Category Archives: Liberalism

Robert Stark discusses his novel Vaporfornia

 Mark Velard, 1980's, aesthetics, Alicia Silverstone, alienation, Alt Center, Andrew Yang, Architecture, Art, Beverly Hills, Black Mirror, Calexit, California, capitalism, Class, Conservatives, Culture, Dan Baltic, David Lynch, demographics, Despair, Donald Trump, dreams, Economics, Environment, Eugenics, Futurism, Gio Pennacchietti, Greg Johnson, Hollywood, humor, Immigration, Incels, income inequality, Internet, IQ, James O'Meara, journalism, Journey to Vapor Island, Liberalism, Literature, Los Angeles, Malls, Matthew Pegas, Media, Michel Houellebecq, Middle Class, Millennials, Morality, Mount Diablo, Mulholland Drive, Multiculturalism, neo-tribalism, Neoliberalism, Neon, Personality Types, Philosophy, Political Correctness, Politics, Psychology, Race Relations, Radical Center, Reno, Retro Futurism, Reviews, Sam Hyde, San Francisco, Science Fiction, Sexuality, social capital, Social Darwinism, Social Isolation, Social Media, social status, Spree Shootings, Surrealism, SWPL, The Black Pill, Travel, Utopia, Vaporfornia, Vaporwave, Virtual Reality, Walnut Creek CA, William S. Burroughs, Yosemite

Robert Stark is joined with Matt Pegas and Dan Baltic to discuss his new novel, Vaporfornia. Vaporfornia is a surreal dark comedy, a coming of age story set in California, and is the sequel to Robert’s first novel, Journey to Vapor Island. This show is a simulcast with Matt and Dan’s dissident, counter-culture, literary podcast, New Write.  Vaporfornia is available for purchase on Lulu publishing. Also check out Matt’s review of Vaporfornia.

Topics:

Contrasting Vaporfornia with Journey to Vapor Island, and how both novels capture the zeitgeists of their respective eras
The niche genre of the satirical moving adventure story
Literary comparisons to a Confederacy of Dunces, William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch, Lucky Jim, Voltaire’s Candide, and Gulliver’s Travels
The situational humor and dramatic irony
Vaporfornia as a satire of the themes in Robert’s Substack that delve into California’s social, political, class, and demographic dynamics
Vaporfornia as a travelogue for California
Allegories and symbolism in the book
Saudade, a longing for what could have been or nostalgia for lost futures
Gio Pennacchietti’s video about how Robert’s literary fiction and visual art complement each other
The protagonist’s personal and political journey
The politics of the “Chad Centrist” presidential candidate Roger Blackstone
Whether Robert Stark will run for California Governor or have a Vaporfornia tour some day

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Robert Stark talks to Guillaume Durocher about Éric Zemmour

Alternative Right, Ancient Greece, California, capitalism, censorship, Class, Classical Liberalism, colonialism, Conservatives, coronavirus, Culture, decentralization, demographics, Diversity, Donald Trump, Economics, education, Elections, Emmanuel Macron, Éric Zemmour, ethnopluralism, Eugenics, Europe, European Nationalism, France, Freedom of Speech, Guillaume Durocher, History, Identitarianism, Immigration, IQ, Islam, Islamization, Joe Biden, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Marine Le Pen, Media, Multiculturalism, Nationalism, Philosophy, Political Correctness, Politics, Race Relations, Republican Party, Secessionism, Singapore, welfare state

Robert Stark talks to French author Guillaume Durocher about the 2022 French Presidential Election and the campaign of Éric Zemmour. Other topics discussed include Singapore’s politics, rightwing multiculturalism, and biopolitics . Guillaume Durocher has written for a number of dissident publications including The and American Renaissance, and is the author of The Ancient Ethnostate: Biopolitical Thought in Classical Greece. Follow Guillaume on Twitter.

Topics:

Éric Zemmour’s background as a political pundit and comparisons to 2016 Trump
How Zemmour is to the right of his challenger Marine Le Pen on both economics and on issues of nationalism and identity
How Zemmour’s demographic of support tends to be older, more well off, and more conservative than Le Pen’s
Zemmour’s policy proposals including an immigration moratorium, natalist bonuses for rural areas, ending hate speech laws, and cutting off funding for woke NGOs
Polling and projections for the runoff and general election and how it is Macron’s election to lose
Zemmour’s strategy of balancing assimilationism with preserving an “ethnic steady state”
A case for the right to embrace multiculturalism as an alternative to nationalism and assimilationismism
Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore as a model for successful multi-ethnic nations
The Secession of French Elites: The Key to Macron’s Success…and Failures

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Robert Stark talks to Louis Marinelli about leaving Calexit

