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America is a dying nation, with dim prospects for survival and an ever-narrowing window of opportunity to turn things around. Our problems, moreover, are overwhelmingly domestic. Short of nuclear war, our survival is not threatened by any foreign power. The rest of the world is hardly a threat and barely an inconvenience.
The most powerful enemies of America are within our own borders, most of them well-ensconced in the leading institutions of our society. The lumpen terrorist elements like antifa and BLM only exist due to the patronage and tolerance of the establishment.
The Trump administration is basically the last chance for white Americans to salvage something resembling our birthright: America as a white nation, from sea to shining sea. What we need are closed borders and mass remigration. Getting that will be a miracle. Anything more is just sprinkles on top. Thus grasping for more is insanity.
Trump has limited time, limited political capital, and only the dimmest sense of what is at stake. Sadly, he has chosen to squander much of his time and capital on foreign policy adventures serving foreign (primarily Jewish) interests and pursuing merely personal accolades, such as the Nobel Peace Prize and, most recently, the ridiculous “Israel Prize.” (Netanyahu really knows how to push Trump’s buttons.)
So forgive me for not being jubilant about Trump’s Venezuela adventure. Yes, I was relieved that the initial phase went quickly. But what are the chances this is really over? Yes, the memes and seething have been hilarious. Yes, I’ve heard a long list of good things that might come from this. But they give me no joy, given that America is actually dying at the hands of enemies within. Thus listening to Trump touting the potential upsides of the Venezuela adventure is like hearing that he traded America’s last cow for a handful of magic beans.
I didn’t vote for this adventure. I don’t believe any of the rationales being offered for it. I don’t trust people like Pete Hegseth not to screw it up. But most of all, we just don’t have time for this foolishness.
Is there a world in which I would celebrate this operation? Yes. But we don’t live in that world.
I’m all for knocking off commies on principle. Venezuela is a shithole run by the South American equivalent of Gavin Newsom or Alexandra Ocasio Cortez. I wouldn’t want to live there, and frankly I’d pray for outside help. (I find it odd that there are people in our camp who fight people like that in America then imagine that they are allied with them in the Third World.) So I’m all for black-bagging Leftist politicians. But let’s begin with Gavin Newsom, Tim Walz, Zohran Mamdani, and Ilhan Omar, shall we?
In his first term, Trump did not win the hard battles necessary to save America. Eventually, he took the easy route of pandering to blacks and Jews. Trump’s new term is much better, but again he is going for easy victories to brag about rather than focusing on the hard battles. This can only lead to a downward spiral, for postponing hard battles only makes them harder. Again, we don’t have time for this foolishness.
Yes, I would be happy to overthrow any regime that sends out waves of migrants or refuses to take them back. But the Trump administration isn’t using this as an excuse to remigrate half a million Venezuelans. Indeed, the airhead Pam Bondi is now talking about allowing them to claim refugee status.
Moreover, the buffoonery is not confined to the Trump administration. A lot of people on or adjacent to the identitarian Right are giddy as well.
For some of them, it boils down to the psychology of spectator sports. People feel good cheering for the winning team. They imagine that they, too, are winning. No, actually, you aren’t winning. Moreover, our chance of winning the most important battle—namely to restore America as a white homeland—just decreased.
Others think that imperialist ventures are signs of “health,” ignoring the fact that many wars are launched by declining powers who feel that it is “now or never.”
America is not, however, a healthy society. It is a dying one. Thus Emperor Trump’s talk of annexing Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal—and now of “running” Venezuela—comes off as play acting: a bankrupt splurging on credit to feel rich, a sick man buying a fancy meal to feel healthy. America, however, will not return to health by pretending to be healthy. Our only hope is to face reality and accept that we have a long, painful course of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy ahead of us before we might get well.
Frankly, only stupidity can explain American nationalists demanding the annexation of Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, and even the entire Western Hemisphere. No, actually, white Americans want to deport Latin Americans, not annex them. We want to be the majority in a white nation, not a minority in a brown empire.
A lot of nationalists have also offered “might makes right” defenses of the Venezuela adventure. This too has an element of play acting. Clearly, they are imaginatively identifying with America or earlier, mightier forms of their own nations. In reality, however, these are people who have been stalked, harassed, assaulted, doxed, deplatformed, and systematically marginalized in their own homelands. We are not the strong. We are the weak. Our enemies have all the might.
Yet, presumably, we think that this is wrong. We also think it is wrong when white girls are raped by non-white migrants. But if you believe that might makes right, then what grounds do you have to complain about your subjugation? Since we can’t fight our way out of this situation, our only option is to talk our way out of it. But how are we going to do that if we discard moral arguments?
The Venezuela adventure has also elicited a great deal of confusion about international law. Yes, we all had a good laugh when Russia protested against the American raid on grounds of “international law.” What about Ukraine? Wasn’t this raid justified by BRICS encroachment on America? Isn’t the “realist” thing to do to give in to the nuclear superpower? Isn’t the smart move for Venezuela to elect a president more to Trump’s liking? Etc.
But hypocrisy does not delegitimize international law any more than it does any other norm. Norms identify what ought to be done. They don’t force you to do the right thing. Nor do they prevent you from doing the wrong thing. Instead, they allow us to discern which of your actions are right and which are wrong.
The fact that countries make war does not make war okay, just as the fact that some men rape does not make rape okay. Nor does getting away with war make war okay, just as getting away with rape does not make rape okay either. In fact, getting away with a crime only makes it worse, morally speaking.
I hope that when the fist-pumping, chest-thumping jingoism dies down a bit, at least some Americans will realize that America is actually stronger with friends and allies. Maybe then they will stop treating the rest of the world like waiters, and maybe the rest of the world will stop spitting in our food.
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This is the best initial take I have seen.
Trump is an uneducated dolt. He doesn’t have a civilizational bone in his body or synapse in his brain. He has an advanced case of the disease that has brought our race to this brink – vanity. It is one thing to seek glory, and desire that songs be sung about you across the ages. It is another to do it for personal vanity rather than for the righteous cause of the greater good of the Volk.
In recent days, after the Melanie “Philips” provocation and sneering denigration, Netanyahu brought it to an ever greater fever pitch. In front of Mike Huckabee and a gaggle of Congressmen and Senators bribed into foreign fealty, Netanyahu claimed for Israel and its people to be the origin and bastion of Western Civilization, but of Civilization itself. He boldly told Huckabee that without the Maccabees there, “would be no Mike Huckabee.” He made this claim by using the Maccabbean revolt as a story of the Jews fighting for civilization.
Of course these dolts on their fealty junket probably don’t even know that they fought the Greeks in yet another episode of Netanyahu’s people standing in direct defiance of Occidental man and his civilization.
Of course, the map in this article’s thumbnail is what General Petraeus has been arguing for for the past 30 years. He has been advocating for the dissolution of the Canadian and Mexican border and the creation of a Pan American empire that is formalized.
I am sure that was behind the Mayorkas rush to, “Finish The Job”, so that they could subjugate Americans in a tidalwave of color and crush us politically.
