This content outlines "20 Rules for Friends" as a guide for online discourse within a broadly defined "right-wing" or "dissident" movement, aiming to foster healthy community and trust amidst the challenges of modern society and online manipulation.
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20 rules for friends a guide to online
discourse it's a common observation that
the right has organizational problems in
fact working in this space for some time
I've noticed two arrayed in opposition
to each other like Cilla and kreb this
first we had the problem with fraud
being the anti-establishmentarian force
in the 21st century the right is a
popular Target for opportunists for
people who want to make a name for
themselves as Guardians of the status
quo against the dangerous forces of
radicalization being an active subverter
of the right-wing community Through
misrepresentation and vilification can
be a lucrative career choice but in a
more mundane sense there's also the
garden variety grifter the people who
just want to ride the outrage cycle
without moving forward those who push
every distraction and drama to juice out
maximum clicks and we're ever so willing
to punch to the right the second it can
increase their brand profile everyone
knows this is a problem and that the
right needs to do better dig deeper and
impose some common sense gatekeeping but
it's just at the point of application of
this common sense gatekeeping that the
other foot drops we fall into the
Caribbean pit of Purity spiraling anyone
who has been in an online right-wing
space will know this problem All Too
Well since there is no common ideology
that unifies the right no institutional
Force no emerging power driving
spontaneous self-organization the right
is forced to Define itself broadly in
the negative as oppositional towards the
mainstream of course we know this is
insufficient we all know we need a
deeper belief and a more specific moral
and religious Vision however any attempt
to enforce such a standard in a distant
space generally will cut an individual
off from 99 of other people similarly
active in opposing mainstream power at
the extremes the pure believer living in
principle in most ordinary circumstances
will remain a Singleton a point of
opposition in despair against the
greater world the real beneficiary of
these circumstances is the establishment
and the army of grifter is making money
offselling outrage atomized people are
easy to control and subvert generally
they buy more outrage porn they fuel
pointless social media battles and they
lash out in spectacularly in effective
ways which of course fuels the
radicalism of the other side but is
there an alternative can we build some
kind of healthy community of distance
can we de-atomize people to come
together with an eye towards opposing
the corrosive forces of modernity and
building a social order focused on
Humanity's spiritual and physical health
to put the issue a different way one
might say that any anti-progressive
force in the modern world faces two obstacles
obstacles
the first build quality community and
Trust the second to avoids coming to
cancellation and the general entropy of
the progressive mainstream each of these
concerns tends to pull in opposite
directions which is exploited by our
enemies to frustrate our efforts towards
growth navigating these dual objectives
presents a riddle for any distant group
to find the fine line between moral
enforcement and political viability
probably everyone has their own answer
to this riddle but this is my attempt 20
rules for allies or as we say online friends
friends
first a disclaimer these rules are
largely discourse based and concern
relationships that are purely dialectic
in a sense these rules characterize what
some people call loose alignment with
the broad dissident movement therefore
these rules are much looser than the set
of best practices that should be taken
to in real life relationships where the
goal is to build long-term trust in real communities
communities
these roles also do not address the
ultimate Vision that should guide the
Improvement of long-lasting human
communities going forward largely any
organic Community would have to possess
a specific religious and cultural ethos
so that no generalized rule could ever
be formed
but with that disclaimer on to the list
rule one a friend believes in humanity
and a higher power
we have to start here there is no such
thing as value neutral politics
of course politics is fundamentally
about Coalition building friend enemy
and we want to keep the standards of
Community General but I don't think we
can get more General than the humanities
two essential political priorities one
preserving Humanities survival and
post-maternity and two sustaining
Humanity's relationship with God without
these two political priorities there can
be no cooperation perhaps we could make
these standards more General by
replacing god with truth goodness and
Beauty but the point would remain more
or less the same the right is the party
of human survival and human thriving
this requires dedication both to
humanity itself and to some higher moral
order therefore in this task we may have
a common cause with some deists
agnostics and atheists but we have no
common cause with nihilists we can't
trust them
rule 2 friends recognize liberal
modernity's threat to human thriving and
desire a new direction to ensure
Humanity's survival
putting a finer point on the matter what
is the subject of the rights political
activism this can be summarized
negatively as an opposition to the
current Global Order of
government-managed technocracy this
system in its present form sacrifices
long-term human thriving for short-term
solvency and power pushing out older
life-giving traditions and displacing
people in order to replace them with the
false promises of endless growth in
