tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post5262226109378943107..comments2023-10-16T11:28:03.544+00:00Comments on Anomaly UK: Integrating Theory and PracticeAnomaly UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780148789321563441noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post-7657085272100401572012-10-25T20:25:15.427+00:002012-10-25T20:25:15.427+00:00We can bat ideas around online all we want. I'...We can bat ideas around online all we want. I'm in favour of that, though I'd like to add <a href="http://anomalyuk.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-library.html" rel="nofollow">the discipline</a> of aiming for a usable library of works, rather than an unedited mass of blog threads and irc logs.<br /><br />But we also need to go beyond that and become visible in the broader culture, and that's the function as I see it of Heubeck's suggestions. Discussing books isn't the point; the point is hearing real people express the ideas, in actual social engagement.<br /><br />We don't need a majority, but we do need a kind of mainstreaming. The man in the street should be aware that there are people saying we should do without democracy, and he should know who one or two of them are, and that they're not just weirdos on the internet. That makes the idea plausible as a response to some kind of crisis when it comes.<br /><br />We may not quite be ready to take the debate into meatspace, but it's a valuable reminder that that has to be our strategy.Anomaly UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780148789321563441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post-71548053229105730572012-10-24T13:40:01.443+00:002012-10-24T13:40:01.443+00:00As far as a reactionary book club is concerned, mi...As far as a reactionary book club is concerned, might a private IRC server suffice? Exclusive 'club-style' membership, with sponsorship and universal approval required for new members. If you wanted to be super paranoid, you could probably do something with tor hidden services and pkcsconzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908181786934308463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post-1996992326148069432012-10-22T12:09:44.963+00:002012-10-22T12:09:44.963+00:00I've been thinking about this a little. Based ...I've been thinking about this a little. Based on some of the things James G wrote, and then based on James G's disappearance. <br /><br />I suggest we cut with the grain, and work with the generally nerdy computer-literate nature of the alt-right-o-sphere currently. I suggested on one of Jim's comment threads that someone put together a legal torrent containing copies of Moldbug's posts, comment threads, out-of-print and out-of-copyright books, etc.sconzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908181786934308463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post-48070647853671254712012-10-18T04:11:07.911+00:002012-10-18T04:11:07.911+00:00Interesting material. I’d recommend studying the A...Interesting material. I’d recommend studying the <a href="http://www.aynrand.org/" rel="nofollow">Ayn Rand Institute</a> for some more inspiration on how to structure a cultural movement.<br /><br />Relatedly, I came across two interesting things on Wikipedia recently: the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Court_System" rel="nofollow">Imperial Court System</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situationist_International#May_Events_.281968.29" rel="nofollow">role played by the Situationist International in the French uprisings of May 1968</a>.<br /><br />I find it fascinating that I’d never even <em>heard</em> of the former, and as to the latter, I find the sentence “The active ideologists (‘enragés’ and Situationists) behind the revolutionary events in Strasbourg, Nanterre and Paris, numbered only about one or two dozen persons” both terrifying and encouraging.<br /><br />I believe Mencius once quoted Lenin as saying something like, “Three people fully understand the movement. The success of the revolution is now assured.” (I can’t find the specific quote.)Aaron Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334056755840192313noreply@blogger.com