NP - A brief genealogy of the neo-anti-enlightenment figures (the Sons of Carl Schmitt and Joseph de Maistre)

[j e l]

Dave Emory recently discussed this:

https://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr1378-team-trump-takes-the-field-part-4/

you may recall:

https://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/2020-October/213669.html

https://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/2020-October/213670.html

https://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/2020-October/213672.html

--jel

On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
> The great Isaiah Berlin did a marvellous job in detailing the intellectual
> arc of the anti-enlightenment thinkers and their influence on nationalism.
> All the more pity we don't have him around today. However, we can look at
> some of the players and those by whom they claim to be influenced. (For
> example, we know about the connection between the Neocons and Leo Strauss.)
>
> While some have mentioned Peter Theil's (misplaced) admiration of René
> Girard, there hasn't been much discussion of his friend Curtis Yarvin. It
> provides an even clearer case for the thread of anti-enlightenment
> irrationalism that runs through most of the would-be Techno Lords. If
> you're not familiar with this inflated scumbag, just take a look at his
> Wikipedia page. He claims that US democracy has failed (presumably because
> he didn't have a girlfriend until he was able to afford one), has defended
> slavery, opposes civil rights, and is racist. This well-placed fascist is
> in favor of what he and his pals call the Dark Enlightenment (sounds like
> some Sith Lord Golden Age). What is that, you ask. Ok.
>
> Apparently, Curtis takes notes from Nick Land. An English philosopher that
> in the 90's, according to the Wiki page, "drew inspiration from
> post-structuralist <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-structuralist>
> theory
> and leftist <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics> thinkers
> like Bataille <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bataille>, Marx
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx>, and Deleuze & Guattari
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deleuze_and_Guattari> as well as science
> fiction <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction>, rave culture
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rave_culture>, and the occult
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_occult>."  He later had a breakdown due
> to amphetamine abuse and then moved to China where he now resides. Cool
> guy. A genius.
>
> Now, there's nothing wrong with reading Bataille, et al. I did. But I also
> realized that they were not the thinkers that would help me find North.
> Sounds like Land wasn't a very good philosopher. Land's so-called
> contribution is "accelerationism" which is basically rehashed Futurism with
> all its fascist trappings.
>
> "Freedom for the wolves," chant the angry INcel tech gang as they imagine
> how they will exact their revenge. Yes, in their dreams they are the Wolves
> and you are the sheep. That freedom is not for you. Carl Schmitt's freedom
> was not intended for Jews or anyone not sufficiently Aryan.
>
> This group that is actively working to subvert and demolish the US Republic
> is helped by Opus Dei that has worked diligently to radicalize students on
> campus for the last 3 decades. Get "Opus Dei" by Gareth Gore and you will
> see who has been busy shaping young people at Princeton and elsewhere.
>
> These genealogies must be brought to light and amplified so that the
> conversion begins to focus on the fact that those who claim to be setting
> the ship right are actually absolutely dedicated to its destruction so that
> they can hammer their "civilization" out of the rubble. Mussolini, Franco,
> Hitler, Pinochet, none of them made their country better. They enriched
> themselves and their friends while torturing and denying human rights. The
> Orange Tyrant and his Silicon Valley supporters will prove no different.
>
> Down with Dark Enlightenment fascists!
> In Solidarity,
> mc
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