The message is manipulative in that whites should feel guilty and morally responsible for the history of slavery. It is at once easy to believe, and is a way to cross oneself as a sign of faith (as John has noted before). Which whites believe it? Teenagers. A deliberate shifting of truth through a powerful media enterprise to morally sway the youth of a nation? Is James Lindsay right?
If James Lindsay is wrong for calling this cultural Marxism we have to say how he is wrong. I would point to this history of radical activism and communist texts and make the distinction between Marxist theories and the work done in his name. What Walter Kaufman does for Nietzsche by giving us a more responsible translation and separating him from antisemitism and fascism. Is James Lindsay a white equivalent of an Ibram X. Kendi? Moral panic is moral panic regardless of race, gender, etc.
The message is manipulative in that whites should feel guilty and morally responsible for the history of slavery. It is at once easy to believe, and is a way to cross oneself as a sign of faith (as John has noted before). Which whites believe it? Teenagers. A deliberate shifting of truth through a powerful media enterprise to morally sway the youth of a nation? Is James Lindsay right?
If James Lindsay is wrong for calling this cultural Marxism we have to say how he is wrong. I would point to this history of radical activism and communist texts and make the distinction between Marxist theories and the work done in his name. What Walter Kaufman does for Nietzsche by giving us a more responsible translation and separating him from antisemitism and fascism. Is James Lindsay a white equivalent of an Ibram X. Kendi? Moral panic is moral panic regardless of race, gender, etc.
I just want to note the historical significance of a Walter Kaufmann shout-out in the TGS comments section. We've all leveled up.
Yes, James Lindsay is right.