Lowly "meatbot" Stephen J. James delves into the dark and despairing world of those red-pilled and dead-pilled by the inexorable rise of Artificial Intelligence that has its own inscrutable agenda and probably wants to kill us all. Note: there is a 2-minute section of poor audio from 03:30, where my mic switched over to the wrong input source.
Friday, March 31, 2023
Thursday, March 30, 2023
KREMLIN ATTEMPTING TO WEAPONISE TUNISIAN MIGRANT CRISIS AGAINST PRO-UKRAINE MELONI
Kremlin assets on the internet are trying to weaponize a temporary "migrant crisis" to attack Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy simply because she is a staunch supporter of Ukraine in its hour of need.
Here is the notoriously pro-Kremlin Andrew Anglin account that comes up near the top on Twitter searches for "Migrants in Italy":
Here is a news graph that is being shared on other accounts that want to appear slightly more "objective" and less like blatant shills:
It comes from an actual Kremlin-owned site Sputnik News. Here is a link to the story.
It's nice of the Kremlin to care. So, what's actually going on here?
Yes, there has been a temporary blip in migrant numbers reaching Italian shores. Here is a relatively factual report in EuroNews:
So, what about the Kremlin narrative that this is only happening because Meloni is a fake nationalist and a crypto-globalist, secretly salivating at the prospect of more Sub-Saharan migration to Italy?
Since becoming PM in October last year, Meloni has been working hard to get on top of the migrant crisis. This is not as easy to do as shitposters on the internet make out. Italy is tied into all sorts of international and humanitarian agreements by previous governments that make it difficult to crack down without also causing diplomatic crises.
One measure the government has taken is to make it more difficult for "charities" and NGOs like Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and SOS Méditerranée to carry out sea rescue missions.
This is done by assigning rescue ships to various ports, including ports in the far North of the country, so that migrants and asylum seekers don't all end up in the south of the country. This raises costs and creates difficulties for the rescue ships, which were previously operating as a ferry service to the nearest piece of Italian land.
The rescue ships also have to seek permission to dock immediately after a single rescue, rather than sailing around filling up with more migrants to bring over. These measures put considerable downward pressure on migration.
Meloni sees the key to the problem to be agreements with North African nations to restrict migrants. As migrants also create problems for those countries, such deals can be mutually beneficial. In January, her government began a series of trips to North Africa capitals to sign agreements on migration. In January, the Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani strengthened relations with Libya, signing an agreement by which Italy will give the Libyans EU-funded boats to embark migrants and bring them back to Libya.
Also, Meloni's anti-migrant stance is increasingly becoming a collective EU stance. At the latest European Council held in February, EU leaders agreed to step up their efforts on repatriations, fighting irregular migration, protecting EU borders, and on brokering agreements with third countries to prevent migration.
In fact, the anti-migrant attitude engendered by Italian voters and the election of Meloni has now spread across the Mediterranean itself, which ironically is the cause of a recent blip of migration, as migrants try to escape the increasingly less tolerant climate in North African countries. Many of the recent migrants were fleeing Tunisia, which has taken a sharp anti-migrant recently.
As reported by the Left-wing, pro-migrant Guardian:
Saied may be using the migrant issue to bolster his own power, but it reveals an ever stricter attitude to migrants, not just in Italy but also the wider EU and the North African nations, from where the migrants enter Europe. This should see numbers plummet in the weeks, months, and years ahead.
Of course, the Orcs in the Kremlin have no interest in any of this. The only thing that concerns them is that Meloni is against their monstrous invasion of the Ukraine, so they will use any weapon to attack her, even a small blip in the numbers caused by an increasingly anti-migrant Mediterranean that she has played a big part in creating.
Yes, there has been a temporary blip in migrant numbers reaching Italian shores. Here is a relatively factual report in EuroNews:
In the past 48 hours, more than 4000 migrants have reached Southern Italy - a new record - with some 2,000 people disembarking on the island of Lampedusa alone.
According to government figures, arrivals have tripled in the first three months of 2023.
So far this year, more than 20,000 migrants landed on Italian shores. Some 6,500 people arrived in Italy during the same period in 2022.
So, what about the Kremlin narrative that this is only happening because Meloni is a fake nationalist and a crypto-globalist, secretly salivating at the prospect of more Sub-Saharan migration to Italy?
Since becoming PM in October last year, Meloni has been working hard to get on top of the migrant crisis. This is not as easy to do as shitposters on the internet make out. Italy is tied into all sorts of international and humanitarian agreements by previous governments that make it difficult to crack down without also causing diplomatic crises.
One measure the government has taken is to make it more difficult for "charities" and NGOs like Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and SOS Méditerranée to carry out sea rescue missions.
This is done by assigning rescue ships to various ports, including ports in the far North of the country, so that migrants and asylum seekers don't all end up in the south of the country. This raises costs and creates difficulties for the rescue ships, which were previously operating as a ferry service to the nearest piece of Italian land.
The rescue ships also have to seek permission to dock immediately after a single rescue, rather than sailing around filling up with more migrants to bring over. These measures put considerable downward pressure on migration.
Meloni sees the key to the problem to be agreements with North African nations to restrict migrants. As migrants also create problems for those countries, such deals can be mutually beneficial. In January, her government began a series of trips to North Africa capitals to sign agreements on migration. In January, the Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani strengthened relations with Libya, signing an agreement by which Italy will give the Libyans EU-funded boats to embark migrants and bring them back to Libya.
Also, Meloni's anti-migrant stance is increasingly becoming a collective EU stance. At the latest European Council held in February, EU leaders agreed to step up their efforts on repatriations, fighting irregular migration, protecting EU borders, and on brokering agreements with third countries to prevent migration.
In fact, the anti-migrant attitude engendered by Italian voters and the election of Meloni has now spread across the Mediterranean itself, which ironically is the cause of a recent blip of migration, as migrants try to escape the increasingly less tolerant climate in North African countries. Many of the recent migrants were fleeing Tunisia, which has taken a sharp anti-migrant recently.