In any case, in addition to your list, there are even more US legislators, judges, journalists, “citizens”, who have openly and on tape recorded their violation of their oath to hold no allegiances to any foreign prince or power. That he prioritized Venezuelan regime change over that even in the face of the Somalian invasion, and dispossession scam confirms that we are a stateless people.
Now, Venezuela will be an albatross for the rest of his term and for who knows how long. To think, Trump had not the will nor the force of the state behind him to deport a single Venezuelan criminal who had assaulted Americans multiple times. Yet he had no problem getting Delta Force to fly into Caracas and araign Maduro.
It is right there in front of the nose of Carl Benjamin, Matt Walsh and Nick Fuentes, but either they can’t see it or they are making their own arrangements with real power.
Trump always puts Israel first, himself second, and America a distant third. In this case, I am hoping that Trump gets bored with his Venezuela adventure, takes his little victory lap, and pulls out before the losses start. And then he must change the subject to something that wins votes instead of loses them.
Great article! You are right, the time for South American adventures has passed. Instead of getting imbroiled in Europe, and Southeast Asia in the twentieth century, we should have been advancing south from 1900 onward. In Europe we should have limited our actions to supporting, and supplying Germany. The White race would be in a much better position today. We also should have imposed a permanent immigration moratorium by 1900. But no, we had to let the jews lead us around by the nose, and soon we will be extinct. 🙃
Seems so. A future of browns fighting each other over chicken and shiny stuff.
This is exactly right. Few things get me more frustrated than when pro-White people rally around the American Empire. How could anyone think that annexing more, especially non-White, territory will improve things for White Americans is beyond me.
I wish more understood that those who wish to act on behalf of our people and care about the preservation and survival of our people, do not control the levers of power in the American Empire, and it’s delusional to pretend otherwise. As such, its wars are not my wars, and its victories are not my victories. There’s not going to be a “Golden Age” for Whites in a multiracial empire where we become an ever-smaller minority.
We are afflicted with Somali fraudsters, Indian scammers, and a foreign policy controlled by Jews. The neighborhoods and cities where many of our parents and grandparents grew up have been lost to civilization. Our economy sucks, and our futures, along with those of our children, are being sold out by a collection of hostile foreigners and the traitors of our own people. The Party of the George Floyd Riots, Covid Lockdowns, DEI, transsexualism, and open borders is about to take over Congress next year, and in all likelihood the White House in 2028.
The US is by all projections going to enter a federal debt crisis in the not-so-distant future. This is as deterministic as a marble rolling down a hill, the current fiscal path is completely unsustainable. This is going to hit around the time whites are a minority, and other races who are incapable of building first world economies are the majority.
When we are in that vulnerable position, trying to either navigate through separation, remigration or population transfers to secure a future for white people, the last image the world will have for the United Sates is this bully imperialism coming from Trump, and his mostly white administration. Third world countries that might actually be sympathetic to our plight will remember the cries to annex Greenland and the fervent jingoism you see right now. People will remember mainstream political commentators like Nick Fuentes posting maps depicting America as an expansionist power. That’s a lot of bad will, and many will be happy to see the US decline, and many will stick the knife in while we’re down.
What does China think, seeing both Russia and the United States angling for territorial landgrabs? The neo-conservatives who for years most hysterically fearmongered about an invasion of Taiwan, or China expanding for resources, are now gloating about America invading and taking Venezuela oil? The Chinese have been for the most part happy in their sphere doing their own thing, but they might start thinking of the white race as being hypocritical, angry warmongers who are a threat to world peace. Who for years have been accusing the Chinese of what they’ve been doing themselves.
The Chinese have been for the most part happy in their sphere doing their own thing,
Might the Chinese “doing their own thing” in their sphere include their own vast expansion into Africa, reshaping its economic (and geo-political) landscape? Or is this something we over here should ignore, and just stick to whacking the dictators of small, isolated countries who don’t appear to have a lot of friends.
>Or is this something we over here should ignore,
Yes, it is something we should currently ignore. Pretty much for all the reasons Greg Johnson laid out. When the majority of births are non-white, it’s absurd to think our attention should be there. The only exception being countering their influence when it’s directly in western countries. A bit of a long post here, but I feel it’s worth saying because it’s a perspective I haven’t seen explored.
It is a problem that China’s expanding its influence, of course. But its not a problem we can solve while the great replacement is happening. If we do have a genuine cold-war styled antagonism with China by trying to contain them, with whites as a minority in our own nations, they will play divide and conquer and we will lose. How easily was a diverse, fragmented and grudge-filled India colonized by the British in this way? Everyone there clamored to the British to get an advantage over their neighbors, and that lead to the whole sub-continent getting swallowed up. It’s not unthinkable that in 30 years time, China could play off the Indians, blacks, whites and other groups in Australia or Canada and before you know it, they have the whole thing under a Chinese flag? They have a fifth column already. A homogenous Israel could probably do the same to a minority Italian Italy. So with that in mind, I just say be careful with what we do on the global stage, and to not generate any necessary bad-will. Part of that is not being hypocritical, not bragging about superiority or social darwinism, staying out of border disputes that aren’t our own, and being tempered in our risk assessment of foreign threats. Literally how China behaved when they were vulnerable during the economic reforms of the 80s.
If China just deposed of the Philippines government, took over certain industries, and Chinese political commentators gloated about might makes right, what would be the western reaction? If we behave like it’s the 19th century, they’ll start to see us as we were during their century of humiliation. They have a zoomer generation there that has less animosity and nothing to prove, let’s not fuck that up. It’s not about the fact America deposed of Maduro, it’s about the fact America is doing it now and the braggart manner they’re going about it. It’s the wrong time for that behavior.
I go very much against the grain on the China question and do see them as a somewhat reasonable world power, and I do think there’s room for reasonable collaboration and mutualism between our people. John Derbyshire and Jayant Bhandari both have experience with living in China, comment in our sphere, and regard it as a strong possibility too. But regardless of my optimism. You have to be realistic about what you are, who you are, and where you are. Whites have declined, and whites everywhere are talking as if it’s still the 20th century, and that’s leading to some faulty risk assessments. If we listen to some of the more jingoistic white nationalists, we’ll end up becoming the 21st century version of the boxers running right into machine gun fire, beliving willpower alone is enough to win. Have some humility, have some realism, but keep on fighting. Don’t fuck it up with braggart hubris. It’s hard to psychologically cope with decline, but some humble pie is needed to navigate our way out of this decline. We want to fight for our people and restore our nations, focus only on that battle. That’s the most important battle.
we should currently ignore
And don’t forget also to ignore huge fifth columns in your Western countries, consisting even not so much of the Chinese themselves, but rather of Whites in their payroll or ideologically near to them. Ignore the Chinese espionage in all spheres, in military, economy, politics, science and scholarship, education, arts, culture, media, etc. Ignore the Chinese influence in social media and Internet, ignore Chinese censorship of Western culture and arts. Just ignore everything, they all your partners, they have bought you and your politicians, and also you should respect them.
Thanks for your reply. I would like to point out that China is mightily invested in Venezuela, and has been for some time, as others here on this forum have indirectly mentioned. So what happens when China needs their oil but Washington/ Donnie Trump says, “It’s ours!” over some nationalization that took place maybe 50 years ago. Stay tuned, folks.
