Are We Heading for a New Wave of Radicalisation?
(keithwoodspub.substack.com)
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This article discusses the ongoing wave of radicalization in the right, noting how it is more illiberal than the previous wave.
I think part of the reason this wave is more illiberal is that the classical liberal resistance to radlibs failed so miserably. There has been a sort of informal, ongoing "autopsy" of the failure, and it includes things like blaming troon kids on live-and-let-live attitudes toward adult behavior.
This disparity indicates radicalization of views but political inattentiveness. These young males need to start engaging with politics lest they be taken for a ride by grifters.
I've talked about this here before. You have normie conservatives thrown into alt-tech ghettos like this, and they re seeing radical stuff that mainstream conservativism hid from them for years.
This is in line with what I said here, about the left being ideologically possessed about troonery so they won't give it up easily. https://scored.co/c/KotakuInAction2/p/16b5la1RFJ/why-the-left-is-so-insane-on-the/c/4TsavvBuzoG
Oof. Keith is just casually slaying Trumpcels and Roncels. Maybe I'll dig up why he thinks Biden will win later.
I wonder how much of this is the ripple effects of the emergence of the alt-right. Even though it's been squashed, its ideas still permeate the discourse. Everyone knows about black crime now, for example.
This isn't "The Big One" yet. It will be difficult for a Trumpian figure to harness it and dissipate it, but there are already signs of how it's going to flame out. Elon is still censoring Twitter. Rumble has anti-hate speech rules. The line between mainstream and politics has narrowed but not been broken. There will be a controlled margin, guard rails containing the radicalization.
The e-celebs will become sneakily centralized by some sort of talent management firm, similar to what's happened on the left. They will only have the appearance of decentralization. The rise and fall of Nick Fuentes will be a microcosm of how the e-celebs play out. They will gain a following by sounding radical, only use it to grift, and then flame out in a blaze of catty bickering, behind the scenes drama, sex scandals, etc.
That said, I don't think this wave will be a complete failure. It will move things forward. Perhaps the following wave will be The Big One.
Just want to applaud your summary and analysis
Whenever someone uses the phrase "classical liberal", all I hear is:
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm not a radical retard! I used to call myself a retard, but the DNC left me behind. Now I realize I'm a classical retard!"
(((Ben Shapiro))) is working on that and has somewhat succeeded with unifying conseritives under a kosher con banner.
It's why places like reddit keep trying to cover it up by banning anything that even remotely mentions it.
Every time I hear about Tate it's from the left who's obsessed with him.
He has the same energy as the things middle aged women usually watch - daytime soaps, talk shows like maury, etc.
I can't decide if I'm out of touch or whether it's accurate to say the obsession with him is mostly from the left.
It's all over the place.
As we poles would describe him, he's a "damski bokser" (trans. Lady boxer).
Under normal circumstances a stern but fair father and a nurturing caring mother would teach a child how to have a happy monogamous relationship with the opposite sex and make that clown go back to the dregs of society where he belongs.
But we live in clown world.
Did you read the article? It's not talking about that at all.