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

[Mike Weaver]

They weren't Horace Bachelor and the Zebra Kid but Alan and Bill were a 
great team. Using swimming pools of blood as a graphic count of the 
carnage is perfect.

They started a series about (fictional)  local and political goings on 
Alan's hometown. Big Numbers. Was meant to be 12 issues I think, the 
first completely black and white and one colour panel in the second. 
Last issue would be full colour. But those two were all they managed.

On 11/05/2025 18:05, j e l wrote:
> 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:
>>
>>
>> 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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>>>
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