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Category Archives: Nathan Cofnas
The Cofnas Affair and the Logic of Coalition Enforcement
The controversy surrounding philosopher Nathan Cofnas (his Substack, X) has now followed him across two countries, five petitions, and nearly a decade of escalating institutional pressure. At Cambridge, students marched through campus chanting for his removal and posted flyers with … Continue reading
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The Nathan Cofnas Trajectory
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory would see Nathan Cofnas as an intellectual who has deliberately placed himself in a structurally dangerous but potentially powerful alliance position: the internal truth-testing dissident inside a stigmatized coalition. His starting position. Cofnas entered the “race … Continue reading
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The Nathan Cofnas – Chris Rufo Feud (1-21-26)
01:00 Is Chris Rufo Leading The Right To Disaster? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16668507:00 Trump at One Year | The NatCon Squad | Episode 249, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDCTO5niDYI12:00 Nathan Cofnas, https://substack.com/@nathancofnas?utm_source=substack-feed-item34:00 Mark Krikorian from the Center for Immigration Studies, https://substack.com/home/post/p-18116496747:00 What is Trump’s agenda for Iran? … Continue reading
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The Chris Rufo – Nathan Cofnas Feud
This strikes me as a pointless feud because Chris Rufo and Nathan Cofnas operate in different genres. Rufo is an activist and not a scholar. Cofnas is a scholar and not an activist. I would never look to Rufo for … Continue reading
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Nathan Cofnas Critiques The Helen Andrews Model Of Wokeness
Nathan Cofnas writes: According to former American Conservative editor Helen Andrews, wokism is “simply feminine patterns of behavior applied to institutions where women were few in number until recently.” It “appeared out of nowhere” in the 2010s because that’s when … Continue reading
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How Two Jews – Nathan Cofnas, Mike Benz – Ate The Alt-Right
The Alt-Right built its identity around the claim that Jewish intellectuals subvert Gentile movements from within. That claim found its empirical vindication when two men of Jewish descent dismantled the Alt-Right from inside its own intellectual territory. Nathan Cofnas attacked … Continue reading
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If You Argue Over The Meaning Of Common Words, You’re Showing You Can’t Argue On Substance
I am a fan of Columbia University statistics professor Andrew Gelman and of Cambridge philosopher Nathan Cofnas (who’s a friend). If Gelman had something substantial to offer in the following argument, his track record shows that he would have made … Continue reading
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Nathan Cofnas On MAGA Communism & The Right’s Stupidity Problem (5-25-25)
03:00 Classical Liberalism Seminar at Stanford University – Nathan Cofnas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8N-mwrQhfo07:45 Martinez X Cofnas on the errors/omissions of Kevin MacDonald, https://rumble.com/v6swig7-martinez-x-cofnas-on-the-errorsomissions-of-kevin-macdonald.html?e9s=src_v1_upp1:50:00 Nathan Cofnas joins2:01:00 Nathan’s Amy Wax interview, https://ncofnas.com/p/with-amy-wax-for-and-against-tds2:06:45 Nathan’s publishing history 2:35:00 How Nathan polished his academic writing 2:48:00 … Continue reading
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Nathan Cofnas: ‘MAGA Communism and the End of America – The right’s stupidity has reached a tipping point’
Nathan Cofnas writes: Batya Ungar-Sargon is a self-identified Marxist who supports Trump because he is waging “class warfare” and “tell[ing] Wall Street to screw itself.” She looks forward to Trump’s tariffs taking us back to the 70s because: “Back in … Continue reading
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Is Trumpism Fascism?
Nathan Cofnas writes April 9: Was it a mistake to vote for Trump? If I’d known that MAGA would become a poverty cult obsessed with bringing Chinese sweatshops to the US, I would have supported DEI Kamala. However, as far … Continue reading
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