Discussions like this are really interesting to me, as it's often hard to grasp what's even being discussed at times. Getting pushed like that is deeply stimulating. I think PCM's claim that the Right is dead is far, far too online. For one, the Right is natural order. In that sense, it can't die. Only the Left can truly die, which may be why Leftists are so hyper-fixated on the notion of violent fascism or whatever. They know they can be defeated, while the hierarchical reality of competence, beauty, and so on will always be there, mocking their pathetic attempts at totalitarian utopia. Secondly, even if we define the Right's death as total disenfranchisement, this is far, far from the truth. Even in Europe, where a truly Right position is basically banned, we see enormous victories occur. In America, state and local governments wield tremendous power for the Right. If we expand to cultural relevance, the Right asserts itself routinely, either by rendering distastefully Left-wing content bankrupt or by having the only interesting conversation.
To build on J Burden’s point on the simplicity and accessibility of technology, the only way it could have become so wide spread is by making it useable by people with no prior insight. Video games did give people experience in computers back when you had to code them yourself or needed to know how to navigate files to add mods, the earliest game magazines came with a page of code so you had to program the game yourself before they switched to sending you game CDs. Modern children gain no skills whatsoever from modern games or tablets because they are design to not need any skill to access.
3:55 "The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an athiest, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you." Werner Heisenberg "The first gulp at the glass of beaurocracy will make you a libertarian but at the bottom of the glass monarchy awaits you." Auron
England's greatest problem right now is not the immigrants themselves as such, it's actually the English who cheer on their own nation's demise. I mean, maybe I just wasn't paying attention, but I simply wasn't aware there existed just so much self-loathing in this country. Another insidious myth that's emerged recently is that England was built by immigrants. I cannot tell you how much I despise this idea.
I'm 47, and when I first heard about libertarianism in the 90's I was already a "National Socialist." And it seemed to me that it was one big constructed way to hide the fact no one wanted to keep funding the bottom feeders reproduction rate, or pay taxes for bombing people into democracy. It never came off to me as a hoodwink or catch-basket, just a way to covertly convey some obvious truths without greater scrutiny or attachment to Nuremberg condemnations. Cheers to all you fellows breaking out.
I was writing a long comment from 25:27, but you covered it ten minutes later... 30:36 is really important. Current historical market forces are on course to create an AI that will subsume humanity (it's going to be more useful and cooler every year... up until it kills everyone.) Land calls it the "natural" course of history. Accelerationism is saying that there's nothing we can do, and we should welcome extinction. Humanism is fighting against that, and saying: screw the current historical market forces. We *can* set up coordination to stop AI development.
I find Nick to be much more compelling as a philosopher than the snarky bibliography spewing antics of Yarvin. I appreciate both and reading both has been very revealing of a philosophy that has been denied to me as a classic liberal in my past.
On the topic of video games, as an undiagnosed autistic child they were kind of a refuge for me, and I think they helped me greatly develop problem solving skills. Unfortunately a lot of newer games do have this designer drug problem and are slop-ified in such a way that they dont teach skills anymore either. Another thing to consider about the zoomers that get absorbed into video games too much is that arguably video games are the last domain in which men are allowed to cultivate excellence anymore without facing social backlash.
On the topic of screens and screen exposure, I feel like we should bring back the concept of the family computer that stands in the living room. That way you can monitor what your kids are doing, they don't get conditioned by the instant internet access of phones, and they will associate outside with face to face interactions.
The Republic long died. It cannot be rehabilitated. It's gone. You could not keep it. Trump is a lantern to cast a light upon the path and your enemies. He is not a hammer. But a hammer may come along that path before him. One does not take power and leave the old regime actors in place. They must be replaced with your own. Not everyone can be bought off.
I am starting my Catholic homestead. I have had a garden since 2017. Seed saving and composting. Got ten chickens this year (2024). Already getting to see to the benefits of having domestic animals.