While I’m here – does the U.S. govt have any legitimate say when a privately owned oil company is taken over by a foreign country’s govt (in this case Venezuela)? Isn’t the beef between the oil company and some past dictator, and not even the present one? Oil companies are big and rich; maybe they ought to just lick their wounds and call it a day. I guess it doesn’t work that way with megacapitalists.
It’s like another Jews? But they attract more leftists than rightists, more non-whites than whites. Seems shamefully worse?
At least I’m not – I only live in Singapore and want racial differences to be recognized.
When we are in that vulnerable position, trying to either navigate through separation, remigration or population transfers to secure a future for white people, the last image the world will have for the United Sates is this bully imperialism coming from Trump, and his mostly white administration. Third world countries that might actually be sympathetic to our plight will remember the cries to annex Greenland and the fervent jingoism you see right now. People will remember mainstream political commentators like Nick Fuentes posting maps depicting America as an expansionist power. That’s a lot of bad will, and many will be happy to see the US decline, and many will stick the knife in while we’re down.
This is exactly the right take, it should be the White nationalist party line, as far as I’m concerned.
As Trump’s gotten a bit softer in the head, he’s morphing something of a caricature of himself. When it’s him slapping his name on the Kennedy Center or renaming the Gulf of Mexico, we see that he is tackier than ever. But more worryingly, his geopolitical blustering is more reckless and base than ever.
The only responsible thing for us to do is to distance ourselves from MAGA. We’re not just conservatives, but more extreme, we’re our own side. This doesn’t mean we should devote ourselves to attacking MAGA, or joining up with the Democrats, it just means that we want the public to know that we are something separate from them. We’re not in charge, so there’s no reason for us to stick our necks out to take the blame for their reckless and vicious policies.
I agree with this.
I wish Trump would focus like a laser simply on reversing white demographic decline, especially through remigration. Unless that is fixed, nothing else matters.
Trump is old and slipping. As one ages, one becomes more “oneself.” As one loses it, one begins living in the past, reverting to one’s comfort zone. And for Trump, that comfort zone is being a real estate magnate. But that’s no way to run a country.
Great analysis. I instinctively hated the invasion of Venezuela, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. There were obvious reasons to like it: the Maduro regime was clearly emptying its prisons and sending its scum to the US, and it appeared to be party to the importation of dangerous drugs. Plus, they were commies. So why not invade and effect a regime change? And, as Greg noted, there is something stirring about being on the winning team.
But as Greg revealed, there are larger yet less obvious reasons for staying the hell out of ventures like the conquest of Venezuela. Especially that these ventures detract from the focus needed to solve our own problems. It’s fine to be on the winning team, but you have to make sure you’re playing the right game.
Trump is much too complacent. He clearly does not understand the consequences of the Democrats returning to power. It will be the end of any chance for peaceful reform. The assassination of Charlie Kirk was a warning shot of the violence to come.
He’s too cocooned. You would think his time in jail would have convinced him of the necessity of actually saving our country. He probably thinks that his masters will save him. Newsflash Trunp: they NEVER reciprocate oONLY humiliate. And the next time he gets arrested, most of the loyal white Americans who have stood with him for a decade will turn their backs on traitor Trump. He will not have support from anyone. Oh well.
Trump went to jail, did he? 🤣
“I instinctively hated the invasion of Venezuela, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on why”
I had the same reaction, and I think it was because that operation seemed to copy the Israeli modus operandi – sneak attacks to take out leaders, disregarding all international laws or customs of civilized behavior. State terrorism.
A proper declaration of war followed by extensive airstrikes would – despite the higher casualty numbers – feel more honorable and less like what a rogue state would do.
Well, hopefully Trump doesn’t escalate ─ in spite of the bravado of Madura’s successor playing to her base. Nobody cares how much they rant about the Norte Americanos.
And I don’t see why it has to escalate. Trump can have his “Mission Accomplished” without the necessity of an endless and costly LARP looking for phony Weapons O’ Mass Destruction.
As Greg said in the article, nobody seriously threatens the United States.
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I feel approximately the same way. “How does this affect US demographics?” If it improves them, I’m on board. If it doesn’t, then I’m not. And it probably won’t.
I also thought it was stupid to attack a nation while 1.6 million of its members are inside the US. A lot of them will hate us even more for attacking their country. It’s more enemies inside the gates.
The Venezuelan diaspora is overwhelmingly, unanimously thrilled. I live amongst them in my Chicago neighborhood, including many white Venezuelans. I can walk to a Venezuelan restaurant in five minutes and attend a Spanish-language mass at my local parish specifically for Venezuelans. The only revolution will be waged against the Maduro regime left in power.
How does this affect the Russia/ Ukraine conflict?? Russia sides with Venezuela.
Aside from being an opportunity to mock Putin and his apologists online — some of the best memes about this are from Ukraine supporters — in reality, there will probably be little effect. Putin lost an ally that doesn’t really help him.
The biggest threat to Putin is the possible drop in oil prices, since oil sales fund pretty much everything in Russia. But it might take a long time to ramp up production in Venezuela and drive down prices globally. By the time that happens, the war might be over.
Not much in terms of immediate effects. It could be a beginning of an unspoken acknowledgement of the spheres of influence, we will see. Europe’s response has been predictably flaccid (with some on the kosher Right cheering Trump openly on) so despite all the fuss, the vassals are probably going to get in line. This means that the Great Powers are going to drive and conclude the conflict while the rest is going to be invited to look at the final drafts. On a more humorous note, I don’t think Trump would threaten Zelensky with the Maduro treatment if he didn’t comply.
Russia “sides” with Venezuela in the same way she sides with Iran. She has no strength or willingness to act as a protector and focuses on trade and military cooperation. The immediate backyard- Ukraine, Belarus, Central Asia, Caucasus will always remain the priority. When it comes to the relationship between Russia and the “Axis of Resistance” I recommend this article by Andrew Korybko.
“Spheres of influence” is just reality. Some countries are closer than others.
Making a doctrine or norm of it might look tempting because it would force a pullback from globalism.
But taken in itself, the idea should be rejected as incompatible with the basic Westphalian assumption of the moral equality of sovereign states. Because nobody ever says, “America is in the Cuban sphere of influence.” That’s because the “influence” here amounts to superior force, which boils down to “might makes right,” which is the world that international law is trying to get away from in the first place.
When Stalin invaded Finland, he said, “I am not responsible for geography.” Meaning: Finland was next to Russia, so it is natural for Russia to invade them. Of course Sweden is next to Finland, and every country is next to another country on the globe, so by that logic, Russia can and should invade the whole world, but slowly, one country at a time. Obviously, if we permit that premise, then international law is a dead letter.
Of course no country wants active enemies on its borders. But if we take sovereign states seriously, that means that we need to cultivate good relations with our neighbors, not just slap them around. And if one is concerned solely with strength, well, even the strongest country is stronger with more friends and allies.
By the way, the original Monroe Doctrine was that the US rejected European colonization in the Western Hemisphere, but was not going to interfere in Europe or the rest of the world. That doctrine is dead as long as the US has military bases in Europe and around the globe.
