How Culture Feeds Politics: Literature Edition

The Supreme Dark Lord, Vox Day, has a Periscope account. He streams commentary several times a week, often going for about 30 minutes at a time. I attend them live when I can, and watch them after the fact when I don't, because I enjoy watching men who are more intelligent and knowledgeable than I am--and Vox Day is both smarter than me and more knowledgeable--explain how oft-hidden connections work to produce the perceivable effects.

This video archive (found at a fan channel on YouTube; this is NOT Vox's channel) goes over how mainstream literature works to produce the destruction of intellectual capacity in a people, and the consequences of that system of degradation upon said people.

It's been exposed recently that the "real literature" community has a widespread aliteracy problem, leading to an equally widespread posing about books not read. I'm not even talking about people hunting down spoilers to avoid crap; the books can be good, and the "literati" that shape opinion (and thus culture) won't read most of them.

Well, I think we have a reason to explain why this happened. In addition to the effects that Vox noted in the video, let's go one step further and posit that this "skimming for impression" style of literature--both creation and consumption--is what drives all of this aliteracy and posing. They aren't dealing with literature of actual substance, so they project that nothing is worth the effort at all- unless they're paid to endure it.

This contributes, directly and significantly, to the population's capacity to think and reason. When you rely on emotional reaction alone to guide your decision-making, you lose the capacity to be skeptical of ideas presented to you; you don't have the tools to take apart an idea, see how it works, and therefore to discern if it does what it claims it does. You don't have a body of knowledge that you can compare an idea against because you don't have a body of knowledge- you have a pile of word salad.

This is the inversion and perversion of a critical institution and the cultural infrastructure that it governs. The consequence is the rise of a class of counterfeit critics--fake and fraudulent feels-peddlers--and jive-talking "journalists" whose real job is to promote, promulgate, and push-push-push The Narrative! They're commissars, political officers-cum-secular priests/inquisitors out to silence heresy and punish heretics. You don't get much more literal Thralls of Empire than this; if they're also the sort to visit the Bohemian Grove, then they are literal Thralls.

And it all starts with just one simple lie: that you don't have to actually write or read for comprehension, as only skimming for an impression will do. This is some "Connections" or "Day the Universe Changed" level of revelation, folks. This is why culture matters, and why culture is upstream from politics. Empire cannot rule what it does not ruin. Empire Must Fall.

(From Vox Popoli) AIPAC vs. 1st Amendment

The Supreme Dark Lord posted this yesterday at his blog. I am reposting this in its entirety. Direct all comments to his post, and for God's sake respect his comment rules. Whining here will just be ignored.

In case you didn't believe that immigrants have never, ever, understood literally the first goddamn thing about the Rights of Englishmen or the U.S. Constitution. Note that limiting the 1st Amendment rights of Americans is AIPAC's top legislative priority for 2017. Everything below is straight from Congress.gov.

S.720 - Israel Anti-Boycott Act
115th Congress (2017-2018)

Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] (Introduced 03/23/2017)
Committees: Senate - Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Action: 03/23/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

This bill declares that Congress: (1) opposes the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution of March 24, 2016, which urges countries to pressure companies to divest from, or break contracts with, Israel; and (2) encourages full implementation of the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 through enhanced, governmentwide, coordinated U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas.

The bill amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to declare that it shall be U.S. policy to oppose:

• requests by foreign countries to impose restrictive practices or boycotts against other countries friendly to the United States or against U.S. persons; and
• restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by an international governmental organization, or requests to impose such practices or boycotts, against Israel.

The bill prohibits U.S. persons engaged in interstate or foreign commerce from:

• requesting the imposition of any boycott by a foreign country against a country which is friendly to the United States;
• or supporting any boycott fostered or imposed by an international organization, or requesting imposition of any such boycott, against Israel.

The bill amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to include as a reason for the Export-Import Bank to deny credit applications for the export of goods and services between the United States and foreign countries, opposition to policies and actions that are politically motivated and are intended to penalize or otherwise limit commercial relations specifically with citizens or residents of Israel, entities organized under the laws of Israel, or the Government of Israel.

Cosponsor and Date Cosponsored
Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]* 03/23/2017
Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] 03/27/2017
Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] 03/27/2017
Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] 03/27/2017
Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] 03/27/2017
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] 03/27/2017
Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] 03/28/2017
Sen. Young, Todd C. [R-IN] 03/28/2017
Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] 03/28/2017
Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] 03/28/2017
Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] 03/28/2017
Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] 03/30/2017
Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] 03/30/2017
Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] 03/30/2017
Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] 03/30/2017
Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] 04/04/2017
Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] 04/04/2017
Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] 04/04/2017
Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] 04/24/2017
Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] 04/24/2017
Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] 04/24/2017
Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] 04/24/2017
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] 04/25/2017
Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] 04/26/2017
Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] 05/01/2017
Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] 05/01/2017
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] 05/08/2017
Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] 05/09/2017
Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] 05/16/2017
Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] 05/17/2017
Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] 05/23/2017
Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] 05/25/2017
Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] 06/05/2017
Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] 06/05/2017
Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] 06/05/2017
Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] 06/06/2017
Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] 06/12/2017
Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] 06/12/2017
Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] 06/15/2017
Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] 06/26/2017
Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] 07/12/2017
Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] 07/12/2017
Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] 07/18/2017
Sen. Tillis, Thom [R-NC] 07/19/2017
Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] 07/19/2017

You know what to do, people. If they vote for this, primary them when they come up for re-election. No mercy for traitors.

