The Eternal Struggle against Entropy
Do you wish the topple the regime? You're going to have to stop being a passive observer
If you have not read Theophilus Clinton’s great piece on heroes and how modern America’s heroes are shallow, unserious and have feats and deeds that are not achievable by anyone, I would recommend you read do so. The article is linked below and keep in mind, this article could sort of serve as a companion piece to that.
The dissident right on RW twitter, while a community with some of the most insightful and brilliant people I have ever seen, has a problem. That problem is endemic to even the best people that group has to offer and its one that needs a scathing and fiery condemnation, for it is arguably a fatal flaw of the right in general and even people who I’ve spoken with at length who are far more aware than the average RWer fall into that trap. That trap is being the eternal passive observer. To start, I will attempt to represent the different archetypes on the dissident right and why one archetype is quite absent and that certain groups of right wing commentators outright warn people against attempting to emulate it.
Doomer
You’ve probably met this group of people before and they rightfully ought to be scorned or in some cases pitied. There are alot of evil aspects of modern society, with many debauched or foul practices. Everything from the death of the unborn to the depths of sexual depravity that entire swathes of the population want to normalize, to the rise of left wing activists, some even funded by foreign governments, who make a living attempting to ruin the lives of up and coming RWers who by all accounts aren’t even that radical. It can sometimes break people to know a coalition of evil people and powerful organizations are working around the clock to crush people like you and how despite how bad western society is getting, huge swathes of the population see no issue with it and think any criticism of it is evil moralizing.
Thus, the dread one can get from realizing who their up against and how allies are few and far between, plus general disorganization on the right and often times, in the case of older disllusioned wignats, failed movements that they participated in that were most oftene bound to fail, can cause one to become a doomer. Sometimes they just don’t care anymore, sometimes they give up, sometimes they attempt to warn people against fighting the machine, deeming it to be a fruitless effort. Sometimes they deserve to be mocked but sometimes I often pity them. However, sometimes this desire for withdrawal can cause a doomer to embody a different archetype
The Monk/The Exiter
A common feature, especially among catholics and traditionalists, is to withdraw from the field of political warfare altogether, either to pursue a better connection with God, or because they’ve internalized the frankly false view that the regime is insurmountable by all but its own weight and that political action in general is a futile idea, either because of the view that its beter to make decades long marches through institutions who will never let you infiltrate them or because politics can spiritually corrupt you. The latter point I will get to later in the last archetype, the one that I aspire to be and hope at least 100 people in the dissident right will be too.(If you’re wondering about the painting, its a painting of the church father, Saint Anthony the Great)
The first angle, that parallel institutions are necesary and that you should never run for office at any level, is most often espoused by NRx types. The main issue with this is that for the most part, not everyone wants to be an artist, a scholar, or (may god forgive me for uttering this) an academic. Not everyone has the skillset to make cultural and political networks outside of the mainstream. I actually tried that at an earlier point on a YT channel and it wasn’t really my calling. I actually downloaded a rather niche chat software that I needed to use to talk with people in the community of Academic Agent and alot of them didn’t want to associate with me becuase I had plans to utilize political institutions like the state legislatures. I think alot of this is because most of the NRxers, of whom I talk to but am no longer a part of, are just Nerds.
One of the most prominent examples of this, who made a video discouraging the adherent to the archetype of statesmen of which I advocate for, is the youtuber the Distributist. Born and raised in one of the most liberal parts of the country, The Distributist, embodies the archetype of a nerdy software developer(like Moldbug lol) whose very focused on the structures of systems, who applied that knowledge learned to political systems and came to view himself as merely a single celled organism in an entire culture of a political system. The belief that systems and structures and forces drive history, rather than great men, is what makes people want to withdraw from the system entirely. There is some merit making parallel institutions and if you think thats your calling, go ahead and do it, but its not something everyone can do.
The other archetype is one that I tend to give a bit more credit to. The idea that politics is spiritually corrupting and that you shouldn’t partake in it has some truth to it. Being in a few tradcath social circles, I’ve been given stern warning by some people to not partake in the system. Whether because it “legitimizes” the system or because partaking in it is inherently risky and can morally compromise the weak willed. The counter argument I’d make to that is that, “If I won’t do it, then who will?”. The system won’t leave you alone. Not everyone is cut out for fighting it and community building of christians(if NGOs and lawfare doesn’t crush your attempts to do so) is an admirable thing that I wish you luck on but I’ve probably encountered a few hundred individual people at this point embodying this sort of mode of thinking in a single discord server. You only need a small % of the population who embody the second to last archetype I will talk about and maybe 100-1000 individuals at most who embody the last one, one that must be earned, but as a final note on the Monk archetype, I’d say godspeed in your endeavours but its not for me.
