Burnout

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Being a nationalist activist is difficult. You can think about nationalism and more effective methods for nationalists every day, you can make websites, stickers, graphics, go to demonstrations, concerts, write to political prisoners, be a member of nationalist organizations, donate money to “Our Cause.” But you will probably still feel that things aren’t changing fast enough, that the mainstream is channeling the energy of white nationalists into safe waters—Christian nationalism (faith and values are what matter most—race doesn’t matter) and Christian Zionism ^[2], aka: Israel First, Jews are the Chosen People and our greatest ally, we must bless them and we must not criticize them.

If you are not sufficiently rewarded for your activities and do not have nationalism as a belief, sooner or later you will burn out. And it’s logical. For example, imagine that you devote 10 or even 20 years of your time and finances to anti-immigration activities. And in 10 or 20 years, you find that despite all your time, money, and effort, we as a movement are not much better off, and the immigration situation has actually worsened during those years. Being successful in WN and changing the direction of civilization is very difficult. We are facing a highly professional enemy, wealthy corporations, media owners, film companies, big tech, big pharma, the military-industrial complex, an army of psychologists and manipulators. We only have the truth and our activism, but we have no funding and limited resources, and we are ostracized and criminalized for our activities.

We have very rich and powerful enemies, but burnout is our inner enemy, and I personally believe that nihilism and burnout harm nationalists more than organized Jewish groups, woke ideology, and non-white immigration.

Here, I offer my own perspective on the matter.

What is burnout?

Burnout is a state of permanent stress that leads to total physical exhaustion, cynicism, reduced work productivity, and emotional flatness. It is a state in which you are no longer able to function effectively at work or in your personal life, your life has collapsed, and you are unable to do anything about it. Burnout has several symptoms that combine over time and function in a man as Faye’s convergence of catastrophes in civilization.

• The person feels physical exhaustion: Chronic exhaustion, poor or interrupted sleep, frequent and sudden headaches, which may be followed by digestive problems and loss of appetite.
• The person feels emotional exhaustion: Loss of joy in all work, cynicism, isolation from loved ones and withdrawal into oneself, comparison with others and feelings of inferiority, and a feeling that life is meaningless and that there is no point in fighting or striving for anything.
• This is also related to reduced productivity: Such a man is unable to perform even at an average level, has problems concentrating, impaired memory, cannot recall things quickly, has no interest in communicating, and as one becomes withdrawn, one also loses one’s alertness and communication skills, so when an opportunity arises, one often misses it because one is not quick enough and cannot communicate, resulting in reduced productivity at work, in one’s personal life, and in political activism.
• Furthermore, the person has cognitive problems: Disorganization – the person has trouble organizing his own time, is late, does not keep promises, is indecisive, and if he spends a lot of time on the computer or mobile phone, has trouble maintaining attention. All of this can lead to the breakdown of the entire personality.

What causes burnout?

Several of my colleagues are successful and well-known WN musicians and writers who have experienced burnout, so I have first-hand knowledge of this problem and can write about it with a certain authority. Readers are likely wondering what caused their burnout. As with many things, it is usually a combination of several factors and long-term unresolved problems.

As the first factor, I would definitely mention:

• High expectations: People who are at the top of their field naively assume that if they present evidence of different IQs among different races ^[3], they will provide a sociobiological explanation for why races cannot live together. Others think they will create brilliant nationalist music with beautiful female vocalists, that they will change the world, bring about a revolution, and everything will change. Some people expect the same from the publication of their book or from their political activism. “People have been doing it wrong until now, but now I’m going to get involved, I’m going to devote a lot of time to it, and everything will be different!” But that’s not how it works, and I would call it a beginner’s mistake. These individuals always come into conflict with reality (state institutions, anti-racist institutions, anti-white media), and people have their normal lives ruined and must either recant the truth or live underground and retreat into a rabbit hole. This often destroys successful people.
• Little public interest – If you publish on the web or publish books, make podcasts or music, you will always only appeal to a certain segment of society. Interest can only be gained through long-term activity and by improving in your field. In practically any other field, an intelligent person will gain more recognition than in WN. Keep in mind that interest does not mean that someone will support you if you get into trouble for crimethink – like Greg Johnson when he was deported from Norway or Peter Brimelow when the state of New York took him to court in a $1 million lawsuit. In reality, very few people are willing to help someone financially or by jeopardizing their own material existence.
• Prosecution – If you are prosecuted, very few people from outside will help you, and I know that it is very difficult for such a person to ask for help because they would feel like a beggar rather than a hero and an independent person who can handle everything on their own. However, if a person is afraid to ask for help, no one will help him, and the few people who know him personally are more likely to distance themselves or spread gossip, slander, and unsubstantiated information.
• Lack of a perspective other than WN—if a person devotes all their time and energy to WN and has no other recreational or creative interests, they are bound to burn out. Here I will share a very important thought, please consider it carefully. Political activism is not a sprint, but a marathon. I will elaborate on this further.