I made a detailed response to this which was deleted by my cat’s assault on the keyboard. Perfidious Yankee spy that feline. Maybe I will have another opportunity some other time.
In short, I disagreed about Westphalian assumption of the moral equality of sovereign states, pointing out to the origin of that and other international orders. I emphasized the Euro-centric character of international law and how it’s influenced by the European decline and argued that it doesn’t really depart from “might makes right” principle, merely obscuring it. I explained the Russian-proposed model, its inspirations (Vienna System, Cold War direct non-interference) and disagreed with the slippery slope argument of expansion ad infinitum, maintaining the view of international order as constantly adjusting homeostasis rather than abstract moral order regulated by law. I emphasized the fundamental questions of international politics (What can you give me? What can you do to me?) to point out that there is no fixed drive to either slap around or love thy neighbor. Finally I agreed about the Monroe doctrine pointing out to the anti-European animus as the main driver, reminding that NSS doesn’t define itself as non-interventionist and predicting strong American involvement on the Continent in the Age of European Humiliation.
Best take I’ve heard so far as well. Is it just a distraction?? Is Trump’s team going to address the Somali scam issue? I think I speak for most of the readers here when I say that we would much rather see Somalis rounded up and thrown out of the country. I’m already beginning to believe that that’s in their rear view mirror.
The NSS makes it plain that the USA regard the Western Hemisphere as their exclusive zone of influence. Venezuela (presumably) violated the rules by abandoning the dollar in oil exchange. That was America showing the “stick”, the questions remains- what will be the “carrot”? How is it going to influence the immigration policy for people from South America? With right-wing victories like in Chile there might be some alliance in the works to keep the Chinese out, Americans in and the (left-wing) populists down. As a show of force it has been rather underwhelming, like a colonial punitive expedition. There seems to be some restraint involved as well since a puppet leader hasn’t been installed so far. It is yet another act of foreign policy that departs from Trump’s projected image as a peacemaker.
As an aside about the jingoistic discourse, it’s remarkable how the American Empire failed to develop its imperial people. The Russians, Chinese, even the Germans still retain the characteristics of imperial peoples through the chief virtue of sacrifice for the Empire. Americans enjoy all the spoils the Empire brought them post WWII and celebrate its golden decades, longing for their return, but at the same time completely repress what they have become. The moment costs start rising there’s a massive gloom and talk of non-interventionism, but when the Emperor has his Grenada moment, the chest-thumping begins. Sports ball approach to politics- as suggested by the author- is a factor, but the root cause is unseriousness in my opinion. Americans approach politics either as a grand spectacle or a morality play. Right now the Right is celebrating Trump’s “SMO”, while the Left is counter-signaling the immoral attack against one of their wayward, but comrades nonetheless. This is also a downside of populism- politics become dominated by flexing and showmanship, very common in South America by the way.
Yes, Trump is increasingly tinpot in style. He tweets like an El Presidente too. It’s the Banana Republican Party now.
Perhaps this is how the real danger of High Functioning Brazil creeps in? By slow yet meaningful changes in political culture towards the New World even from nominally white populist positions? The “Swiss Bribe” left a sour taste, but ironically made Trump appear somewhat “reasonable” from the oriental/Byzantine outlook. If Baksheesh is acceptable then politics can be moved further from the occidental sphere of rules and laws thus signaling the coming end of European Age in global politics or “the West”.
Fine piece. Recent exilee Marjorie Taylor Greene made a decent point that we should be more justified in attacking drug kingpins, and politicians in their pockets, in Mexico. They have cartels on our border and the interior. Are they not worthy of indictment and capture? I don’t see the value in this military excursion even though it seems Venezuela put up zero resistance. Kind of a hollow victory if they leave the gates open. Where’s all the evidence against king and queen Maduro? I guess we need to wait for the trial. Seems like they could have negotiated access to the oil if they really wanted it. So many other pressing domestic concerns left unaddressed. Very Trumpian.
Speaking of the trial, the case against Maduro seems kinda weak to me. Even if the case were stronger, I have to think an NYC jury might find him not guilty out of anti-Trump spite alone.
I really don’t think Trump’s people thought this through. Imagine trying Maduro in the jurisdiction where Trump, Giuliani, and VDare have been subjected to blatantly political lawfare.
The first thing Starmer said, in his Dalek-with-sinusitis voice, was “well, we have to make sure it is in line with international law”. My immediate thought was; you’re a fucking lawyer, you nimrod. Why don’t you know?
This article gets it exactly right. Our enemies are internal, not external. For example, the Democrats support, endorse and work to conceal the massive theft of billions of dollars by Somalians, who were let into Minnesota precisely to change Minneapolis from a civilized city into an urban jungle.
I hate these military adventures. As Putin has discovered (and many others before him), the risk of long-term failure is too great, and the practical rewards are too small.
Better to sink the drug boats, instead. I liked that. Those were easy, risk-free victories. And the shrieks of outrage from the loony-left were an added bonus.
Trump was supposed to be the peace candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Right? No more. Once again, just like his decision to withhold the Epstein files, he has scored a goal against his own team.
Better to sink the drug boats, instead. I liked that. Those were easy, risk-free victories. And the shrieks of outrage from the loony-left were an added bonus.
I’m proposing to tap into the glorious traditions of European privateering: English, Venetian, Genoese and Hanseatic. Would work against the Chinese predatory fishing fleets as well I imagine.
The Somalian pirates were not defeated by large Western navies. The private military companies, hired by ship-owners, did it. The pirates simply do not attack ships with PMC mercenaries on board.
I’m no fan of regime change, nation building and the whole invade the world and then invite the world phenomenon, but I buy the argument that what is happening boils down to “routes and resources”. When I read that Beijing was disturbed by this undertaking, I was glad. It’s all about the flow of oil. I recall Trump saying back in 2016 that the US went to war in Iraq and didn’t even get the oil. I hope Iranians can get rid of that sick Muslim regime without the help of Trump and US tax dollars. China needs to be contained.
Brilliant essay !!
Honorable and sober analysis !!
You are right to raise honor as an issue.
I do not think this piratical adventure is honorable. I think the dishonor of it is important. Puppets imposed by America to betray their people and help America steal Venezuela’s oil will not have honor among their people. Breaking his promises of peace and acting like a bullying mob boss is not honorable behavior by Trump.
This wouldn’t matter if nobody had any objection to humiliation, unjust violence, theft and so on, that is if nobody had any spirit. But people do have some spirit. That is why Machiavelli warned us: above all, do not make yourself hated. President Trump is breaking that rule on behalf of America.
Objecting to this dishonorable adventure is good, correct analysis and it is honorable.
Honor? I think this is about survival.
Who was it who said “I care not if they hate me, so long as they fear me”. Some Roman dude.
Whether justified, or not, the Special Ops capture of Madura and his wife was impressive.
Gam: January 7, 2026 Who was it who said “I care not if they hate me, so long as they fear me”.
Caligula: Born Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, was the third Roman emperor, ruling from AD 37 until his assassination in 41. He is known for his extravagant and controversial reign, marked by both populism and tyranny…
I hear you on the enemies within bit. This is likely a cope, but I’m hoping this is some sort of 4d posturing move on the part of Trump. What he really needs to do is arrest Walz and the rest of the cabal of subversives.
