Conservatives Are the New Cool Counterculture: My Year on the Right

Candace Mercer Olympia, WA
3 min readMar 19, 2022

APPENDIX: RED PILL RESOURCE LIST

These people all helped me make sense of this fucked up world. Most of the authors can be found in conversations on YouTube as well. Every mind on this list is brilliant.

James Lindsay wearing the black hat. Image credit: James Lindsay Twitter account.

The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt Moral Foundations Theory — changed my life.

The Parasitic Mind by Gad Saad mind viruses and their contagion.

Mental Immunity by Andy Norman infectious ideas, mind-parasites and the search for a better way to think, ground breaking work.

Woke Racism by John McWhorter progressive bigotry & black fragility.

Unmasked by Andy Ngo well researched book on Antifa.

San Fransicko by Michael Shellenberger no one understands homeless response policy like Shellenberger, who is running for California Governor.

Woke Reformation by Travis Brown the religion of Woke and its personal impact.

The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray mass formation psychosis with wicked wit.

Factfulness by Hans Rosling proves that chimps are smarter than most of our leaders when it comes to facts about the world — prepare to be humbled when you take his quiz.

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Candace Mercer Olympia, WA

Candace is a progressive artist/writer/activist based in Olympia, WA reporting on homelessness & political violence. She ran for Olympia City Council in 2021.