Between 2008-2010, during the depths and aftermath of the financial crisis, pundits envisioned that the ‘old’ status quo would be replaced by a more egalitarian ‘new’ one of less wealth inequality, as well as slower economic growth and asset price stagnation, which some called ‘the new normal’. With the U.S. stock market and and U.S.… Continue reading Fallacy of Composition
Reaction, Pacifism, and Realism
On this blog there are posts about economics and finance, which falls under ‘lifestyle and investing’ but from a reactionary-realist perspective. The idea of reactionary realism is to be cognizant of reality without engaging in too much, yet participating at the same time, but still holding out for something better, within reason. One neither pushes… Continue reading Reaction, Pacifism, and Realism
The Left’s Favorite Books, Debunked
At the end of the post Understanding the far-left, I dismissed much of the left’s work on social science as ‘flimsy science’. The far-left tends to blame environment for inequality, because biological differences, such as IQ, that may engender inequality less tractable to state intervention. Stephen Jay Gould (The Mismeasure of Man) and Jared Diamond… Continue reading The Left’s Favorite Books, Debunked
Small-Government Ethno-States
Andrew Anglin of Daily Stormer interviews Alex Linder: Daily Stormer Interview with Alex Linder Trigger warning: Mr. Linder is pretty extreme…more so than probably the vast majority of the alt-right…He makes Richard Spencer seem like Obama by comparison. This passage stood out: I think I’ve given you that above. I happened to drive through a… Continue reading Small-Government Ethno-States
New ‘Alts’
In addition to the alt-right, which everyone is familiar with, new ones are constantly being invented: alt-left, alt-lite, alt-White, alt-West, and even ‘alt-rino’. So here are some more that I made up: Alt-rat (rational): this blog. Combines rationalism with elements of Dark Enlightenment; agnostic/atheist; HBD; leans libertarian and or minarchist; minimal activism. Alt-trad (traditionalist): Vox… Continue reading New ‘Alts’
Wealth Creation as the New American Religion
On sites such as Hacker News, Quora, Medium, and Reddit, posts, threads, and discussions about wealth creation always go viral. Everyone is obsessed with wealth, economics, finance, and money, but why, and what does this say about society? My own take is, in the past, society was more collective–and family, civic participation, and organized religion… Continue reading Wealth Creation as the New American Religion
The Value of Republican Moderates
I defended Richard Spencer a few days ago and now I will defend, gasp, Ben Shapiro and Erick Erickson, who are often targets. Ben and Erik agree with the alt-right on about 80-90% of issues (SJWs, BLM, political correctness, second amendment, feminism, etc.), with the exception of being somewhat soft on immigration, yet they are… Continue reading The Value of Republican Moderates
Trump Presidency Analysis
A Rising Stock Market Does Not Signal Economic Health Are we in a stock market bubble? No. Will there be a crash anytime soon? No. Those are just opinions, not facts, but they are no worse than 1000+ word analysis by ‘experts’ who are often wrong all the time. My record, backed by years of… Continue reading Trump Presidency Analysis
Understanding the far-left
An imgur gallery of statistics that show how society is improving went viral. Far-left liberalism, in a nutshell, is the belief that man – particularly white, heterosexual men – are intrinsically corrupt [1] (similar to the concept of original sin) and that it’s the job of the state ‘purify’ man, as well as to enforce… Continue reading Understanding the far-left
Nassim Tooleb Loses His Temper Again
Nassim Tooleb lost his temper again. He began by asking the difference between democracy and populism, but only asking for ‘rigorous’ explanations, which is kinda difficult given the 140-character restriction of Twitter. But people tried anyway. I am still looking for someone to give a rigorous explanation/explanation of difference between populism & democracy. Nothing yet.… Continue reading Nassim Tooleb Loses His Temper Again