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On the Erosion of Society, Erroneous Optimism, & what should replace it
By now, all can smell the new feeling in the air. Whether it be 53 BC Rome, 1787 France, or 1850s America, this pungent sensation is something all have felt prior to years of great change & strife. We may discuss the recent feuds in California, the instabi... posted 17h ago with 1 reply politics history

On the Erosion of So

Some time in the mid 2030s, a certain society of anonymous gentlemen philosophers published their final treatise, "on the reversal of bioleninism". It laid out an arrangement of social institutions which would result in an entirely new set of political-eco... 9h ago

Some time in the mid

Is Islam a more appropriate starting point than Christianity for the modern Western elite?
I've been reading "Cities of God", about the history of early Christianity and how Christianity rapidly spread through the late antique Mediterranean world by filling a niche in the urban centers. (It was nearly absent in rural areas until forced conversio... posted 3w ago with 5 replies politics history theology

Is Islam a more appr

This will become especially true if we do end up with low-grade speciation from either some kind of genetic tampering or selective breeding between the elite. Already, you could argue that selection mechanisms in the West have led to a sort of situation li... 1w ago

This will become esp

The Trump vibe shift is primarily urban
What is going on here? Big republican gains in cities, blue gains everywhere else. Anecdotally it checks out in my circles: lots of right-leaning friends in SF, NYC, Miami, LA. But why?... posted 2w ago with 8 replies politics history news

The Trump vibe shift

ah sneaky sneaky. Nevermind deepfakes. We have the New York Times. So this is not absolute change, but relative to overall shift. So that means that the blue shift in the rural areas is fake, but the red shift in cities is real and even bigger than they ar... 2w ago

ah sneaky sneaky. Ne

When does a people become "historical"? Can we achieve a Greek-like stance as Nietzsche believed late 19th C. Germans could?
Inspired by the final section of Nietzsche's Untimely Meditation titled "On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life".... posted 2w ago with 9 replies history nietzsche

When does a people b

In the context of Nietzsche's essay, "historicality" refers precisely to when a civilization/people emerges from acting freely, or, uninhibited by a variety of historical phenomena—ancestral worship, rigid moral tradition, and so forth. Perhaps in other ... 2w ago

In the context of Ni

Definition of slavery
What is the best source on the classical definition of slavery? Does BAP talk about this? Plz post excerpts and sources, thanks in advance posted 2w ago with 6 replies politics eugenics history

Definition of slaver

yeah greek slavery was often something different from what we do. They had a very different ethnic/caste/class system. Like I said, we need more words. 2w ago

yeah greek slavery w

How many civilizations are there ?
People fall into 2 camps when talking about civilization. Either they speak of 1 global civilization, or of distinct civilizations as politico-cultural units. Huntington is perhaps the best expression of this latter confused conceptualization (is it cultur... posted 3w ago with 7 replies politics history

How many civilizatio

I don't think that I am missing the point nor do I disagree with you. It is necessary both to be abstract and concrete. You see pundits talking about high minded ideals like "defending Western civilization", making sure "Civilization doesn't collapse", pre... 2w ago

I don't think that I

Ancient homonid populations ?
Are there any geneticspilled posters here ? I would like to know about your most wild and speculative theories about ancient homonids, hybridization events, currently living ancient homonids, etc ... I suspect Erectus walks among us. I have seen men like t... posted 2w ago with 8 replies eugenics history funposting

Ancient homonid popu

Why do you claim the aboriginals are slightly above neanderthals? Its plausible from cranial measurements that even average neanderthals were probably individually smarter than most of the smartest modern people (though less social and probably doomed by l... 2w ago

Why do you claim the

Empire Without Frontier Is Dysgenic
People will leave their shtetl and cultural identities behind to participate in The Empire if there are opportunities available to them that wouldn't be available at home. And I'm not talking about computer job opportunities. I'm talking specifically about... posted 1mo ago with 3 replies history coordination

Empire Without Front

I have skimmed it but will give it a more thorough read. While I appreciate Spengler (I understand Yockey has a spenglerian approach) I don't know how illuminating he is for our time. There is a failure to explain what makes cultures/civilizations tick (wh... 4w ago

I have skimmed it bu

The Domestic Product. Ben Hoffman explains low fertility: we are poor where it counts
https://benjaminrosshoffman.com/the-domestic-product/ posted 2mo ago with 10 replies eugenics history economics

