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Abstract
Previously, I have established the importance of essences in defining an identity and also introduced genes as essentialist particles. (more…)
Counter-Currents
Tag: Aylmer Wedgwood
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144 wordsGaddius Maximus has kindly provided us with audio recordings of 12 Counter-Currents articles from the past year that he recorded himself. The link in each article’s title will take you to its text. To listen to the audio in a player, click “download” or in the player bar beneath, or to download it, right-click the link and then click “save as.”
Beau Albrecht, “How to Quit White Nationalism” (10:18) download (more…)
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New American citizens on their way to becoming like us.
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In a series of articles that will follow I will examine the defining issue of our cause, which is essentialism, and in particular, essentialist identities. In this first instalment, I will consider how Modernity substitutes genuine essences with counterfeit ones and examine how this relates to Plato’s theory of forms. (more…)
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3,592 wordsWe need new tactics to both fend off attacks against our identity, such as by defusing accusations of “racism,” and also to be able to define ourselves through a positive, modern self-image. In my last article I put forward a strategy to accomplish the first, and in this one I am going to outline a tactic for the second. (more…)
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Francisco de Goya, Witches’ Sabbath, 1798
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“Sir, you are hereby charged with the crime of racism. How do you plead?”
This accusation is actually a hidden false dichotomy, where the correct response is neither admitting nor denying the alleged crime, but instead rejecting the concept itself. The appropriate answer is to say that this term means nothing to you, and then move the conversation forward. This sounds deceptively simple, but there is a lot more to it. To understand the required frame of mind for delivering this, and to find out why this is likely to be more effective than previous alternatives, read on. (more…)