As reported by the Left-wing, pro-migrant Guardian:
Tunisia’s president, Kais Saied, has told a meeting of security officials that migrants are part of a wider campaign to change the demographic makeup of the country and make it “purely African”. [...]
Addressing Tunisia’s national security council on Tuesday, Saied called for urgent action to halt the flow of sub-Saharan migrants into the country. “The undeclared goal of the successive waves of illegal immigration is to consider Tunisia a purely African country that has no affiliation to the Arab and Islamic nations,” he said, going on to accuse unnamed parties of complicity in a “criminal arrangement made since the beginning of this century to alter the demographic structure of Tunisia”.
Saied may be using the migrant issue to bolster his own power, but it reveals an ever stricter attitude to migrants, not just in Italy but also the wider EU and the North African nations, from where the migrants enter Europe. This should see numbers plummet in the weeks, months, and years ahead.
Of course, the Orcs in the Kremlin have no interest in any of this. The only thing that concerns them is that Meloni is against their monstrous invasion of the Ukraine, so they will use any weapon to attack her, even a small blip in the numbers caused by an increasingly anti-migrant Mediterranean that she has played a big part in creating.
DEVOUT MUSLIM GIVES THANKS TO ALLAH FOR BECOMING LEADER OF PRO-TRANSSEXUAL PARTY
A gang of Muslim men -- many of them with stubble, five o'clock shadow, or worse -- prayed to give thanks to Allah after one of them was officially appointed "First Minister of Scotland" and took up residence in Bute House, the official home of the leader of the Scottish government.
Even though the new leader is clearly a devout Muslim who reveres all the teachings of the holy Koran and likes to pray at the appointed times, he is now the leader of a party that champions transsexual rights and believes that men who identify as women can become women after a few days, use women's facilities, and even be locked up in women's prisons for, ahem, raping women.
We'll see how long this lasts.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
POOP AGE MINDSET
Nothing like his profile picture (but resembles this book cover).
The annoying Romanian Zionist is showing up again, so here is a dump of what is largely known by now.
He is an Ivy league PHD graduate who seemingly bounces around the world as he pleases, and is obviously from wealth. He pretends he is some fucking outlaw outsider, which is just absurd. He is a JINSA-affiliated neocon who went out of his way to engage with Bill Kristol.
(3) He is in tight with people like Mike Cernovich and Curtis Yarvin who have all promoted his weird book.
He has also been extensively fake criticized by various publications who always fail to dox him despite it being trivial. (until recently when it just became untenable.) He clearly has the support of some media group behind him that has coordinated his media exposure and runs his fake, obscenely overblown followers.
He is an Ivy league PHD graduate who seemingly bounces around the world as he pleases, and is obviously from wealth. He pretends he is some fucking outlaw outsider, which is just absurd. He is a JINSA-affiliated neocon who went out of his way to engage with Bill Kristol.
(3) He is in tight with people like Mike Cernovich and Curtis Yarvin who have all promoted his weird book.
Bronze Age Mindset - Does Mike Anton Even Lift? https://t.co/5DpSqvUuVS
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) October 29, 2019
He has also been extensively fake criticized by various publications who always fail to dox him despite it being trivial. (until recently when it just became untenable.) He clearly has the support of some media group behind him that has coordinated his media exposure and runs his fake, obscenely overblown followers.
He has received funding from Peter Thiel's foundation at the very least, and I have good reason to assume that Andreessen/ Horowitz have likely kicked in funding.
He started off at the Salo forum which shut down around the time that Nicolo Soldo, who ran it, started his Substack, which is itself a very interesting thing to consider. Why would he spend his time on that forum? Seems like scouting for unhinged people to me, and it seems like Twitter was just a continuation of this role.
Note that Nicolo Soldo is himself very close with Marc Andreessen last time I checked, which explains why he interviews him and the likes of Greenwald. Then we have the Anton and Yarvin connection, because of course they would hype a Zionist Likudite. And, of course, he was pretty supportive of Jan 6, egging people on, a lot, because of course he was.
And as for the BAP gang that do seem like real people, and not operatives from some Team Jorge-type nonsense? They have invariably been shown to be pretty unhinged and not exactly cream of the crop. Consider @Skyros_AchiIIes.
never forget 2/9/22 https://t.co/WcKXw9C686 pic.twitter.com/Gvpm8ifGCR
— lukeyoflowkey (@1337key133ky) January 23, 2023
Or Medgold, a Mexican larping as a white Mediterranean.
Why?
And why is he encouraging members of US law enforcement to contact him as part of a secret society? And why is there a mass shooter linked to him?
cw: Denver mass shooting, neo-Nazism
— Luke Turner (@Luke_Turner) December 29, 2021
Lyndon McLeod, aka 'Roman McClay', the Denver mass shooter who just murdered 5 people, appears to have been heavily inspired by neo-Nazi figure 'Bronze Age Pervert' (BAP), a Romanian-American extremist whose real name is Costin Vlad Alamariu pic.twitter.com/3TSUKwGD4g
So, to recap, he is a Romanian JINSA Yale graduate with ties to top Zionists. He appears to hide the fact that he is gay and Jewish. He is close with Marc Andreessen et al, promotes anti-governmental activities and is linked with a mass shooter. I would assume he is also dual national.
Originally published as a Twitter thread and slightly edited for the requirements of a blog post.
Originally published as a Twitter thread and slightly edited for the requirements of a blog post.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
SHORTPOD (78) THE SNP's BITTER, SHRUNKEN CORE MADE HUMZA LEADER
Colin Liddell comments on the latest person of South Asian origin to attain a position of political prominence in the UK, namely Humza Yousaf, recently elected First Minister of 95% White Scotland by the fast shrinking membership of the so-called "Scottish" Nationalist Party.
Sunday, March 26, 2023
THE ALT-RIGHT HAS NO UNDERSTANDING OF RACE: SOME RECENT EXAMPLES
"Muh White Russia"
The Alt-Right is "racist" but appears to have little real understanding of race.
