Eric Kaufmann

They're not all Marxists, right? But they are left liberals who feel guilty. And they have an alarmist conception of the right that somehow if we even let up for our vigilance for a second, they'll have women back in the home. They'll have Jim Crow segregation. They'll have gays back in the closet.

They're not all Marxists, right? But they are left liberals who feel guilty. And they have an alarmist conception of the right that somehow if we even let up for our vigilance for a second, they'll have women back in the home. They'll have Jim Crow segregation. They'll have gays back in the closet.

This alarmist fascist scare mentality is very predominant amongst those sort of bleeding heart left liberals.

This alarmist fascist scare mentality is very predominant amongst those sort of bleeding heart left liberals.

Yeah, I mean, I think certainly in terms of truth, I talked about where research finds things that are inconvenient. You know, for example, the definition of male and female, you know, that offends trans people to say there are only two sexes. So that's an example of where it erodes truth.

Yeah, I mean, I think certainly in terms of truth, I talked about where research finds things that are inconvenient. You know, for example, the definition of male and female, you know, that offends trans people to say there are only two sexes. So that's an example of where it erodes truth.

Now, of course, in terms of merit, awarding places at top universities, awarding grants on the basis of, say, skin color or... Sex, rather than on the basis of your score on a test or how well you've done, that's an example of where merit is eroded.

Now, of course, in terms of merit, awarding places at top universities, awarding grants on the basis of, say, skin color or... Sex, rather than on the basis of your score on a test or how well you've done, that's an example of where merit is eroded.

In the culture, the fact that a white person cannot write a story about a black person without being accused of some kind of cultural appropriation, that impoverishes the culture.

In the culture, the fact that a white person cannot write a story about a black person without being accused of some kind of cultural appropriation, that impoverishes the culture.

Well, the bush has been pruned back, but it remains, the structures remain largely in place for the next wave. For example, and we can see this in data, if we take use of the word racism or sexism in American English language books, there was a spurt in the late 60s, a consolidation at a lower level. It peaked, came down a little bit, but then consolidated.

Well, the bush has been pruned back, but it remains, the structures remain largely in place for the next wave. For example, and we can see this in data, if we take use of the word racism or sexism in American English language books, there was a spurt in the late 60s, a consolidation at a lower level. It peaked, came down a little bit, but then consolidated.

second spurt in the late 80s, early 90s. Again, a consolidation at a higher level and then a third spurt in the 2010s. That's sort of how I would expect to see this go. So DEI, yes, there is a certain cutting back of DEI in tech firms and a certain amount of it less in universities, but a lot of that infrastructure remains there.

second spurt in the late 80s, early 90s. Again, a consolidation at a higher level and then a third spurt in the 2010s. That's sort of how I would expect to see this go. So DEI, yes, there is a certain cutting back of DEI in tech firms and a certain amount of it less in universities, but a lot of that infrastructure remains there.

And the reason I'm more pessimistic than others is that if you look at the structure of public opinion, It's the young population that are really a lot more woke than old. And that's very different than, for example, when McCarthyism ended in 1953, you could see that the young people were actually more anti-McCarthy's.

And the reason I'm more pessimistic than others is that if you look at the structure of public opinion, It's the young population that are really a lot more woke than old. And that's very different than, for example, when McCarthyism ended in 1953, you could see that the young people were actually more anti-McCarthy's.

And so the direction of generational turnover was away from Red Scare, for example, whereas the direction of generational turnover now... is in the direction of what I'd call fascist scare and towards woke. And I'm just worried that when those 20-somethings become the media voter, the culture is really going to change.

And so the direction of generational turnover was away from Red Scare, for example, whereas the direction of generational turnover now... is in the direction of what I'd call fascist scare and towards woke. And I'm just worried that when those 20-somethings become the media voter, the culture is really going to change.

you know, we've got to do whatever works and we've got to do a both-and strategy. Because right now, there's kind of a split between the people who say, like Chris Ruffo, we've got to use government power, and then the libertarian types, you know, like Greg Lucchiano for Yashamach, where it's all about persuasion and moral exhortation and lawfare.

you know, we've got to do whatever works and we've got to do a both-and strategy. Because right now, there's kind of a split between the people who say, like Chris Ruffo, we've got to use government power, and then the libertarian types, you know, like Greg Lucchiano for Yashamach, where it's all about persuasion and moral exhortation and lawfare.