I love this, and for once I'm happy that I'm too insignificant to ever be on the receiving end of one of your transmissions! But, by publishing this, aren't you doing exactly the thing you told us not to? You're are engaging with these people and giving their "ideas" an audience. I didn't know who that man was before I read your piece. I had to look him up and was, in this way, exposed to a whole Wikipedia article about him. I am personally immune to right-wing idiocy, I hope, but is every one of your readers? On the other hand, you are right, we cannot let them do their thing without protest and without voicing our opposition. It's a difficult choice.
Slightly longer: just ignoring this won't make it go away. What I am aiming at here is the symbiosis between journalism and "philosophy," which has been a syndrome for quite a while, multiplied by the tendency to amplify the ideological effect of certain statements. Engaging with ideas is not the issue. In a way to put it thus is to have conceded a lot of ground. It's HOW we engage with statements that present themselves as idea-like. I think that reading my piece will help to make readers immune to (for example) Wikipedia entries.
Everything from him is the effluvia from the mind of a very peevish child. He merely says ‘someone annoys me, and I want a big daddy to come and fix everything to my liking’ over and over. Sprinkled with quotes from better writers. One is forced to conclude that people who think he’s doing something meaningful either have not read what he writes or haven’t read much of anything else and have no comparison class.
I agree, the “let’s destroy democracy so we can be Caesar” thing is not philosophy and not coherent. I dipped in just enough to learn was it WAS because I hadn’t known and therefore was confused as well as distressed to see musk parading around. So yes, we need to know, and also any journalists/writers treating this stuff as serious thought are doing the world a disservice
After lampooning in thoughtlessness for 4 years following the brain damage of an over-extended doctorate dissertation uncoiling non-rep and affect, I found a poolside day for contemplation. Thoughts find me again now. Your thoughts, Tim. Kind feelings and thank you for staying with the trouble in the Cthulhucene
Brilliant, necessary, and merciless.
Oh! Thank you! xo
I love this, and for once I'm happy that I'm too insignificant to ever be on the receiving end of one of your transmissions! But, by publishing this, aren't you doing exactly the thing you told us not to? You're are engaging with these people and giving their "ideas" an audience. I didn't know who that man was before I read your piece. I had to look him up and was, in this way, exposed to a whole Wikipedia article about him. I am personally immune to right-wing idiocy, I hope, but is every one of your readers? On the other hand, you are right, we cannot let them do their thing without protest and without voicing our opposition. It's a difficult choice.
Slightly longer: just ignoring this won't make it go away. What I am aiming at here is the symbiosis between journalism and "philosophy," which has been a syndrome for quite a while, multiplied by the tendency to amplify the ideological effect of certain statements. Engaging with ideas is not the issue. In a way to put it thus is to have conceded a lot of ground. It's HOW we engage with statements that present themselves as idea-like. I think that reading my piece will help to make readers immune to (for example) Wikipedia entries.
No I don't believe I am.
Everything from him is the effluvia from the mind of a very peevish child. He merely says ‘someone annoys me, and I want a big daddy to come and fix everything to my liking’ over and over. Sprinkled with quotes from better writers. One is forced to conclude that people who think he’s doing something meaningful either have not read what he writes or haven’t read much of anything else and have no comparison class.
Gack, Yarvin! A blessing on your head for the skewering. ⭐️
“What galls most is that they are so fucking stupid.”
And galling that the suppose masters of the universe of their own limited minds sing his praises.
I agree, the “let’s destroy democracy so we can be Caesar” thing is not philosophy and not coherent. I dipped in just enough to learn was it WAS because I hadn’t known and therefore was confused as well as distressed to see musk parading around. So yes, we need to know, and also any journalists/writers treating this stuff as serious thought are doing the world a disservice
Nice piece! Thank you.
I did go into the rabbit hole, only to realize you were right. Can't read history, or Tolkien...
https://open.substack.com/pub/heyslick/p/the-dark-elves-fallacy-neoreactionaries?r=4t921l&utm_medium=ios
After lampooning in thoughtlessness for 4 years following the brain damage of an over-extended doctorate dissertation uncoiling non-rep and affect, I found a poolside day for contemplation. Thoughts find me again now. Your thoughts, Tim. Kind feelings and thank you for staying with the trouble in the Cthulhucene