In our present reality, we assume that people mean what they say. In an alternate reality, perhaps a more accurate one, we recognize that the meaning of the words is less important than the social signal being sent. People communicate to others not to express the substance of their words, but to use that substance […]
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Is Balance A Civilizational Risk?by Johann Theron (April 25th, 2017) Risk applies to every person and organization, but few think of society or even civilizations as having risks. Most recognize that civilizations and societies are cyclic and identify heroes and villains by their participation in positive or negative cycles. Despite an entire risk industry, where risks are analyzed in minute detail, nobody appears to look […] Epic Video Game Starcraft Now Freeby Brett Stevens (April 25th, 2017) Video games, black metal and literature all played a role in the rise of the Alt Right, but nothing did more on the video game front than epic games that involved the maintenance of complex groupings or a mythical-historical view of individual survival. Starcraft was one such game and gave birth to a genre or […] Populism Needs To Find A Platformby Brett Stevens (April 25th, 2017) The National Review has disgraced itself over the past decade, most notably by firing John Derbyshire and recently by endorsing Emmanuel Macron over Marine Le Pen, but sometimes it touches on interesting issues. Peter Spiliakos explores the lack of an identifiable platform for populism and how this makes the Right weak and disunified: It is […] Hoping For A Government Shutdownby Brett Stevens (April 25th, 2017) Currently the American government is headed toward shutdown. The Left insists that Trump fund their social programs, yet will not extend funding to building the border wall or increased immigration enforcement, and (predictably) passive-aggressively blame him for the inbound shutdown. In the meantime, Trump has learned that to fix this mess, he will have to […] Numen Books And Manticore Press Re-Form As Hadeanby Brett Stevens (April 25th, 2017) Numen Books, the publisher of my first book Nihilism: A Philosophy Based In Nothingness And Eternity, has merged with associated publisher Manticore Press into a new entity, Hadean, which has expanded its business model. From the publisher: The existing businesses have been merged into a corporation to reflect the new business interests of jewellery imports […] Finland Advocates “Physical Removal” With Commemorative Coinby Brett Stevens (April 25th, 2017) Finland has released a commemorative coin marking the events of the “Winter War” in which outnumbered and outgunned Finns slaughtered Soviet invaders. On the back of this coin, a scene appears of a Finnish tribesman executing several Communists. We can tell this is an execution because the rifle is leveled at them as if about […] Externalization Creates Dark Organizationby Brett Stevens (April 25th, 2017) Western man is externalizing himself in the form of gadgets. – William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch Civilization is an uncertain bet. Like the oxidation that allows us to breathe, it also creates secondary effects which must be managed, such as free riders and calcification. Most societies try to manage these through external control, and this […] How Nihilism Can Help Conservatismby Brett Stevens (April 24th, 2017) We live in a fantasy world of our own projection, formed of our desire to escape the needs of adaptation. Humans are self-deluding based on our need to feel that we are “in control” of the world we perceive, when in fact we are small parts of it subject to its whims. The contrary impulse […] Conservatism Pulling Away From Patriotism And Christianityby Brett Stevens (April 24th, 2017) Conservatism inevitably finds itself in conflict with its only real competition, which is the public form of conservatism. The root of conservatism is anti-social; conservatives recognize that most human ideas are pretense and vaingloriousness, and instead point to time-honored methods of achieving the best results. In America, conservatives are additionally hampered by the fact of […] |