The Origins of Woke

by Richard Hanania • 2023

Wokeness is a legal compliance regime, not a cultural shift. Here is the repeal roadmap.

3.71

282

🧑‍⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🏛️ Political History 🐙 Institutional Capture 📋 Affirmative Action 🏢 Corporate Compliance

The Origins of Woke 94%

Wokeness is a legal compliance regime, not a cultural shift. Here is the repeal roadmap.

by Richard Hanania 2023

3.71

282 ratings

🧑‍⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🏛️ Political History 🐙 Institutional Capture 📋 Affirmative Action 🏢 Corporate Compliance

The Age of Entitlement

by Christopher Caldwell • 2020

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

4.04

2k+

⚖️ 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

Don’t Burn This Book

by Dave Rubin • 2020

A former progressive's playbook for when the mob calls you a Nazi and demands an apology.

3.76

4k+

🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🌐 Intellectual Dark Web ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 📰 Media Bias

Don’t Burn This Book 94%

A former progressive's playbook for when the mob calls you a Nazi and demands an apology.

by Dave Rubin 2020

3.76

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🌐 Intellectual Dark Web ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 📰 Media Bias

The Constitution of Knowledge

by Jonathan Rauch • 2021

Two invisible rules keep society tethered to reality. Both are being dismantled.

4.25

2k+

🧠 Social Epistemology 🏛️ Liberal Tradition 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📢 Disinformation 🎯 Cancel Culture

The Constitution of Knowledge 94%

Two invisible rules keep society tethered to reality. Both are being dismantled.

by Jonathan Rauch 2021

4.25

2k+ ratings

🧠 Social Epistemology 🏛️ Liberal Tradition 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📢 Disinformation 🎯 Cancel Culture

Ideas Have Consequences

by Richard M. Weaver • 1948

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

4.13

2k+

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

Ideas Have Consequences 94%

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

by Richard M. Weaver 1948

4.13

2k+ ratings

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

How to Save the West

by Spencer Klavan • 2023

The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.

4.27

468

🏛️ Western Civilization 📉 Cultural Decline 🏺 Classical Philosophy 👤 Embodiment 🔬 Science And Faith

How to Save the West 94%

The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.

by Spencer Klavan 2023

4.27

468 ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization 📉 Cultural Decline 🏺 Classical Philosophy 👤 Embodiment 🔬 Science And Faith

The End of Race Politics

by Coleman Hughes • 2024

Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.

4.38

2k+

🎯 Colorblindness Debate 🏷️ Identity Politics 📊 Racial Disparities ✊ Civil Rights Tradition 🧬 Social Construct Of Race

The End of Race Politics 94%

Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.

by Coleman Hughes 2024

4.38

2k+ ratings

🎯 Colorblindness Debate 🏷️ Identity Politics 📊 Racial Disparities ✊ Civil Rights Tradition 🧬 Social Construct Of Race

Intellectuals and Society

by Thomas Sowellm • 2009

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

4.29

4k+

🏛️ 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

4k+ ratings

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

The Age of American Unreason

by Susan Jacoby • 2008

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

3.85

3k+

🧠 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

3.85

3k+ ratings

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

Liberty in the Age of Terror

by A.C. Grayling • 2009

The West answered terrorism by curtailing the very liberties it claimed to protect.

3.57

143

🛡️ Civil Liberties 💣 War On Terror 💬 Free Speech 👁️ Surveillance State 🎭 Identity Politics

Liberty in the Age of Terror 94%

The West answered terrorism by curtailing the very liberties it claimed to protect.

by A.C. Grayling 2009

3.57

143 ratings

🛡️ Civil Liberties 💣 War On Terror 💬 Free Speech 👁️ Surveillance State 🎭 Identity Politics

10 Books That Screwed Up the World

by Benjamin Wiker • 2008

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

3.43

1k+

🧠 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 94%

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

by Benjamin Wiker 2008

3.43

1k+ ratings

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

Social Justice Fallacies

by Thomas Sowell • 2023

Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.

4.38

3k+

📋 Public Policy Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📊 Statistical Fallacies 👥 Group Differences 🧠 Knowledge Problem

Social Justice Fallacies 94%

Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.

by Thomas Sowell 2023

4.38

3k+ ratings

📋 Public Policy Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📊 Statistical Fallacies 👥 Group Differences 🧠 Knowledge Problem

The Case for Colonialism

by Bruce Gilley • 2023

Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.

