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Aaron Rabinowitz
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Aaron Rabinowitz is a lecturer in philosophy at Rutgers University, and host of the Embrace The Void and Philosophers in Space podcast.
Del Bigtree’s Better Way conference seeks to turn Covid conspiracists into full-on anti-vaxxers
Described by some as the "Davos of COVID conspiracy theorists", the Better Way conference clearly had its sights set on undermining confidence in all vaccines
Cultural literacy is a vital tool in enriching our ability to communicate with one another
When it comes to cultural literacy - the shared pool of references that enrich our communication - we have to ask: which cultural touchpoints do we declare essential?
Moms for Liberty: serving moral panic with a side of BASIC cannibalism
While conservative groups like Moms for Liberty scaremonger about white guilt and cannibalism, their goal is to use moral panic to drive censorship
In an increasingly secular America, religious conservatives exert power via the culture wars
The religious right in America are not taking secularism lying down, and they will cause a lot of suffering if the threat they pose is not taken seriously.
Fears of creeping transhumanism give space for overt conspiracism in Gender Critical communities
In their rush to decry the 'transhumanist agenda', parts of the Gender Critical movement continue to inadvertently launder antisemitic conspiracy theories
Questionable accusations over ‘woke’ climate change solutions empower white genocide conspiracies
Claims that climate change belief is part of a 'woke' religion feed into conspiracy theories around Malthusian depopulation schemes and white genocide
Those who define as ‘post-tribal’ forget that we all have communities – and biases
Humans form in-groups on the thinnest of pretexts - it's better to acknowledge the communities we're in than to delude ourselves in thinking we are 'post-tribal'
The paradox of progress: how some social improvements paper over unfairness and inequality
It's easy to argue that society is progressing, but when we replace overt oppression with covert oppression, is it reasonable to really count that as progress?
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