“And it's so aggressive. It's so effective at bullying people into feeling like they're either morally bad or stupid like that. They don't get it. They don't understand. You know, these scholars have come up with all this great theory and you don't even understand all of its details. That it gets people who are otherwise smart and good to go along with it.”<br /><br />Why are mathematicians saying 2+2 doesn’t necessarily equal 4? Why are protestors toppling statues of not only slave owners but also abolitionists? Why were executives at a leading nuclear research lab in America sent to mandatory training that described “focus on hard work” and “striving toward success” as problematic aspects of white male culture? <br /><br />In this episode, James Lindsay joins us for a deep dive into what’s going on in our culture today. With Helen Pluckrose, he co-wrote “Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody.”<br /><br />This is American Thought Leaders 🇺🇸, and I’m Jan Jekielek. <br /><br />#oppression #identitypolitics #criticaltheory <br />===<br /><br />Subscribe for updates + 🔔 : <a href="https://ept.ms/ATL" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ept.ms/ATL</a> <br /><br />Donate to support our work: <a href="https://donorbox.org/american-thought-leaders" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://donorbox.org/american-thought-leaders</a><br /><br />Follow Jan on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JanJekielek" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/JanJekielek</a><br /><br />Follow us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AmericanThoughtLeaders/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/AmericanThoughtLeaders/</a><br /><br />Try a newspaper that doesn't spin the facts: <a href="https://readepoch.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://readepoch.com/</a><br /><br />Sign the Petition to Investigate, Condemn, and Reject the Chinese Communist Party👉 <a href="https://rejectccp.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://rejectccp.com</a><br /><br />Want to listen to our interviews as podcasts? Links below:<br />iTunes Podcast: <a href="https://ept.ms/ATLiTunesPodcast" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ept.ms/ATLiTunesPodcast</a><br />Google Podcast: <a href="https://ept.ms/ATLGooglePodcast" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ept.ms/ATLGooglePodcast</a><br />Spotify Podcast: <a href="https://ept.ms/ATLSpotifyPodcast" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ept.ms/ATLSpotifyPodcast</a><br /><br />MORE VIDEOS: <br /><br />Marxist Influences on the George Floyd Protests, Riots & Communist China’s Hidden War—Joshua Philipp<br /><a href="https://ept.ms/atl_joshphilipp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ept.ms/atl_joshphilipp</a><br /><br />Radical Left Tactics to Divide America, Rewrite History—Rep. Ken Buck | American Thought Leaders<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/_pBOj_V4uis" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/_pBOj_V4uis</a> <br /><br />“The Undoing of American Liberty”—Dennis Prager Talks Communism, Cancel Culture & Systemic Racism<br /><a href="https://ept.ms/dennisprager" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ept.ms/dennisprager</a><br /><br />Violent Crime Will Spike As Police Stop Policing—Heather Mac Donald Talks BLM and “Defund Police”<br /><a href="https://ept.ms/heathermacdonald" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ept.ms/heathermacdonald</a> <br /><br />Why Are Black Conservatives Called Uncle Tom?—Larry Elder Talks George Floyd Protests & New Film<br /><a href="https://ept.ms/atl_larryelder" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ept.ms/atl_larryelder</a> <br /><br />Are the Riots Really About George Floyd?—Burgess Owens on Marxism, Racism | American Thought Leaders<br /><a href="https://ept.ms/burgessowens" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ept.ms/burgessowens</a><br /><br />Dave Rubin: Is “Social Justice” Collapsing During Coronavirus Outbreak? | American Thought Leaders<br /><a href="https://ept.ms/daverubin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ept.ms/daverubin</a> <br /><br />Why A Social Net is Different From Socialism—Dan Schneider [CPAC 2020] | American Thought Le<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdlNIJB9ZVU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdlNIJB9ZVU</a>