In the WN environment, there is long-term and excessive work stress. If you organize demonstrations, you risk being attacked by Antifa, as was the case recently on Day of Honor in Budapest, or if you live in Western Europe, where the police do not deal with Antifa violence at all, nor do they deal with the financing of this violence from the state, state funds, and political parties, as is the case in Germany and Sweden, for example. You are also likely to experience stress from doxing, as you could lose your job at any time, the location of your home could be disclosed to violent individuals, and your family could be harassed or systematically harmed.

If you are politically active, in addition to your job, you write, make stickers, spend your nights putting them up, organize nationalist tournaments and sports camps, and deal with your personal problems as well as a lot of organizational issues, you are probably stressed and lacking rest and regeneration. If you participate in events abroad and support your nationalist comrades in other countries, you will inevitably become a perfectionist and compare yourself to others because you want to organize your events better and at a higher level. If, in addition, you invest too much or everything in nationalist activities, you will inevitably neglect your work, family, relationships, and other very important things in your life, perhaps even your health. And then you may find that you are just going through the motions and that your work does not fulfill you and lacks meaning. And that is exactly when burnout sets in.

How does burnout work?

Few people think about this topic from this angle, but with WN, it’s basically a war of attrition, where the winner is whoever can stay on their feet longer and inflict more deadly strikes on the enemy. We inflict deadly strikes on the enemy through propaganda, by informing people about non-whites committing crime, and about the fact that multiculturalism is nonsense that only leads to the extinction of white people. We also strike through putting on demonstrations, by building contacts and a parallel white society, and by organizing dissatisfied white people, by calling things by their real names, and not recognizing multicultural authorities. The system strikes us with courts, doxing, Antifa thugs, harassment, etc.

Burnout does not spare street activists, writers, or top politicians. It is important to be aware of this and work with it. In my country, for example, a very successful anti-immigration politician burned out. He came from one of the most powerful political families in the land, was the chairman of a political party, had money, contacts, a program, wrote for a major online newspaper, and had a family. Of course, television and the mainstream media censored him, misinterpreted him, and spread fake news about him. He traveled with his political party to villages and told people about immigrant crime, EU censorship, and current laws, stirring up crowds of rural folks and directing their ire towards the current political system. In his spare time, this politician searched obscure and banned websites for the worst crimes committed by immigrants so that he could use them in his speeches.

In the end, this politician admitted that it was all just a circus of hatred, that he had imagined his career differently. He wanted to be a university professor, a respected writer, not a rural entertainer who arouses hatred in people, even if it is justified. This politician burned out just before the elections and never returned to politics. He also stopped writing for the major online newspaper and withdrew completely from public life. He burned out because it no longer made sense to him to travel to three villages a day and repeat his entertainment routine three times a day. And three times a day, he had to stir up the same emotions in his audience. It was no longer sincere or genuine. In the end, his performances became variety shows or mockery.

He imagined that if he explained to specific people what was causing non-white immigration to Europe, they would elect him and everything would change. But that’s not how it works. He just burned out, and nothing changed in the long run.

It took hundreds of years for Israel to come into being. Until then, Jews had to live in the diaspora and wait for the right opportunity, living their own lives rather than seeking short-term solutions when no short-term solutions were available.

In our case, the situation will probably continue to get worse, both for us (greater repression, greater paranoia about our activities, greater censorship) and for the system, because parallel non-white societies will demand greater rights, benefits, reparations, the introduction of Islamic law, etc. Our main goal will therefore be to create effective propaganda, organize people, and try to survive with our families and our white communities in a changing anti-white world. Our long term goal is definitely not to practice short-term cuckservative politics, lash out violently, wallow in despair, get ourselves locked up in prison for no reason, or burn out. In the long term, we need extreme mental resilience and to keep ourselves in the best possible physical condition. Here I would like to cite a famous quote from General George S. Patton, because that is exactly the situation we find ourselves in now. “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”

What to do about burnout and how to prevent it?

If you have already experienced burnout and don’t have the desire or time to prevent it, I recommend the following as an emergency measure.

Immediately after burnout, eat bananas, because bananas contain the amino acid tryptophan and vitamin B6, which are essential for the production of serotonin (known as the “happiness hormone”). Serotonin, and therefore eating bananas, is also the reason why black people in Africa always smile with their clean white teeth and everyone dances even though they live in mud huts. Specifically, include bananas regularly in your long-term diet. I also recommend taking magnesium. Magnesium is essential for proper muscle and nervous system function, reduces fatigue and exhaustion, promotes mental well-being, and helps regulate blood pressure and blood sugar levels. It is also important to get a good night’s sleep and tidy up your room or entire apartment after sleeping, and tell your friends and family about your burnout. This could save your life.

