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

[j e l]

of interest:

Brought To Light: Shadowplay - The Secret Team
by Alan Moore and Bill Sienkiewicz

https://archive.org/details/BroughtToLightShadowplayTheSecretTeam

--jel

On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM j e l <ssnomes at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave Emory recently discussed this:
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> https://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr1378-team-trump-takes-the-field-part-4/
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> you may recall:
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> https://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/2020-October/213669.html
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> https://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/2020-October/213670.html
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> https://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/2020-October/213672.html
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> --jel
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> 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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