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My contribution to the political ideologies debate, inspired by recent posts by @TheWorthyHouse and NS Lyons.
With special attention to Philip Rieff, I claim:
1. Western political thought was always concerned with the relationship between individual and communal well-being.
Fukuyama may end up being hated more for his musical criticism than for his geopolitical predictions.
This was basically Nolte’s thesis. I understand its political and rhetorical import - and do not think it entirely wrongheaded - but I believe it undersells what was unique and original about Fascism. In this sense, I tend to accept Sternhell’s inclinations, if not all of his conclusions.
Le mouvement fasciste naît à gauche, Mussolini appartenait au parti socialiste. Le parti nazi est aussi de gauche.
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Great point. The world is really suffering from a painful shortage of books that consider issues like race, gender and class.
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Understandably, everyone's dunking on this comment from Fukuyama, but, having read the book, I can confirm that it reads much differently in context. Here's the relevant section:
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but siding with Palestine, wearing a lapel pin with the Palestinian flag (lol) and being “pro-Hamas” is Third World behavior
It’s not “based.” It’s spiritually Leftist and anti-American.
The author won a Nobel Prize for his work, so one could hardly call it “underrated,” but I wish more people would read this book. It tells the story of a single Bosnian village by a river over about four centuries, from Ottoman rule until the onset of World War I, and provides what I think is the best account of what modernization meant for Europe.
This is a good and noble response, but is it enough? What is the Right to do when the Left is so intent on breaking the rules of the democratic game? Should it preempt and risk being accused of ending democracy? Or should it continue to adhere by the rules, when the consequences are outlined so clearly?
Our response to @ElissaSlotkin's threat to conservative staffers:
“We are going to help them get jobs, we are going to put them to work, and if anyone comes after them—they’ll have a fight on their hands.”
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Yes it’s “becoming” that
The Palestinian flag is becoming a symbol of mindless destruction, looting, and wanton violence. How do those who (pretend to) care about the Palestinian cause feel about that? Most don't give a peep.
Meet John Aziz (@aziz0nomics), a lone dissenter who forcefully condemns the desecration of the Palestinian flag by people using it as a prop for criminality. Unlike them, he actually cares about Palestinians (he is one himself):
"As a Palestinian, I find it absolutely disgusting and unfair to see these people waving Palestinian flags while committing violent and criminal acts. Looting a Playstation 5 or a Louis Vuitton bag does nothing whatsoever to help Palestinians."
substacktools.com/sharex/-CA…
I don’t understand how anybody can be shocked by this. Obama is the same racial demagogue he has always been. He was a catastrophe for America, a catastrophe for the Middle East, a catastrophe for the world. Some of us already knew this in 2008. Everyone should have known this by 2016.
Opinion: When Obama speaks, millions of people listen. If he truly believes that it is “undeniable” that Jews “took land off people," then he is an antisemitism superspreader.
jpost.com/opinion/article-91…
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Win-win-win!
Si Marine Le Pen est élue, 46 % des musulmans et 43 % des électeurs de Mélenchon envisagent de quitter la France (Ifop)
fdesouche.com/2026/10/15/son…
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Has everyone seen this important highlight from the big conference everyone’s talking about? I hope so! For the sake of a more manly public culture
I took the stage at @NatConTalk to talk about public diplomacy--what America & Israel can share & do together. A manly, national policy that excludes criminals & deports strangers is absolutely necessary. Giving men a future is absolutely necessary. Learning political philosophy is necessary for the rising elite, since all the assurances of Progress or Enlightenment are failing around us & we fear tyranny & anarchy.
youtube.com/watch?v=65CUzqua…
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I took the stage at @NatConTalk to talk about public diplomacy--what America & Israel can share & do together. A manly, national policy that excludes criminals & deports strangers is absolutely necessary. Giving men a future is absolutely necessary. Learning political philosophy is necessary for the rising elite, since all the assurances of Progress or Enlightenment are failing around us & we fear tyranny & anarchy.
youtube.com/watch?v=65CUzqua…
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“The idea that Kennan was some proto-groyper secret handshake Jew-hating link tying us all together is the fever dream of a malicious lunatic.”
—Michael Anton, @theammind
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“The idea that Kennan was some proto-groyper secret handshake Jew-hating link tying us all together is the fever dream of a malicious lunatic.”
—Michael Anton, @theammind
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James Lindsay, "anti-Communist," accused Amanda Milius of dog-whistling to groypers because she stood next to a portrait of the most famous anti-Communist strategist in American history.
Michael Anton with a must-read in American Mind.
americanmind.org/salvo/james…
