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Category Archives: Nationalism
ZIONISM IS NATIONALISM AND WORTH DEFENDING
Brett Stevens writes: …on the Right there is often talk about “Zionism” as being a horrible evil which intends to take over the world, forgetting that Zionism is an assertion of Nationalism—the idea that Jews need their own state, and … Continue reading
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WP: ‘These charts show exactly how racist and radical the alt-right has gotten this year’
Jews who hate gentiles are more likely to strongly identify as Jewish than Jews who don’t hate gentiles. Blacks who hate whites are more likely to strongly identify as black than blacks who don’t hate whites. Whites who hates Jews … Continue reading
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Gentile Nationalisms Are Dangerous For Jews
An Orthodox friend told me the other day: “The type of nativism and nationalism Donald Trump is stirring up is dangerous for Jews. We might not be safe here in five years. I’m preparing to move to Israel.” Luke: “We … Continue reading
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WP: The untold stories of Japanese war brides
Washington Post: “They are sisters and daughters of the enemies who attacked Pearl Harbor. They married the soldiers who occupied their defeated country and came to the United States. And then? They disappeared into America.” Women have fewer tribal and … Continue reading
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Divisions In White Nationalism
I just caught this podcast on Youtube. Host: “What causes these rifts? A lot of it is class. Boots vs suits. Then there are the wonks vs trolls. We’re doing right-wing journalism and winning the internet every day.” “There seems … Continue reading
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Nationalism and the Future of Western Freedom
Yoram Hazony writes: For centuries, the politics of Western nations have been characterized by a struggle between two antithetical visions of world order: an order of free and independent nations, each pursuing the political good in accordance with its own … Continue reading
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Dominance Strategies
Every living thing strives to perpetuate itself. Every living thing strives to create an environment most conducive to its thriving. I don’t think Jews try to dominate any more or less than any other group. Like all groups, Jews have … Continue reading
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Jews Accused of Tribalism
Steve Sailer writes: From Haaretz: Tribalism Fuels Orthodox Jews’ Support for Trump They risk becoming the Jewish version of the ‘Alt-Right,’ a community that champions its own ethnic interests even when the result is outright bigotry. Peter Beinart Aug 31, … Continue reading
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Is Extreme White Nationalist Rhetoric A Compensation For Lack Of In-Breeding?
Whites tend to not have as much of a racial group identity as Blacks, Asians, Jews and Arabs. I think much of this could be that Whites are not as in-bred as Jews and Arabs, for example. Joshua Seidel came … Continue reading
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Jews, Nationalism and the Alt-Right
I’ve been writing on this subject since 1998 when Reggie White got in trouble for remarking on group differences. Around the same time, I read The Bell Curve which made it obvious what I had always suspected — different races … Continue reading
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