nrxers know that existing institutions and narratives are struggling to keep up and the replacement isn't going to be something from the 1920s-1930s. the first to write the new narrative wins.
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agree with the first part but the notion that all you have to do is "write a new narrative" is absurd and speaks to the idealism (in the marxist sense) of many of the people involved material dynamics matter
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yes. the narrative isn't about ignoring or supplanting material reality. it's about organizing it in a way that people can believe in and feel in. the reason existing narratives are failing is their lack of connection to the facts on the ground.
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sure and I just happen to think that the narratives presented by reactionaries are ahistorical and ignore important dynamics (although they are more coherent than what mainstream liberalism offers soooo...)
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"more coherent" is key. it's too much to expect any ideology to correspond to all the objective facts of history, economics and society.
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sure but not all overlooked facts are created equal the majority of neoreactionaries arrive at command economy with trad characteristics as the solution. As an idea that has big big big problemshttps://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/07/26/a-big-little-idea-called-legibility/ …
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Is that where they arrive? Haven't read the full canon, but it doesn't sound like what Land and Moldbug were aiming for.
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Moldbug has shifted towards advocating a command economyhttps://twitter.com/mutual_ayyde/status/1234311184343429120?s=20 …
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This looks like a call for autarky, not a command economy.
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sure he hasn't said that outright but the fact hes gone from small gov libertarianism to this is telling of general trajectory and fact he's praised companies being run like monarchies in places like his interview with justin murphy points towards command economies
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he is pro-leviathan, a friend of mine described him as a "very pessimistic libertarian." but it still seems one of his major endorsements of monarchy is that they are more likely to leave you and your property alone than 'demotic' govts - no?
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yes but I'd argue thats just cover for his actual beliefs so libertarians wouldn't react in disgust monarchies weren't small govt cuz they wanted to be, they were small govt cuz technology sucked and enforcement was expensive
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I think we're wading into some pretty shaky territory here if we are not attributing good faith to his written works. His written works are his primary contribution to nrx, and if he privately believes something else I can't see how that's falsifiable or or relevant.
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