1/ I read this yesterday and it made me realize how deeply we are into the American Cultural Revolution, and that made me start to think about cultural revolutions (henceforth "CR") more generally. Where they come from, how they end, what happens after they end.https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1223308127413497856 …
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If you want a casual starting place, check out Mike Duncan's REVOLUTIONS podcast. He's doing Russia right now. It's not a cultural revolution, but for my money the most important one for right-leaning (normie or otherwise) Americans to listen to is Duncan's series on Haiti.
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This is probably excellent advice, but I 200% can't stand podcasts.
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On your 4th point you have 2 options. Either decapitation strikes or ironically, maximizing the body count. Make the CR too expensive to prosecute. I don't believe China and France style endstage CR's are even possible in the era of the modern insurgent.
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CR's need show trials and that's a weakness that the insurgent can exploit. Show trials function as both a way to assert power and as a religious service for the CR. This results in dense concentrations of CR personnel and supporters. I'm sure you can do that math.
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GP CRs usually end poorly, often with a substantial percentage of the population dead and the economy destroyed. Oh, also the Cuban Revolution and the Chavismo Revolution in Venezuela.
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It's hard to avoid the urge to start the helicopters / service the woodchipper when I read some of that stuff. Lowering the bodycount is a very good aim. I hope it's still possible at this point.
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vineland is about this.
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