Anarcho Papist has a pithy list of tenets held by ‘neoreactionism’ (aka Dark Enlightenment / Race Realist types). While I don’t necessarily endorse each and every item, it’s a great starting point for debate.
- Libertarians who have given up on democracy, because democracy gave up on them.
- Conservatives who got tired of losing.
- Conservatives who hate the Republican party more than the Democratic party.
- Race realists who want to be left alone rather than have any notions of “racial equality” or “diversity” imposed on them or anyone else.
- Anarcho-capitalists who can see a use for the state in a society that isn’t smart enough to handle anarcho-capitalism.
- Monarchists who understand votes are bullets in a low intensity civil war.
- Social theorists who want to make human nature a feature, not a bug, in the system.
- Men who see that feminism makes us work against our biological programming which makes us miserable.
- Christians who want your progressive religion out of their homes, schools, and businesses.
AP adds the following list of corollaries:
- Civilization does not happen by accident.
- Expect consequences, some which you won’t like, when you mess with the way things have always been done.
- If something’s always been done a certain way, you’re better trying to figure out a reason why such a norm is stabilizing.
- The existence and concentration of power cannot be eliminated; don’t waste your time trying to do so.
- High degrees of power asymmetry tend to be stable.
- Individuals must be socialized into their autonomy and independence.
- Freedom imposes responsibilities, and the inability to exercise those responsibilities should entail a limiting of that freedom.
- The innate qualities of human individuals explains a lot about society.
- It is better to benefit the group than the individuals of that group.
- Social structures instrumentally transform human nature into social capital.
- Don’t fight human nature, make it work for you.
- Justice is equality, and no one is the same.
- There are no “rights,” only what you’re afforded by society.
- If you won’t let someone lose, you won’t let society win.
- Social roles should be adopted for the benefit of most, not eliminated for the benefit of a few.