If you haven’t experienced burnout yet, I recommend prevention. Here are a few personal tips to help you.

White people do white things. Be among your own people and among creative people. Some white nationalists, due to their nihilism and mental health issues, are best left behind. You don’t need extremely toxic people in your life.

Learn to say no! Get involved in WN only as you see fit. It is better to do less and not burn out than to take on a professional project alone and burn out in two years. I could name a few specific writers and websites here. Too much commitment and too high expectations are detrimental to our cause. I am sure readers can name a few examples themselves. I have already written that political activism is a marathon, not a sprint. Maybe sometimes we feel that we don’t have enough time, that there aren’t the right people for activism, that we have to change the whole system right now at any cost, that it has all gone too far and that everything has to change right now. But that is not the case. It is very important to set boundaries so that we can keep up with everyday necessities; we cannot sacrifice everything for WN. We will not achieve our goal tomorrow, and probably not even in a year, but we desperately need the energy and enthusiasm for long-term activism.

Have lots of hobbies outside politics. Politics is crap and, to a large extent, a perpetual disappointment. You will never get exactly what politicians promise you and what you want, so don’t be disappointed by politics.

Unpersonal heroism. Do the right thing regardless of the consequences. Some things are great to create and experience even if there is no immediate benefit. For example, I wrote a 20-part literary cycle in Czech called (Dissidents of the 21st Century ^[4]). It is about people who are persecuted in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for their opinions (yes, just for their political opinions). I wrote it at a time when everyone claimed that we had freedom of speech, but that was not true. And no one fought for freedom of speech for nationalists in our country. I was the only person in our country who stood up for those who were politically persecuted and gave them a medial space to express themselves. I started somewhere, and later a society for the defense of freedom of speech and a movement against censorship was formed in our country. It is good that WN supports freedom of speech, because we have the truth that is forbidden and must be heard. Therefore, if we can argue, we will defeat our enemies, and on this path, it will only be good if we appeal to honest and idealistic white people. Many things created today will be appreciated in time or after our death; this is often the case with great artists and thinkers.

Make your own things. My girlfriend and I dry lungwort, rose hips, and coltsfoot for homemade teas. We make homemade tinctures and wild garlic pesto. If I had a good partner, I would start a business selling these homemade products. We also want to make our own soap. A friend of mine keeps bees and makes homemade honey and mead.

Hang out with artists, musicians, interesting people. Don’t let yourself be pushed to the margins of society. That’s exactly where the system wants you.

Maintain good family relationships, even if you are the black sheep of the family and almost no one in your family agrees with you. Do something for your parents and relatives. Organize a family dinner (good food brings people together), call them, thank them, visit them, and help them with the garden or whatever they need. In the end, it’s usually only your family who will support you.

Collecting. Think about whether there is something you could collect, whether something has appealed to you for a long time, and just start. Personally, I collect stamps and used to participate in philatelic competitions and exhibitions. I have quite a nice collection. My uncle collects sugar packets from hotels and photographs of manhole covers from different cities.

Small pleasures. Treat yourself and your partner to small pleasures and brighten up your everyday life with little things.

Don’t fall into a routine. Try to do things a little differently every time, take a different route home, explore something new.

Keep your word. This shows self-respect, people will respect you and seek you out more. If you don’t keep your word, you are unreliable and promise things you don’t intend to deliver, you’ve already lost.

Spending time in nature. It may seem trivial, but it is important for people. Humans are part of nature and belong there; the gray environment of the concrete jungle with flashing advertisements is unnatural for us. And our psyche pays the price. Spending time in nature helps reduce stress hormones such as cortisol, improves immunity, stimulates the senses, including smell and hearing, improves sleep, and has a positive effect on blood pressure and overall heart and vascular health.

Healthy lifestyle. Physical activity, sports, gym, woodcarving, blacksmithing, building a house, physical work in the garden. And try to innovate and change something in your life. Breathing exercises are also good.

Pet. Get a pet, it will show you its love, and if you have an animal and have to take care of it, you can’t afford to burn out. Many great men in history had pets.

You may have been expecting some kind of magic recipe for dealing with burnout, but there is no such thing. These are just common but effective tips that I have tested on myself, my friends, and people who have experienced burnout. These people have returned to their lives, and burnout has actually made them stronger and taught them to work better with themselves and their needs. If you have experienced burnout yourself or in your environment, whether you agree or disagree with the above, please let me know in the comments.