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 […]
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Over-Hyped Dot-Com 3.0 Elites Head Toward Collapseby Brett Stevens (April 23rd, 2017) Every new business idea goes through a life cycle. When it is new and demonstrates how useful it is, people sell it at high prices and pay a lot of attention to it. However, as time passes, the cost is expected to drop and people want to pay less attention to it. Consider the telephone: […] What Is The Trump / Brexit / LePen Wave Of “Populism”?by Brett Stevens (April 23rd, 2017) The Left uses the term “populism” to refer to political sentiments which arises outside the control of the Establishment. This leads to confusion, because to populists, their attitude seems to be an unpopular complex truth beset by pleasant illusions. Foreign Affairs takes a stab at a definition of “populism” and comes up with a reasonable […] Random Acts of Hopelessnessby Robert Grisham (April 22nd, 2017) Recently I have been listening to indie music for a change of pace, and it strikes me that this genre provides perfect, lucid insight into the millennial white mindset. Indie music is as much a psychology as a specific style; indie musicians see themselves as mediocre despite their best efforts, and in a perpetual state […] Cold, Ice Coldby Brett Stevens (April 22nd, 2017) Philosopher Nick Land talks about the transition that the West is currently experiencing as a shift from being nice to being more realistic. “Nice” is like bourgeois values: offend no one, befriend everyone, and always gesture vividly toward your acceptance of all people, behaviors and ideas. Naturally, this niceness is fatal to any group because […] What Went Wrong In The West During WWII?by Brett Stevens (April 21st, 2017) Something went wrong in the West during WWII. Perhaps it was that after fighting “the war to end all wars,” people lost faith in the system but cashed in anyway. Perhaps it was the population boom, or the sheer misery of modern society, but something caused an explosion of bad behavior: Before the baby boomers […] Latest Russian Election Interference Story Is Fakeby Brett Stevens (April 20th, 2017) The Left has been trying to crank up the idea that the Russians hacked our election or otherwise interfered with it on Trump’s side, probably as a precursor to attempting impeachment or invalidating the election. Their latest efforts will fail like the previous ones. The most recent propaganda piece conjures up a Russian “plan” to […] After Equality Comes Mass Murderby Brett Stevens (April 20th, 2017) Bryan Caplan finds himself confused by the link between recognizing the importance of IQ and wanting most of humanity dead. He argues for acceptance of fact without rancor, but seems perplexed by the vitriol expressed (h/t Outside In): My fellow IQ realists are, on average, a scary bunch. People who vocally defend the power of […] Diversity Violence Gets The Norming Treatment In Amerikaby Brett Stevens (April 20th, 2017) Diversity does not work because it cannot work. It is paradoxical to place groups with different goals together and insist they compromise, because this deprives all groups of their goals, and thus creates tension which will inevitably detonate in ethnic violence. This week, the exciting ethnic violence came to us from sunny Fresno where an […] Is Antifa Receiving Funding From Organized Crime?by Brett Stevens (April 20th, 2017) Over in the free speech Antifa discussion group, one user spotted something dubious in Antifa finances: https://blockchain.info/address/1HS6kXei4hBGPE7WTweqERvanZ1DYCSmNw Look through the donations. Some of these users forgot to use tumblers and have large-capital streams coming through that look like money laundering. This fits with what we know of Antifa: people are being paid fairly generous sums […] |