Getting out of our own Way

Getting out of our own Way

Reader Durandel comments on yesterday's post: I’ve said for years the West is now entirely made up of infantilized generations. Civilization is built on the back of men. What are we to build with generations of perpetual 14 year olds? The authoritarian who shows up to whip these kids into…
May 8, 201834 Comments
If this Goes on

If this Goes on

The Postmodern world isn't so much a world without rules as it is a place where there are no longer any widely recognized authorities capable of enforcing the rules. This situation didn't just materialize out of nowhere one day in 1968. At least in the West, disowning the authorities that…
May 7, 20189 Comments
Non serviam

Non serviam

...Is the real philosophy of the Enlightenment, as yesterday's Anonymous commenter explained (this blog's commenters have been on fire lately!): I don't comment either but I've noticed that a lot of this, including the argument with Misha, comes down to the re-definition of liberty. The Old Definition: The freedom to…
May 4, 201813 Comments
They Get It

They Get It

Reader anonme proves that wise men only speak when they have something to say in this comment on yesterday's post: I generally stay out of your essays on liberty, freedom, individuals et al, but I'll chime in briefly. I've long had a theory that you have abandoned conventional politics, instead…
May 3, 201827 Comments
I’ve Never Met an Individual

I’ve Never Met an Individual

Conservatives and Libertarians continue to volunteer evidence for my assertion that their empty posing and incoherent ideologies are standing athwart attempts to stop the Left's destruction of the West. Exhibit A: Conservative reader Nate Winchester's comments on the relative effectiveness of appeals to reason and emotion. There's two catches. The…
May 2, 201810 Comments
Individualism Is Kill

Individualism Is Kill

Having consistently pointed out that individualism is a noxious acid eating away at the social bonds, family ties, and institutions of the West, I was pleased when a Libertarian ideologue showed up in my Twitter feed to provide a wealth of colorful examples. Radical individualists' white-knuckled clinging to their self-contradictory…
May 1, 201835 Comments
Review Meta Fail

Review Meta Fail

Self-publishing guru David Gaughran may have shed some light on the recent review purge by Amazon. There’s an article doing the rounds at the moment from the Washington Post suggesting that the Amazon is undergoing some kind of fake review crisis. There are problems with Amazon reviews, of course, but…
April 30, 20186 Comments
Dragon Energy

Dragon Energy

A+ list rapper Kanye West coming out as a Trump supporter perfectly demonstrates the crucial importance of retaking cultural ground, which Conservatives have been ignoring for decades. You can tell that Kanye's Trumpism has struck a massive blow to the Left's cultural hegemony by their unhinged reaction to his escape…
April 27, 201815 Comments
Bringing Shame Back

Bringing Shame Back

While I expected two general types of pushback against my recent post that was (only tangentially) related to "This Is me", the volume and lockstep uniformity of those knee-jerk responses surprised me. To recap, first we have the pop culture copper tops who've been plugged into the mass media Matrix…
April 26, 201814 Comments
Cat Pay Pig

Cat Pay Pig

A Twitter user's reaction to yesterday's post perfectly demonstrates the effectiveness of aiming for the emotions instead of the intellect. To the untrained eye, my interlocutor may look like a vaguely anthropomorphized cat, but its semi-literate tweeting soon reveals its true nature as a Disney paypig. Now, some might be…
April 25, 201819 Comments