Well Trump won...
I have not written anything sense endorsing him. Now it is 2017, and the "Alt-Right" movement is falling apart. But before we get into that I want to explain my view of the "Alt-Right," and what it is exactly.
The Alt-Right is basically a term created by Richard Spencer to provide a synonym for White Nationalism with less baggage. It has since evolved into a catch all term for everything right to the mainstream positions of National Review and the Beltway. I will list out the groups that I see as part of the Alt-Right catch all.
Old-School White Nationalism
This is obviously an old movement which can trace its lineage to the aftermath of the fall of Jim Crow and the implementation of the Hart-Celler Act and the conception of America as a White Nation before those landmark changes. It is defined by its working class attitude, and because of that it has always been painted as being for dim wits and fools. Because of its more down to Earth style many of its proponents have larped dressing in Nazi garb, inventing their own religions, and the obligatory White Sheets. Other than those sheets there is no tradition of hiding one's face. Older figures which were part of this movement were of course George Lincoln Rockwell, William Luther Pierce, Harold Covington, and David Duke. Younger proponents are, of course, Andrew Anglin and Matthew Heimbach. The movement is interesting in that it is for the most part an ethnic nationalist movement with very little Logos arguments and much Pathos arguments regarding protecting one's heritage or for the love of one's people as an entity in and of themselves.
Paleo-Conservatism/Race Realism
This is one of the more loosely defined movements, but I would say is its defining element is the appeal to Logos over Pathos particularly in the areas of Race and IQ and Crime Statistics. For this it uses the work of renegade scientists such as Phillip Rushton, or Richard Lynn. The other common outlying theme is that many of these people were once part of the mainstream Republican establishment but were forced out as the Overton Window marched "leftward." They are often viewed by the left as the KKK with suits and ties. This is because they are often highly educated and incredibly intelligent, because of this they have a very analytical understanding which can influence very intelligent outsiders who are fine with accepting heterodox views. Due to their intellectualism they have little mass appeal because they lack the working class spirit of old school White Nationalism or a coherent identity such as Ethno-nationalism or Religious "fundamentalism." Prominent examples include Jared Taylor, Peter Brimelow, Sam Francis, John Derbyshire, and arguably Richard Spencer.
Throne and Altar Christianity
The worldview of Traditional forms of Christianity is fundamentally incompatible with the modern world and as such it is a radical political ideology in its own right. The blogger himself identifies with the positions outlined by the worldview. It incorporates Traditional Catholicism, as well as Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglo-Catholcism and Confessional Lutherans. The worldview has very strong tendencies towards hierarchy, anti-multiculturalism, as well as Antisemitism, but as a universal religion is noticeably anti-Racialist. The most substantial defining feature of it politically is its resolute rejection of the Sexual Revolution and the destruction of the Family. A position often at odds with many members of the "Core Alt Right" and "Alt Light". Ironically in countries such as Canada, Homosexuals have become the most powerful and protected of minorities and opposition to their lifestyles is the highest desecration of their civic religion. Prominent figures influential to the "Alt Right" movement are E. Michael Jones, (more and more) Davis Aurini, and arguably Common Filth (even if he is a low Church protestant).
Neo-Reactionaries
Once seen as a much larger movement Neo-Reactionaries have declined to a degree. It is defined by viewing the world as a deterministic natural system. It is perhaps the most intellectual and esoteric of the world views but also overwhelming pessimistic as it sees the collapse of Western Civilization and in some causes human extinction as a given. It is also very bizarre and eclectic drawing equally from Throne and Altar Christian movement's counter enlightenment (ideas which they label as the "Dark Enlightenment"), Race Realism, Anarcho Primitivism, and Technocratic Futurism. It will never have any real appeal to the mainstream because its too far out there, its so far out there that to a certain extent it becomes irrelevant to the Overton Window and outside of the Right/Left Paradigm.
Proponents include Mencius Moldbug, and Nick Land.
MRA's and MGTOW
This is a movement while important I have very little stomach for as a Christian, so forgive me if its kinda a rough and unsympathetic summery. Basically many Millennial men feel abandoned by the modern West and particularly their ideals of masculinity and relationship with women. Rejecting the modern faggotary of the nu male and the bullshit of modern women, they attempt to become Alpha men who can control the world around them. A major website in those circles is The Return of Kings.
Alt-Lite
The so called "Alt-Lite" is movement of Civic Nationalism which supports Trump. It its values are Traditional Liberalism minus identity politics. That's it... It appeals to the lowest common denominator, the normie menace. Its main goal is getting normie millennials free of harassment from identity politics and allowing them to identify with the America they were taught in 4th grade civics class. The I have a Dream America. As such they are dedicated to fighting SJW's, and began as a movement with Gamergate and have grown larger from there. Members include Paul Joseph Watson, Lauren Southern, Shoeonthehead, Sargon of Akkad, and Milo.
The Core Alt-Right
The Core Alt Right or the True Alt Right is a collection of Libertarians who due to the Racial Politics of Obama era America began to take on elements of Paleo Conservatism and White Nationalism. One of the main echo chambers that lead to its creation was the Libertarian/Anarcho Capitalist YouTube community. One poster and (probable my personal favorite vlogger of all time) Ryan Faulk accepted the race realist arguments and began to post videos about Hereditarianism at the same time that he posted videos about how paying taxes sucks. What happened was a firestorm as Ryan's channel Fringeelements changed the positions of Spawktalk, Laughingman OX, Black Acid Lizard, and most famously Morrakiu. As a result the online the Anarcho-Capitalist community during Obama's second term fractured with many taking up many elements of Race realism and White Nationalism. One former libertarian blogging site in particular called the The Right Stuff took off, because of its podcast the Daily Shoah. The comedic nature of the podcast allowed its fanbase to boom and as a result many of the running gags and jokes of the show became memes in the Chan subculture of the internet. The popularity of the podcast allowed many other podcasts to take off mostly notably Fash the Nation. The "True Alt Right" uses the visuals and extremism of Traditional White Nationalism but its talking points are much more similar to the Paleo Conservatives/ Race Realists. Following Trump's victory, the True Alt-Right began to attack the so called Alt-Lite for its name recognition or at least to gain views from the controversy. In a few weeks following that many prominent members who kept their identity secret where Doxxed.
The fate of the Alt Right
This brings the story full circle. In the past week of the writing of this article many members of the podcast The Daily Shoah have been doxxed as well as vlogger Millennial Woes. In particular the owner of the TRS website Michael Peinovich has been doxxed reveling that his wife was Jewish (a fact that I knew at least year prior to the incident). This has left the Core Alt Right future as very unsure. It has lead to the collapse of the popular meme page Counter Signal Memes for Fashy Goys, as well as the podcast Fash the Nation. Many of my friends have said the Alt-Right is finished. If you define the Alt Right as the website TRS well then sure. But I think that factors leading to White People shifting the Overton Window are a deterministic result of nature. Simply put the coming race war in the United States is baked in the cake because of racial identity politics, and TRS only served as an outlet. The outlet will just shift to other figures. I think that as long as free speech remains the same in the United States Traditional White Nationalism and Paleo Conservatism will grow as their prominent spokesmen are always liable to show their face. Maybe they will grow because there was less of a generational gap between the Millenials and the leaders of the True Alt Right, but society will force them to grow. For the Alt-Lite who knows. The Neo Reactionaries are basically a non starter because of their bizarreness (which I do love). MRA's will always have an audience as long as young men are rejected by modern women. If God is real then the Throne and Altar's will triumph even it takes the whole time of created existence,
-Chief Inquisitor
-Chief Inquisitor
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