“Frankly, only stupidity can explain American nationalists demanding the annexation of Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, and even the entire Western Hemisphere.”
And fed-ism. I see the glowies out in full force waging a massive propaganda campaign in the online right at the moment. Let it be clear that all of those supporting this escapade, and the upcoming war with Iran, are enemies of the truth and enemies of the white race.
Looks like Matt Walsh is regressing to the mean. He leads off by saying he is as isolationist as anyone can be and then quickly proves why he’s not.
This is an excellent essay and I don’t disagree with any of it. It is disappointing that Trump is focusing on starting new quagmires and not finishing the essentials ─ which is to deport aliens and end Birthright Citizenship, plus grooming a competent successor.
However, I find all of this talk about deifying “International Law” to be triggering AF.
Suddenly we are buying into the playbook of (too many to name them all, many of them snooty Ivy League WASPs). But you know, Colonel House, Woodrow Wilson, Kellogg-Briand, FDR and fellow travellers, Alger Hiss, Harry Dexter White, Owen Lattimore, Dean Acheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe.
Put me square in the camp that International “Law” is fakenghey.
I listened to the Brandon Martinez interview with Greg on Saturday. Most of the objections to my attitude (which I’ve heard so far) amount to straw men like no treaty agreements or customs are ever sound from a Nationalist standpoint (which nobody that I know of is actually saying).
Hobbes doesn’t make a “might is right” argument either. We are not talking about the big fat guy with nukes getting shanked in prison without the benefits of another UN Resolution.
I’m certainly a Hobbesian but Grotius [1583-1645, often called the Father of International Law] did make many excellent points regarding customs, trade, and foreign affairs. That is why navies which patrol the sea lanes are not wrong, and beneficial treaties ─ so long as we don’t try to elevate “foreign entanglements” to Godhood, as George Washington/Alexander Hamilton well-advised. Otherwise, “Tail Wagging the Dog” situations are sure to follow.
What is not right is Interventionism in general, especially for moralistic B.S.
The Nuremberg Trials were also a farce ─ you know, where the Victors judged the Vanquished on matters where they did not hold themselves accountable to the same newly-found standards in most cases, and using the great moral compass of the Stalin regime to boot. No wonder Senator Bob Taft was critical, and even JFK begrudgingly concurred in his Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage (1956). Bobby Kennedy, Sr. was actually Sen. Joe McCarthy’s assistant counsel investigating these creeps.
An Imperialist foreign policy is very different from a Nationalist one, and that includes Superpowers. Complicated subject.
So with respect to the Venezuelan situation, the United States can easily draw upon its longstanding traditions of Monroe Doctrine ─ more exactly the (Teddy) Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904) ─ to hammer a tinpot drug dictator and to blow their narco boats into oblivion without mercy.
But Donald Trump ain’t no Teddy Roosevelt. He has the swagger of Kaiser Wilhelm II with the intelligence of King Charles III.
The most likely outcome here is something truly Reaganesque ─ like more Brown refugees gang-banging on the block, and many “migrants” willing to work for nothing that don’t leave, and more hemorrhaging of foreign aid to other countries like Israel and Egypt to keep them behaving.
And yes, Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is stupidly resigning from Congress early because Trump called her a name, did make an excellent point here that the real beneficiaries of this Venezuelan intervention will be the big oil firms (just like the Dole fruit company in the 1920s).
Ultimately there is no way to make countries like Mexico or Venezuela work like nice White countries should because that ain’t what they ever were.
This was well understood when we signed the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo back in 1848. Congress also begrudingly paid hard cash for the new territory. In the main we did not annex Brown demographics.
Greenland is different since their Eskimo demographic is tiny, but annexation is not worth poisoning the well with Denmark and Canada, and I don’t see any modern strategic imperatives either.
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This article is an unnecessary downer. Overthrowing the Leftist regime in Venezuela is a positive development.
To dismiss Venezuela as just a bunch of “browns” is a simplistic reading of the situation. Obviously, Venezuela has a large population of Indians with various levels of mixture in between. It’s a problem, but there is a significant white population in Venezuela that deserves a secure homeland.
Maduro has followed the ideology of his predecessor Hugo Chavez. On the surface that ideology is ordinary Leftist Socialism, but it has an element of racial antagonism also. In the early twentieth century, Lothrop Stoddard recognized that much of the churn in Latin America was due to revived aggression on the part of the Indians. He described it in his book Clashing Tides of Color – the text of the book is not online – I believe that he called it Indianism – the ideology of revived Red Men. This is the political philosophy of Leonard Peltier. Chavez – an Indian – was robbing Venezuelan whites of their property by means of socialism.
A nation ruled by a government with such an ideology will be a dangerous nation indeed – like a strong, but drunken man. Venezuela’s bad government tanked its economy in the same way sub-Saharan blacks destroyed the economy of Zimbabwe and other places. This has led to a cascade of immigrants which have caused disruption in North and South America. Venezuela’s Leftist (and dare I say “Indianist”) government provided a safe haven for Russian bombers which did fly and park there. Venezuela’s Leftist/Indianist government also threatened to annex territory of its neighbors, and it is very likely that they did this at the behest of Russia to distract US-America away from Ukraine and other places. There is a plausible claim that Islamic groups operating in Venezuela. The gold in Venezuela’s treasury has been pilfered by the corrupt officials who thrive in the sorts of regimes based on Leftist/Indianist philosophy. Venezuelan gold bars are in now private hands in Dubai. A group of people who follow a Leftist/Indianist sort of philosophy who have the power of a sovereign state can muster the resources of their captured nation to sponsor problematic social movements elsewhere – like the Comintern in the days of the USSR.
All of that is now gone. All white advocates should stay at home and work on the domestic front as much as possible, but we must recognize that the best way to remove immigrants from US-America’s “near abroad” is to support secure societies there. Black bagging Maduro is a good way to start creating stable societies in our near abroad. It is unpleasant to watch the police take down a strong, drunken man, but it is sometimes necessary.
So, yes white advocates cannot get distracted by frontier wars. We must focus on the homeland first, but operations on the frontier can help if immigrant waves return and prosper. Furthermore, the operations against the Somali in Minnesota have “black bagged” Tim Waltz – who will not run for governor again. Other traitorous heritage American judges and officials who aided the Somali are exposed, indicted, and out or on the way out. We are starting to get some white advocate capacity and exercising that capacity must happen.
Finally, BRICS is a serious threat. It cannot be dismissed. A white ethnostate still must defend itself against a financial system which was deliberately created to be a hostile rival.
And no – no territory in the Western Hemisphere should be annexed by the USA. We shouldn’t even joke about it.
There could be a case made for a “Bukele Strategy” within the current framework, as in, creating/supporting a chain of mano dura regimes that suppress Indio criminality thus relieving some of the emigration pressures. However, there are many problems when delving into details like the local political/economic infrastructures as well as the numbers and levels of organization among the Amerindians. I suspect some in the White House are toying with the idea, but not every country provides a good opportunity, ethnic minoritarian rule is inherently unstable and there is always a danger of the pendulum effect kicking in later. The most toxic environments are usually contained rather than eliminated as the costs of decontamination could easily go out of control.
