There are several remarkable things happening in response to the massive push back from Americans to the oligarchic coup we are seeing unfold. The one getting the most attention, of course, is the hysterical reaction by the political class. Their rhetoric is so out of sync with reality it suggests mental illness. One thing not getting noticed is how Conservative Inc. appears to collapsing right in front of us. Look at the flagship of that racket, National Review, and it should have tumbleweeds on it.
Their first big think piece in response to the epiphany protests was something so bizarre that it could have been from the Babylon Bee. Put aside for a second that most people in America have no memory of Reagan. These are people endlessly howling about the need to court nonwhites and that nonwhites are their future. The typical black is 27 years old and the typical Hispanic is 11 years old. Talking about Reagan to these people is like talking about Frederick the Great or Napoleon.
Look into that piece and the writer’s cure for what ails the country is the exact thing 75 million people voted against twice. Being the party of global enterprise at the expense of the culture and spiritual welfare of the people is why the Republican Party is headed to the dustbin of history. Tone? The GOP has been obsessed with tone policing everyone for generations now. The reason people voted for the loudmouth is they are sick of being told they cannot speak out against what is happening.
Of course, the slovenly Kevin Williamson has been pounding away at Trump and Trump voters in service to his paymasters in the uniparty. What you have to admire about Williamson is that he is loyal to his paymasters. Most pens-for-hire show a little reluctance, as their conscience tends to gnaw at them. Not old Kev. He was bought to be a foaming-at-the-mouth Trump-hater back in 2015 and he stays bought. The Iranians use guys like this to clear mine fields.
His most amusing post of the bunch thus far is this one, where he lays out his big strategy for the collection of rent boys and house slaves called the conservative movement. Down in the middle he writes, “The big technology companies are the most successful thing going economically in the United States; the Europeans, who have nothing to compare to a Facebook or a Google, resent them and fear them; Democrats hate them, blaming Facebook for the election of Trump in 2016.”
This is what most people used to call a bald-faced lie. The Democrats love the tech oligarchs every bit as much as National Review and for the same reason. They both get gobs of cash from the Silicon Valley oligarchs. The tech companies are systematically erasing anything resembling dissent to the official orthodoxy. They are even erasing people Williamson would call allies. For old Kev, the only allies are those who can keep his refrigerators stocked. He’s happy to be an organ grinder’s monkey.
Of course, you see nothing on National Review concerning the most relevant issue of the day, which is tech censorship. For a collection of people who amusingly insist they are a movement, you would think they would have something to say about the thing everyone is discussing. The one exception is the piece they get from Victor David Hanson, but he has no role in the editorial stance of the site. In fact, he is notable in being the last actual conservative writing for the site.
Of course, Conservative Inc. is not just National Review, but it has always been the canary in the coal mine. The more vibrant and active sites are shifting into the populist camp as they realize there is no future with the National Review types. The average age of a NRO reader is over 70 now. You’ll note that most of their stories get few comments and that is because many nursing homes no longer provide free internet access to their patients.
All of this is good news. The National Review type has always been a hindrance to the genuine right-wing, because they operate as the “good” conservative. That is, the Left anoints them as the opposition, so money and attention flow to them. Meanwhile, the genuine opposition to the Left is begging for scraps and attention. Stripped of that credibility, it is no longer possible for them to play that role. The money will continue to dry up and National Review will go the way of all legacy media.
All of this points to something much bigger. What has unfolded since the election has opened the eyes of millions of people. Despite the rhetoric from their cult leaders, even many lefties are getting nervous about what is happening. They live close enough to reality to know what lies ahead if we keep on this pace. For Conservative Inc., it means they no longer have an audience hoping that a settlement can be negotiated with their friends on the Left. Principled surrender is no longer an option.
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Scorning the nutjob grifters is one way to fight back. Another is to educate & train the few remaining sane. New Skills & Habits (Cont) Learn to travel sans auto. Spend a day riding the urban bus system, routes, and neighborhoods. Cash only, & correct change helps. Learn to look and smell like the regulars, and rush hour crowds are a plus. Hoodie up, head down. Ditto for the interstate bus lines. A tractor-trailer rig hauling the right flatbed load can be an interesting option after dark. If you’re fit, a good road bike can do 80 miles/day easy. And… Read more »
I see that my FBI monitor has weighed in. I must be over the target.
The WSJ will hopefully be flushed down the same sewer as NRO. The time for negotiated settlements and peaceful coexistence is long gone.
