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The second half of last weekend’s Counter-Currents Radio livestream, which was an Ask Me Anything with Greg Johnson, is now available for download and online listening.
Topics discussed include:
00:23 What do you think of Elon Musk buying Twitter?
03:09 What do you think of Paul Gottfried and his work?
06:25 Why should we accept the premise that expanding the population is an absolute good?
10:57 Question about the Russo-Ukrainian War
17:16 Another question/comment about Ukraine
18:21 Would you be willing to debate the Ukraine issue with Eric Striker
22:32 Did Greg really say that the National Justice Party is a grift?
27:35 If you believed it was all hopeless, what would you do?
31:38 Reading listener comments
43:45 Do you have any favorite post-apocalyptic movies?
45:00 How would you like to die?
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Another insightful AMA (my favorite podcast format).
Around the 40:00 mark, speaking of Russian ethnicities, you say that even if they happen to be white, if they’re also Muslim they should be regards as an inimical other.
It’s good to hear this point made; some on our side naively like to think that Islam is magically innocuous simply because it isn’t Judaism, basically. Utter, reactionary nonsense that needs to be checked from time to time.
Ukraine and the white nationalist question:
The objective of a nationalist, in particular an ethno-nationalist, is to preserve, to reinvigorate and to lead into a better future the ethnos, institutions and immortal spirit of his people such as it was handed down to him by his ancestors. Based on truth, moral integrity and intellectual rigor. Out of duty, respect and awe; out of Ehrfurcht.
By this standard the white nationalist scene, currently, is a complete and total failure. But more than that, we have to confront the very real issue of infiltration. In particular in Germany, the USA and the UK. For sure: there are also a lot of useful idiots of Russia out there today. From left to right, from the fringes to the mainstream.
It is therefor irreplaceable to be absolutely clear about the elemental issues at hand:
It was Putin’s decision and his alone, to invade another sovereign country and threaten everyone with nuclear war, should they intervene. Even Iraqis got to keep their country. In the case of Russian victory, Russian imperialism would vanquish the Ukrainian nation, identity and indeed hundreds of thousands of its citizens.
In light of these realities, the argument that, “if Putin was not in power, the real hardliner would take over and we should not rock the boat”, is not just ridiculous, but outright stupid to say.
If you call yourself a “white advocate” and cheer Russia as they are raping, torturing, mass-killing and kidnapping white Ukranians, you are a psychopath. In particular if its done by Kadyrov’s jihadist terror squads. Or you are an utterly degenerate, terminally online nihilist. An un-man, who has memed himself into a contrarian corner and who has lost all connections to reality. A toxic little troll who cheers “based Putin” with Cheetos in his fat mouth and Mountain Dew in his hand as his troops murder, rape, kill and loot white Europeans. Repulsive and repugnant.
Are Ukrainian soldier’s also committing war crimes? Quite possible. But there is a track record: from the Red Army, which Putin white washes and glorifies as a de facto state religion, over the wars in Chechnya to the Donbass and today. Anatoly Karlin’s fanboys go straight from boasting about the most horrendous war crimes against the German civilian population, which includes my own family, to denying every accusation against its own actions in Ukraine. But “Kokhols”, in their eyes, of course deserve it. Furthermore, I was in Russia almost two decades ago and got to speak with a veteran from the Chechen war, but I also had/have Russian friends who consciously did not join their army. The issues of lack of discipline, brutality both inward and out, and rapey minorities and peaceful beheadding squads now are well known.
I will never, ever, ever understand why right-wing populists or wignats felt the need to attache themselves to a hard-line KGB Colonel who did work for the Stasi and who was one of the worst and most cruel correction-officers in the DDR Gulag of Bautzen. A man who certainly does not represent great Russian high culture, least of all Peter the Great, but the amalgamation of mafia and KGB which took over the power in Russia after the tragedy of the 1990s. The most direct link is actually Netanjahu and Likud, their intrigues. Who ever saw “Bibi” with Putin at the march of the immortals could foresee the Western political future immediately. This is your based and trad pilled Russia. Indeed in the case of the AfD, Russian and Likudnik infiltration is so bad, that I don’t want to have anything to do with them since late 2017. Or Schnellroda and Dugin fanboy Martin Sellner for that matter.
The Nazi-larper question, TRS in particular: You unironically call yourself a NAZI, as an American, while not even knowing where Munich is in Germany? You glorify the described Putin as your leader who will defeat “ZOG” and “restore white glory” or whatever. On top of it, you constantly lie and pass on direct Moscow talking points? Again: is it total stupidity or do we deal with actual agents? This has been going on for years and years.
