Episode · The Rubin Report · 2026-07-03
Books mentioned on Proof That the Unraveling of MAGA Has Begun | James Lindsay
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to James Lindsay about the rise of the "woke right" and why he believes figures like Tucker Carlson are pushing a movement that threatens the MAGA movement and t
James Lindsay discussed Regime Change by Patrick J. Deneen, The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels and others, Radical Son by David Horowitz, and Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Regime Change
Regime Change by Patrick J.
Discussed“the vision that they are aiming for looks something like the book called regime change published by Patrick Denine in 2023 which JD Vance has sat alongside Denine and promoted this book with him and endorsed this book.”
Where to get it
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The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto is a political pamphlet by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that outlines class struggle and the core tenets of communism.
Discussed“the point is to destabilize but it's actually on the last page of the communist manifesto why this is the case so all the way back Karl Marx Frederick Engles 1848 they publish you know a few sentences down is, you know, workers of the world unite.”
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Radical Son
This autobiography details a political journey and critiques modern leftist movements through a personal and historical lens.
Discussed“what his big takeaway about how the left operates the issues are completely throwaway the the point is to destabilize but it's actually on the last page of the communist manifesto why this is the case so all the way back Karl Marx Frederick Engles 1848 they publish you know a few sentences down is, you know, workers of the”
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire is a foundational educational and political text that argues education is inherently non-neutral and shapes worldview through specific ideological frameworks.
Discussed“in Paulo Freed's pedagogy of the oppressed he's talking about this as like an educational program and then he says in a footnote in the first chapter he says I derived this from literally I derived this from Maoong's cultural revolution”
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