For example, in recent days I have seen countless posts attributing the recent riots in France to the, ahem, increasingly "Third World" character of the nation. Here is my response to one of these:
For example, in recent days I have seen countless posts attributing the recent riots in France to the, ahem, increasingly "Third World" character of the nation. Here is my response to one of these:
Must have been as "3rd world" as fuck in 1789, 1830, 1848, 1870, and 1968. https://t.co/nIBNwcEPSQ
— Colin Liddell (@cbliddell) March 26, 2023
This, of course, is not to deny the fact that the demographic stability of France is like a balloon tethered in a hurricane.
By the way, I don't really know who this guy Collin Rugg guy is, but he is certainly channelling the Alt-Right narrative here that France only ever riots because of non-Whiteness, when its whole history is evidence to the contrary.
By the way, I don't really know who this guy Collin Rugg guy is, but he is certainly channelling the Alt-Right narrative here that France only ever riots because of non-Whiteness, when its whole history is evidence to the contrary.
As for the present riots, no doubt there is opportunistic involvement by certain "unassimilated" elements, but the protests have a pretty broad base in the concerns of French White people, like what age they will retire at. I could be wrong, but I am not sure that this is a major issue for the criminal or ethnic underclass.
Next example of Alt-Right stupidity on race:
This is a tweet by a Ricardo Duchesne, an Alt-Righter who heavily identifies with "Muh White Anglo Canada", despite looking like a Mexican incel and having a squeaky Latino voice (yeh, I know, typical Alt-Righter, LOL). Anyway this is a retweet of a video by another apparent Alt-Righter/Fed/Putinbot, who probably got it from some Russian troll farm, and you can be pretty sure that the Alt-Right network will be pushing this snippet on social media for the next few days.
Check the video here:
According to J. Philippe Rushton's r/K theory, any nation, to succeed at track and field, will select athletes from the r-end of its spectrum. Semi-Asiatic Russia picks Aryans (yes, it has some) as Western nations choose Blacks. pic.twitter.com/rGVEeCGOFw
— Colin Liddell (@cbliddell) March 26, 2023
It shows a Russian athlete who looks very "Aryan" followed by runners from various European countries, who -- surprise! surprise! -- all turn out to be Black. Other White Western athletes have obviously been edited out to heighten the effect, which means they are trying hard to manipulate you.
The point of it is to shill hard for "muh Aryan Russia" and support Putin's invasion of the Ukraine. Anything else is "cucking" for globohomo and increasing Third Worldism, which, as we just saw, is the "only" reason anybody is rioting in France.
The point of it is to shill hard for "muh Aryan Russia" and support Putin's invasion of the Ukraine. Anything else is "cucking" for globohomo and increasing Third Worldism, which, as we just saw, is the "only" reason anybody is rioting in France.
What it really shows, however is that Alt-Righters have no understanding of basic HBD (Blacks being good at running) or J. Philippe Rushton's application of r/K theory to human biodiversity.
Indeed, the video no more proves the "Aryan" or "European" character of Russia than it does the African nature of the UK (4.2% Black), Germany (1.2%), or France (6% Black). In fact it proves the opposite of what dumbasses like Duchesne think.
Indeed, the video no more proves the "Aryan" or "European" character of Russia than it does the African nature of the UK (4.2% Black), Germany (1.2%), or France (6% Black). In fact it proves the opposite of what dumbasses like Duchesne think.
According to Rushton, Whites occupy the middle of the r/K spectrum, with Blacks being more r-oriented and East Asians being more K-oriented. As we know, r-oriented people have a bit of an aptitude for track and field.
What this means is that the video, rather than "proving" how "White" and "Aryan" Russia is and how "Black" and "Third World" the West is, actually proves the opposite.
Just as Western countries lean to the r-end of the spectrum in their selection of track and field athletes, so does Russia, but in Russia's case the r-end of the spectrum is Aryan, not semi-Mongolian like this guy:
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Saturday, March 25, 2023
TRUMP CITES CATTURD TWITTER POLL IN ATTEMPT TO LOCK DOWN GOP NOMINATION
Donald Trump has used an online Twitter poll from the pro-Trump Twitter account Catturd to signify his dominance of the GOP base. The poll, which involved over 192,000 participants gave Trump a 45-point lead over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, his nearest challenger.
A more objectively conducted Harris poll from 22nd-23rd March puts Trump in the lead but by a narrower margin:
It is not yet known, however, if Trump citing a poll by an imaginary cat will undermine his support in any significant way. It's certainly not a good sign.
Friday, March 24, 2023
NATHAN COFNAS AND LIPTON MATTHEWS DISCUSS "THE JQ"
Luke Ford hosts a wide-ranging discussion of the JQ -- or the various JQs -- with Nathan Cofnas and Lipton Matthews.
Thursday, March 23, 2023
MELONI SLAPS DOWN THE PUTIN CHUDS
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni slaps down Putin shills in the Italian parliament as they call for a lopsided "peace" that grants moral equivalence to the invader and the invaded and seek to reward the aggressor in the Ukrainian War. (In Italian with English subtitles)
THE BORIS JOHNSON "SHOW TRIAL"
It may not be an actual stitch-up, but it certainly looks like an actual stitch-up. Stephen J James reports on the long-running Partygate saga and the effort to railroad Boris Johnson out of politics for the "crime" of not perfectly following unworkable lock-down rules. Is this yet more proof that we live in a post-democratic era, in which "inquiries" and "indictments" decide who gets to rule us?
TRUMP IS PUTIN, DESANTIS IS XI JINPING
Wrecking balls vs game-playing meatballs
I've got a simple analogy for you. It is this: Putin is Trump and Ron DeSantis is Xi Jinping.
All these guys are ambitious and want to succeed, and, of course, they have succeeded to various degrees, but there is a difference. Two of these guys are wrecking balls who want to throw the game board up in the air to get what they want, while the other two want to hunker down and play the game until they win.
No prizes for guessing who is which.
No prizes for guessing who is which.
Not so long ago, Putin was on the side of the game players -- a careful, calculating guy who was slowly but surely pushing his nation up the global rankings. Then, last year, he suddenly flipped and became a mad gambler. One is reminded of why Hitler supposedly started WWII when he did: he felt he had limited time and that his health might let him down, and that only he could do what needed to be done to ensure the long-term security of Germany. Of course, in the process, he got most of the cities of Germany destroyed and most of its women raped.
Trump too is clearly a wrecking ball. Back in 2015-16, he started out as one, which was his whole appeal, but once in government, he showed signs of trying to play the game the way the swamp wanted. It was only when he was unceremoniously dumped out of power by the, ahem, "fortified election," that he turned back into the J6/QAnon wrecking ball that he seems to be now.
These two guys contrast sharply with Xi and DeSantis.
Recently Xi visited Moscow in a much trumpeted diplomatic coup for Putin, but it was all smoke and mirrors. There was little substance. Yes, Xi was interested in boosting Russia as a resource colony of China, but not so interested in supplying weapons and tech to help "dear friend" Putin win.
This is because Xi is crafty and knows that Putin is a bad bet thanks to the weaker-than-expected Russian military. Giving him weapons and tech would have major negative consequences for China, which would immediately face brutal sanctions. Also, if he went that extra mile for his "multipolar buddy" and Putin came out on top, Putin would be the winner, not Xi, who also probably finds some merit in the idea of a weakened Russia totally dependent on China, no matter who's in charge.
Recently Xi visited Moscow in a much trumpeted diplomatic coup for Putin, but it was all smoke and mirrors. There was little substance. Yes, Xi was interested in boosting Russia as a resource colony of China, but not so interested in supplying weapons and tech to help "dear friend" Putin win.
This is because Xi is crafty and knows that Putin is a bad bet thanks to the weaker-than-expected Russian military. Giving him weapons and tech would have major negative consequences for China, which would immediately face brutal sanctions. Also, if he went that extra mile for his "multipolar buddy" and Putin came out on top, Putin would be the winner, not Xi, who also probably finds some merit in the idea of a weakened Russia totally dependent on China, no matter who's in charge.
There is rather a similar relationship between DeSantis and Trump. They are both technically on the same team -- GOP populists -- and the degree to which DeSantis steals, or attempts to steal, Trump's thunder has become something of a meme:
But DeSantis is not interested in throwing the game board up in the air, like Trump. He is much more like Xi. He wants to sit down and keep making the right weaselly moves to bolster his power and to jockey for position. Right now this means playing to the same dumb "America First," isolationist populist base as Trump, while also signalling to the Establishment and the US Deep State that he understands their concerns and the wider needs of the American Empire and the global system it underpins.
In a recent interview he even channelled the ghost of Senator John McCain:
"I think [Putin]’s got grand ambitions. I think he’s hostile to the US, but... he’s basically a gas station with a bunch of nuclear weapons."
Both Xi and DeSantis want more power and they mean to get it, but they mean to get it by "playing the game," not throwing the game board up in the air.
This doesn't mean they'll succeed, or that they even respect the game in any meaningful way. But it means that they'll minimise their risks and maximise their own modest talents by adopting this strategy. That's not always a bad formula for going a long way in politics.
What Putin and Trump are doing is a lot more interesting, but bright burning flames often burn out a lot sooner.
This doesn't mean they'll succeed, or that they even respect the game in any meaningful way. But it means that they'll minimise their risks and maximise their own modest talents by adopting this strategy. That's not always a bad formula for going a long way in politics.
What Putin and Trump are doing is a lot more interesting, but bright burning flames often burn out a lot sooner.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023
GAYS CRIMINALISED IN UGANDA IN TEST OF GLOBAL MULTIPOLARITY
Gays could soon be illegal in Uganda after the country's parliament snubbed Western governments and NGOs to pass new laws criminalising them.
Already gay acts, like anal sex between men, are illegal in Uganda. The new law however means that people who just "identify as gay" could also be sent to jail.
The new bill, passed on Tuesday (21st), means that people convicted of grooming or trafficking children for homosexual activities face life in prison. Also, individuals or organisations which support, fund, publish, broadcast and distribute pro-gay media material and literature, will face prosecution and imprisonment. Meanwhile friends and family members of gays, as well as members of the community, will have a legal duty to report gays to the authorities.
However, for the law to come into force, it will have to be signed off by Ugandan President Museveni, who is expected to face pressure and economic blackmail from Western donors and investors. But thanks to Musaveni's links to Russia and Uganda's growing economic relations with China, Museveni is not entirely dependent on the West and may view Western calls to stop the law as unwarranted interference in Ugandan democracy.
It seems that this case is not just about gays. It is also about the struggle in the Ukraine and whether or not global multipolarity is edging out Western unipolarity in Africa. It is also about whether "gay rights" is a geopolitical handicap in the new global power struggle.
Already gay acts, like anal sex between men, are illegal in Uganda. The new law however means that people who just "identify as gay" could also be sent to jail.
The new bill, passed on Tuesday (21st), means that people convicted of grooming or trafficking children for homosexual activities face life in prison. Also, individuals or organisations which support, fund, publish, broadcast and distribute pro-gay media material and literature, will face prosecution and imprisonment. Meanwhile friends and family members of gays, as well as members of the community, will have a legal duty to report gays to the authorities.
However, for the law to come into force, it will have to be signed off by Ugandan President Museveni, who is expected to face pressure and economic blackmail from Western donors and investors. But thanks to Musaveni's links to Russia and Uganda's growing economic relations with China, Museveni is not entirely dependent on the West and may view Western calls to stop the law as unwarranted interference in Ugandan democracy.
It seems that this case is not just about gays. It is also about the struggle in the Ukraine and whether or not global multipolarity is edging out Western unipolarity in Africa. It is also about whether "gay rights" is a geopolitical handicap in the new global power struggle.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
TRUMP-DESANTIS SHIT FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE GOP HEATS UP
The shit fight between former-President Donald Trump and Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida for the 2024 nomination is hotting up. The latest twist is Trump posting a picture of DeSantis partying with "underage" girls when he was a teacher at a Georgia school.
Trump posted the compromising image after he was angered by comments DeSantis made when asked about moves to arrest and charge Trump for paying "hush money" to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 Presidential campaign.
Using rather weasely language, DeSantis tried to distance himself from Trump's dilemma, calling the case a "manufactured circus" and implying that taking sides in it was beneath his contempt.
Using rather weasely language, DeSantis tried to distance himself from Trump's dilemma, calling the case a "manufactured circus" and implying that taking sides in it was beneath his contempt.
How to say "Fuck you, Trump" without saying "Fuck you, Trump" while also reinforcing your brand for being a weasel. pic.twitter.com/XlsBNrASkL
— Colin Liddell (@cbliddell) March 21, 2023
Bad move. It now looks like Trump will do all he can to drag DeSantis down with him.
HIRAETH DOXXED BY HER DOGGO
Hiraeth is a well-known presence on the simpy wing of the Alt-Right, churning out wistful trad-wife and maidens-in-wheatfield musical fare for Alt-Right incels to fantasize over as they jerk off into another sock.
She is also pretty much a Nazi who has dated Nazis, posted Nazi memes, and venerates people like George Lincoln Rockwell, Hitler, etc. She also collaborates with people like fashwave synth guy Xuriuos, Emily Youcis, who is very much part of the NJP-TRS circle, and Richard Spencer's "Apollonian" buddy Mark Brahmin.
Anyway, whatever you think about her, her ideology, and her choons, she is a pretty obvious target for Antifa to want to dox, so no surprise that they tried to find out her real identity -- Mandi Gillespie. You can check out the dox details here.
The only surprising thing was the way they managed to dox her (and other members of her White Arts Collective), namely by researching her dog. Antifa were so chuffed by this that they even posted a video to boast of it:
The only surprising thing was the way they managed to dox her (and other members of her White Arts Collective), namely by researching her dog. Antifa were so chuffed by this that they even posted a video to boast of it:
Apparently Neo-Nazi songstress Hiraeth was doxxed by her dog. Antifa even made a video to boast about it. pic.twitter.com/zVU3pWI1Df
— Colin Liddell (@cbliddell) March 21, 2023
What a timeline to be alive in!
RUSSIAN "SURRENDER TALKS" PROGRESSING WELL IN MOSCOW
From Slav to slave
Russian surrender talks in Moscow appear to be going well, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping reaching widespread agreement on total Russian subservience to Chinese power.
As reported by the Financial Times:
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will place their growing economic ties at the heart of talks in the Kremlin on Tuesday, highlighting Moscow’s dependence on Beijing after its economy was largely severed from the west.The Russian president hailed China’s economic model as “much more effective” than that of other countries, a recognition of the lifeline Beijing has extended since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year — with bilateral trade reaching a record $190bn in 2022.
Conventionally, people see Russia involved in a struggle with Ukraine and the West, following the 2022 invasion of the Ukraine by Russian forces that were then badly mauled. However, the real struggle has been between a much weakened Russia and its giant economic neighbour China, which is set on reducing Russia to a pathetic economic colony and source of cheap raw materials.
Back to the FT:
Back to the FT:
“The sanctions have exacerbated the already asymmetrical relationship between Russia and China,” said Maria Shagina, a senior research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. “It’s hard to hide the fact that Russia is now a junior partner.” [...]
The most hotly anticipated topic for discussion on Tuesday is the planned Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, which would give Russia a vital new way to reroute exports from reserves no longer being sent to Europe.
“The logic of events dictates that we fully become a Chinese resource colony,” [Shagina] said. “Our servers will be from Huawei. We will be China’s major suppliers of everything. They will get gas from Power of Siberia. By the end of 2023 the yuan [renminbi] will be our main trade currency.”
This lop-sided relationship of economic dominance will inevitably lead to large area of Siberia being ceded by Russia outright.
In recent days there have been reports of China insisting on using Chinese names for Russian lands and cities that were once under the control of the Chinese Qing Dynasty (1636-1912). As reported by the Asia Times:
The Ministry of Natural Resources on February 14 published a new version of its world map – directing a return to using the Chinese names of eight cities and areas occupied by the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [...]
Under Beijing’s new directive, Vladivostok once again is called Haishenwai (meaning Sea Cucumber Bay) while Sakhalin Island is called Kuyedao. The Stanovoy Range is back to being called the Outer Xing’an Range in Chinese.
Monday, March 20, 2023
THE SICK MAN OF EURASIA: HOW RUSSIA IS FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPES OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
In order to comprehend Russia better and to predict its future life trajectory, western scholars have long been trying to find historical analogues to Russian imperial expansion. Not unexpectedly, they are often tempted to refer to European history for inspiration. Oftentimes, Russia has been compared to European colonial empires. Sometimes to the USA. I even heard some analogies being drawn with the Habsburg Empire.
However all these comparisons are very strenous at best, if not utterly misleading. Because in its essence, Russia has never been European. In its state structure, political traditions, ways of conducting war it was the successor of the Golden Horde, a Mongol state that emerged in western Eurasia after the break-up of Genghis Khan’s empire. Most importantly, its very founding ethos was Asian in its origin. Therefore if one wants to find historical analogies one must search for them in the history of Middle East and Asia.
One distinguishing factor for Russia was that it was an expansionist Asian state that thrust itself deep into Europe and was influenced by its culture & techological advancements in the process of its expansion, although as we shall see, this influence remained superficial. There's only one other similar example in history, which is the Ottoman Empire.
Similarities between Russia and Ottoman Empire
A closer look into Russian history, especially in view of current events, would thus reveal a lot of similarities with the Ottoman Empire. Russia (including its various incarnations) has been closely following a similar trajectory, albeit with a delay of approximately 1-2 centuries, which, however, due to history unraveling at a faster pace in the modern world can be very much shortened.
In order to understand the life cycle of the Russian state, the logic of its expansion and evolution, its relations with European powers and more importantly to predict its future trajectory with high degree of probability one should, therefore, look into Turkish history, more specifically into Ottoman history, rather than looking for historical analogies in Europe.
Indeed, the similarities between Muscovite-Russian and Ottoman states are quite staggering even up to some trifling details. Both started out as insignificant principalities at the periphery of their respective realms, both of which were fractured and went into decline after Mongol invasions.
Ottoman principality emerged at the northwestern periphery of Asia Minor as one of many Turkic principalities ("beyliks") after their predecessor, the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum succumbed to Mongol invasion. Similarly, the Grand Duchy of Moscow - the predecessor of the future Russian state, emerged as a vassal of the Golden Horde at the northeastern periphery of Eastern Europe as one of the many principalities, after their predecessor, the Kyivan Rus', also was destroyed by Mongol invasion.
Both started out as weak and insignificant peripheral statelets. But through a combination of their propitiuous geographical location, being surrounded by weak neighbours, cunning diplomacy of their rulers and basically sheer luck caused by certain historical contingencies they had gradually accumulated lands and resources, which enabled their rise. And after a certain tipping point was reached they emerged as great powers and unleashed the full potential they had amassed in decades prior. First gradually, then suddenly.
A very crucial feature uniting these two medieval states was that their identity, which also served as the guiding ethos for their expansion, was messianic in nature and thus was based on spreading a creed - Islam in the case of Ottoman Turks and Orthodox Christianity in the case of Muscovite Russians.
Both of them underwent processes of Europeanization and, through their conquests in Europe, incorporated a substantial proportion of Europeans within their borders, who, in turn, came to be the main civilizing components in those states and whose efforts were indispensible in making them great powers.
Ottoman Empire had acquired a large number of Greeks and southern Slavs as its subjects in the 15-16th centuries, who assumed important roles in the state adminisitration and military, and whose efforts were decisive in turning it into the greatest military power in Europe of the time. Also later, in the 19th century, Ottoman Empire sought to modernize to be able to compete with the leading European powers. For that purpose different specialists from Europe were invited to settle in the country.
Muscovy, in turn, embarked on its path of Europeanization in the 17th century with the acquisition of Ukraine, with its sophisticated religious thinkers, philosophers and craftsmen who became the educators of Muscovite-Russians and brought with them western learning and technical advancements. Later, starting from the rule of Peter I, throughout the 18th and 19th centuries Russia received a huge influx of German settlers who brought the Europeanization process even further and established it as one of the leading European powers.
However, for both empires those Europeanization efforts were ultimately superficial and did not fundamentally alter the underlying structures and values of their respective societies. The main difference between them was the extent to which they were carried out. Russia's efforts were more extensive and wide-reaching than those of the Ottoman Empire, but, in the end, they still remained largely on the surface. In spite of this fact, due to the more extensive nature of the Europeanization process that took place in Russia, it created a false impression among westerners of being a European country and belonging to European civilization.
The undoing of the Ottoman Empire was in that as its expansionist drive and military might waned it had nothing else to offer in a cultural-civilizational sense. Its guiding ethos had no place in European modernity and it couldn’t keep up with cultural & technological developments in Europe. And a similar fate awaits Russia too.
The trajectory for Russian disintegration
Since, as we can see, in its origins, expansion and interactions with the West, Russia has followed a very similar pattern to that of the Ottoman Empire, then it's reasonable to assume that its decay and disintegration will also follow along similar lines.
When thinking about the possible disintegration and eventual collapse of Russia, most people assume some "big bang" like scenario - i.e., that at one particular moment Russia will instantly fall into pieces and various different independent states will prop up on its territory immediately. And such a premise leads to the rejection of the very idea of the collapse of Russia.
A more likely scenario, however, is that this process can last many decades, and be exactly that - a process, instead of a one-time event. Russia will continue to lose territories and gradually, one after another, different regions and national republics will attain their independence. When one imagines it like that, the idea of the break-up of Russia doesn’t seem so unlikely anymore and fits into general historical patterns. Again, looking into Ottoman history will be useful in this regard.
Ottoman Empire didn't collapse in one fell swoop. In fact, its retreat from Europe spread over more than two centuries, starting from its failed Siege of Vienna in 1683 and the Great Turkish War (1683-1699) that followed, in the course of which the coalition of European states pushed the Ottomans away from Central Europe. This series of wars ended with the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699) in which Ottoman Empire, for the first time, sustained major territorial losses and began its centuries-long decline. In the process, its other captive nations also gradually gained their independence - Serbia in 1817, Greece in 1830, Bulgaria in 1878. Later, as a result of Balkan Wars in the beginning of the 20th century, Ottomans lost some more territories to those countries. In the meantime, they also gradually lost their vassal states in North Africa to Great Britain (Egypt), France (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) and Italy (Libya).
Battle of Vienna (1683)
Likewise, one must be aware that Russia has in fact been continuously shrinking in territory since 1917. After the First World War it permanently lost Finland and Poland. After 1991 it lost all the current post-Soviet republics. Thus, there's no reason to assume that somehow this process woud now stop.
In this regard, it’s tempting to draw historical parallels between the Siege of Vienna in 1683 and Russia’s failed attempt to capture Kyiv in February/March of last year. Its attempt to capture Vienna was Ottoman Empire’s last breath. By that time it had already lost its expansionist drive and entered the phase of decline. With that last, eventually unsuccessful, thrust it had used up all its remaining energy for conquest.
Likewise, even prior to its invasion of Ukraine, Russia had long lost its ability to wage any serious full-scale war. The territories that it managed to snatch in 2014 and 2022 from Ukraine, from a country that until last year was basically defenseless and in the midst of a painful recovery and nation-building process, is the most Russia is currently capable of. Its latest war of aggression against Ukraine will therefore likely exhaust its last remaining bit of barbarian expansionist energy.
Thus, the failed Siege of Kyiv might end up being Russia’s “Siege of Vienna”. And the Ukrainian defense which was followed by counter-offensive with support of Western coalition partners can be compared to the War of the Holy League that could commence the next round of major Russian retreat and territorial losses. In the process, the secessions of national republics like Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and Ichkeria (Chechnya), and the peripheral regions with ethnic "Russian" majority like Ingria, Novgorod, Pskov and Kaliningrad (Königsberg), for instance, can constitute the next phase of “shrinkig” of the territory of the Russian Empire after 1991.
Battle of Kyiv (2022)
Moreover, Russia's latest ideological convulsions, including the concepts justifying its perpetuation are also reminiscent of the late Ottoman Empire. In the second half of the 19th century there emerged the concept of “Ottomanism” and Ottoman identity peddled by proponents of preserving the empire. It was meant to appeal to and unite all the different ethnicities and religious groups that constituted the crumbling state. Needless to say, Ottoman identity was an entirely artificial and vapid contrivance created in a feeble attempt to prevent the inevitable dissolution of the empire. It found no acceptance among its subjects.
Now, the idea of the "Russian world" that Russia peddles to justify its continuation and expansion is strongly reminiscent of that vapid notion of Ottomanism. It aims to appeal to various peoples who differ from each other drastically (both culturally and ethnically) and want nothing to do with the unitary Russian state.
In the same way that the idea of “Ottomanism” was artificial and meant to appeal to a very disparate population comprised of Turks, Greeks, Serbs, Bulgarians, Albanians, Armenians, Arabs and more, the “Russian” identity similarly aims to keep together (and even forcefully bring together, as we can see in Russia’s treatment of Ukraine) groups of people with largely different ethnic makeups, historical memories, regional culture and interests.
The idea of "Russian" identity is an artificial one, even when it is used as an ethnonym. Within Russia irreconcilable differences exist not only between "ethnic Russians" and people of other ethnicities that are currently the subjects of the Russian Federation (e.g., Tatars, Bashkirs, Chechens, Dagestanis etc.) but also among those who are regarded as "ethnic Russians" as well. "Russians" of St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Pskov or Smolensk, for example, are very different from "Russians" in the Urals or Siberia. Although they speak the same mother tongue and identify with the same ethnonym, for all intents and purposes they constitute different ethnicities/nations with different interests. Which means their continued co-existence within a unified state is an artificial situation much like the co-existence of Turks, Greeks, Serbs, Bulgarians, Armenians and others within awas no longer tenable in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century.
The West was not interested in the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
It's important to note that the whole decades/centuries-long process of decay and disintegration of the Ottoman state was accompanied by the reluctance of western powers like Great Britain and France to expedite it and, in fact, their unwillingness to see it actualized. On the contrary, they were doing everything to prevent this from happening.
In the 19th century Ottoman Empire was regarded as the "sick man of Europe" and dragged on solely thanks to the balance politics played by those major European powers. They were of the opinion that the continued existence of Ottoman Empire was necessary to preserve the balance of power in Europe at the time. Its main role was to serve as a bulwark against Russia and keep in check its expansionist aspirations towards the southern seas.
Ottoman Empire was “the sick man of Europe” in the 19th century.
Therefore, although the Ottoman state was on the brink of collapse in the 19th century already, Great Britain and France, for a long time, were keen on preventing such an outcome. They even fought a war to protect it - i.e., the Crimean War of 1853-1856 against Russia. Also in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 it was only the threat of British involvement on the Turkish side that prevented Russia from capturing Constantinople, which would understandably have lead to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire already in late 19th century.
Granted, they did assist Serbian and Greek revolutionaries, for example, in their fight for independence, but only after the fact. After Greeks and Serbs impressed the whole Europe with their courage and dedication, and thus it became clear that they will prevail eventually. In this regard, the similar reluctance of the West to help Ukraine in the first weeks and months of the full-scale Russian invasion comes to mind. Not to mention leaving it in the lurch since 2014 when Russia started its aggression. Like Greeks and Serbs in the 19th century, Ukrainians with their valiance, perseverance and fighting skills simply left no other choice for any person with moral integrity than to help them in their fight.
Only when it became crystal clear at the turn of the 20th century that this archaic entity was hopelessly irredeemable and when its continued existence stopped serving their interests, did the western powers let it go. What changed is that a new and much more powerful rival emerged in Europe, namely Germany. Within this new constellation, Russia suddenly turned from a rival to a useful ally to keep Germany in check. In addition, Ottoman Empire started steering away towards Germany's sphere of influence. Thus its use case was gone.
What followed was an alliance signed between Great Britain, France and Russia in 1907 which gave birth to the Triple Entente. From that moment onwards, throughout the whole 20th century and up to the current day, western powers were interested in keeping Russia intact rather than seeing it collapse and disintegrate.
Russia survived the 20th century solely thanks to western help
Russia is following in the footsteps of the Ottoman Empire. Like the latter was dubbed as the "sick man of Europe" in the 19th century, Russia is currently the "sick man of Eurasia" - a civilizational backwater without any purpose. And like its 19th century counterpart, its continued existence has been propped up by the support of western powers and their stubborn reluctance to come to terms with its disintegration.
In fact, Russia has been in such a "sick man" state since 1917 and could have been finished off already in the 20th century. But every single time western powers came to its rescue.
Contrary to the claims of Russian imperial chauvinists and their stooges in the West that "evil globalists" have been conspiring the fall and dissolution of Russia, instead, throughout the 20th century the Western powers have always come to the rescue every time Russia was about to collapse and kept that Potemkin villlage the size of Eurasia afloat.
Russia came to the brink of collapse in 1917. Germany back then could have easily dealt the final fatal blow to Russia if not for its involvement in the western front, the ensuing defeat in WWI and the punitive Versailles Treaty that, among other things, foresaw the complete demolition of the German army. After Bolsheviks had seized power, Germany was in fact planning to send a military expedition to Russia to nip that emerging monster in the bud. But it was not meant to be. The Entente powers were more pre-occupied with punishing and humiliating Germany, whom, at the time, they regarded as their main enemy and historical rival than anticipating the dangers emanating from the Russian-Soviet abomination that was emerging in the East. The Bolshevik Revolution thus went on unabated.
Later, during the Russian Civil War (1918-1921) and afterwards the US in fact helped the Bolshevik government alleviate its problems, the most pressing of which was widespread famine. Among other things, US and western European powers provided Russia with substantial material relief, which gave Bolsheviks the badly needed breathing room to concentrate on re-establishing the Russian Empire by conquering the independent republics that emerged after its collapse (e.g., Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia etc.) and subduing the national independence movements within Russia (e.g., Bashkirs, Tatars).
In addition to providing material relief during the Civil War and after, the United States also played a crucial role in the industrialization of the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s. It was basically American companies that brought about the much vaunted industrialization during the Stalin era. American engineers and businessmen built factories and developed the country's infrastructure. The country owed the emergence of almost all of its industries to American efforts.
Later, during World War II, the Soviet Union received significant aid from the United States through the Lend-Lease program. It included huge amounts of military equipment, vehicles and food. Without this support, Soviet Union would have easily been crushed by technologically more advanced and efficient Germany and finished off. The Lend-Lease program however played a decisive role in tipping the balance in favour of the Soviet Union eventually.
At the turn of the 80s and 90s, when the Soviet Union was crumbling, United States, in fact, initially tried to prevent its fall. The then president President George H. W. Bush had travelled to Ukraine and implored the government not to declare independence. The West was fearful of the unforeseeable consequences that the dissolution of that Soviet Union might bring, especially the distribution of the nuclear weapons. For this reason, United States later pressured the young Ukrainian republic to renounce its nuclear arsenal, the third in the world at the time, and transfer its nuclear weapons and nuclear-capable conventional missiles to Russia. Those very cruise missiles with which Russia currently bombards Ukrainian cities!
Moreover, on a simpler and more general note, basic human psychology was at play. The West was comfortable with perpetuating the status quo, albeit with a “westernized” and “democratized” Soviet Union, which, so they thought, would be easy to incorporate into the global order.
Also, in the 90s U.S. and European countries provided substantial financial assistance to Russia when it was, once again, on the verge of total disintegration. Like 70 years ago, the country was again suffering from the shortage of food and other basic necessities. The West, once again, stepped up to provide life support including food aid from the United States. In addition to financial and other material assistance, Western countries provided technical assistance and expertise to help Russia build its new economy. Russia was thus rescued once again. And like in the 1920-30s, the aid and assistance provided by the West would later prove to have enabled Russia to lay the groundwork for its next era of aggression.
It’s time to finish off the Sick Man of Eurasia
As we can see, throughout the 20th century major Western powers like United States and Great Britain were interested in perpetuating Russia's integrity and preventing its collapse. A unitary and strong Russian state was necessary for them to be used against Germany, whom they started to regard as their main rival from the beginning of the 20th century. This is analogous to how, in the 19th century, Great Britain was interested in the integrity of the Ottoman Empire and perpetuating its existence so that it could be used against Russia, who at the time was regarded as the main rival.
What basically happened at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries is that Russia switched roles with the Ottoman Empire within the geopolitical calculations of Western states. As Ottoman Empire inched closer and closer towards Germany's sphere of influence later resulting in full-fledged alliance, its use case was gone. Because the main rival had changed.
We have been in the midst of a similar situation for at least a decade now. In the West, for a long time, Russia has been regarded as a bulwark against China - the new emerging power which is increasingly regarded as the main rival. Moreover, a unitary and stable Russia was necessary for Western countries to ensure a single reliable focal point for their investments and receival of natural resources.
Thus, continuous attempts have been made to finally bring Russia, once and for all, into the bosom of the Western world. To this end, among other things, the West has been turning a blind eye to Russia's repeated transgressions - e.g., aggression against Moldova in 1992, two genocidal Chechen wars (in 1994-1996 and 1999), aggression against Georgia in 2008 and against Ukraine in 2014.
But it was all in vain. It must be clear by now that Russia, in its current unitary imperial form, will never be an ally of the West. It's imbued with hatred against the West and anything European. It would thus rather side with China and any other anti-western state. And, as a matter of fact, after continuous flirtations, it's irreversibly moving closer and closer to a full-gledged alliance with China.
In view of this obvious reality, breakdown of Russia will be far more advantageous for the West. In fact, it will bring huge benefits in geopolitical and even deeper meta-historical terms. The newly emergent states in the post-Russian space, through acquisition of new identities and ethos, are almost guaranteed to be friendly and grateful to the West. Under such turn of events, the Western Civilization is poised to acquire new members to its family and/or reliable allies. And those are the ones, not a unitary imperial Russia, that will serve as a bulwark against Chinese expansionism.
Thus, there needs to happen a similar switch in the thinking of Western policymakers that took place at the turn of the 20th century in regards to the Ottoman Empire. Westerners must come to terms with the fact that a unitary imperial Russia will always be an inveterate enemy of the West and that its perpetuation doesn't bring any benefits. On the contrary, its disintegration will be profoundly more beneficial compared to any potential turbulence that the process might temporarily entail.
Therefore, United States and Europe should finally let go of the idea of a unitary Russia, and instead focus their efforts on bolstering with their support the nascent national and regional independence movements that are budding within it. And they are well advised to hurry up in establishing closer ties with these forerunners of future independent post-Russian states to secure them as reliable allies against China.
Finally, dissolution of imperial Russia should not be regarded as a breakage of a functional unit, but rather a reassembly of its parts into a more natural and functional whole. The emergence of various independent states on once-Russian territory will be a huge win for the West in every way imaginable, not least since it will enlarge European civilization through (i) re-incorporation into its realm of its natural members that were, at different times in history, forcefully torn away from it by Muscovy and its successor Russia, which in its founding ethos was inimical to Europe and (ii) creation of entirely new states within Eurasia that are highly likely to be reliable allies of the West.
Time has finally come to do away with the Sick Man of Eurasia. This anti-cultural, anti-civilizational monstrosity that had emerged in the Middle Ages and has since been forcefully dragging everyone around it into its dull realm devoid of any meaningful positive identity must finally be consigned to the dustbin of history. Russia will never join Western civilization as a single entity. But this long hoped-for goal can be finally achieved by integrating the same Eurasian space in smaller independent parts.
The future independent states of the post-Russian territory.
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