This discussion is what every conversation on Jim and Spandrell's blog eventually boils down to if it goes deep enough: "Society is declining." Yes. "Spengler and Ibn Khaldun predicted this." Yes. "So we'll recreate social cohesion via new myths within the body politic....."
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Replying to @bespokecommie @GrimWeeper4 and
BRO DID YOU ACTUALLY READ SPENGLER AND KHALDUN? YOU NEED DESTRUCTION FOR ANY OF IT TO CHANGE



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Replying to @bespokecommie @GrimWeeper4 and
I'm exaggerating, cyclical history doesn't generally come up, but the point still stands. They often think things can change without the necessary struggle that change entails. However, with things getting crazier, they're getting better at realizing this fact.
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Replying to @bespokecommie @SandpiperFax and
Yeah violence is the breeding ground of sacred values
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Replying to @GrimWeeper4 @bespokecommie and
"Sacred values" are the values that let men form cooperative war-bands and those defeat mere institutions (that have long since decayed into committee manipulation skill contests)
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @bespokecommie and
#JustAsabiyyahThings But the sort of person who reads Khaldun is probably the last sort of person to actually perform that violent rite, either killing a lot of people, or dying voluntarily, or both. What is really needed is just Ballz uber alles.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @GrimWeeper4 @bespokecommie and
>But the sort of person who reads Khaldun is probably the last sort of person to actually perform that violent rite Nah, that's leftover progressive priestly indoctrination. Warrior leaders aren't stupid or incurious about the world - not bookish but not stupid.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @bespokecommie and
I do think warriors can read, and priests are willing to die, it's more that I don't see anyone other than the Woke taking any real risks or making any real sacrifices, and even they have institutional backing.
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Replying to @GrimWeeper4 @bespokecommie and
The Woke never take real risks or make real sacrifices. The opposition shows willingness to do so but until it gets real leadership it's futile because the whole system converges to piecemeal destroy any rebels.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @bespokecommie and
They are out there in numbers and are willing to rumble, and like any proto-elite they have a gift for organization. No one else matches that and the idea that Woke will decline is imo wishful thinking.
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For the most part they're willing to do the equivalent of commies shooting counterrevolutionaries in the back of the head - willing to brawl with people when cops are watching and ready to pounce on the opposition if they fight back. When there's a real brawl they flee.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @GrimWeeper4 and
Yep, commies like to cheer while the bravest of them bayonet women and kids or shoot people in the back of the head ... that’s not brave.
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Replying to @SandpiperFax @CovfefeAnon and
Most violent mobs will enjoy killing for its own sake, that's a rather minor taboo to violate, but being willing to risk your life for a group is something else, and the organization to sustain a true political and martial effort.
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