Tag Archives: Social Justice

Corporatism à la Vance

Posted on September 9, 2025 by The Political Hat

     of the greatest differences of America (and the Anglosphere more broadly) and the rest of the world was the concept that there was a separation of people and state.   Going back over 800 years ago, even before the Magna … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Conspiracy Of Power & Oppression

Posted on September 8, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Cultural Marxism is, at its root, a grand conspiracy as to why Marixsm didn’t spontaniously become adopted by industrial nations. From that is mutated into a viral infection that makes the infected consider themselves the vaunted oppressed kept down by … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Wokeness On The Wane?: Getting Rid Of DEI At Idaho State; No More Trans Buddy Program At Vanderbilt; University Of Wyoming Replaces Multicultural Affairs Office

Posted on August 28, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Overtly, at least, it’s on the wane (for now).      First, a … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Queering Academia: Queer Marine Biology; Queer Archeology; Queer Dictionary

Posted on August 7, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Ain’t no straight truth here.      First, a little mood music:      Carrying … Continue reading →

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Not Quite GamerGate Redux

Posted on August 6, 2025 by The Political Hat

     It is a bemusing thing when R. Stacy McCain praises a feminist for a feminist political win.   Yet that is what happened over a story of video games, a TERF vs. transgender battle, and online doxxers.      There are substantively … Continue reading →

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Stakeholder Capitalism Isn’t

Posted on July 30, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Corporations. What are they good for? Limiting the liability of investors and owners who are innocent of any potential shenanigans, of course. An incorporated company limits the liability of a stockholder to the value of the stock rather than making … Continue reading →

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Wokeness And Cultural Hegemony

Posted on July 9, 2025 by The Political Hat

     “Cultural Hegemony” is a Marxist idea about how the oppressive elite impose their elitist oppression onto the masses. This is part and parcel of Marx’s own idea of “base and superstructure”.      It is a worldview and analytical framework that imposes … Continue reading →

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Horseshoe Revolt

Posted on July 7, 2025 by The Political Hat

     The Left and the post-conservative Right (AKA “Woke Right” or “common good conservative”) have been increasingly agreeing, not just on tactics or even analysis, but on the ultimate goal of tearing down the old and immanentizing their eschaton. The only … Continue reading →

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Redefining Terms And Natural Law

Posted on July 1, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Many a year a go, an intelligent and well read Catholic school teacher, who was politically Left-wing, said to me that “Social Justice” meant no more than the concepts that Thomas Aquinas discussed and anyone who had a problem with … Continue reading →

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False Consciousness & Repressive Tolerance

Posted on June 17, 2025 by The Political Hat

     When some on the purported Right say they will “fight like the Left”, this is why they mean, as James Lindsay notes, quoted in full full below due to the limitations of Twitter/X embeds. Neomarxist Herbert Marcuse, from “Repressive Tolerance,” … Continue reading →

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