Same for The American Conservative. I was a plank subscription owner back in 2002 mainly because I was always a fan of Buchanan (the co-founder) and (because of him) TAC was about the only mag on the right that opposed the Iraq war and dared call out the ((lobby)) behind it. They stayed pretty true to that course until the Obama admin. Then began a slow shift from paleo-con to the neo-con “can’t we all get along” camp. The last straw was round about 2014/15 when they cancelled Phillip Giraldi for daring to criticize ((the ones who shall not be… Read more »
I’ve enjoyed the pushback instapundit is getting. Every one of his ridiculous articles or others articles just get hundreds of comments telling them pretty much to f off its great
I was thinking the same. The site’s strength has been a pretty generous tolerance for commentators who call them out. It even looked to me that after years of Ed Driscoll writing snark equating left wing government oppression to right wing memes someone finally reined him in as the reply comments were getting worse and worse (or in our case, better). It could also be that he wizened up which I doubt. Still, Reynolds doesn’t seem to want to run an operation like that, a normie punching bag operation where he stands in for the normie who dreams of going… Read more »
reynolds is a complete pussy. the worst kind of chess piece – the self sacrificing pawn.
They have a lot of power but they’re also hysterical and panicking, which is a very, very bad combination. It could be bad for us but also for them. Taking part in most media consumption (and definitely financially supporting most media) at this point is like voting or public protest: you win (or at least hold them to a stalemate in this insane phase) by refusing to play at all. Don’t even comment on mainstream conservative sites since we should deny them so much as a barometer (they don’t care enough to listen but they are scared enough to eavesdrop).I’m… Read more »
first off, why would anyone red pilled (or otherwise, really) spend even a second on sites known to be pozzed?! because they long for the old safe slave life.
there is a way to have your cake and eat it too, kind of. share credentials. i know one set of credentials (for all premium OTA sites, like HBO+, etc) that over 50 people were sharing, for over 3 years – and the owner of the credentials didn’t even know it.
From the looks of him, the slovenly Kevin Williamson has also been pounding down pints of Cherry Garcia.
The one exception is the piece they get from Victor David Hanson, but he has no role in the editorial stance of the site. In fact, he is notable in being the last actual conservative writing for the site. Yes, I’m surprised that VDH is still there, to be honest. Even a couple of years back I recall reading one of his pieces there, nothing great, but it was in stark contrast to almost everything else presented at that site. What has unfolded since the election has opened the eyes of millions of people. Despite the rhetoric from their cult… Read more »
hanson is an academic. ‘nough said.
Conservative Inc, National Review, GOPe, etc: “We must stay true to our principles!” “That’s not who we are, we must do better!” “America is the greatest country on God’s green earth!” “We have to be inclusive!” Blah, blah, blah, blah…..Never any mention on actual immigration policy. The numbers, how many, who, etc. Never any plans on bringing jobs and industry back. Never specific talk ending the stupid wars or bringing troops back from all over the world. It’s all vague feel-good sentiments and nothing more.
They actually had a pretty strong anti-immigration writer awhile back named Krikorian, but I don’t want to give them a click to see if he is still there, or waste precious seconds of my life to see if he has cucked.
The big technology companies are the most successful thing going economically in the United States; the Europeans, who have nothing to compare to a Facebook or a Google, resent them and fear them; Democrats hate them, blaming Facebook for the election of Trump in 2016.” Aughghgh! Facebook is not “technology” – it’s a shitty myspace clone written in a few weekends by a Harvard teen turned political sociopath once he had money rain down on him by the random hand of the network effect. The gas turbine is a technology. Optical tweezers are a technology. Photolithography – what makes all… Read more »
“Optical tweezers”
Wow, haven’t heard anyone mention that in twenty years.
Last I heard it was being used to manipulate DNA strands.
Can you provide any interesting links??
it also doesn’t manufacture anything, so it doesn’t employ many people. funny enough, because of that, the big tech companies are now moving out of cali because there is no need to be close to suppliers (because there are no suppliers!).
Here’s a great quote from Williamson in his “End of the GOP” column of Jan. 12, which sums up his and NR’s attitude: “I have met the people, I know them well. And if this country has any future, it is with the Establishment. The People are insane. Meet the People:…” There follows a picture of the Viking protester, Jacob Anthony Chansley, his face painted red, white and blue while holding an American flag.
Hi Z, Very interesting article on your behalf but I think the comment regarding lefty to be a bit optimistic, notable exception being Glenn Greenwald notwithstanding. I agree that there is sense of hubristic triumphalism on steroids from the left regarding the latest round of de-platforming and a possible Auto de fe of the Orange Man. They do have they’re narrative, repulsive though it is and it’s being rammed into the public consciousnesshttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/07/capitol-hill-trump-rioters-race-power The rioting during the summer in the UK and USA has been memory holes. I come from one of the province’s of the Empire and the collective… Read more »
I’m not referring to establishment lefties. I mean back benchers who work in offices and mingle among the normal people. Many of them are getting worried.