In Venezuela’s case we haven’t had more decisive actions against the Bolivarian system so far which could mean that Maduro was sold out along with some concessions. There is a danger that violating the Florentine’s advice will result in an enemy that won’t forget their injury and will seek vengeance once the new struggle for American Throne begins. This brings a question: is America going to be generous enough to prevent that?
“Venezuela has a large population of Indians with various levels of mixture in between. It’s a problem, but there is a significant white population in Venezuela that deserves a secure homeland.”
Various levels of mixture—therein lies the rub. Our immigration system should require genetic testing for proof of ancestry, anyone 95 or more percent European is in, anyone less than that is out. Thus we could put the system on a scientific basis and have a frankly racist theory of who does and does not get in irrespective of nationality. Anything less than that is randomly throwing darts at a board.
The upsides you imagine are all potential now, whereas the downsides are all real. So magic beans vs. real cow.
At this point the deed is done, might as well do what can be done to create the best possible outcome.
It isn’t “magic beans” vs. a real cow.
Venezuela was run by a communist dictator who needed foreign (Cuban) troops to support him.
That communist ruler governed so badly that many fled the country, causing other nations in the Americas to face migrant problems.
The neo-Bolshevik Venezuelan government threatened Guyana and supported groups known to be dangerous to US-Americans. This included hosting Russian military aircraft.
BRICS is a real threat – bigger and more serious than the “JQ.” I hope to write an article on BRICS that starts some interest in the system in the future.
Because Venezuela was under a neo-Bolshevik system, it was going to go crashing down eventually, and sometimes the only choice is the take least bad option rather than the worst option.
Much of what we need to do going forward is real work with real risk – that is where potential gets turned into actualized gains. Obviously, the lessons so painfully learned in Iraq have been applied to Venezuela – there is no “de-Baathification” and no exiled leader has parachuted in. The established government is intact but there is new leadership at the top that can be pressured to make better choices.
Two sources of good ideas that can be used in the future come from the following:
1. The Anti-Imperialist League. They couldn’t stop the Spanish-American War, but they did positively shape policy afterwards. https://guides.loc.gov/world-of-1898/anti-imperialist-league
2. The book Schoolbooks & Krags (1973). This shows how things turned around in the Philippines after the US takeover. There are also plenty of Venezuelans living abroad who can be sent home to help put things right. US-Americans don’t need to be deployed. Releasing any and all non-criminal Venezuelans from the prison in El Salvador is a good first step to take. Increasing the purchasing power of the Venezuelan bolívar is another.
Regardless, we must tread lightly with our big Yanquifeet in Latin America.
A Brazil political op is almost certainly in the works. Besides harming BRICS, it could also give the USA a potential channel for economic infiltration in Europe via the EU-Mercosur agreement. South Africa is an interesting possibility, the Boer Question could be leveraged against Pretoria to coerce the change in foreign policy.
All of that is of course a conjecture which could easily become unworkable by the midterms results.
BRICS isn’t a “threat” – it’s an inevitability, because the US cannot stop weaponizing the dollar.
That is a simplistic take on BRICS – almost Russian/Eurasianist propaganda talking points. BRICS wouldn’t be a threat had the Russians not attempted to take the whole of Ukraine in 2022. Sometimes others decide to be your enemy and you must respond.
Thanks Greg, was looking forward to your take on this. Makes sense to me.
This guy Sam Parker has done a good twitter thread about it as well with a bit more emphasis on the Israel aspect.
https://x.com/BasedSamParker/status/2008274540703658228
What do you make of The Golden One’s tweet here? Just feels naive to me. The points he makes might be true IF America was run by patriotic Americans.
https://x.com/TheGloriousLion/status/2007463966671360506
I see that editing embedded links in the comments still has not been fixed. This is a rather recent problem.
Also, the embedded links can’t be set to open in a new tab, which is a longstanding issue. But there was a work-around for this in that in the past embedded links could be edited later to open in a new tab.
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Does one of the “guys” the usual suspects are after have cancer or something? What kind? Details.
I think it’s unbelievable. They are kidnapping the president of a sovereign nation on apparently trumped up charges. Completely unhinged. How is Venezuela a narco state if the drugs are coming out of Columbia? It’s because Venezuela opposes Zionism(obviously). Otherwise agree with everything the article says. I hope Venezuela doesn’t now become like puerto Rico where they can all just come here.
“How is Venezuela a narco state if the drugs are coming out of Columbia?”
Given that the drug trade is by its nature amorphous and Latin America very pervasively corrupt, we could say that all states in Latam are narco states (to varying degrees).
An article on Scott Horton’s Antiwar dot com describes it well I think:
“… the so-called ‘cartel’ appears to operate more like a loose-knit partnership of corrupt mid-level officials, opportunistic soldiers, and organized criminals—an arrangement tolerated and overseen, but not orchestrated, by the central government in Caracas.”
Damn, didn’t realize I had wandered into Lew Rockwell .com
I don’t know what you mean. This is a useless comment, unless of course you are merely expressing your feelings, as opposed to starting a conversation.
What’s there to celebrate? It was always obvious that the US could attack Venezuela — it has a navy and Venezuela doesn’t. This moment is now different than W Bush’s “Mission Accomplished”. This is our second Afghanistan, second Iraq. Who’s UP for another guerrilla war, another long-term drain on US wealth, American lives, a new epidemic of PTSD, maybe a Vietnam-style rebellion/loss-of-morale with the US military? Who can say how political alliances will shift/form/oppose the Washington Swamp? Will other Latin America countries start running guns to Venezuela? If China was clever, not only would it sell its Treasuries, but also deliver drones. Greg’s article is correct — Trump’s move will only make the domestic scene worse for us (all of us) while making the US economy even more unstable. Trumpy-Trump mangled our disengagement in Ukraine, wrapped us in Israel’s genocide, and now a jungle war in LatAm.
Every time we intervene we get a flood of refugees from the country we’ve invaded. I don’t want Mexico bombed. I want Mexicans in the US deported. I want Latin America to be the safest place in the world for Latin Americans there and here so brown people will have an incentive to go there where they are safe rather than stay here where they can be arrested.
I have real problems with abducting foreign heads of state and trying them in our courts. Why shouldn’t foreign countries be entitled, under this principle, to kidnap our elected leaders and do the same? There is no end to this. It is complete contempt for any rule of order and this will make us very vulnerable when the US fragments and the new countries are not strong enough to prevent being invaded by China or God knows who else.
I was a big Trump supporter since 2015, but I’m beginning to get sick of it. All the bluster and brute force. This is history repeating itself. Ever since WW2 the real enemies of our race and our country are within our own borders and in our own halls of power. We can abduct foreign heads of state but we can’t arrest looters and rioters in our own streets and we can’t deal with any of the communist mayors of our own cities who openly defy Federal laws.
The hard battles are against communist mayors and state governors, not against foreign countries. Sometimes it seems as if all is lost. I think you’re right that Trump’s presidency is the last chance to save the US in its present configuration. I don’t see how dissolution of the US can be avoided. How can normal people co-exist with liberals and other freaks who think they have a right to kill us if we disagree with them? Civil War is seemingly unavoidable.
