This is great stuff. Very few get it. The overproduction of elites that Turchin noted as the driver of cliodynamic cycles ... the coming churn of social chaos ... the necessity of a new, true elite ... it is only on the Dissident Right that young men have pursued the path, have heeded the call to Become Worthy.
I've resisted the urge to move over to Gab because of just how negative many of the posters are. Also, as you mentioned, this is a fringe subculture - one that I've spent a decade in myself. But now, I feel the need to branch off into different subcultures to gather fresh ideas and perspectives. Maybe it's worth checking back in to see how things have changed.
Because of the censorship, we've been ghettoized. This seems to have helped solidify the subculture at the expense of us being able to engage with wider audiences. The gap between us and normies continues to widen. It's almost as if we speak two different languages at this point. On the one hand, it's comfy. On the other hand, it's alienating.
Just sharing some of my thoughts. I enjoy your writing style. It's terse and doesn't feel the need to rely on overwrought prose. You come off as a writer confident enough in his own ideas that he doesn't need to embellish or bedazzle at the expense of clarity and emotional punch.
Life is more than politics... it's a bitter, resentful, unpleasant living to build a life around these vast, historical struggles that ordinary men can barely impact. We must build ourselves into strong, healthy, functional men before we can concern ourselves with anything else.
Gab definitely seems to be a ghetto atm. These technologies are built to concentrate around a single Dominant Monopoly, due to network effects and Pareto Distributions.
I must caution against divinizing literature. Stories are okay but they are not, and cannot be, the purpose of life. They serve, as a tool for understanding, and that is not wrong but neither is it holy. Some stories (most) are mere entertainment and that shouldn't be condemned either but it resembles sugar in the diet of life. Shouldn't have that much of it.
I don't think it's wrong to enjoy media but the people (fans) who make something their whole life almost seem like they're creating a synthetic religion.
Take Ren faires. Is fun to dress up in costumes and all but we'd happier if we could just dress attractively in our everyday ordinary lives, instead of periodically as part of a fantasy larp.
Of course, this criticism applies less to authors/artists who must necessarily devote a great amount of their lives to their creations.
This is great stuff. Very few get it. The overproduction of elites that Turchin noted as the driver of cliodynamic cycles ... the coming churn of social chaos ... the necessity of a new, true elite ... it is only on the Dissident Right that young men have pursued the path, have heeded the call to Become Worthy.
Thank you very much, John Carter.
Been reading more of your work, it's very insightful.
Great work, fren.
I've resisted the urge to move over to Gab because of just how negative many of the posters are. Also, as you mentioned, this is a fringe subculture - one that I've spent a decade in myself. But now, I feel the need to branch off into different subcultures to gather fresh ideas and perspectives. Maybe it's worth checking back in to see how things have changed.
Because of the censorship, we've been ghettoized. This seems to have helped solidify the subculture at the expense of us being able to engage with wider audiences. The gap between us and normies continues to widen. It's almost as if we speak two different languages at this point. On the one hand, it's comfy. On the other hand, it's alienating.
Just sharing some of my thoughts. I enjoy your writing style. It's terse and doesn't feel the need to rely on overwrought prose. You come off as a writer confident enough in his own ideas that he doesn't need to embellish or bedazzle at the expense of clarity and emotional punch.
Thanks very much for the kind words, Rolo!
I'm flattered, and honored.
Life is more than politics... it's a bitter, resentful, unpleasant living to build a life around these vast, historical struggles that ordinary men can barely impact. We must build ourselves into strong, healthy, functional men before we can concern ourselves with anything else.
Gab definitely seems to be a ghetto atm. These technologies are built to concentrate around a single Dominant Monopoly, due to network effects and Pareto Distributions.
FrogTwitter is more fun.
I must caution against divinizing literature. Stories are okay but they are not, and cannot be, the purpose of life. They serve, as a tool for understanding, and that is not wrong but neither is it holy. Some stories (most) are mere entertainment and that shouldn't be condemned either but it resembles sugar in the diet of life. Shouldn't have that much of it.
Thanks for a thoughtful critique.
Every man must choose his own path — my pursuit has been that of the artist, the storyteller. Perhaps that choice was wrong. Perhaps not.
But in all things, men must compete to be the best version of themselves, and to struggle against the Resistance of their chosen Arena.
I don't think it's wrong to enjoy media but the people (fans) who make something their whole life almost seem like they're creating a synthetic religion.
Take Ren faires. Is fun to dress up in costumes and all but we'd happier if we could just dress attractively in our everyday ordinary lives, instead of periodically as part of a fantasy larp.
Of course, this criticism applies less to authors/artists who must necessarily devote a great amount of their lives to their creations.