one would get a standard--not even traditional Marxist, but more specifically Western Marxist Frankfurt-School-style--critique of consumerism
on North Korean propaganda
the stupid jouissance of rave music
on Gangnam Style
We shall conclude with epignosis (a theological term that designates knowledge which is believed, engaging us in our acts, subjectively assumed)
That wage earners, without social position or higher education or wealth, are of inferior intellect is surely belied by the fact that two of the most splendid writers and speakers on the deepest subjects in American history are self-taught workmen.
The thinking behind Proud Boys features some of the general declension narratives shared by the alt-right and the conservative tradition
i.e., Western decline