consumer-driven Lifestyles although very
few people at this stage don't see that
the modern world is in a state of Crisis
still what characterizes the real right
those on the right side of the red pill
is the understanding that these problems
go back to the core of late secular
modernity's presuppositions if not the
enlightenment itself there is no going
back to the 1990s there is no return to
Fresh Prince or even the 1950s whatever
the problem is it's now buried deep
across multiple generations and any
reversal will require a radical change
and break with the status quo
rule 3 friends understand that
boundaries are a core mechanism to
Foster Independence and health in the
face of modern society overwhelmingly
most people concerned with human
well-being are aware of modernity's
corrosive effect and understand
independence from the system is a
necessary component of human survival to
accomplish Independence dissident groups
seek boundaries and separation from the
whole either morally geographically or
politically as such regardless of the
differences between the various groups
sitting under the distant umbrella we
are all unified in our common value of
independent Association for the sake of
our own conscience in Humanity's broader survival
survival
in this way also various different
dissident friend groups share a common
enemy in the global managerial class
which for reasons thoroughly described
by Bertrand de juvenile is always
interested in Humanity's deconstruction
in homogenization to further push the
boundaries of managerial power it is
this Central struggle against
homogenization and centralization that
characterizes virtually all near-term
goals of dissident politics
rule for friends make promises and keep
them friends are capable of receiving
loyalty and giving it
so far my list has been negative are
there any positive qualities of friends
let's start with the most basic
right-wing of value making and keeping
promises if the left wing is antinomian
entropic or focused on the politics of
dissolving bonds the right by contrast
must be focused on the creation and
sustenance of bonds starting with trust
and the keeping of promises there's no
way we can make it through modernity
without being true to each other and we
can't be true to each other without
being true to our word
make promises keep them and always be
loyal in many ways I see this aspect as
both the right wings and and means or at
least where its ends and means meet what
people understand now is that there is
no slacktivism from the right there is
no way that politics can be an
entertainment product and still be
serious about the future maximizing
pleasure parasocial fake relationships
and illusory Comfort are the left's game
and they will always win that contest
for the right to win we need something
more we need real trust and real
relationships which means real kept promises
promises
rule five friends make their moral
commitments explicit no functional
nihilism no view from nowhere if the
base of a distant position is trust or
promise keeping what is the
superstructure that binds it together
what is the fundamental dialectic tool
that links such a diverse and disparate
group of people together allowing them
to communicate
in short this is formalism we say what
we mean we mean what we say we express
what we believe in our own moral
boundaries in concise and clearer
language and we don't use functionalism
and pure critique to score cheap wins
against rival parties immediately it
should be obvious to see the Practical
utility of formal commitments and
beliefs you can't have boundaries or
borders without clear lines you can't
have an actual conversation without
clearer language you can't have
understanding without clearer meaning
this is why basic simple beliefs are
often the most important the principles
that you can communicate and the moral
lines around which you constrain your
behavior and Allegiance All In All We
should strive to be clear with our
beliefs mystery Cults are not good but
generally explicitly stated principles
should be a practical prerequisite for
people working together in a diverse
Coalition men need to express their
commitments explicitly first so they can
be respected but also so that the
position of pure critique cannot be used
maliciously to deconstruct a genuine
pleas while never defending a positive
solution this was the problem with the
new atheist movement in virtually all
modern movements on the left the view
from nowhere always sounds smart tweets
any other position in a debate yet it
does little more than drive back biting
drama and create a race to the bottom
towards moral cynicism
roll six friends make an effort to
understand other friends core loyalties
there's nothing that I respect More Than
A True Believer and I understand the
need to enslate yourself from other
ideas that might be alien heretical or
would otherwise feed the fuel of Doubt
inside your own mind and soul
however we are building a broad
Coalition that needs to work together
and being a leader means not being
insulated from ideas that might be
foreign or hostile we need to know
ourselves and know our enemies but know
our allies know less because this is key
for establishing boundaries order and
peace pretty simple concept but
sometimes hard to execute just remember
to keep asking questions always assume
that conflict with other allies is due
to a misunderstanding and try to
intellectualize disagreements to
minimize their impact the last thing we
want is an Ever escalating holy war in
our own ranks will we stand divided
against the more existential threats of modernity
modernity
rule seven friends respect other friends
boundaries even if those boundaries
exclude them a related note but one that
is qualitatively different we need to
respect each other's boundaries is this
too obvious after the previous two
points about why we make boundaries in