“I have real problems with abducting foreign heads of state and trying them in our courts.”
It is an admission that in political cases American courts are rigged.
Nobody bet the result of an operation like this on a court case that might be unpredictable depending on the conscience and legal reasoning of the judge. Imagine if the defendant was found innocent and went back to his own country to resume his office and leave America militarily frustrated and humiliated. That would be unacceptable.
The only way this court case can be the final move of a big, piratical, and expensive military operation is if the result of the trial is known in advance. That means the court is rigged.
The hard battles are against communist mayors and state governors, not against foreign countries.
That is so.
And let us add in the people who run the elite universities and NGOs. As always, the real struggle is back in the Homeland.
I don’t see how dissolution of the US can be avoided. How can normal people co-exist with liberals and other freaks who think they have a right to kill us if we disagree with them?
I was born toward the end of the baby boom (1960). The current order that we live in was ushered into existence after WWII. It started with racial desegregation in the military, as well as an insidious promotion of all things Negro (music, entertainment, etcetera). The 1950s saw the beginning of so-called “civil rights” schemes, as well as the beginning of school desegregation. All of this went into an intense freefall in the 1960s and our society has been a freak show ever since. When I was a younger in the 1970s, I knew that this liberal social order was poison, and I found it disturbing that we (normal White Americans) were surrounded by such an elite. Many conservatives reassured me that it was a social phase that would burn out due to its faulty and absurd premises. By the time it was the 1980s, I came to the realization that this elite was determined to destroy our race and society. Of course, sharing such a view back then was too far out. I was “alt-right” as far back as the 1980s.
You are correct in saying that normal people cannot co-exist with liberals and similar freaks. Back in the 1970s, liberalism was in the background, but not in your face. Normal people could shield themselves from liberal excess, which was mostly centered in urban areas. That caused complacency. Now liberal poison is in our face and in every institution imaginable. Long ago, I hoped my concerns were just overwrought and everything would be alright. How strange to be considered a nutjob in one age, and then to be exonerated many years later. You are right. Co-existence with such people is embracing one’s destruction. I only wish the current realization of young people had been more widespread decades ago. Time is running out. Something has to change. All of this should have been confronted and dealt with long ago.
Good comment. Welcome.
Thank you. It is good to have an island of sanity in an insane world.
I read Kerry Bolton’s book on Generation ‘68. Since ((they)) were in the OSS (CIA precursor), they were in the CIA as it transitioned, the CIA funded the revolution in the late 60s, and almost all of them were of the tribe. Kerry lays it all out. It’s also why our foreign policy during those years was so chaotic; the WASPs didn’t realize what ((they)) were doing with the CIA.
Antelope Hill sells this book, by the way.
I’m a big fan of Kerry’s work. Perversion of Normality and Tyranny of Human Rights I believe are his best that explain the who, why, and how of our plight.
I (partially) disagree with this explanation for the 68 cultural revolution. The sources that Mr Bolton relied upon in this context were often Leftist conspiracy theorists who had become paranoid about the CIA. As a popular X account recently remarked, “The CIA is literally “the jews” for leftists” i.e. Leftist conspiracy fans will generally imagine the CIA lurking in the shadows regardless of context or evidence. (for Christian conspiracy theorists, it’s “Satanists”).
Mr Bolton found a lot of sources talking about establishment ties to the Counter Culture, but the problem is that he didn’t research the background of these sources themselves i.e. he did extensive first-order research, but not (enough) second-order research here.
I once analyzed a long list of sources regarding CIA conspiracies. Result: About 75% of them were Leftists (from moderate Left to literal KGB assets) and about 50% Jewish.
Note that I generally agree though with Mr Bolton’s main thesis in that the 68 revolution was not a pure grassroots phenomenon, but supported by (parts of) the elite. I just think that the abroad-focused, Anti-Communist CIA played no role in that, because the elite support came from the Left side of the spectrum and a certain ethnic milieu – from interlocking networks in media, banking, entertainment and academia that did not need any spy agency to steer culture in the direction they desired.
Good take.
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“The only international law is that big and powerful countries get to do what they want.”
The immorality of this statement should not make us forget that it is also factually wrong.
The battles of the Greeks against the Persian Empire are long past. Let’s look at the world around us.
The Jewish state, Israel, is run by and for the Jews. Israel is not the puppet of anyone but it makes others puppets that serve it. The United States of America is run for the Jews, and to a great extent it is run by the Jews and by those with Jews in their families. The good of the great majority of Whites does not count in America, and on the contrary the state and the institutions are pro-Jewish and antiwhite.
Big countries do not necessarily do what they want, and smaller countries are not necessarily victims, and they can even be overlords, as Israel is.
There are objections that can be raised against nationalism as an ideal, but the view that the history of the world is the history of empires, and that smaller, more homogeneous nation-states can only be victims, is not a valid basis for objections. Whether you like Israel or not, the Jewish state is a continuing demonstration that this is not how things work.
The race-blind view that the many necessarily beat and dominate the few can be made to sound obviously true but it isn’t true.
They have actually provided a template for us to follow. We become a minority, and we will be forced to become more organized. However, we are one of the largest diasporas in the world. We take their model and apply it ourselves, except we actually help the people we live amongst live decent lives. This is what we will need to do, until we can restore our homelands. We have to play the long-game, since our enemy does.
In the offensive realist writing of John Mearsheimer “the national problem” appears from time to time like a witch at a wedding: unwanted, uninvited, yet able to spoil everyone’s happiness unless she is acknowledged.
According to “realist” analysis, states are as simple as billiard balls, differing only in size and power, and there are simple rules about how they do and must interact; but from time to time the witch that was not invited into the analysis intervenes and decrees, for example, that a France that annexed Algeria would not be a bigger and thus a stronger state but an adulterated, weaker, and even a broken state.
The witch is too strong; she must be allowed to over-ride the rules, and Charles de Gaulle was right to jettison Algeria and its non-White population, no matter how hard that decision was politically, and even how dangerous it might have been personally.
(By the way, this also puts the lie to the view that we must not aim at remigration because it is an impossible goal, because states always want to keep a bigger population and more “workers.” Not if we have good rulers. If we have good rulers we do the hard and necessary things.)
Greg Johnson’s analysis is on point. The vital thing is to save White America. Let the rest go. If Donald Trump will not see what has to be saved and what should be foregone or abandoned, this shows that Trump is weak, vain, and bad; it does not show that the vital choices cannot be made by the right man wth the right ideas.
You can always rely on the sleeper cells of cretins, the Matt Walshes, to support this kind of bs. Seen it all before. Same with Iraq. And they really believe it. Not saying Venezuela is a model state, but I lean toward the Jerusalem Post on this, “What’s in this for Israel”. Whoever the bad guy is for America, Jews decide the target, but it will be sold as some patriotic brave act to the cretins. Damn any rules, “we just do what we want anyway”. Trump is another tool in a long list.
