Back in August, I wrote an introduction to the Alt Right geared towards those who were
immersed in the mainstream; an explanation of why the new generation of
political thinkers has deviated so greatly from traditional discourse.
Around the same time, Vox Day described the
movement in sixteen points as a starting point to guide future
growth. I think it is an excellent summation; new movements without
guiding principles will inevitably fall prey to subversive entryists with
pre-established agendas, and his sixteen points serve as a bulwark against
that. I prefer to think of myself as a Catholic Medievalist when it comes
to political theory, but as far as contemporary politics go, I happily endorse
Vox Day’s definitions. His sixteen points, with commentary, are:
1. The Alt Right is of the
political right in both the American and the European sense of the term.
Socialists are not Alt Right. Progressives are not Alt Right. Liberals are not
Alt Right. Communists, Marxists, Marxians, cultural Marxists, and neocons are
not Alt Right.
Neocons are best understood as Neo-Trotskyists, the dialectical response to Neo-Liberal
Democrats, whose inevitable synthesis is Globalist Stalinism under the
influence of figures such as George Soros.
2. The Alt Right is an ALTERNATIVE
to the mainstream conservative movement in the USA that is nominally
encapsulated by Russel Kirk’s 10 Conservative
Principles, but in reality has devolved towards progressivism. It is
also an alternative to libertarianism.
Libertarianism is an effect, not a cause, of a well ordered
society. Attempting to build policy off of Libertarian principles results
in Libertinism, and eventual tyranny.
3. The Alt Right is not a
defensive attitude and rejects the concept of noble and principled defeat. It
is a forward-thinking philosophy of offense, in every sense of that term. The
Alt Right believes in victory through persistence and remaining in harmony with
science, reality, cultural tradition, and the lessons of history.
“Harmony” is the crucial term here; the world
is an organic whole with a cyclic nature. Any political philosophy which
aims for a permanent state of affairs will inevitably fail. As Professor
Jordan B. Peterson observed, the evil father (patriarchy) must be overcome,
redeemed, and reinvented by each generation – it must not be destroyed, and it
cannot be perfected.
4. The Alt Right believes Western
civilization is the pinnacle of human achievement and supports its three
foundational pillars: Christianity, the European nations, and the Graeco-Roman
legacy.
Elsewhere I have heard this described as the
spiritual unity of Christianity, the foundation of reason and Law from the
Graeco-Roman tradition, and the principle of individual freedom which came from
the barbarian tribes.
5. The Alt Right is openly and
avowedly nationalist. It supports all nationalisms and the right of all nations
to exist, homogeneous and unadulterated by foreign invasion and immigration.
The Globalist agenda seeks to turn humans into
fungible assets – nothing more than corporate human resources – and the
preservation of unique cultures and nations is paramount if we wish to avoid
the horrors of utopia. It should be cautioned, however, that should
nationalism arise, these same interests will try and pervert it into jingoism,
so that the resultant bloodshed can be leveraged into a new attempt at
pacifistic tyranny. Nationalism must be balanced with consideration of
others, especially in an era where the entire world is only twelve hours away
by flight, and immediately accessible through the Internet.
6. The Alt Right is
anti-globalist. It opposes all groups who work for globalist ideals or
globalist objectives.
Anti-globalist should not be understood as an
extreme form of isolationism; global dialogue is both necessary and good, but
in its present manifestation it is nothing more than an attempt to subvert
national sovereignty.
7. The Alt Right is
anti-equalitarian. It rejects the idea of equality for the same reason it
rejects the ideas of unicorns and leprechauns, noting that human equality does
not exist in any observable scientific, legal, material, intellectual, sexual,
or spiritual form.
The meaning of the term “equality” morphed
over the years, first into legal equality (sans a spiritual connection), and
eventually into practical equality – the equality of outcome. This
heretical perversion must be soundly rejected, but the inclusion of spiritual
equality on that list has troubled some Christians; I would like to square that
particular circle. Christianity was a radical departure from all previous
religions, in that it explicitly stated that every soul was valued by
God. Christians were called to treat both outsiders and those of a lower
social caste with love and justice: nobody could be considered an “unperson”,
and the abuse of the Other was no longer acceptable. However, it does not
follow from this that all souls are equal. The Angels are have their
various choirs, and every individual human is granted a unique role to
play. Souls are equally valuable, but they are not all equal; they are
not fungible. Man and woman are of equal worth, but a woman cannot
become a priest, and a man cannot become a mother. Let’s not blind
ourselves to the reality of individual uniqueness.
8. The Alt Right is scientodific.
It presumptively accepts the current conclusions of the scientific method
(scientody), while understanding a) these conclusions are liable to future
revision, b) that scientistry is susceptible to corruption, and c) that the
so-called scientific consensus is not based on scientody, but democracy, and is
therefore intrinsically unscientific.
This is an important inclusion because of how
politicized and unreliable modern science has become. The social sciences
assume their conclusions, psychology normalizes dysfunction, environmentalism
prescribes socialism, and medicine and agriculture serve moneyed
interests. Obeying modern science is tantamount to obeying whomever is
paying the scientists.