Let Not Beauty Perish From This Earth

I refuse to live in a world where I cannot watch performances like these be a regular thing due to some death cult's interference.

Macross Fronter, "Lion" ft. May'n & Megumi Nakajima
Gundam Wing, "Just Communication" by Two-Mix

The Thralls of Empire's Fear of a US-Russia Alliance Manifests

All this anti-Russia hysteria since the Ascension of the God-Emperor sure seemed overdone, and now we're seeing why. Anonymous Conservative nailed it in this post here. Allow me to quote it so we can get to the point:

K-strategists like K-strategists, even when they are competitors facing each other. Whether they are soldiers, fighters, or just conservative Americans and conservative foreigners, they see things in each other.

Russia is a fierce competitor we need to be careful with. But as radical Islam threatens to take over Europe, having these two leaders leading the two dominant superpowers and having both seeing it is in their interests to not let that happen, means the West is in an incredibly strong position. That they get along so well means we may see a powerful alliance, and a lot of behind the scenes moves to save Europe from itself.

All that needs to happen is the migrants need to be suppressed to the point they cannot achieve McRaven’s concept of Relative Superiority, in terms of numbers, organization, preparations, or genetic contamination, prior to the Apocalypse. They need to be kept as separate and isolated as possible, as low in numbers as possible, as disorganized as possible, and as disarmed and unprepared as possible.

Do that, and let the Apocalypse hit, and things will resolve themselves spontaneously. With Trump and Putin leading the two most powerful nations on earth, and united behind the same cause, it should be easy as pie.

In truth, I half suspect this is why the left is terrified of a Trump-Putin alliance. It threatens their plan to Islamize the West.

It's no surprise that I find r/K Theory to harmonize with my own concept of Empire. Empire is r-selection to its extreme, and the history of its influence reliably maps to Anon's presentation of how r-selection works. He's coming at it from the effects using both biology and psychology. I came at it from a historical perspective, informed by mythology, but our results are nothing more facets on the gem. We're talking about the same thing. Likewise, what I call "Civilization" is what he deems K-selection.

And if there is one thing Empire hates and fears, it is Civilization. Real, proper Civilization is K-selection taken to maturity: a world of competing nations, each dwelling in their own states (ethno-states/nation-states), using full knowledge of competition to maintain best-possible peaceful conditions. That doesn't mean an end to war, but merely the mitigation of it- and it sure as hell means cooperating against Empire.

The Wolf Age means that lines will be drawn, sides taken, and conflict will go from cold to hot. That's unavoidable now, and so is the exposure of traitors in our midst. Now that we see that Putin and Trump do get along, and will--come Hell or high water--act upon mutual policies against mutual enemies for mutual benefit the traitors in the American, Russian, and European Establishments (i.e. the Thralls of Empire therein) will have to come forth and do openly what they would rather do covertly. Why? Because open treason is the lesser of the stressors on their brainmeats, and Thralls (being r-selected) will also go with the least resistant path to relieving that stress. Now it is crystal clear why Empire wants the Muslims and the Left to cooperate in destroying Civilization. Therefore, now is the time to destroy them.

His Name is a Killing Word: Trump Tweets, and SJWs Shriek

Speaking of Sargon, here's his (brief) video from his alt-channel ("The Thinkery", used for hot takes and shitposting) about what the God-Emperor threw out on Twitter. It's only 5 minutes, so watch it. Then go on below.

And then the Supreme Dark Lord, Vox Day, add his commentary on the meme-posting:

He added insult to injury by tweeting it under the hashtag #FraudNewsCNN #FNN. Needless to say, the media has gone absolutely apeshit, unable to believe that a sitting president would hammer them back rather than simply enduring the abuse in dignified silence.

As it happens, I've been reading Jomini recently, which tends to make it pretty clear what the God-Emperor is doing here.

The general should do every thing to electrify his own soldiers, and to empart to them the same enthusiasm which he endeavors to repress in his adversaries.

If Twitter provides us with any sound basis for judgment, Trump's supporters are electrified and his detractors are horrified. Mission accomplished.

He ain't wrong. That's exactly what happened, especially the Social Justice Warrior death cultists in the media. They freaked out good and hard. You could hear the screeching from several time zones away, as Sargon's video makes crystal clear, and if you hit up Twitter on the day of this post you'll see more of it.

This is not only Sun Tzu, but also Saul Alinsky. #6 in his Rules for Radicals states "An effective tactic is one that your supporters enjoy.", and it is clear that the God-Emperor also has full comprehension of the principle behind both men's calls for attention to the importance of morale. It is also clear that the Democrats, their legacy media wing, and the rest of the Left still do not accept that the conditions have changed- and thus, their old tactics will not work anymore. They are as House Harkonnen, still not yet adapted to the changes that the Fremen uprising imposed, and thus unaware of their doom coming for them. The God-Emperor has their number now, and he's going to destroy them.

Considering how deranged the Left is in the U.S., Trump's name might as well be a literal killing word. At this rate, the God-Emperor may well literally become that title.