# From Wokeism to Destructivism | Yaron Brook Show

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Podcast: [Yaron Brook Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/yaron-brook-show-320763)
Published: 2026-06-13T20:58:51+00:00
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Live June 13, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show (Season 12, Episode 105) From Wokeism to Destructivism | Yaron Brook Show From Wokeism to Destructivism: Why Modern Politics No Longer Wants Solutions—Only Ruins What happens when a culture stops believing in reason, truth, achievement, and individual responsibility? In this provocative episode, Yaron Brook argues that we've moved beyond wokeism. What began as identity politics and grievance culture has evolved into something even darker: a philosophy of destruction. Across academia, politics, and popular culture, movements on both the left and right increasingly reject solutions, reject individualism, and reject the very values that make human flourishing possible. Drawing on philosophy, history, and current events, Yaron traces the roots of wokeism, socialism, postmodernism, altruism, nationalism, and egalitarianism—and explains how they converge into a culture driven not by creation, but by resentment, envy, and destruction. Can Western civilization survive a culture that increasingly celebrates tearing things down rather than building them up? Watch now: https://youtube.com/live/Jk9UbixOFJw MAIN TOPICS: 03:22 John Aziz's Quillette article 04:28 What wokeism became 06:34 From wokeism to socialism 07:38 Destructivism and explicit nihilism 11:34 Philosophical roots of modern activism 13:44 Altruism's role in cultural decline 27:42 Intersectionality and moral sacrifice 29:31 Epistemology and individualism 32:40 Postmodernism's conquest of universities 40:54 The culture of unreason 42:13 Political violence, envy & resentment 45:16 Egalitarianism vs nationalism 48:49 Why destruction replaces solutions 53:01 Left and right reject reason 56:21 False defenders of Western civilization 1:00:08 The case for happiness and rational egois…

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