Despite what some may say, my time within Far Right circles has not been a complete waste of time. I have learned a lot, I’ve created a lot of good content, and I’ve made a some really good friends along the way. But the biggest reward I’ve received from being in these circles is learning humans and their behavior. While most are perfectly content with finding out why blacks and Jews act a certain way, I dived deeper and learned about the behavior of women, Yankees, political collectives, and, most importantly, my fellow travelers in these circles. While we all have criticisms of our opponents, it’s important to take a step back and critique yourself and the movement as well.
Upon entering the Far Right, one of the first things I noticed was the obsession with the idea of a violent revolution. Everyone seemed to believe that when RaHoWa, Day of the Rope, or whatever societal collapse came, they’d be a one man army, taking on the enemy in the woods or city streets like some racist edition of First Blood. Regardless of them never actually having any combat training, they were 100% confident that running around in the woods in a skull mask, wearing surplus Army fatigues, and shooting soda cans ensured their victory over the enemy. Not only do they actually look like dweebs, not once did any of them go into greater detail of surviving any of it, it was simply run-and-gun your way to the ethnostate. There’s much more to survival than being able to fight.
To tag along with their super soldier fantasy, many fancy themselves the next Führer. While I’ve met many great men and leaders in the Far Right, many have the grandiose pipe dream that, after whatever collapse occurs, they’ll be a shot-caller. This problem has and will continue to create power struggles that will tear organizations down. I hate to break it to kikeslammer88 and boogalooboi69, but if you can’t keep a job at KFC, what makes you think you can run a nation? These cases of megalomania are a serious issue in a movement that claims to respect and want hierarchy. I’ve watched many businesses fail from having too many Chiefs and not enough Indians, and this is no different; a hierarchy must be established and maintained for success, everyone has a role and not everyone gets to be a leader. But, don’t worry, the Far Left has this same issue: they all believe they’ll be Commissars.
My favorite myth of the Far Right is The Great White Awakening. Believe it or not, there are people who actually believe that the white masses can be swayed into thinking Hitler did nothing wrong, people in funny little hats control the world, and that White Nationalism is the key to all of our problems. This is all despite the fact that Americans have been indoctrinated, from a young age, to believe that diversity is our greatest strength and that their grandparents fought off the evil Nazis so they could be free. While a select few are able to break these mental chains, the average person is too inundated with social media, comic book movies, and Popeye’s chicken sandwiches to even care about breaking their social conditioning.
To pair with the mythical awakening, my second favorite myth of the Far Right is the idea that not only can they infiltrate the current system, but that they can take it over. This idea that they can sneak their way into power is another symptom stemming from their megalomania. These people are incapable of keeping their composure on social media, what makes them think they can do that while running for political office? The only benefit that could come of such a thing is some Far Right talking points will be presented to the masses. While that wouldn’t turn the tide and they’d be run out of town, some people would join the ranks.
While this isn’t all I have to say on the matter, and more articles are surely to come, this is a solid starting point for critiquing the Far Right movement and the people within it. Some may cry that I am “punching right” but it needs to be understood that nothing is above criticism. Without criticism, without identifying problems within the movement, things can never be improved.
Crawling out of the Everglades and guzzling a Monster energy drink.
I think you should have inserted a note or a disclaimer at the top of the post in brackets stating something to the effect that “the following is a condensed version of the talking points contained in our most recent podcast.” Ha, ha. Nah, I joke, I kid, I tease.
I will say this about your points concerning certain persons of a certain bent owning lots of guns of various styles and calibers and so forth:
I understand where you’re coming from from a “suburbanite” perspective. And I myself, though by no means a suburbanite, am neither by any means a gun enthusiast, although I own at least my share of varieties and always have. But where I come from almost everyone I know has in his possession what emasculated Yankee twits afraid of their own gun’s shadow would no doubt refer to as an “arsenal.” Within our little circles, I jokingly refer to these guys (who are my lifelong friends, and/or relatives) as “gun nuts.” What they are in reality is enthusiasts who tend to be extremely proficient with ALL of their weapons, yet would never aim them at another human being except in the case of a home invasion or something like that where “it’s either you or me and mine, and I choose me and mine.” I wouldn’t want to test their resolve, nor their proficiency in any case, and neither would they mine. We all understand that about each other perhaps above all else, and it contributes at least to the making of a fairly stable environment in our communities.