4.32

191

📚 Revisionist History 🏗️ State Building 👑 Imperial History 🌍 Post-Colonial States ⏳ Modernization Theory

The Case for Colonialism 94%

Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.

by Bruce Gilley 2023

4.32

191 ratings

📚 Revisionist History 🏗️ State Building 👑 Imperial History 🌍 Post-Colonial States ⏳ Modernization Theory

Identity

by Francis Fukuyama • 2018

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

3.84

7k+

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

Identity 93%

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

An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

by Konstantin Kisin • 2022

A Russian immigrant watches the West abandon freedoms his family fled the Soviet Union to reach.

4.24

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🏛️ Western Civilization 🗣️ Free Speech 📝 Cultural Commentary ⚡ Anti-Woke Critique 🛂 Immigration Policy

An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West Summary

An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West 93%

A Russian immigrant watches the West abandon freedoms his family fled the Soviet Union to reach.

by Konstantin Kisin 2022

4.24

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization 🗣️ Free Speech 📝 Cultural Commentary ⚡ Anti-Woke Critique 🛂 Immigration Policy

Strange New World

by Carl R. Trueman • 2022

The creed of inner feelings has a genealogy, and the sexual revolution made it law.

4.47

5k+

🪧 Sexual Revolution 📚 Intellectual History 🪪 Modern Identity 🏛️ Cultural Criticism ✝️ Reformed Theology

Strange New World 93%

The creed of inner feelings has a genealogy, and the sexual revolution made it law.

by Carl R. Trueman 2022

4.47

5k+ ratings

🪧 Sexual Revolution 📚 Intellectual History 🪪 Modern Identity 🏛️ Cultural Criticism ✝️ Reformed Theology

Modern Times

by Paul Johnson • 1983

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

4.29

3k+

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

Modern Times 93%

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

by Paul Johnson 1983

4.29

3k+ ratings

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

Life at the Bottom

by Theodore Dalrymple • 2001

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

4.23

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

Life at the Bottom 93%

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

Google Archipelago

by Michael Rectenwald • 2019

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

3.84

120

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

Google Archipelago 93%

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

by Michael Rectenwald 2019

3.84

120 ratings

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

The Age of Grievance

by Frank Bruni • 2024

Grievance has become America's operating system, powering everything from politics to culture wars.

4.07

2k+

🪞 Victimhood Culture 🥊 Culture Wars 📣 Outrage Culture 📉 American Decline 💰 Income Inequality

The Age of Grievance 93%

Grievance has become America's operating system, powering everything from politics to culture wars.

by Frank Bruni 2024

4.07

2k+ ratings

🪞 Victimhood Culture 🥊 Culture Wars 📣 Outrage Culture 📉 American Decline 💰 Income Inequality

The Reactionary Mind

by Corey Robin • 2011

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

3.94

3k+

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

The Reactionary Mind 93%

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

by Corey Robin 2011

3.94

3k+ ratings

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

Why Liberalism Failed

by Patrick J. Deneen • 2018

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

3.84

4k+

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

Why Liberalism Failed 93%

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

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.

3.95

2k+

🏛️ 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 93%

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

Free Speech

by Jacob Mchangama • 2022

Free speech has a 2,500-year losing streak, and the playbook for silencing it hasn't changed.

4.18

500

📚 Intellectual History 🗣️ Free Speech 🚫 Censorship 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⛓️ Authoritarianism

Free Speech 93%

Free speech has a 2,500-year losing streak, and the playbook for silencing it hasn't changed.

by Jacob Mchangama 2022

4.18

500 ratings

📚 Intellectual History 🗣️ Free Speech 🚫 Censorship 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⛓️ Authoritarianism

Rise

by Brigitte Gabriel • 2018

Radical Islam and the left share one project: dismantling the West. A former refugee's battle plan.

4.31

100

🏛️ Judeo-Christian Values ⚔️ Islamic Radicalism 🗽 Immigration Policy 🤐 Political Correctness 🗣️ Free Speech Defense

Rise 93%

Radical Islam and the left share one project: dismantling the West. A former refugee's battle plan.

by Brigitte Gabriel 2018

4.31

100 ratings

🏛️ Judeo-Christian Values ⚔️ Islamic Radicalism 🗽 Immigration Policy 🤐 Political Correctness 🗣️ Free Speech Defense

The New Vichy Syndrome

by Theodore Dalrymple • 2010

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

3.89

238

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

The New Vichy Syndrome 93%

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

by Theodore Dalrymple 2010

3.89

238 ratings

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We Have Never Been Woke 93%

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Outclassed 93%

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4.19

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Defeating Big Government Socialism Summary

Defeating Big Government Socialism 93%

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

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4.19

288 ratings

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