Thread by @RichardBSpencer

Across the Western media, a new Traitors Coalition has emerged in support of Russia: Dirtbag leftists and rightists, “America First” Groypers, Q holdouts, LARPing “traditionalists,” Ultra MAGAists, literal Commies, and the occasional neoreactionary and paleoconservative.

The Traitors Coalition roughly tracks with those who either enthusiastically endorsed or apologized for January 6. Some “fellow travelers” in this coalition, notably Trump himself and Tucker Carlson, have already back-tracked and reversed their positions.

The “Z” emerged overnight as a curious symbol. Z is a Latin letter, not a Cyrillic one; its meaning is cryptic, though its implications are not. It’s hard not to see its similarities with “Q.” It is, in fact, the new Q. In itself it means nothing…but it implies everything.

https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1500495309595725831

What we see with these Traitors is a “coalition of the fringes”: basically, they hate everything; feel like they’re under attack (sometimes for good reason); and see Russia as, in effect, assaulting, weakening, or humiliating the Western World.

Before the New Left, Frankfurt School, etc. turned on the USSR, “Russia” existed as a fantasy realm for Western leftists and subalterns: everything was free; work was good; racism and alienation were overcome, etc.

Today, the Traitors Coalition might project similar fantasies onto Putin’s Russia, with a twist. Russia will be imagined as super “trad,” “based,” and religious—a land where every Incel is mandated a gf and eGirls are thrown into prison.

The emerging Digital Iron Curtain between East and West will only heighten the level of fantasy for the coalition of the fringes in the West. That is, they won’t have any idea what life in Russia is actually like.

As mentioned, during the First Cold War, many subalterns instinctively sided with the Soviets, perhaps merely out of resentment. This was, in fact, a major motivation, mostly unspoken, for policies like the Civil Rights Act and Great Society.

In other words, the American system sought to integrate the subalterns, so as not lose them to Communism and subversive practices.

I doubt this process will repeat itself. Most highly educated non-White immigrants have Ukrainian flags in their bios. The Hispanic population will largely be indifferent or benignly pro-NATO in the coming conflict. Such people aren’t at issue for the system.

The system is more likely to crush or marginalize the “Z” people, much as it did to J6 and Trucker Convoy enthusiasts. The notion that it’ll seek to work with them—or that Russia will come to the Zs rescue—is simply unthinkable. Z in the West simply cannot win.

I understand their frustration… But how much sympathy should I have for people who are constantly seeking out new hills to die on?