American Realignment: “The critical point is to sever the ropes holding down the American giant by destroying a dying progressive colossus and retooling the country into a new light and agile state fit for navigating the ultra-rapid 21st-century global environment: the ultimate network state. The model is the Promethean America that existed in the late 19th century: a radically stripped-down, mercantile America with an archaeofuturist edge. The goal is not just to turn the page on the failures of Obama’s progressivism, but the mistake of the American Century when the United States became a world-spanning hegemon and then fell into the logic of imperial corruption and decay.”
Houellebecq’s Last Warning: “If the government places spreadsheet data above the physical needs of its people; if it fails to provide opportunity for many of its most talented citizens; if it treats its elderly like trash to be discarded; if it prioritizes the needs of foreigners over those of its own citizens and fails to defend its borders and culture – then eventually those talented people who cannot find a place in their own society will take matters into their own hands. They will play jokes on the emotionally distant leaders, disrupt the economy, and protect the border – by force if necessary.”
The Paradox of Vilifying Trump: “By committing forbidden acts, the king sets himself apart as both a figure of power and an outsider, a transgressor whose very rise to power carries the seeds of his eventual expulsion. The Sword of Damocles inherently dangles above the head of every king. Deliberate violations of taboos mark him as simultaneously sacred and doomed. In committing transgressions, the king becomes a lightning rod for the community’s pent-up resentment and violence, absorbing its collective tensions until the moment comes for him to be expelled. The myth of Oedipus exists because it reveals the founding mechanisms of kingship: the king as a sacred scapegoat, elevated to power through the transgressions that will ultimately bring about his downfall.”
Trump as the Last Warrior of the West: “[Author Constantin von Hoffmeister] portrays Trump as someone whose thoughts parallel Guillaume Faye’s concept of Archeofuturism. Roughly, Faye argued that striving for a distant future and returning to tradition are not, and must not be, contradictory, but should be united. Many American writers view science fiction, such as Dune, Star Wars, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, or Legend of the Galactic Heroes, as expressions of this Archeofuturism. The author sees Trump’s internet-driven influence and the renewed large-scale interest in thinkers like Evola among Trump supporters during his campaign as signs of Archeofuturism. Trump’s position as an entrepreneur is interpreted similarly. (It is worth noting that in the Austrian School, the market is essentially a massive competition to find the most efficient solution to a technical problem. This is why thinkers like Nick Land believe that the market drives machines to develop increasing intelligence.)”