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⚔️ A brief comment on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
1. The last 24h have brought about a surprising turn of events. I expected Russia to take the disputed territories in the east, but I didn't expect a full-scale invasion like we've seen today. In fact, very few people seem to have expected an invasion on this level.
2. For a good summary of the conflict in general, check out this post by The Golden One. He mostly gets it right.
3. From the start in 2014, I have made a point of NOT taking sides in this conflict, because I have seen too many people in the West, who don't speak either Russian or Ukrainian and who have no real knowledge about the countries involved, make arrogant and embarrassing statements about the issue. And the conflict is far from clear cut from the point of view of our political interests. But when I see a large-scale invasion like this, my sympathies are naturally with the Ukrainian people rather than with any of the geopolitical players, because none of the geopolitical players are "our guys".
4. Overall, the Right in the West fails primarily because it lacks seriousness. Too often, it consists of kids (even old kids) making reckless and goofy comments and coming up with novel "takes". The comments on Russia in general, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict in particular, only prove this point.
5. People who get their political analysis from memes can never be taken seriously. And "based Putin" is just a meme. Just like "God Emperor Trump" was a meme. People who fail to understand that are political idiots.
6. Reckless comments about serious topics, an online culture of lazy nihilism, and bravely-anonymously taking sides at zero cost to yourself, in a conflict that you know nothing about, is all very LAST MAN. It's the effeminate behaviour of the modern man who only sees conflict in video games.
You should hold yourself to higher standards — otherwise you don't deserve to be taken seriously by either friend or enemy.
1. The last 24h have brought about a surprising turn of events. I expected Russia to take the disputed territories in the east, but I didn't expect a full-scale invasion like we've seen today. In fact, very few people seem to have expected an invasion on this level.
2. For a good summary of the conflict in general, check out this post by The Golden One. He mostly gets it right.
3. From the start in 2014, I have made a point of NOT taking sides in this conflict, because I have seen too many people in the West, who don't speak either Russian or Ukrainian and who have no real knowledge about the countries involved, make arrogant and embarrassing statements about the issue. And the conflict is far from clear cut from the point of view of our political interests. But when I see a large-scale invasion like this, my sympathies are naturally with the Ukrainian people rather than with any of the geopolitical players, because none of the geopolitical players are "our guys".
4. Overall, the Right in the West fails primarily because it lacks seriousness. Too often, it consists of kids (even old kids) making reckless and goofy comments and coming up with novel "takes". The comments on Russia in general, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict in particular, only prove this point.
5. People who get their political analysis from memes can never be taken seriously. And "based Putin" is just a meme. Just like "God Emperor Trump" was a meme. People who fail to understand that are political idiots.
6. Reckless comments about serious topics, an online culture of lazy nihilism, and bravely-anonymously taking sides at zero cost to yourself, in a conflict that you know nothing about, is all very LAST MAN. It's the effeminate behaviour of the modern man who only sees conflict in video games.
You should hold yourself to higher standards — otherwise you don't deserve to be taken seriously by either friend or enemy.