9. The Alt Right believes identity
> culture > politics.
A healthy political body requires
psychologically healthy individuals, and a healthy individual needs a positive
identity based upon their heritage and family, not some corporate,
mass-produced outfit or subculture. “The Smith family keeps their word.
The Jones family helps those in need. The Hamiltons always give it their
all.” Without identity, you have rudderless individuals who will subsume
themselves in the first narrative which comes along.
10. The Alt Right is opposed to
the rule or domination of any native ethnic group by another, particularly in
the sovereign homelands of the dominated peoples. The Alt Right is opposed to
any non-native ethnic group obtaining excessive influence in any society
through nepotism, tribalism, or any other means.
This principle creates some distinct
challenges. Race is a centre of gravity, but it is not a monolith; it
becomes fuzzy at he edges, and in America we see several groups with historical
claims. The Reds (after genociding an earlier group) were the original
inhabitants of the continent. The Whites wound up taking over the
continent during the age of exploration (primarily due to the social technology
of property law, not ethnic hatred as most High Schools teach). The
Blacks were settled here against their will, and the ship to Liberia sailed
long ago. Since then, many others have taken up habitation, adopted the
culture, and intermarried with the other groups. It is one thing to expel
the migrants from France – it is quite another to define what it means to be
American. Simplistic ethno-nationalism will not only fail, it will be
used as a tool by the Global elites in the same manner as jingoism: by
promoting violent clashes between extreme elements within different
ethnicities, the growth of the police state will be justified.
Homogenizing ethnic groups will result in the destruction of the organic
individual, but overemphasis on race will serve the agents of chaos. A
subtle touch is needed.
11. The Alt Right understands that
diversity + proximity = war.
Good fences make good neighbours.
12. The Alt Right doesn’t care
what you think of it.
Pursuing the truth will always create enemies
out of those who profit by lies. We do not care if we upset the apple
cart of your assumptions, and your pearl-clutching will not silence us.
13. The Alt Right rejects
international free trade and the free movement of peoples that free trade
requires. The benefits of intranational free trade is not evidence for the
benefits of international free trade.
Different countries will have different laws
and standards: by collapsing all trade barriers, international corporations can
exploit loopholes in every country. Hire labour where there are lax
employment standards, perform resource extraction where there is lax
environmental regulation, et cetera.
14. The Alt Right believes we must
secure the existence of white people and a future for white children.
Whites are under distinct attack by the
cultural gatekeepers and the international community; partly because Whites are
one of their greatest potential adversaries, but also because we have
accomplished great and beautiful things, and there’s nothing the agents of
chaos hate so much as greatness and beauty. Most of us who align with the
Alt Right are White, and we will defend our race. That said, I see great
potential for alliances across ethnic lines. The Blacks have had their
communities torn apart by 60 years of Democrat pandering, and many of them are
beginning to wake up to that fact. Defending the White race doesn’t
necessitate attacking or denigrating others.
15. The Alt Right does not believe
in the general supremacy of any race, nation, people, or sub-species. Every
race, nation, people, and human sub-species has its own unique strengths and
weaknesses, and possesses the sovereign right to dwell unmolested in the native
culture it prefers.
This point affirms my last comment.
Supremacism is a stance taken by those who hate themselves, and it inevitably
leads to a backlash. A cursory glance at 20th century history will
confirm this.
16. The Alt Right is a philosophy
that values peace among the various nations of the world and opposes wars to
impose the values of one nation upon another as well as efforts to exterminate
individual nations through war, genocide, immigration, or genetic assimilation.
As President Eisenhower said, beware of the
Military-Industrial Complex.
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Otto von Bismark described politics as the art
of the possible. Instead of listening to his advice, 20th century
political theorists became idealistic, utopian, and mechanistic. It would
treat a given variable as independent from the rest of the equation, when in
fact it was webbed to the rest of society through a network of feedback
mechanisms. “If we could only tweak this one thing, while everything else
remains constant, we would be able to create a more perfect world.” The law of
unforeseen consequences followed from this, leading to a great deal of misery
and destruction.
An organic, holistic approach is needed – one
which doesn’t shy away from hard truths – while avoiding the fallacy of world
building. Castles in the sky have no place in adult discourse or
political debates, and should be shunned by anyone who wishes to be taken
seriously. I have no idea if the Alt Right will remain a viable movement,
or if it will be taken over by aggressive, subversive interests, but whatever
happens to the label itself, Vox Days’ points remain a good starting point for
creating a new political understanding of the world which is eminently
practical, and capable of leading us away from the brink of societal collapse.
Davis M.J. Aurini
There's nothing like a good Rye-Whisky to dull the pain of
staring at the ugliness of this world. Sometimes it's almost more than a man
can bear, but someone's gotta dig down into the rotten, hateful core. I'm a
writer, goddamnit, and that's my job.
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