Calexit, California, Canada, Cape Party, censorship, decentralization, demographics, Donald Trump, Economics, Elections, Environment, Freedom of Speech, Healthcare, Immigration, income inequality, Independent Political Candidates, Leftism, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Louis Marinelli, Marcus Ruiz Evans, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Political Correctness, Politics, Quebec, Russia, Scotland, Secessionism, Shankar Singam, Silicon Valley, South Africa, Third Political Parties, Tucker Carlson

Robert Stark talks to Calexit founder Louis Marinelli about why he is leaving the cause for California Independence. Louis Marinelli co-founded the Calexit movement with Marcus Ruiz Evans. He was the former president of the Calexit organization, Yes California, he ran for California State Assembly on an independence platform, and he describes himself as a populist with both left and rightwing viewpoints. Subscribe to Louis’ Substack and follow him on Twitter.

Topics:

Louis’ article on leaving Calexit (This post marks the end of the California Independence Movement)
Louis’ background in co-founding Calexit with Marcus’ Ruiz Evans
The controversy over Louis’ stance in support of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict within Yes California
The Calexit movement’s shift to the left and need for an alternative framework in California
The California National Party, which Louis wrote the original platform for, and the party’s shift to the left
California exceptionalism in the context of problems of income inequality, mass exodus, authoritarian woke culture, and corrupt one-party rule
California’s lack of a rooted identity as a barrier to creating a viable California civic nationalism
The National Divorce and hypothetical partitions between Red and Blue America

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Robert Stark interviews Nathanael Gould

aesthetics, Alt Center, Alternative Right, Ben Winegard, Canada, Cape Party, Cape Town, capitalism, Class, Classical Liberalism, colonialism, Conservatives, coronavirus, Culture, demographics, Donald Trump, Economics, Elon Musk, Emmanuel Macron, England, Éric Zemmour, ethnopluralism, Globalization, History, Homosexuality, Human Bio Diversity, Immigration, Imperialism, James O'Meara, Jonathan Edwards, Leftism, Liberalism, Matthew Pegas, Middle Class, Milo, Morality, Nathanael Gould, Political Correctness, Politics, Race Relations, Radical Center, Sexuality, South Africa

Robert Stark and co-host Jonathan Edwards talk to Nathanael Gould about South Africa, Anglo identity, and the need for a non-woke gay identity. Nathanael Gould is from Cape Town, South Africa, born to Canadian immigrant parents, and is currently under quarantine in Vancouver, Canada. Nathanael is sympathetic to Robert Stark’s  Alt-Centrism, and describes his politics as socially left on gay rights (for personal reasons),  right leaning on issues of HBD and race relations, and centrist on economics. Follow Nate on Twitter.

Topics:

Nate’s interest in HBD and the Twitter Account Birth Gauge that tracks global fertility
The dissident right’s narrative on South Africa (their accurate and inaccurate perceptions)
How South Africa’s politics is polarized along ethnic-sectarian lines
How woke culture is spreading to South Africa, especially in universities, in part due to American influence
Rightwing multiculturalism, and the need to grant groups some degree of autonomy
The critique of Anglos from the right as being uniquely individualistic, liberal, and putting morality over group interests
The decline of the Anglosphere in contrast with the rise of Nationalism in France
LGBTQ identity politics, and why cis gay White males are being excluded from the intersectional hierarchy
A need for a rightest gay identity that emphasizes the contributions of gays as an artistic and intellectual caste
Contrasting global homogenization with true diversity and the politics of aesthetic tribes and hierarchies

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Robert Stark interviews Indian Bronson

1990's, American Culture, China, City-State System, Class, Classical Liberalism, Conservatives, cryptocurrency, Culture, decentralization, demographics, Despair, Donald Trump, Economics, ethnopluralism, Futurism, Gender, Hinduism, Immigration, Incels, India, Indian Bronson, Liberalism, Millennials, Multiculturalism, Nationalism, neo-tribalism, Political Correctness, Politics, Race Relations, relationships, Religion, Sexuality, social capital, social status, technology, Tucker Carlson, Zoomers

Robert Stark talks to Indian Bronson about  decentralization, Post-Americanism, and future political systems. Subscribe to Indian Bronson’s Substack and follow him on Twitter.

