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mk  ·  4067 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Michael Anissimov: Premises of Reactionary Thought

In a piece that I just can't finish, Mencius Moldbug makes the case that it is a proper description for the true anti-progressive. I linked the 3rd part, where he addresses that it is a philosophy that exists in reaction to the 'W-force', or philosophies built upon it.

There seems to be plenty of thought here, but I can't make heads or tails of the way the Reactionary sees things ought to be. One of the commenters makes the point that Capitalism is a big driver of the W-force. Paul Graham is linked in his blog roll. It is confusing to me.





JakobVirgil  ·  4066 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Even though Mikey sez this is not fascism and I would not want to be an idiot for saying that it is.

It does remind me a bit of a All-man No-homo Make-out club.

you know for straight guys that want to practice kissing and stuff without ladies around.

They should just come clean and call it traditionalism they already quote Evola.

mk  ·  4066 days ago  ·  link  ·  

LOL. It does seem that in-your-face contradictory. Compassionate Fascism. I'm just not sure I understand the motivation behind it.

JakobVirgil  ·  4066 days ago  ·  link  ·  

the Original Post seemed to position it as something to do after you figure out libertarianism is stupid. Which makes sense most "libertarians" are not as pro-choice, anti-war or pro-gay as the label suggests they would be

I think it a bunch of special snowflakes that need special snowflake politics.

user-inactivated  ·  4066 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They look like what transhumanists would look like if they were facing the other way; instead of trying to make science fiction come true by wishing really hard and spewing logorrhea, they seem to be trying to make fantasies about the past come true by wishing really hard and spewing logorrhea. They might as well be Traditionalists, but they're less honest about it. The Traditionalists, even Evola himself, don't hide that they're writing mythology. Most of them take Evola's advice and do art rather than politics.