Monthly Archives: May 2021

When Will We Move On From Wokeness?

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Luke Ford

Comments at Steve Sailer: * Wokeness is guaranteed permanence by the framework of workplace civil rights and harassment law, which means that businesses can be sued for not accommodating a woke employee with a protected identity. Look at the Bostock … Continue reading →

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The Paranoid Style Of Adam Curtis

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Luke Ford

From the New York Review of Books: Curtis films purport to be about us. But the paranoid writing dominates, and the viewer is left with unknown anxieties projected onto known images, a sort of emotional break-in. Curtis can’t seem to … Continue reading →

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Hegemonic Degeneration

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Luke Ford

Ed West writes: Progressivism already suffers from what Swedish academic Carl Ritter called “hegemonic degeneration”, that when a belief becomes established, made flabby by institutional protection, then the genuinely interesting and intellectually curious will look for something else. The most … Continue reading →

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The Respectability Cascade

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Luke Ford

Scott Alexander writes: The first milestone on that path was Milo Yiannopoulos. As outrageous and offensive as he was, he was actually a step above everyone who had come before him in terms of visibility and respectability – at least … Continue reading →

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The Paranoid Response

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Luke Ford

When I check up on friends who are going through a tough time, occasionally I get paranoid responses along the lines of why do you want to know? So while I have stayed friends with them, I never again check … Continue reading →

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