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				Small-Scale Question Sunday for January 15, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Alternating between Democracy In America and Prometheus Bound


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Am I an acceptable poster for theMotte.org?
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'm gonna be that guy and suggest you mean "guerilla" warfare


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Let’s Interview Fascism with Paul Gottfried, pt. 8 – Discussion and Conclusion
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'd just like to say how much I enjoyed this series. Rarely have I seen fascism discussed in anything like a scholarly fashion, let alone on the internet. I found this whole sequence very informative and look forward to your next post.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 28, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I read that one nearly a year ago and yeah, Elric as a character is...a bit much. Adolescent is the word I would use. Not that I didn't enjoy the stories.


I'd agree that there's something about Lovecraft. His prose can get pretty purple, his plots aren't particularly inventive, and his ideas, when stated bluntly, don't seem terribly sophisticated or compelling (There is no higher power and the universe is pointlessly cruel and chaotic? Shocking twist). And yet, he makes an impression. He casts a longer shadow than many other "better" writers. Maybe it's just sheer conviction. He really feels dread when contemplating a universe stripped of divine purpose and he's able to communicate that dread to the reader? I dunno.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Meta: Is the Motte beset by bots?
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think there's certainly something weirdly compelling about dead internet theory, but I haven't noticed a huge decline in comment quality here. On the other hand, it may be that I don't spend enough time here to notice. But I agree its potentially a problem. Perhaps we need to bring back mass email chains? Something analogous to the way 16th century radicals disseminated their ideas? I don't know, but more long-form writing might equate to more effortposts, higher barriers to entry, and higher quality in general.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Seeing an opening, rising powers are trying to reorganize global affairs along civilizational lines.
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
My question is: what defines a civilization? Is it language? Religion? Some vaguer set of shared cultural norms? I think it's precisely the fuzziness of defining "civilization" that makes it hard to use as an effective behavioral model. I'll grant you that there has been increasing pushback on the western progressive narrative, but I'm not sure anyone has a clear idea what will replace it in the global south


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 10, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think this is done because real diversity would require trying to get into the mindset of people who think differently than we do, which is something our increasingly insular and status insecure elite is profoundly uncomfortable doing. A truly diverse story about Afghanistan, for example, would be a story about hardscrabble clansman surviving by will, strength, and guile, with the US a background actor. I think there probably would be an audience for such a story, but I don't think those who control the media means of production have the vision or daring to try something like that, for various structural reasons. Much easier to cast some conspicuously nonwhite actors and call it a day.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 9, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Just wanted to say hear-hear to this sentiment. I'm not sure what the practical solution is to trying to maintain a stream of fresh blood, but I think this community exists to fill a real need; as long as that need exists, people will find their way here.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Book Review: The Affirmative Action Empire
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
My working theory is that a really strong sense of local identity tends to be correlated with lower socioeconomic status. To be cosmopolitan requires education and the freedom and economic security to travel, all of which are correlated with wealth. I can't imagine someone who went to Groton penning this song


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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To me that just sounds like the good ol' urban-rural divide. Dunking on those dirty country-folk goes back at least to what, ancient Rome? If not further.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Thanks for the clarification


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Thanks, appreciate it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 7, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Sliders always strikes me as a great premise that was largely wasted in execution. Seriously, reboot that instead of the 18th Batman movie.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 7, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
For Adult, I'm gonna go in a different direction and say Tolkien's "The Tale of Turin Turambar." Tolkien had a lot more range than he gets credit for, and Turin Turambar would let you use the Tolkien name to tell a story that's a lot closer in tone to his Germanic inspiration than LOTR proper. Turin is a grim-and-gritty antihero who lives and dies by the sword; perfectly in keeping with modern prestige drama norms.


For family friendly: Lord of Light. Obscure sci-fantasy novel from the 60s, loved it when I read it in my early twenties.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 3, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
That depends on whether or not you are permitted to raise your children on your terms, with your own values, way of life, etc. In a strictly genetic sense, the Mongols may be one of the most successful people groups in history; in terms of their culture, society, and way of life, they are largely extinct. You can argue that was always going to happen over a sufficiently long enough time horizon, and that's correct. But it can happen on much shorter timelines, even within a single generation, and often does.