It would be best to get our own house in order first. And yet the geopolitical aspect of this move can coincide with the interest of white Americans who still live in the western hemisphere. It can be a jingoistic shenanigan and something worthwhile at the same time.
But then again we can’t discount the historical irony of the Soviet Iron Curtain protecting Eastern Europe in the long run. So maybe we should welcome our foreign overlords into the hemisphere.
The Iron Curtain did indeed protect EE from the advanced cultural rot, but it also contributed to mythologizing “the West” as an Arcadia-like place. Once it fell, our people threw themselves into unbridled consumption at their Coke-can shrines. It’s hard to understate how marginal nationalism and traditionalism were in the 90s and early 2000s except for base reflexes. It took younger generations (born in the new era) and new technology to start re-appraising the West and the American Empire on a wider scale, outside the legacy media.
This intervention has only met with real condemnations among the Young Left and the Dissident Rightists (who are slowly cannibalizing the kosher Right) in Poland.
So you are saying the curtain bought time for the new media to come along. OK. In that sense being behind the cultural barrier was still a good thing.
In the Soviet Block the official lies were seen as lies by everybody. Nobody believed in Communism and another BS. In the West the lies were more subtle, so we were not ready to see them immediately. And the criticism of the West by communist propagandists was not accepted by populations, even if it was justified, because we knew that the Commies always lied, so they should lie here too.
Have we reached that point in the West where samizdat is the new media and the people have lost faith in the post-WWII myth of equality? It invites parallel.
So you are saying the curtain bought time for the new media to come along. OK. In that sense being behind the cultural barrier was still a good thing.
Yes and no. The curtain didn’t really “buy time”, but changed the pace of information revolution in the Eastern Bloc. One one hand the legacy state media remained frozen and discredited, but the “free press” was still believed through Radio Free Europe. People learned to read between the lines, but at the same time became somewhat disarmed towards the “free media” of the future. Since paper & print were monopolized into a state conglomerate, those who had the most influence in the new era were able to corner the press market very easily. I recommend the history of Gazeta Wyborcza (this channel offers English subs), once a powerhouse of opinion, dominated by Polish-Jewish liberals. To this day it’s an important information link between the “brotherly” western outlets and Poland.
Before Internet came along the damage was already done, but a since the majority of Eastern Europe didn’t really go through all phases of Bourgeois Revolution (skipping steps along the way through wars and communism), we entered the post-Modernity with a different baggage from the West. This meant that the legacy of high trust was absent and consequently we have no problem of Boomer/Xer stalwart believers in the System like Americans do. As a result, political developments tend to somehow accelerate in this part of Europe, unburdened by bourgeois conservatism. At least on my home turf, right-wing dissent developed very rapidly on the Internet while Americans were still working through the last years of paleo-conservatism and Jared Taylor was eventually going to get blacklisted from TV. We’re a good science laboratory for liberal democracy as we adopted it after the World War desolation followed by decades in a communist freezer that finally crashed and burned. It left a void which was filled by young rightists devouring right-wing classics: nationalists, libertarians, trad-caths and monarchists, while others began translating the identitarian works of Nouvelle Droite.
Have we reached that point in the West where samizdat is the new media and the people have lost faith in the post-WWII myth of equality?
Samizdat became the new media since the first Trump at least. However, in America it is getting partially absorbed by the system, while getting contained in western Europe. The myth of equality appears to have died among young men, but remains championed by women and older demographics.
I am no real judge of tinpot dictators, but unless Maduro went for a joyride on Epstein’s tennybopper express, he is morally superior to the tinpot dictator currently vandalizing the White House.
Please do not forget that every American invasion or intervention makes the United States even more present in the minds of the peoples who are intervened in, which in turn leads to an increase in immigration from those places.
https://www.compactmag.com/article/intervention-leads-to-immigration/
Yes, America is a dying nation and Whites are only around 8% of the world’s population. The globalists created this Chinese dragon that is on the march and consuming the world’s resources. The Chinese never reveal the true amount of gold that they buy up and they want access to oil to not only be able to maintain it’s status as the factory to the world, but to pump up its military. We’re ostensibly at death’s door so why let China go to town and get more powerful? Let China have Taiwan and its hemisphere and let America de-couple from China. Let the chemo treatments begin.
My thoughts exactly:
“By Cyan Quinn
In his press conference on Saturday, President Trump said, “We want peace, liberty, and justice for the great people of Venezuela. And that includes many from Venezuela that are now living in the United States and want to go back to their country—it’s their homeland.”
Let’s make that possible! There are 1.16 million Venezuelan immigrants in the United States, and prior to the July 2024 election, 65% of Venezuelans settled in the U.S. stated they would return if Maduro was no longer in power. This is before any kind of economic transformation.
There are eight million Venezuelans that have emigrated from Venezuela since Maduro took power in 2013. This mass exodus has been compared to the Syrian migrant crisis. Similarly, this diaspora is now openly celebrating worldwide; and, as with Syria, remigration support should be a priority.
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The United States maintains the highest Venezuelan migrant population of any Western nation with a legal population of over 750,000 and illegal population estimated to be 650,000. They also accounted for another approximately 261,000 encounters at the border in 2024, a figure second only to Mexicans.”
Good read, and a lot to chew on.
I will say that the statement, “Yes, I would be happy to overthrow any regime that sends out waves of migrants or refuses to take them back.” seems to conflict with the statement, “The fact that countries make war does not make war okay.”
There’s a few things going on here. If you think proactive military action is theoretically justifiable regardless of international law, which I believe you do from the first statement; then the question instead becomes, ‘Was it justified here?’
Which still going off the first statement, your answer seems to again be at least a yes, but only given certain considerations.
The considerations being was it good for America and Whites, and although that is a bit more complex, it isn’t unanswerable or at least impossible to speculate on.
Pam Bondi’s statement aside, with an NSS that reads on Europe, “…cratering birthrates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence. Should present trends continue, the continent will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less… We want Europe to remain European,” I am willing to at least hesitantly believe that the United States’ power and hegemony could be healthy for Whites.
Therefore, if the intervention is limited only to preventing Venezuela from being encroached upon by China and relaxing US dependence on Canadian oil then this was a bold military action that hopefully has nipping allies and enemies ‘falling in line’ through a surgical display of force.
A powerful nation that at the very least nominally advocates for Whites has acted prudently towards defending its interests and position as a world power.
I, like you, am more than prepared for this to be jangling keys, or even something as blatant of a betrayal as Pam Bondi’s proposal would be.
But at the very least this is a very different conclusion from disliking it outright.
It’s, ‘Good if…’ not ‘Bad because…’ at least for now. And so I am willing to throw it in the exact same bucket as Trump’s plan to ban institutional investors from buying single family homes. It is possibly a step in the right direction, though not necessarily.
Optimism or pessimism about political near futures then becomes the measure of this maneuver, and as “online chimping works” now more than ever, I think it’s the safest it’s been in recent memory to be willing to believe in the better outcome.
Sending out waves of migrants and refusing to take them back is tantamount to war.
I think you are straining just a bit to see this as anything more than accidentally — if that — good for whites. It would be great if we could now remigrate 1.5 million Venezuelans, but military adventures generally end up triggering migrant waves to the US, whether we win or lose.
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