The episode of Counter-Currents Radio where Greg Johnson invited Robert Stark to join him to discuss his new novel Vaporfornia, plus current events and your questions, has been sprung from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-409-robert-stark-on-his-new-novel-vaporfornia/
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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 409 Robert Stark on His New Novel Vaporfornia | Counter-Currents
118 words / 1:42:59 Host Greg Johnson invited Robert Stark (his Substack is here) to join him on the last broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio to discuss his new novel Vaporfornia, plus of course current events and your questions, and it is now
Announcing a special event with Arkansas Congressional candidate and white advocate Neil Kumar, along with James Edwards and Sam Dickson, in Charleston on April 3. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/counter-currents-presents-nationalism-on-the-ballot-with-neil-kumar/
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Counter-Currents Presents: Nationalism on the Ballot with Neil Kumar, April 3 | Counter-Currents
228 words Register HERE! Time is running out. The Great Replacement is closing in, and white Americans must wake up or lose their country. Neil Kumar, candidate for the United States House of Representatives — aka Our Man in Arkansas — is fighting for the…
Morris van de Camp reviews The Kinder, Gentler Military, a book which blew the lid off the insoluble problems that have plagued the US military since the introduction of women soldiers. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/not-kinder-not-gentler-but-ineffective/
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Not Kinder, Not Gentler, but Ineffective
2,188 words Stephanie Gutmann The Kinder, Gentler Military: How Political Correctness Affects our Ability to Win Wars San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2000 About a year and a half prior to 9/11, I watched Stephanie Gutmann being interviewed on C-SPAN about…
Spencer J. Quinn reviews the latest entry in the Jackass franchise, Jackass Forever, and finds that what was once an implicitly white guilty pleasure is now being ruined by diversity casting. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/jackass-forever/
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Jackass Forever | Counter-Currents
1,561 words I entered the theater to see Jackass Forever with equal parts hope and trepidation. For years, Johnny Knoxville and the Jackass crew have been a guilty pleasure of mine which, believe it or not, I have grown to cherish. They were never our guys…
Nicholas R. Jeelvy on the importance of recruiting dissidents from non-political causes to our side. https://counter-currents.com/2022/02/on-the-importance-of-recruiting-non-political-dissidents/
The indubitable longtime Counter-Currents writer Kathryn S. was host Nick Jeelvy‘s guest to discuss Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges’ The Ancient City, a history of the religion of the ancient world and the society it founded, and it is now sprung from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/counter-currents-radio-podcast-no-410-the-writers-bloc-with-kathryn-s-on-the-ancient-city/
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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 410 The Writers’ Bloc with Kathryn S. on The Ancient City | Counter-Currents
128 words / 2:00:23 The indubitable longtime Counter-Currents writer Kathryn S. was host Nick Jeelvy's guest on the last episode of The Writers’ Bloc, where they discussed Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges' The Ancient City, a history of the religion of the…
Coming today on Counter-Currents Radio: Greg Johnson will read and discuss his essay “Three Pillars of White Identity Politics” and, of course, answer YOUR QUESTIONS. Your homework is to read the essay beforehand.
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Found a new illustration for my essay "How About Fascist Medicine?" https://counter-currents.com/2013/10/how-about-fascist-medicine-2/
The next great battle of our time: Fascism against Fatism
The next great battle of our time: Fascism against Fatism
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🇺🇦🇷🇺 I am sure you are all staying updated on the situation in Ukraine via various sources.
Emotions are running hot, this is normal. Keeping a cool head and seeing the issue from a few different perspectives can be good:
🇺🇸 The US perspective: The US regime (Washington) has perhaps been the most aggressively anti-White regime in the West since around 2016.
American patriots (i.e. pro-Whites) will view a defeat of Washington's ally Ukraine as a defeat for Washington.
This is understandable.
🇷🇺 The Russian perspective: The NATO has aggressively expanded in Eastern Europe since the end of the Cold War. Russian concerns are understandable.
🇷🇸 Serbian perspective: NATO bombed Belgrade during the Yugoslav Wars during the 90s. Serbia also shares the Orthodox faith with Russia. Thus, it is understandable that Serbians sympathise with Russia.
🇵🇱🇺🇦 Eastern European perspective: The further away you are from the Russian bear, the friendlier it looks. Countries with historical experience of Russian occupation have legitimate concerns when it comes to Russia.
Ukrainians wanting to be their own nation, separate from Russia, is understandable.
🎙 I will elaborate on these issues further in tomorrow's Podcast episode.
Emotions are running hot, this is normal. Keeping a cool head and seeing the issue from a few different perspectives can be good:
🇺🇸 The US perspective: The US regime (Washington) has perhaps been the most aggressively anti-White regime in the West since around 2016.
American patriots (i.e. pro-Whites) will view a defeat of Washington's ally Ukraine as a defeat for Washington.
This is understandable.
🇷🇺 The Russian perspective: The NATO has aggressively expanded in Eastern Europe since the end of the Cold War. Russian concerns are understandable.