The delusion of Putin as the traditionalist, Christian conservative savior of our peoples: as if Putin’s own actions in Ukraine didn’t make it clear enough what he thinks of nationalism, now: who are Putin’s political friends in Germany for example? There are Gerhard Schröder and Joschka Fischer; one a Sponti and the other the political product of Madeleine Albright’s mentorship; both careers of the left’s long march through the institutions. Then there is Frank Walther Steinmeier, our militantly aggressive and authoritarian leftist antifa president. Heiko “I went into politicis, because of Auschwitz” Maas. And last but not least: Angela Merkel, formerly known as Kasner/Kasmierczak; DDR youth secretary for agitation and propaganda and suspected, but not confirmed Stasi informant. — We see a very clear Russian pattern of hybrid warfare: worsen internal conflicts and offer itself as the solution, while often having inflamed or caused the problems themselves. Russia Today will give interviews to Spencer and Russian media redfish will glorify Haitian blacks massacering white “colonizers”. Dugin uses both fringe left and right. The Russian diplomats lobby the mainstream. While worse in the GOP, the Democrats have serious questions to answer about Chinese infiltration.
The lie of Russia’s war as a mere defense measure: the reality is that Russia could have applied to become an EU member, or at least a privileged partner – which it was on the way of becoming. And even if NATO was a hostile organization to Russia: could they have attacked an EU member or partner of the EU? The reality is that Russia does NOT want partnership with Europe, but to be an Empire and all of its diplomacy were measures of deception. In particular it has damaged my own nation, both because of its own criminal war of aggression and the incompetence of our political class since the end of Kohl’s chancellorship. But before Yankees get all too cocky: the same is true for Murica. We have to deal with very serious institutional decay and corruption since decades which made the West vulnerable for Russian hybrid warfare in the first place.
As grey as the political buildup of this conflict has been: the war itself is not. In particular Ukrainian civilians deserve our unconditional solidarity and protection. Now the only politics of peace can be to drive the Russian army out of Ukraine entirely. Political mistakes of the future will be those of Ukrainians to make. This great patriotic war, which Putin stupidly gave Ukraine and thus becoming the midwife for the birth of their nation, is not about Selensky, but a European nation, it is also not about the US Empire, EU or Kremlin until diplomacy returns. That there are young Russians in St. Petersburg and Moscow who are in fact hostages of Putin’s actions, too, should not be forgotten. I personally have friends among them.
There are political facts of gravitas which go beyond hot takes on the internet: One is starting a war of aggression and threatening nuclear war; there is no way back from this. And I fully admit, my emotional reaction to it was: Putin is now wanted dead or alive. Another fact is Poland and Germany cheering each other on to get armed as fast as possible. One of the most important is certainly that I and millions upon millions of Europeans felt the attack on Ukraine to be an attack on Europe. This decides Ukraine’s future.
I will conclude with a few words about Orbán: he could enact all of his policies without getting invaded, hacked or couped by the EU. Something Ukraine certainly cannot say about Russia. However, there are current allegations against Hungary that they have struck a deal with Russia to get Transkarpatia in the case of Russian victory; a Hungarian friend told me a member of the Hungarian ‘far-right’ had said such a thing, too, on Hungarian state TV. If this these allegations turn out to be true, not only will Hungary be kicked out of the EU for high-treason, but it will lead to the collapse of right-wing populism in Europe over night. And if it does happen, the right has no-one to blame but itself. Putin, Bannon, Bibi and many more were always bad news.
I agree with Greg’s points re Russia and Putin which I think are largely correct.
However on the demographics He made a couple errors which is no big deal but I thought I’d correct those, Moscow is not 31% Russian this is a meme along the lines of the Dying bear stories from the early 2010s predicting Russians being swamped by fecund Muslims.
According to Russian demographic bloggers for example Zemfort1983 Moscow is approx 85% Russian and cities like S. Petersburg are more so even the 2015 microcensus had a similar figure.
Ethnic Russian fertility increased through to the late 2010s due to the pronatalist policies of United Russia in concert with the ROC whilst Caucasian Muslim fertility rate hasn’t dramatically increased during the same period. It is expected that ethnic Russian fertility will increase in the coming decade as the next cohorts of fertile age women enter their reproductive years. The current low tfr is due to collapse of the early 2000s.
Thanks for the upload Greg. It was a pleasure to listen to
I did not claim that Moscow is 31% Russian.
Nor did I say anything about Russian fertility except that it is below replacement, which it is.
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