Tag Archives: Mencius Moldbug

Democracy & Politics

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Say the word democracy. Notice how good it sounds. Everything democratic is good. A democratic meeting, a democratic policy, a democratic giraffe… if the adjective fits the noun at all, anything you paint with it comes out shiny and bright. Now say the word politics. Notice how bad … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Economics | Tagged Donald Trump, Founding Fathers, Kim Kardashian, Mencius Moldbug | 1 Comment

USG: A Version History

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Here’s a fun game: imagine the United States government is software. What would its version history look like? Inspired by Moldbug, Fabrizio and I were kicking the idea around and here’s what we came up with: 1776: … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Politics and Economics | Tagged Mencius Moldbug, USG | 1 Comment

Quote Du Jour: The Irreconcilables

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: There can be no more formidable symptom of our time, and none more menacing to popular government, than the growth of Irreconcilable bodies within the mass of the population. Church and State are alike convulsed by them; but, … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Economics | Tagged democracy, factionalism, Froude Society, Henry Sumner Maine, Mencius Moldbug | 1 Comment

Quote Du Jour: Moldbug, er Boldmug, is Back

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Thanks to Callowman for alerting me to this. Lots and lots to chew on here, here’s just one (very lengthy, but hey, it’s Moldbug we’re talking about) example: …do you see the actual organizational structure of Washington, DC … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Economics | Tagged Dark Enlightenment, Donald Trump, Foseti, Mencius Moldbug, Neoreaction, The Cathedral | 6 Comments

The UR Syllabus of Shitlordery

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Browsing my Facebook feed the past few days, I’ve been astonished at the amount of hysterical, sloppy thinking I’ve seen from many of my otherwise smart friends. How you can see a (likely gay) Muslim man shoot up … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Education, Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics, Sex | Tagged Bukka White, Charles Bukowski, Charles Ferguson, Charles Portis, Charles Willeford, donald westlake, Edward Abbey, Elmore Leonard, Epictetus, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gary Taubes, George MacDonald Fraser, Gore Vidal, Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending, Howlin' Wolf, John Colapinto, John Lee Hooker, John T. Flynn, Joseph McCarthy, Kevin MacDonald, Lead Belly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lonnie Johnson, Mance Lipscomb, Marcus Aurelius, Mencius Moldbug, Michael Oakeshott, Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Nassim Taleb, Nicholas Wade, Oswald Spengler, Otis Rush, Raymond Chandler, Red Pill, seneca, shitlordery, Skip James, Son House, Stanley Rothman, Steven Pinker, T-Bone Walker, Thomas Sowell | 7 Comments

Linkage

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Fake hate crime du jour. Good to see that someone’s keeping track. In a world of Trumpism vs. Clintonism, which will be the party of the 1%? Charles Koch prefers Hillary to any of the Repubs. Will … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged Charles Koch, Frauke Petry, Fred Reed, hate hoaxes, Mencius Moldbug, politics, Prince, Steve Sailer | 3 Comments

Book Notes: Catching Up with Moldbug

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Whenever the topic of Moldbug came up in online discussion, I would confess to friends that I was never able to make it through an entire post. Too long-winded, too arch, too many references that admittedly went right … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics | Tagged late to the party, Mencius Moldbug, Neoreaction, The Cathedral | 9 Comments

Response to Paleo

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Paleo just wrote: . . . I’m left wondering how much the arrival of so many engineer-scientist types on the public-discussion scene has driven the growth of the Dark Enlightenment / HBD / Game / Reactionary part of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal reflections, Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics | Tagged autism, Dark Enlightenment, Game, Mencius Moldbug, neocameralism, Neoreaction, Nick LAnd, Ramzpaul | 5 Comments

Linkage

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Unleash the Beef shares the eulogy from his father’s funeral. It could almost serve as a eulogy for traditional American manhood. Related. Bring back the ’70s-style sex film! This strikes me as one of the great … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Linkathons, Movies, Politics and Economics, Science, Sex | Tagged Ashkenazi, gay marriage, genetics, Gregory Cochran, Italians, Jews, Mencius Moldbug, revenge porn | 1 Comment

Linkage

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I’ve been pretty amazed at how quick many people have been to make excuses for the surviving Jonas Brothers bomber. Okay, I get it — he’s cute, he has cool hair, and if Obama had a son … Continue reading →