Mandela, the W-force, and the progressive need for chaos
In the third part of his “Open Letter to an Open Minded Progressive” Mencius Moldbug concluded his explanation of “the W-force” and progressive’s need for chaos. Nelson Mandela’s life and legacy are an...
View ArticlePseudohistory
In “Further conversation on regime change,” Moldbug defined propaganda as pseudohistory and pseudoscience. Psuedoscience is (‘round these parts) generally considered this. However, I think that’s too...
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My apologies for the lack of content lately. Hopefully you’ll pardon an extra long list of stuff worth reading. – Professor Mansfield on Machiavelli is worth your time. So is John Gray on Leopardi. –...
View ArticleThe government “shutdown”
Now that it’s over (whatever “it” is), I guess I should say something about the government shutdown. We should begin by establishing what the heck actually happened. The government employs roughly 4.5...
View ArticleAn anti-reaction FAQ
I’ve previously defend Scott Alexander’s missives on reaction. However, his latest isn’t up to the level of his old stuff. The crux of his argument is that, “It is a staple of Reactionary thought that...
View ArticleReview of “Exodus” by Paul Collier
“Migration has been politicized before it has been analyzed.” – Paul Collier In writing this book, Collier seeks to do two things. First, he wants to continue his work analyzing the poorest societies...
View ArticleTopics of interest
Both Nydwracu and Nick Land provide a list of questions for the Dark Enlightenment to focus on. I thought it might helpful to briefly discuss some of the items on their lists. 1) “America is a...
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– Gavin McInnes has some excellent thoughts on feminism here. It does strike me that demeaning motherhood is just about the most anti-feminist thing one could possible do. Also, I always find it...
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– A talk on exit. And some additional thoughts. – Don’t miss Radish’s excellent graphic and analysis. – Handle on Sunstein on Hiss. You can basically use Hiss’s Wikipedia page as a stand-alone argument...
View ArticleReview of “Unqualified Reservations” part 1
Part 1: Dr. Johnson’s Hypothesis As has been noted elsewhere, the phenomenon of referring to oneself as a reactionary is a recent one. It’s important to remember this fact. The past year has seen an...
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