the first place
perhaps but here I want to address the
more emotional elephant in the room the
issue of discrimination and exclusion
I know that we are all post-leftists we
all know that any real human Community
must include a dimension of exclusion
but when the Discrimination Cuts against
you in the moment you might forget this
eternal truth and relapse into shitlab's
Burgery in the immortal words a
Marcellus Wallace that's Pride [ __ ]
with you we need to be adults about this
of course everyone is Justified in being
concerned that others might be
conspiring against their own interest
but not every space is for you not every
context is suited for your presence
adults understand the necessity to
respect certain boundaries of religion
and ethnicity but also the necessity of
certain boundaries of age and lifestyle
for instance I can admit to myself here
that at my age I will never be cool I
can offer wisdom for what it is but my
temperament is totally unsuited for the
more Posh and urban circles knowing
these types of limitations and being at
peace with them is the first step
towards not being a spurg
rule eight friends always attempt to
de-escalate drama and dissolve
disagreements so now that we have
established our task is to build order
in life let's talk about the enemy of
order chaos
chaos is an expansive spiritual concept
but the most common way it enters into
human communities is through politics or
what we oftentimes call politics in more
personal situations drama
drama is the cause of most of the
problems on social media but also the
driver of all the clout which if we are
honest is a major reason why any of us
do this stuff to begin with
this leads to the phenomenon of the
internet of beefs there really is
nothing better for your own personal
profile than to start random conflicts
and drama online but there is really
nothing worse for the community or
building anything lasting for the future
anyone who's been doing this for any
amount of time will recognize the issue
it is amazing how thoroughly Petty
personal disputes destroy communities
even in the last year so many bonds
brought together through massive efforts
and expensive organization were torn
apart by the drama on Twitter it's
tragic when you think about it but
that's how human psychology works the
internet is driven by effeminate
fighting but real things only come from
masculine concordance in real life for
this reason it is imperative for all
community members content creators in
particular to de-escalate drama whenever
possible try to intellectualize
disagreements unravel and dissolve
disputes that don't lead anywhere and
focus always on productivity and expansion
expansion
rule nine friends refrain from insulting
core loyalties of other friends but
given that everyone knows drama is bad
and leads to bad things why does it
erupt so frequently one major reason is
again not understanding or respecting
verbal boundaries we should remember
here the notion of fighting words
expressions and statements that when
made are rightfully perceived as a
hostile attack on the object and require
an escalation of the conflict verbal or
physical there are certain fine lines
that people should have been taught in
school the lines that surround a man's
core loyalties these obviously include
deities or other direct focal points of
religion words describing God people's
children wives mothers and families
generally and of course direct attacks
on men's Integrity or women's virtue
back in the day insulting these things
slanted you right into a fistfight or
duel on the internet we can't enforce
these boundaries but let's respect the
lessons that in real life interaction
should have taught us
rule 10 friends maintain care around
secondary loyalties okay so maybe the
core loyalties are clear no-go zones but
isn't there a large gray area for banter
and locker room talk for memes for
intellectual discussion people can be a
little more forgiving or rented entity
is in relationships that aren't directly
sacred or personal
still we need to be careful I do think a
certain amount of mockery is allowable
in the right context when it comes to
certain racial religious and National
identities these are what I call
secondary loyalties loyalties that while
still critical can be held more lightly
because in most contexts when not
directly threatened by politics or War
they don't need to be directly defended
and therefore can be joked about among
friends as Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino
demonstrated some light ethnic bigotry
can be Charming in fact and most racists
don't care about what race you are so
long as you are racist too in the right
context of course
but due diligence is necessary the
proper relationship and demeanor need to
be established be careful of testing
these boundaries out in public spaces
unless it's very obviously a joke
loyalties even secondary ones can start
real fights and also steer clear of
these areas all together if some
Spectrum Disorder prevents you from
picking up on subtle context cues
rule 11 friends never punch right gnome
World announcements
this is a rule people know but that
needs quite a bit more explanation to
execute properly the last tactic is
divide and conquer it is a slow ratchet
that relies on conservatives providing
outrage to their left and gatekeeping to
their right each of these services in
turn expands The Horizon for the
Progressive Movement while guarding its
flank under these circumstances distance
main problem is a mainstream right that
can't do anything effective other than
counter signal against its more
principled members and facilitate a
dialectic where they are always the
default losers and we experience the
sharp end of this problem every time the
Boomer Normie Khan's pile on some
ill-conceived cancellation campaign
based on their enemy's own Progressive sensibilities
