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There's no doubt the «myth of the morally superior liberal» needs to die. However, it's hard to impossible to convince indoctrinated people of anything outright.

The preferable strategy in my opinion is «death by thousand cuts» -- digging up all minor episodes that fall sideways of the established narrative and can be turned into infotainment. For example, how many people know about such fancy British plans as Operation Pike and Operation Catherine?

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I don't need REN's views on history, but his critiques of regime food and medicine are mostly good. I've got no interest in BAP at all, though he's frequently mentioned.

> Donald Trump’s election is not the end-all-be-all for me. He’s nowhere near radical enough, nor do I think he’s opening the door for a new resurgence of right-wing populism within the Republican Party itself. However, he already has opened the door for right-wing populism outside of the Republican Party, and this is a tool that we cannot be afraid to use, especially if we might only have it for another six months.

Heartily endorse! I believe the more thoughtful MAGA people are aware of President Trump's limitations (he's a liberal democrat), and the challenge of establishing a succession of popular leadership.

> “The Nazis weren’t so bad”

I tried to tell people this wouldn't work. It can't work short term because most people will reject it. It can't work because the "Nazis" failed catastrophically. It can't work because we're not those men. I don't see any prospect of useful organization under that model in my lifetime. If I'm proven wrong by results, I'll own it.

> the regime has become engaged in rapid and obvious historical revisionism.

This is a good point. Tucker Carlson (democracy respecter) has been useful in exposing the rapid revisionism to clueless normies in ways they can stomach. We need more mainstream people doing the same, even if they're not on board with any truly radical program.

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THEY want to associate traditional American isolationism with being pro-Hitler. Ergo, this is a bad time for going big on revisionism. It just feeds the beast. Also, there is this take: https://www.takimag.com/article/humane-holocaust-tuckers-all-in/

The more promising approach is to look into the American origins of part of what became fascism and naziism. See http://rexcurry.net

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They will associate their opponents with Hitler no matter what, but the comparison has aged like milk as they've shown their own tyrannical bent more often. It's not something we can keep being scared of, regardless of how insulting it is. The importance isn't about the history of the German's in the East, it's about Churchill *wanting* a war, much like some in our own time. By showing Chamberlain to be more than a simpleton for his isolationist policies, you can demonstrate that calling all isolationists weak is a moot point.

They've been using the American inspirations for aspects of the National-Socialist aesthetic as evidence of America as a fascist nation for years, they'll keep doing so.

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Lol, Raw Eggy just wants his media market deal to go through, and he can’t get that while Elena Velez is getting creeped out by Revisionism, lmao even.

There Are No /ourguys/. None.

Ashes and Echoes

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Why hello officer! I'm sorry I didn't recognize you sooner

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Lol, incorrect. But have hopium if you want, the Horrid Reality proves me right eventually. Every single time.

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It's interesting that you both share accounts.

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Raw Eggy just wants his media market deal to go through, and he's COMPED.

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If that were at the heart of it, he wouldn't have mentioned the subject at all, let alone to say that Cooper was factually correct.

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