I’ll also add that in the case of societal collapse, such persons have lots of guns and ammunition that, as you say, they cannot possibly put to good use personally. What you probably haven’t considered is that their surpluses (as well as their intimate knowledge about those surpluses) might be very useful to those who don’t have them when it gets down to the proverbial “nut-cuttin'”. I don’t mean to say in use against the military or paramilitary organizations, but just as a means of protecting me and mine and ours against dependent rogues who will invariably come in to take what we, by our own hands and good planning, have accumulated in the way of our own survival. I could go on and on about this, but I won’t.
Come on up to my neck of the woods and I’ll teach you how to “skin a buck and run a trot line [among other useful skills], because a country boy can survive.” If I can’t do it, someone else very near to me can.
The conspicuous militarism is a symptom of pent up aggression, which there are all too few healthy outlets for our guys these days. Though small unit tactics and run and gun competition are good training tools, their overall practical value is limited given the probable outcomes of any SHTF scenario we are likely to face. If you live within 20 minutes of a major city center when the SHTF, you aren’t going to survive unless you leave.
I’m an hour from the nearest city center and can walk out my backdoor into 20,000 acres of unbroken hardwood forest. I have rain water runoff in abundance. A ton of wildlife for food, and good valley soil to grow during a long growing season. I also farm poultry. My military surplus camo, is what I hunt in. I can get within twenty feet of a deer on the ground any time i need to. I could survive in those woods with a big jar of peanut butter, a gallon of bleach and a bic lighter for a month. I am a woodsman, not a soldier. This is the true legacy of the militia. Common men, woodsmen and farmers. Not LARPers.
I will make it, if anybody will.
My weapons are utilitarian. I can and do hunt with every shotgun, .22, muzzleloader, rifle and bow/crossbow I own. I carry my pistols to protect myself when I venture into town. I killed my first deer with a flintlock (I hope my ancestors smiled). I am an excellent shot, a humane hunter and an avid conservationist.
This contempt for “Gun Nuts” in the dissident right is getting trite at this point though. This admonition against gun ownership is a forcememe and we all know it. Guns, and the use of them is an integral part of the culture of Appalachia (my home), its founding mythology/history and not something I have any intention of trying to justify to urban neets or to our annointed spokespeople in the dissident right.
None of my interests are served by the “movement” currently. I won’t budge on this issue unless its in my interest to. There is no room for restrictions on gun ownership in my world. I will oppose anybody and everybody that tries. Including through strawman arguments and propaganda intended to isolate and freeze gun owners and make them feel defensive, in an attempt to give an organization some deniabilty against the legal liabilty that is going to come from the mass shootings.
I also think murder is bad. But, my guns aren’t for other people to give away to make themselves look respectable to the judges that were going to rule against us anyhow.
Skull masks are terrible camouflage.
Don’t be confused, I am not against gun ownership in the slightest and no mass shooting will ever make me support gun control.
Masonious Rufus has a good approach to this kind of post, when you need to state your position to clear the air and cover your ass.
His tone is always what you would expect from an uncle, or a friend of your father, when reproaching the guys for their nonsense. A gentle scruffing, not a derisive character assassination like we have come to expect from Andrew Anglin when he decides its time to scapegoat yet another white guy who doesn’t have the platform to refute his strawman arguments.
If it is the consensus of the sites administrators that these fed posters and militia types are malicious, then openly say that and denounce them as such.
If conversely they feel these guys are mostly just misguided and really just lack a constructive outlet for energy, then use the Rufus approach.
Sorry if I came on strong, but I wrote this after laying it on pretty thick in response to the other article “the 1930’s called…” or whatever, where they are posting pictures of guys faces and strawmanning/degrading them. I get the tattoo thing but… do not ever do that to our guys, especially not guys who aren’t fellow e-celebs that can get on their platform and flame your ass. Don’t abuse your platform. Its too important and you absolutely can’t afford a heavy handed approach.
I say this as someone with nothing to lose by being totally honest.
If its a problem, ban me. But I will always speak up when I see something wrong in this thing, because I judge the character of the “movement” and these sites/posters based on the reaction I get to honest feedback.
Much respect.
Thank you for your effort in posting content. The discussion is important even if we don’t entirely agree.