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To remain in power, even good rulers must always be wary of challengers. This is much more so for bad rulers. Despotism, massive corruption, and skimming off the top will give the public good reasons to want to get them off their backs, obviously. How could an evil overlord prevent regime change by containing rebellious energy? The concept is quite simple. All that’s needed is to redirect enthusiasm in any way that diverts it from meaningful opposition. (more…)
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The following interview, which was first published on June 27, is being reprinted with the permission of the interviewer from the blog of the Turkish writer Eren Yesilyurt.
Alain de Benoist is a French writer and thinker, one of the leading figures of the European New Right movement. (more…)
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The new upper-class culture is different from mainstream American culture in all sorts of ways. — Charles Murray, Coming Apart
And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here? — Talking Heads, “Once in a Lifetime”
Charles Murray
Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010
New York: Crown Forum, 2012 (more…)
Gearóid Murphy
Gearóid Murphy
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Guest host Angelo Plume (Telegram, YouTube) was joined by Gearóid Murphy (website, Twitter/X, YouTube) on last weekend’s broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio, where they discussed Irish nationalism, resistance to immigration, and of course answered listener questions. (more…)
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The 2023 nationalist activist MVP of the year, Keith Woods, recently wrote an article on society and its ideal size and scale. It’s a very good article. Drawing from thinkers such as Aristotle, Rousseau, and Leopold Kohr, Woods — in a studious and methodical manner — showcases the argument in favor of societies and systems of government which maintain a small population. He is primarily, almost exclusively, concerned with the governance of society. (more…)