The Domestic Product

Thank you for the breath of fresh air. I wholly agree that status is not the most important factor. The economic arguments seem completely unconvincing as it doesn't explain how in terms of "leisure time, space, and childcare help" the average person was m... 2mo ago

Thank you for the br

You've never actually studied history. Matt Ellison on history as conceptual archaeology
https://mattellison.substack.com/p/youve-never-actually-studied-history posted 2mo ago with no replies ideology history

You've never actuall

Kremlin's role in the creation of social media
Those of us who have followed early social media will remember the importance of Milner's DST investment in Facebook. Facebook received $100M at the time, and this allowed them to scale up and dominate social media. He also invested in a variety of other S... (www.wired.com) posted 2mo ago with 7 replies history startups

Kremlin's role in th

Lol that's not a argument. I'm invested in our best efforts to understand all the relevant bits of reality, and you narrative doesn't contribute to that. 2mo ago

Lol that's not a arg

10 Hidden Truths of the Past 100 Years by Matt Ellison
https://mattellison.substack.com/p/10-hidden-truths-of-the-past-100 posted 2mo ago with 2 replies politics sociology history

10 Hidden Truths of

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Yes it was....

Learning from the Other/making sense of the past: Zhang Jingsheng's utopia of German aestheticism and Confucian statecraft
It seems to me that there have been several conversations here lately that circle back to the idea of lessons from the Other as one part of progress. It seems to come down to the idea that America, embarking on its own Century of Humiliation, or at least i... posted 12mo ago with 1 reply ideology philosophy history

Learning from the Ot

There would also be a complicated quasi-religious system put in place. He is against feudal superstitions, and imagines instead a system of belief based on aesthetics. He calls for the construction of temples devoted to the cultivation and worship of aesth... 12mo ago

There would also be

Tragedy and Hope reading group canceled due to lack of interest
The first reading had some good discussion and I was very satisfied with it. The second reading had only one post that wasn’t from me. The third reading had none.... posted 13mo ago with 5 replies history bookclub learning

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Spenglerism with East Asian characteristics
This article discusses what Mr. King calls the most "notorious stalwart" of the Chinese intellectual dark web, Mr. Liu Chung-king.... (thechinaproject.com) posted 13mo ago with 13 replies politics history

Spenglerism with Eas

The ultimate core of a industrial nation is a group of ultranationalistic radicals who are able to coordinate the nation's industrial capacity. Everything else is secondary. 13mo ago

The ultimate core of

Tragedy and Hope Reading Group, Discussion II
Our reading this time was chapter IV, The Buffer Fringe. Please post in this thread only if you’ve read that chapter.... posted 14mo ago with 3 replies philosophy history bookclub

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I think there is a tendency in parts of the dissident right to look for some "outside" source to blame for woke ideas, and I often wondered whether or not they are correct. But the discussion of the ideology of the Round Table group made it clear to me tha... 14mo ago

I think there is a t

Tragedy and Hope Reading Group, Discussion I
Our reading this time was chapter I, Western Civilization in its World Setting; chapter 2, Western Civilization to 1914; and chapter 3, The Russian Empire to 1917. Please post in this thread only if you’ve read these chapters.... posted 14mo ago with 6 replies politics history learning

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A musing on unitary power
A common defense of democracy is that while it does not guarantee the establishment of good government, it ensures the removal of a bad one.... posted 1y ago with 3 replies politics history

A musing on unitary

There are two kinds of democracy that need to be refuted: most urgently of course this lie that western regimes are or even are supposed to be democratic. Lies everywhere must be destroyed, and you are correct that we live under administrative oligarchy le... 1y ago

There are two kinds

The power of the american empire
In https://www.postapathy.com/p/long-americana, Mr. Soldo examines how Europe has become entirely subjugated by the current American elite, who are able to mask themselves with the assistance of Brussels, and... posted 1y ago with 7 replies politics history

The power of the ame

Agreed, for us the question is probably to develop a fine-grained perspective on these different kinds of power and how to apply the perspective to our needs.... 1y ago

Agreed, for us the q

Alaric, King of the Visigoths. Why rome was sacked and why we might have to do it again.
https://arktos.com/2023/10/17/king-of-the-visigoths-alaric-i-the-barbarian/ posted 1y ago with no replies politics ideology history

Alaric, King of the