🇷🇸 Serbian perspective: NATO bombed Belgrade during the Yugoslav Wars during the 90s. Serbia also shares the Orthodox faith with Russia. Thus, it is understandable that Serbians sympathise with Russia.
🇵🇱🇺🇦 Eastern European perspective: The further away you are from the Russian bear, the friendlier it looks. Countries with historical experience of Russian occupation have legitimate concerns when it comes to Russia.
Ukrainians wanting to be their own nation, separate from Russia, is understandable.
🎙 I will elaborate on these issues further in tomorrow's Podcast episode.
Coming at the top of the hour:
Greg Johnson will read and discuss his essay “Three Pillars of White Identity Politics” and, of course, answer YOUR QUESTIONS. Your homework is to read the essay beforehand.
Counter-Currents Radio starts at noon PST, 3 pm EST, and 9 pm CET on:
DLive: https://dlive.tv/Counter-Currents
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@countercurrents/ccradio
Send questions & donations to Entropy: http://entropystream.live/countercurrents
Greg Johnson will read and discuss his essay “Three Pillars of White Identity Politics” and, of course, answer YOUR QUESTIONS. Your homework is to read the essay beforehand.
Counter-Currents Radio starts at noon PST, 3 pm EST, and 9 pm CET on:
DLive: https://dlive.tv/Counter-Currents
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@countercurrents/ccradio
Send questions & donations to Entropy: http://entropystream.live/countercurrents
Aquilonius' essay on why the bourgeois ideal of whiteness, often venerated by the Right, is a problem even though America doesn't have anything better at present has been sprung from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/visions-of-a-new-whiteness/
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Visions of a New Whiteness | Counter-Currents
1,225 words White people get a lot of flak, and most of this criticism is unfair and ridiculous. Whether it be 80 IQ hood rats making excuses for their situation, Jews blaming whites for everything under the sun, or the critical race theory crowd claiming…
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ANNOUCEMENT: Our second annual Writing Competition is now live!
The theme for this year is "Small Victories". We are looking for stories and poems about personal triumphs and sacred things preserved, things that may not receive massive fanfare, but that are necessary, good, and beautiful nonetheless. This could be the birth of a child, the planting of a seed, the overcoming of a vice, a victory over an enemy, or anything else you think is relevant to the prompt. We encourage you to get creative with it and not to stick to clichés! The mood could be pensive, hopeful, inspirational, somber, melancholy, or anything else – but we remind entrants that we don’t solicit material that is gratuitously crass or disgusting, even if you think it makes a good point.
There are two submission categories: Poetry (of any style) and Short Story (fiction).
Two $600 prizes for best in each category
Two $400 prizes for the runner-up in each category
More information: https://antelopehillpublishing.com/event/
The theme for this year is "Small Victories". We are looking for stories and poems about personal triumphs and sacred things preserved, things that may not receive massive fanfare, but that are necessary, good, and beautiful nonetheless. This could be the birth of a child, the planting of a seed, the overcoming of a vice, a victory over an enemy, or anything else you think is relevant to the prompt. We encourage you to get creative with it and not to stick to clichés! The mood could be pensive, hopeful, inspirational, somber, melancholy, or anything else – but we remind entrants that we don’t solicit material that is gratuitously crass or disgusting, even if you think it makes a good point.
There are two submission categories: Poetry (of any style) and Short Story (fiction).
Two $600 prizes for best in each category
Two $400 prizes for the runner-up in each category
More information: https://antelopehillpublishing.com/event/
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Morris van de Camp's review of Barbara Walters' How Civil Wars Start, which contends that all the factors for an ethnic civil war in the style of Yugoslavia or Iraq are already in place in America, has been sprung from the paywall. https://counter-currents.com/2022/01/slouching-towards-bosnia/
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Slouching towards Bosnia | Counter-Currents
1,677 words Barbara F. Walter How Civil Wars Start: and How to Stop Them New York: Random House, 2022 Barbara F. Walter is a Professor of Political Science at the School of Global Policy and Strategy as well as an Adjunct Professor at UC San Diego. She is…