Episode 1261 • • 2:33:35 - 2:39:14
1261: Infodemic
Scrupulosity and the Religious Nature of Social Justice
James Lindsay identifies "scrupulosity"—a form of religious OCD involving obsessive guilt over sin—as a primary driver of the modern social justice movement. Robin DiAngelo's work is described as a 158-page confession of this condition, projected onto the general public. The movement utilizes slogans like "silence is violence" to ensure there is no "neutral space" for those who do not actively participate in the ideology.