Tag: guilt

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There are many reasons to think that we are living in the world of Atlas Shrugged. Doesn’t it seem today as if literally everything is broken or in freefall? Manufacturing, transportation, infrastructure, public safety, the justice system, housing, education, the food supply, journalism, the arts, and more — these are broken in our world of today, and broken in the world of Atlas Shrugged. But how they got broken is, in many ways, quite different from what Rand depicts. (more…)

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The following is a transcript, video (see below), and audio recording of Kevin MacDonald speaking during a panel discussion at this year’s Counter-Currents retreat on the subject of individualism. The title is editorial. We would like to thank Hyacinth Bouquet for the transcript. To listen to the audio recording in a player, click here or on the player below. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save link as” or “save target as.” (more…)

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Nick Jeelvy welcomed longtime friend of the show Karl Thorburn to the latest broadcast of The Writers’ Bloc to discuss unlimited power and its applications. (more…)

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Nick Jeelvy was joined by Hapaperspective and Dr. Ricardo Duchesne to discuss the fundamental differences between the Chinese and European minds and the China question more broadly on the latest installment of The Writers’ Bloc, and it is now available for online listening and download. (more…)

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Make me, make me your victim,
Resistance is only a symptom. . .
Of bigotry
You are so guilty, so
Make me your victim. (more…)

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin

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I consider social media the biggest pestilence on the culture since the opioid crisis. . . and before that, the mass-dosing of the populace with antidepressants. . . and before that, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. . . but social media is good for a few things. (more…)

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Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, Part 4 here, Part 5 here

Much of the tremendous value of Solzhenitsyn’s Two Hundred Years Together rests in how it was written completely without rancor. Only a highly cynical or unreasonable person could call it anti-Semitic — that is, a work that professes animosity or anger towards Jews as a people. (more…)

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Tidigt en kväll i slutet av 1999 befann sig en nära vän till mig i en taxi i närheten av sitt hem. Han tittade ut och såg en gammal kvinna ligga på rygg på infarten till sitt hus med ett plågat och hjälplöst ansiktsuttryck. Bredvid henne stod två hundar och skällde. (more…)

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Temprano una tarde a fines de 1999, un amigo cercano estaba en un taxi cerca de su casa. Miró por la ventanilla del coche y observó a una anciana acostada sobre su espalda en su entrada para el auto, una angustiada y desesperanzada mirada en su cara. Dos perros ladrando estaban a su lado. (more…)

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Translations: Spanish, Swedish

Early one evening in late 1999, a close friend was in a taxi near his home. He looked out the car window and saw an old woman lying on her back in her driveway, an anguished, helpless look on her face. Two barking dogs stood beside her. (more…)