Just because one doesn’t have a living memory of some leading figure does not mean they can’t understand or even want to return to the politics of that time. Of course with Reagan I do remember and I don’t want to go back to that. Coolidge maybe. The level of control politically and culturally held by our idiot masters is still astounding. I went to a Barnes and Noble the other day (still there) and Obama’s book was prominent everywhere. I mean all over, laying flat one after another taking up three frickin tables, not stacked. It was as if… Read more »
I went to a Barnes and Noble the other day (still there) and Obama’s book was prominent everywhere. I mean all over, laying flat one after another taking up three frickin tables, not stacked. It was as if nothing else had been written in years. Somewhere buried to the side was a small book titled to the effect, Stupid shit Trumps says. It is a great shame that all large book stores now shove woke garbage in one’s face, regardless of where one may be. When I visited Boston a couple of years back, I went into the Barnes and… Read more »
I just saw yesterday that the number one bestseller on Amazon is George Orwell’s “1984.” When was that written, in the 1940’s? Another question I have, is it being read by concerned citizens as a warning, or by our enemies as an instruction manual?
Heh. Orwell’s book remains the most terrifying thing that I have ever read. I found it more terrifying than any of Solzhenitsyn’s works.
I would wager that most people are purchasing it because both ‘left’ and ‘right’ claim that our world is heading toward just such a totalitarian position. That is one thing they can agree on, I suppose. So I am going with ‘concerned citizens’ on this one.
Regarding the smug self satisfaction these people display reminds me of Jim Goad’s description as the new church ladies.
I also welcome almost any alternative. We are long way down the road to China. The repression is not as violent…yet. But it’s coming. And as Z says, in 100 years China will still be full of Chinese.
Anyone doing research on William Buckley should be advised to use only audio recordings of him. Watching videos of him crossing his legs like a woman are painful to watch if your a guy. How did he do that anyway?
Tiny dick and balls? No ‘man-bits’?
I remember watching clips of him from Firing Line, and always found the most repulsive thing about him to be his ‘reptilian facial expressions’. I cannot really explain further. Of course, in those days I thought he was quite the devoted conservative. Oh well.
you realize buckley was a homo, yes?
This is pretty reminiscent of the Mexican revolution when the oligarchs “silenced” Madero and began oppressing his supporters. After about a decade, the oligarchs were killed or deposed and the necessary reforms started being implemented. The critics of the oligarchs, at the time, were disgusted by Madero. Once Madero was elected, they became irrelevant because ultimately they really just supported the system, but not with a completely clean conscience. I guess the lesson is that you simply can’t serve two masters, so you might as well commit to one or the other.
Surely you have noticed by now DC looks like a war zone. That’s because it is.
Mr. Chao is owned by his in-laws who are owned by the CCP. Mitch McConnell’s Overton bubble and it’s invertebrate crew are on the wrong side of history, and have as much to lose as the other communists if a document dump occurs.
This problem will solve itself in ways the GOP establishment never dreamed of.
We have to let go. Williamson is going to do what he does – let him and the other media hacks do what they do in a vacuum. They succeed at what they do by trolling you. Walk away… you won’t regret it. I don’t have the time of day for shitlib/conservative cucks and loons. We have far, far bigger problems. We not only need our own platforms, we need our own banks, our own supply lines, our own communities with our own terms and conditions of service. Normie is off the couch. He might not be ready to pick… Read more »
Very well said, but unbridled ridicule is part of our arsenal.
The last time the right split…
From what I can tell, the conservative establishment is now just as respected among conservative people as CNN, NFL, and AOC. Just another annoying bleating cow to ignore.
They have no idea. They think everything is going back to normal. I heard the NFL is dialing back the African and rap content on tv broadcasts – I don’t care if it’s true, I’m not checking – they figure out way too late.
Former conservatives are either checking out, or going dissident. Keep redpilling.
We are ripe for a strong man, with all that entails both good and bad. It only takes a small fraction of a population to push an entire culture into madness or redemption. We stand on the edge of a knife, waiting for which way this is going to fall.
They say there is a lot of ruin in a nation, but we Americans like to do everything fast. I’m guessing even us old farts are going to get to see what comes next.
Yep, no snow plowing back and forth across the green circle slope. It’s skis together poised over the telluride plunge – straight down. Let’s get this shit show going. There’s much retribution to be meted out.
And there’s why I’m one of the Z-man’s SubscribeStar guys — well, not the only reason, but would be sufficient even in the absence of the others. That is just excellent.
Between the Frederick the Great, clearing mine fields and nursing home remarks you owe me three keyboards and it’s not even 10 a.m. yet.
Piggy Williamson just can’t accept he is a prole. He was born a prole, and a prole he shall die as. It’s in his DNA. Here’s something the younger people here may not be aware of; in the 60’s and 70’s there were lots and lots of political assassinations, and not just the two biggies. And it was mostly dems killing other dems. Keep in mind the jacobins ended up getting the chop, by way of a historical precedent. China may be in for a suprise too, once they become the dems official scapegoat for the mess they are both… Read more »
The pussies at American Thinker disabled comments today. Here’s what editor Thomas Lifson had to say: