Category Archives: Culture

NYT: The Wheal Keeps Turning

Posted on September 22, 2017 by LM

Back in 1979, Christopher Lasch wrote a penetrating and still prescient book on American culture called The Culture of Narcissism. It is still a must-read for anyone wanting to understand where we are now. Flash forward to the NYT’s click-baity … Continue reading →

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The Sci-Fi Roots of the Alt-Right

Posted on September 21, 2017 by LM

In “The Sci-Fi Roots of the Far Right”, leftie David Auerbach makes me want to read the Hugo-nominated 1977 novel Lucifer’s Hammer, co-authored by Larry Niven and the recently-deceased Jerry Pournelle: Pournelle — who died earlier this month — first rose to … Continue reading →

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The Online Relevance of René Girard

Posted on September 20, 2017 by LM

In The Weekly Standard, Joseph Bottum, professor of cyber-ethics at Dakota State University, writes a cuck piece on the Great Statue Removal Frenzy, but in this passage astutely discusses the contemporary relevance of René Girard (“The Joy of Destruction”): In … Continue reading →

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The Target on Gab’s Back

Posted on September 18, 2017 by LM

Gab, one of the first forays of Alt-Tech (or Tech 2.0) is under attack from the SJW-Fueled-I.T.-Company industry: The social media service Gab, which bills itself as Twitter for the alt-right, is on the verge of being booted from the … Continue reading →

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All You Need To Know About The Emmys

Posted on September 17, 2017 by LM

“I’m rooting for everybody black!” #Insecure star @IssaRae says on the red carpet #Emmys pic.twitter.com/Pz3DJPyJc2 — Variety (@Variety) September 17, 2017

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The Long Game

Posted on September 17, 2017 by LM

One has to hope that moves like this are exacerbating a crisis to the system, Cloward-Piven style, otherwise it can only be read as a sign that the P.C. Left is winning (at a minimum, in the short term). From … Continue reading →

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A Swede, a Muslim, and a Trannie Walk Into a Bar…

Posted on September 17, 2017 by LM

In the past couple of years, Muslim ‘refugees’ have brought their vibrantly diverse penchant for groping infidel women to places like Cologne and music festivals in Sweden. As a result, one Swedish music festival has decided to ban men from … Continue reading →

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Facebook Hires 3,000 to Monitor ‘Hate Speech’

Posted on September 16, 2017 by LM

Yet another reason to quit FB, as if you needed one: Social media giant Facebook is increasing its crackdown on what it perceives as hateful content. The company is hiring an additional 3,000 content reviewers to monitor the site, according … Continue reading →

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The Red Pilling of Rod Dreher – Redux

Posted on September 15, 2017 by LM

My first post for Counter-Currents is “The Red Pilling of Rod Dreher”, a reworking of a post I did earlier this week.

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Darren Aronofsky’s “Mother!”

Posted on September 15, 2017 by LM

From Kyle Smith’s NR review of Darren Aronofsky’s new film Mother!: Ordinarily when a filmmaker goes trampling all over your senses with an eye toward maximizing disgust, it’s for the purpose of producing some cheap scares. In Mother, though, the aim … Continue reading →

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