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Jeff Deist, the author of this article is a crypto white nationalist. You can pick up a hint of this from the article above, "He understands that globalism is

Jeff Deist, the author of this article is a crypto white nationalist. You can pick up a hint of this from the article above, "He understands that globalism is not liberalism, that identity and culture matter" A quote from another article, "Jeff Deist, President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a right-libertarian think tank for promoting Rothbardian anarcho-capitalism and the Austrian School of economics, said of the Alt-right that he found their writings "interesting...and somewhat refreshing".[20] In 2017, Deist concluded a speech at the Mises Institute titled 'For a New Libertarian' with the words, "In other words, blood and soil and God and nation still matter to people. Libertarians ignore this at the risk of irrelevance."[21] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolibertarianism#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolibertarianism#United_Sta... Note that "blood and soil" refers to the nazi phrase "blut and boden".

oh_sigh 9y ago
Why is he a 'white nationalist' and not just a 'nationalist'? Do you have any indication that, so long as people conform to his idea of what his country's culture should be, that he wouldn't accept black, asian, etc people?
- maxthegeek1 9y ago
  I just brought up his use of the nazi slogan "blood and soil". Also, listen to this. It's Jeff Deist's take on Richard Spencer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6kJNHZvanI&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6kJNHZvanI&t=1s Within the video Deist advocates for what he calls a "Benedict Option" whereby a white ethnostate would secede from the US. Overall the tone of the video is that Deist disagrees with Richard Spencer's economic stance, but that he doesn't take issue with Spencer's views on race.
qubex 9y ago
Thanks for bringing that up, the idea of questioning the objectives and leanings of the ”Mises Institute” in general, and the author in particular, didn't occur to me (doh!). (N.B. I'm not the original poster of the article.)

oh_sigh 9y ago

Why is he a 'white nationalist' and not just a 'nationalist'? Do you have any indication that, so long as people conform to his idea of what his country's culture should be, that he wouldn't accept black, asian, etc people?

maxthegeek1 9y ago
I just brought up his use of the nazi slogan "blood and soil". Also, listen to this. It's Jeff Deist's take on Richard Spencer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6kJNHZvanI&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6kJNHZvanI&t=1s Within the video Deist advocates for what he calls a "Benedict Option" whereby a white ethnostate would secede from the US. Overall the tone of the video is that Deist disagrees with Richard Spencer's economic stance, but that he doesn't take issue with Spencer's views on race.

qubex 9y ago

Thanks for bringing that up, the idea of questioning the objectives and leanings of the ”Mises Institute” in general, and the author in particular, didn't occur to me (doh!). (N.B. I'm not the original poster of the article.)