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I've seen stuff like this on both sides. It's what happens when one's desire for change and despair at trying to get the vulgar masses to the self evident "righ
by zabuni 13y ago
I've seen stuff like this on both sides. It's what happens when one's desire for change and despair at trying to get the vulgar masses to the self evident "right" thing drives them to misanthropy. It's a misanthropy that sees the rise Leninist vanguard revolutionaries, or Straussian nocturnal councils. Or every armchair revolutionary on the Internet, on any side, who has ever furiously stamped on his keyboard the hoary phrase "Wake up SHEEPLE!"
It is the person who cannot convince the world of their position, and then comes to the conclusion the problem is the world.
- justanother 13y agoThis post reminds me of my problems with reading sites like Zerohedge. They're right about a few things, including severe structural issues in the current monetary system. But as soon as I hit the word 'SHEEPLE', I immediately close the browser tab and stop reading. The word strikes me as intellectually lazy on several levels, and this is certainly one of them.
- Apocryphon 13y agoI've heard about Leo Strauss, and his influence on neoconservatism, but do nocturnal councils actually exist, or are they a hypothetical philosophical idea? A far-right equivalent to vanguard revolutionaries would be interesting.