Reactionaries, your ideas need to provide solutions for today and tomorrow, not require the return of yesterday. Yesterday is gone.
@drethelin @mr_archenemy there's something in that. But what else is the alternative to scientism?
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@drethelin@mr_archenemy if you're lost, it makes sense to head for familiar landmarks, even if they're not your ideal destination -
@anomalyuk@drethelin Sure, I agree with that. So long as one remembers the territory is different from where the landmark was. -
@mr_archenemy@anomalyuk@drethelin The trick will be to sell the nostalgia and provide realistic modern solutions in the same package. -
@Nick_B_Steves@anomalyuk@drethelin It occurs to me that most who will need to be sold regard the past with horror, not nostalgia. -
@mr_archenemy@anomalyuk@drethelin I don't think that's the mass feeling. Has Ricky Ricardo been tried in PubOp for spanking Lucy yet? -
@Nick_B_Steves@anomalyuk@drethelin Slavery! Sexism! Racism! Imperialism! Colonialism! Mercantilism! Etc.#apology_tour -
@mr_archenemy@anomalyuk@drethelin Yet most normal ppl viscerally still like SongO'Th'South, Kipling, Pygmalion & Ricky spanking Lucy. -
@Nick_B_Steves@anomalyuk@drethelin Well, I hope so. But I worry.
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@anomalyuk@drethelin@mr_archenemy What drethelin describes as a bug in neoreaction is, in fact, a feature. -
@____Martin@anomalyuk@drethelin Cargo Cult-ism, or the virtues of Victorianism? -
@mr_archenemy@____Martin@anomalyuk I think most reactionaries don't know which is which -
@drethelin@mr_archenemy@anomalyuk Enlighten us. -
@____Martin@mr_archenemy@anomalyuk eg I don't think public virginity is important for British triumphs, most probably agree on that one -
@drethelin@mr_archenemy@anomalyuk ...and that without this foundational piece (among others), the whole structure could be destroyed. -
@____Martin@drethelin@mr_archenemy I also see that as plausible. We really can't be sure, so I am prepared to risk cargo-cultism -
@____Martin@drethelin the biggest problem is the effect of _irrevocable_ changes (e.g. new tech). I think that's what@mr_archenemy meant. - 2 more replies
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