Topics:

Indian Bronson’s Hindu background and his thoughts on the culture and politics of the Hindu-diaspora in the West
Critical Race Theory and its Discontents: the ineptitude of the IDW
The rise in alternative institutions and questions of loyalty to normal patterns of living
Post-Americanism and Rightwing Multiculturalism
The future of caste and emergent tribal identities in America
The wane of US geopolitical soft power
Millennials as a lost generation
The economics of human relations

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Robert Stark interviews Apex about Systems & Agency

aesthetics, Afghanistan, Alt Center, Alternative Right, American Culture, Apex, Architecture, Banking, capitalism, Cities, Classical Liberalism, Conservatives, Conspiracy Theories, Consumerism, Corporations, Culture, demographics, Distributism, Diversity, Donald Trump, Economics, education, History, Immigration, Imperialism, Leftism, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Managerialism, Marxism, materialism, Morality, neo-tribalism, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, Political Correctness, Politics, Psychology, Radical Center, social capital, Social Isolation, social trust, Socialism, Third Way Economics, Urbanism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Apex talk about Systems, Pan-Enclavism, and the Alt-Center. Apex is a former leftist from a landless North Eastern Native American Tribe, and loosely part of the Post-Left/Post-Right sphere. He describes himself as the “Cartographer of the Simulation and the Architect of Post-America.” Subscribe to Apex’s Substack and follow him on Twitter.

Topics:

Why the Left are Hyper-capitalists
How we can embrace certain leftwing social policies while rejecting the philosophical framework
Systems and Agency
Why All Politics are Identity Politics
Robert’s Proposal for a New Alt-Center which offers a counter-argument to the slippery slope fallacy and O’Sullivan’s First Law with core philosophical principles
Why There is no such thing as a “Private Company” and why The Right is No Home of Mine
Distributism, Adam Smith’s critique of absentee ownership, and why market power matters more than supply and demand
The huge and confusing gap in theorizing power structures
The viability of alternative institutions such as in finance and education
Pan-Enclavism: the case for communal self-determination as a bulwark against mass homogenization
Post Americanism: embracing America as an internal empire
Politics as a cope: The LARPing will continue until morale improves

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Robert Stark talks to Matt Pegas about Dragon Day

Aleister Crowley, alienation, Alt Center, Alternative Right, American Culture, Andrea Dworkin, Andy Nowicki, Aristocratic Individualism, Bernie Sanders, Camille Paglia, Classical Liberalism, College, Conservatives, Crime, Culture, Despair, Donald Trump, Ellliot Rodger, Erotized Rage, Feminism, Gender, George Bush, Gnosticism, Homosexuality, Incels, Jason Reza Jorjani, Journey to Vapor Island, Liberalism, Literature, Loserdom, Marquis de Sade, Matt Forney, Matthew Pegas, Morality, Neoconservatism, Neoliberalism, Nietzsche, Philosophy, Political Correctness, Politics, Psychology, psychosocialism, relationships, Sexuality, Social Isolation, Social Justice Warriors, Social Rejection, social status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark talks to Matt Pegas about his debut novel Dragon Day. Dragon Day is published by Matt Forney’s Terror House Press.

Topics:

Dragon Day’s setting at a fictional University in 2015, the era’s purposeful choice for its political climate, and semi-autobiographical elements
Matt’s Addendum To Dragon Day on Substack, contrasting hyper-liberalism with the Straussian dialect
How Dragon Day’s narrative is open to interpretation
The theme of unmet psychosocial needs and untapped erotic energy being channeled into other endeavors both creative and harmful
Influences from Pagan and Gnostic aspects of the right and Camille Paglia on Homonationalism
Counter-elitism and aristocratic radicalism vs. populism
The horseshoe theory on power dialects in regards to human nature

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Lipton Matthews interviews Robert Stark about California Politics

Africa, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American Culture, Andrew Yang, Baby Boomers, Basic Income, Bernie Sanders, Black Culture, Black Lives Matter, California, capitalism, China, Class, colonialism, Conservatives, Crime, Culture, decentralization, demographics, Denmark, Diversity, Donald Trump, Economics, education, Edward Dutton, Elections, ethnopluralism, Eugenics, Europe, Immigration, income inequality, IQ, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Lipton Matthews, Media, Millennials, Morality, Multiculturalism, Nationalism, neo-tribalism, Neoliberalism, New York, Oligarchy, Paul Gottfried, Police, Political Correctness, Politics, Race Relations, Tucker Carlson, Urbanism, Wealth, Zoning

Lipton Matthews interviews Robert Stark about his Unz Review and Substack articles on California Politics and solutions on how to fix California’s problems. The interview was originally posted on Lipton Matthews’ YouTube Channel. Lipton Matthews is a Jamaican researcher, business analyst, and contributor to Merion West, The Federalist, American Thinker, Intellectual Takeout, mises.org, and Imaginative Conservative. You can follow Lipton on Twitter.

