This is probably the most intelligent group of right-wing thinkers I've encountered on the internet so far.
It wasn't until maybe two years ago when I came across the kia2 reddit and discovered people who understood the truths of this world - whose arguments convinced me to start caring more about politics & to stop being a fence sitter. For that, I thank all of you.
I'm simply curious as to how any of you would describe your ideology. Libertarian? Nationalist? Generally anti-globalist? I see a lot of tradcon bashing and I know most of you aren't fans of mainstream Republicans.
Also, are there any real-world politicans you would like to see dominate the national stage? (Much like how the "socialists" want to see Bernie as president).
Paleocon is probably the best term for me, but I'm far more 'Dissident Right' and small-L libertarian as well, as a result of being American.
I'm fond of the term "Neo-Traditionalist." Mainly because I'm trying to find a version of Traditionalism that won't straight up fail the way the Tradcons have. There has to be a hybridization of good ideas to combat the rot pervasive in the present system, some combination of useful societal traits that can resist the decay-- but I have yet to find it.
The Tradcons are obsessed with maintaining the form of the traditions instead of the people who created and maintained them and as such were destined to fail.
How can you maintain traditions when it's so common for people to move hundreds or thousands of miles away from their home town? Or to have to move hundreds or thousands of miles every 5-10 years? When factories moved to Mexico and the economies in those old factory towns hollowed out, did Tradcons like Mitt Romney and George W Bush care about this? Or did they help it along?
Let alone attempting to maintain traditions when you're importing people with different ones. Many of the Tradcons I grew up around were farmers who hired illegal alien farm labor and would balk at any suggestion that the border be closed because it might hurt their farm. Now Hispanics are the overwhelming majority population in that area, and the traditions these Tradcons claimed to hold dear will die because the people who live there now have their own traditions which they care about instead.
Any "Neo-Traditionalist" I think needs to start with the people and focus on maintaining them. Encourage people and families to stay in a place for generations and discourage outsiders (you need some, but you don't need to encourage it; and they certainly don't need to wield political power on day 1). The traditions themselves will fall out from that.