Without any reasonable way to check the author’s credentials or the soundness of their analysis, I did go looking into who they are. The pseudonym “Cremieux Re

Without any reasonable way to check the author’s credentials or the soundness of their analysis, I did go looking into who they are. The pseudonym “Cremieux Receuil” and the avatar refer to Adolph Crémieux[1], a French lawyer and politician remembered for advancing the status of Jews in France. “Receuil” is just French for “collection”, and this person published a work by that name. Wikipedia notes that Crémieux’s decree did not extend French citizenship to Arabs. This may be significant when combined with what else we know about the Substack author. The Substack has one other post, another long and very dense posting which, if I understand correctly, attempts to show errors in others’ historical analyses of the economic effects of slavery on subsequent generations. The author argues it is not significant, and points to racial mixing with Europeans as a better explanation for disparate outcomes among the descendants of slaves. I admit I do not understand all the tropes this author is deploying, which seem common among online reactionaries. I speculate that I, the normie, am supposed to be dazzled by their erudition, triggered by the race science, and bewildered by their allusions to obscure figures. Perhaps, by attempting to decode them, I am giving the author what they want. But honestly, all I feel is tired. This person’s priorities are not my priorities. Perhaps it is true that our biggest problem today is excess zeal in fighting climate change or mitigating the effects of colonial slavery. Perhaps we are on the road to serfdom by trying to do anything about it. As a product of miscegenation myself, I look forward to lenient treatment from my future masters. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Cr%C3%A9mieux?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Cr%C3%A9mieux?wprov=sf...