Topics

The exodus out of California and The Politics of Housing in the State
Ed Dutton: Why the Last Geniuses of Mid 20th century were in California, and Why the Remnant is Moving to Texas
Exploring California’s Political Demographics Based On In-Depth 2020 Election Analysis
Electoral trends and why the right loses
California’s Future of Pan-Enclavism and the need for Multi-Culturalism for all
An Alternative Vision for California
The Denmark Plan Versus Right-Wing Multi-Culturalism
Robert’s article You Can’t Take Back America But You Can Join the Tribe about neo-tribalism and the post-American era
Demographic trends in California
The Real Wealth Gap, the promotion of the rentier economy, and woke capitalism

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Robert Stark interviews artist Gio Pennacchietti

1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, aesthetics, Alternative Right, American Culture, Architecture, Art, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Baby Boomers, Bimbo Ubermensch, BLAUERGEIST!, Canada, capitalism, Catholicism, Christianity, Cities, Class, Classical Liberalism, Coach Black Pill, Communism, Consumerism, counterculture, Crime, Culture, Diversity, Donald Trump, Economics, England, ethnopluralism, France, Francis Nally, Futurism, Gio Pennacchietti, Globalization, Gnosticism, History, Immigration, Incels, income inequality, Italian Futurism, Jason Reza Jorjani, Journey to Vapor Island, Las Vegas, Leftism, Liberalism, Literature, Malls, materialism, Matthew Pegas, Media, Mid-Century Modern, Middle Class, Millennials, Morality, Multiculturalism, Nationalism, NEETs, neo-tribalism, Neoliberalism, Neon, New York, Nietzsche, Philosophy, Pilleater, Police, Police Brutality, Police State, Political Correctness, Politics, Postmodernism, Prison, Prison Industrial Complex, Prison Rape, Psychology, Religion, Retro Futurism, Silicon Valley, Socialism, South Africa, Soviet Union, Surrealism, Synthwave, technology, Toronto, Traditionalism, Vaporwave

Robert Stark and Matt Pegas talk to Gio Pennacchietti about aesthetic, cultural, and social trends. Gio Pennacchietti is a social impressionist painter and writer from the “first post-national country” (Canada), Gonzo Philosopher, and failed academic. Check out his YouTube channel GiantArt Productions, Instagram, writings at Substack and WordPress, and Twitter.

Topics:

Gio’s review of Robert Stark’s Art: The Fauvist Vaporwave Interiors
20th Century aesthetic genres, retrofuturism, post-modernism, late 20th century pop art, trends in nostalgia, and the psychology of hauntology
Political symbolism in aesthetics: 2010s minimalism, Neoliberal Kitsch, Sanford Biggers’ statue in Rockefeller Plaza, the de-evolution of Trump’s aesthetics, and the lack of a cohesive aesthetic trend for the future
Robert’s article on Pan-Enclavism and how it relates to Canada as a post-national nation
A critique of the Intellectual Dark Web
The need for a new bohemian/creative movement comparable to the Vienna Secession
Gio’s interest in the after prison Youtubers
Gio’s artistic background, influences, and art as a spiritual endeavor

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Robert Stark talks to Jason Reza Jorjani about Promethean Philosophy

aesthetics, Archeofuturism, Architecture, Art, Art Deco, Black Lives Matter, Brutalism, Buddhism, capitalism, censorship, Christianity, Class, Communism, conformity, Conservatives, Culture, democracy, demographics, Donald Trump, Economics, Egypt, Francis Nally, Frank Lloyd Wright, Futurism, Gnosticism, Hinduism, History, Islam, Jason Reza Jorjani, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Leftism, Liberalism, Martin Heidegger, Mass Democracy, Mass Movements, Morality, Mythology, Neoliberalism, New York, Nietzsche, Philosophy, Plato, Political Correctness, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Retro Futurism, Romain d'Aspremont, Science, Silicon Valley, Skyscrapers, Social Justice Warriors, Socialism, technology, Traditionalism, Transhumanism, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Francis Nally talk to Jason Reza Jorjani about his essay Towards a Prometheist Platform and the philosophical foundation of Prometheism. Jason Reza Jorjani, PhD is an Iranian-American philosopher, lifelong native New Yorker, and author of numerous books including Prometheism and Prometheus and Atlas, and has an upcoming book out on UFO close encounters. Also check out the recent Stark Truth TV Interview with Jason Reza Jorjani and Jason’s Twitter and Patreon.

Topics:

Revisiting the Promethean Archetype
Jason’s critique of Romain d’Aspremont’s The Promethean Right
The Promethean take on the prerequisite for free will, infinite creativity, consciousness, and the cosmos
The philosophical basis for science, technology, and the aesthetic arts
The philosophical and political symbolism in architecture
How Prometheism is beyond the left-right-center spectrum with the objective of overcoming the limitations of established social orders
The Task of a Philosopher as revealing the secrets of the universe and the rejection of perennial wisdom
Why Jason is focusing Prometheism on an elite audience (eg. Plato’s guardians as the Promethean class) and why he rejects populism in all forms

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