tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post4004047888130507949..comments2023-10-16T11:28:03.544+00:00Comments on Anomaly UK: The War of IdeasAnomaly UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780148789321563441noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post-51382694153575969172013-05-27T21:21:21.954+00:002013-05-27T21:21:21.954+00:00A replacement of the elites is possible, but a con...A replacement of the elites is possible, but a conversion is both more likely and more desirable.<br /><br />The answer to your objection is the integration of theory and practice, the emergence of reactionary ideas from a freak ghetto or a dusty ruin.<br /><br />Sure, the bien-pensant aren't going to get hooked on Carlyle, any more than they are going to get hooked on De Sade or Aleister Crowley. But ideas spread from somewhere, and the future reactionary Elton John may be just about to follow a funny "have you seen this insanity" link to <a href="radishmag.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/volume-2-issue-8-heroes-of-the-dark-enlightenment/" rel="nofollow">The Radish</a>. Elton, after all, is only one or two degrees of separation from Crowley.<br /><br />The Dark Enlightenment is not <i>intrinsically</i> outlandish; it is outlandish because nobody normal associates with it. The explosion of the last six months, tiny as it is on an absolute scale, is already having an effect. In the last two days I have seen two references to Henry Maine, from <i>outside</i> the reactionary clique. And Moldbug said, <a href="http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/divine-right-monarchy-for-modern.html" rel="nofollow">Once you've read Maine, perhaps you are ready for Filmer</a>.<br /><br />At the same time, the Modern Structure's old defense, of incorporating opposition into the "outer party", is beginning to break down. Its internal dynamics produce an accelerating leftward move, but its success depends on the past being forgotten. Today positions that were commonplace and moderate twenty years ago are considered impermissibly extremist - the stitching of history is showing. The Tea Party and UKIP are symptoms of that, and while they will achieve nothing, their ineffectiveness will teach further lessons.Anomaly UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780148789321563441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post-60752588859086524002013-05-27T20:39:40.268+00:002013-05-27T20:39:40.268+00:00Question - how do you imagine a possible scenario ...Question - how do you imagine a possible scenario of the elite adopting any of the neoreactionary policies? Will there be a complete replacement of the elites, or will the DE be so hip, modern and dominant that the existing ones will adopt it?<br /><br />The reason why I'm asking this is that I can easily imagine Harvard professors hanging out with high ranking civil servants, Elton John walking in the room and 2 hours later everyone present supports gay marriage. 15 years later, everyone outside the room supports gay marriage too. I somehow can't imagine the same process of seduction that will lead them hooked on Hoppe, Kuehnelt-Leddihn or Carlyle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com