The Observer
RW Twitter recently has had a serious of meta-debates, mostly in regards to strategy and certain ways of life, along with the supposed existence of many fantasies and unserious solutions that many RWers, even the ones as aware of we are, peddle. I’d like to start a meta-meta debate, specifically on this archetype that we have FAR TOO MUCH people embodying. You’ll see people who never come up with specific solutiosn to any specific problem. People who can diagnose western societie’s problems like an award warning neurosurgeon but never seem to be able to advertise the steps they would take to solve specific examples of these problems. Part of it is because the solutions are usually not that effective if their advertised. Being an anon or even a public figure who lays low is the lifeblood of RW Twitter. That being said, writing a substack or a twitter thread isn’t the same as working with people who have actual political power. You don’t even really need to deanonymize to do it. You can learn how to write up legislation prefabbed and then send it to political contacts or Lobbying organizations in a matter of a few days. Its far more productive to spend time doing that than simply making very pertinent analysis on problems we have both internally and externally and prudently commentating on them.
That being said, we do need these people. Alot of RWers just frankly do not “Get it” yet and need to be educated on many demographic and political realities before we can see real change. We need serious, cautious and prudent people in the right before we can get much done and alot of RWers do have some delusions that need to be broken or have internalized a couple liberal boomer truths. These people are the ones to do it and the art of doing so has become far more effective than a few years ago, even with a dramatic increase in censorship.
I AM CALLING ON A COMPLETE AND TOTAL SHUTDOWN ON RW SUBSTACK BLOGGERS UNTIL WE CAN TELL WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON
The Warrior/Prophet
This archetype is rather simple. This is an archetype that we’re just about meeting the optimal amount of and its a welcome sign. The GAE will not have a 1000 year libtard Reich. RWers are increasingly defying federal mandates on everything at a state and local level, political decentralization is happening right now, its possible the petrodollar collapse and a great catalcysm will come as a result that makes life a constant struggle. Some RWers, mostly commentators, will view these predictions as a fantasy and it sort of leads to a disconnect. The idea that the liberals will wake up and we’ll see a massive revolt against the establishment is dumb. That being said, the idea that the American government might royally screw up and lead to ambitious indepedent political figures taking advantage of increasing decentralization to chip away or trash US authority is one that likely could become true. These people aren’t those figures though. They’re preppers, often times ruralites who stock up on supplies and tend to be armed. They dispense wisdom and if the US were to break apart they’d be on the front lines but they’re not going to be the ones running the day to day operations of new states and power structures. This leads us to the final archetype, the one that we only need a small group of individuals to fulfill.
The Statesman
The one archetype that we’re slowly missing is the one that does the hard and dangerous job of actually governing a society. We’re going to need people who fulfill this role and its likely many are. Its one that sort of has to be earned, as it takes a different type of actions and skills to do so. These are the people who can participate in the many vectors of modern politics while being a committed, god fearing RWer and outmanuever the frankly incompetent BUT highly malicious and evil political class. They’re the BAP readers in the State Department, the state senators and governors who read RW twitter on alt, the lobbyists who basically do the job that Conservative Inc claims to do for them. You only need a couple hundred to a few thousand people to embody this but the thing is, the Dissident Right is probably, if you ignore dissident adjacent or dissident friendly types, about 50k-100k people in America at most. We’re going to need a much higher % of our tribe doing the boring day to day duties that politicians usually to do than the general population. There are probably more people who are transgender and have gotten surgery than there are people who are of our persuasion explicitly and can articulate it in a non-normie boomer truth sort of way. Its not even that hard to do. After just a few months of working with state legislatures, you can meet with and basically do the job of congressman for them. Its an incredibly rewarding duty to have.
Think of it like the role of the person shown above in the rise of Christianity. Christianity grew on the backs of martyrs, ordinary people, apostles and theologians. But Constantine, who by all accounts had to live a ruthless and sinful life to survive, was able to transform it from a marginalized 10% of the population that was constantly persecuted to the largest religion in Europe, one that in a few generations became the state religions too and survives to this day. I’d recommend if you go down this path, try to stay in tune with God. Don’t be afraid to sacrifice connections if you feel like it would morally compromise you and be careful, prudent and smart. If were to see a great civilizational revival, we’re gonna need just about every type of person at our disposal. And so we shall.
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you're missing the jester, sam hyde and nick fuentes being the most prominent ones