Something almost nobody notices about America, and what takes like this obscure, is that America is actually a very *old* country. Most other countries had some sort of cataclysmic revolutionary event that completely restructured politics and society in the past 250 years.
Some even had several. Conquests, occupations, secessions, social, political, and anti-colonial revolutions. There's regularly something like a *reset*
America is weird for this reason. A Byzantine Ancien Régime no one really understands.
Aug 15 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
I just do not think this is true.
People on the Right tend to exaggerate the "hostile, ethno-nepotistic voter bloc" element of the Mamdani phenomenon due to inaccurately transposing conditions from places like London to NYC.
I say that characterising him as a hostile ethnic takeover is inaccurate because, to my knowledge, his support base is still largely White and the ethnic voter blocs support Cuomo, so Mamdani is best seen as a transitional figure imo. But his hatred and malice are palpable.
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Mar 4 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
An issue I have with the midwit thesis is that the average leftist appears to be just stupid and misinformed in fairly trivial ways. No complex postmodern mumbojumbo but straightforward stuff. For instance many leftists believe "race" is actually synonymous with "skin color"
This is one thing you can't unsee once you see it. They believe race is just skin pigmentation. When you tell them about race and IQ their mind translates it as "increasing melanin decreases IQ" seriously. They are not smart, they are not midwits, they are just stupid.
Nov 27, 2024 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
The reason this discourse makes the rounds every few months on the Right is that the word 'Nationalist' in our current political culture has the association of 'Low-status ignorant prole' so people try to shirk association with it 🧵1/10
It's the same reason 'Catholic Integralism' is so popular in some circles - @bronzeagemantis talks about it - It's a way to be edgy Right-Winger on every issue while avoiding the one actually controversial issue that could get you in trouble: Race and mass immigration. 2/10
Nov 1, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
@DespotVilicus @TheBlackHorse65 @MetaBritain Yes. Islamic Fundamentalism is a modernising, anti-traditional ideology. You will note that Islamic fundamentalists everywhere for instance seek to overthrow their monarchs where they still exist - Iran is staunchly republican for a reason.
@DespotVilicus @TheBlackHorse65 @MetaBritain The Taliban could bring back the Afghani monarchy if they wanted to be trad, the royal house is still around you know (The US actually considered bringing them back iirc) but they don't because that's not their goal.
Nov 1, 2024 • 20 tweets • 3 min read
@TheBlackHorse65 @MetaBritain Alright. So the distinction between traditionalism and fundamentalism. Because this really trips people up when it comes to Islam.
Would anyone say England in the 1300s was governed by 'Fundamentalist Christianity?'
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@TheBlackHorse65 @MetaBritain The answer is obviously no (unless you are a fedora tipping Atheist), England at the time was governed by a mixture of local customary laws - Feudal law, Canon law, town law, ultimately Common law
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Sep 9, 2024 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Chapters:
1-16 Red and Yellow
17-35 - Network monarchy
36-83 - What even is a middle class?
84-137 - Thaksin's premiership
138-158 - Intermezzo
159-227 - PMC
228-234 - (They Chinese)
235-297 - On deep states
298-324 - Liberty or equality
325-343 - Epilogue
Chapter 1: Red and Yellow:
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English landholding patterns were really SCATTERED. The most powerful nobles owned a lot of land but it was distributed in small pieces all over England interspaced with the land of other nobles. 1/18
This means nobles are rich and powerful, but they can't fully dominate a single locality (there are exceptions but they are rare). No power base to retreat to. 2/18
Feb 15, 2024 • 29 tweets • 14 min read
@StilichoReads The book the text mentions (Susan Reynold's Kingdoms and Communities) is very good on this topic by the way
@StilichoReads Also, some of her articles on nationalism and communities are worth reading.
