Category Archives: capitalism

Robert Stark talks to Anatoly Karlin about Andrew Yang and The War on Normal People

Alt Center, Anatoly Karlin, Andrew Yang, Asia, Asian Culture, automation, Baby Boomers, Basic Income, Bernie Sanders, Brandon Adamson, capitalism, China, Class, Conservatives, Culture, demographics, Donald Trump, Economics, Futurism, Human Bio Diversity, Immigration, income inequality, IQ, Iran, Leftism, Liberalism, Millennials, Oligarchy, Peter Turchin, Political Parties, Politics, Race Relations, Radical Center, Republican Party, Socialism, Tucker Carlson, War, Wealth, welfare state

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Brandon Adamson talk to Unz Review blogger Anatoly Karlin about his book review of Andrew Yang’s the War on Normal People.

Topics:

Anatoly’s articles Yang Hasn’t Gone Anywhere, 7 Reasons Why #YangGang Is More Than Just A Meme and What Does Everyone Think About Andrew Yang?
The young educated demographic of support, THE GREY TRIBE, and faction from the dissident right
Yang’s chances of winning
Yang over Trump but Trump over Harris or Biden
Tucker Carlson agreeing with leftist on Venezuela Intervention
Why Yang’s UBI and VAT proposal are relatively Centrist
Iran’s UBI experiment
Peter Turchin and theory of elite over production leading to social instability
Asian American Identity and positive mentions of China
Charles Murray’s COMING APART and Bubble Quiz
The potential impact of the UBI and automation on immigration and demographic trends
How America’s failure to adjust to new realities is leading to social tension

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Robert Stark talks about Andrew Yang and the Post-Nationalist Future

Alt Center, Alternative Right, American Culture, Andrew Yang, Architecture, Asia, Asian Culture, automation, Basic Income, capitalism, China, Cities, Class, Conservatives, Corporations, Culture, decentralization, democracy, demographics, Donald Trump, Economics, Elections, Immigration, Incels, income inequality, Leftism, Liberalism, Mass Democracy, Matthew Pegas, Mental illness, Middle Class, Morality, Nationalism, NEETs, neo-tribalism, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Personality Types, Political Correctness, Politics, Psychology, Race Relations, social capital, Social Isolation, Suburbia, Takimag, Urbanism, Wealth, welfare state, Zoning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Matthew Pegas talk about Robert’s Takimag article Andrew Yang and the Post-Nationalist Future

Topics:

Yang’s objective is not to dismantle neo-liberalism but rather create a more humane version of it
Potential for cross pollination between right and left Yang supporters towards a dissident center
Trump’s failed last chance for American nationalism
Future political paradigm of neo-tribalism vs. enforced loyalty to mass society
How a UBI will lead to the formation of neo-tribes
Political campaigns as neuro-tribes
Pursuing one’s group interest as a minority in a Post-American future
How a UBI treats everyone equally, bypasses the middleman, and a step towards smart socialism
Unlike both capitalism and socialism, UBI is the only solution that is viable in an atomized society
How a social safety net combined with freedom of association is the only thing that can hold this nation together
Whether a UBI will solve issues such as declining birthrates and the sex recession
Yang Claims Universal Income Can Curb the Racism of His White Nationalist Fans
The personality of the technocratic engineer vs the lawyer in politics
Yang’s view of politics based on an understanding of psychology and human nature
Yang’s comment predicting anti-Asian violence which was taken out of context by conservatives
Materialist vs. idealist views on the roots of group-group violence
The UBI’s impact on class dynamics and danger of a neo-feudalist technocracy
Rethinking the American dream in terms of alternatives to the suburban home such as an arcology or self contained city
Whether smart socialism and urban renewal need a strong centralized state

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The Alt-Center, Starkianism and the Demystification of Social Capital

(((Supply))), Aesthetic Socialism, aesthetics, Alicia Silverstone, Alt Center, Alternative Left, Alternative Right, Architecture, Aristocratic Individualism, Art, Asian Aryanism, Basic Income, capitalism, Cities, Class, counterculture, Culture, demographics, Economics, gentrification, Giovanni Dannato, Hipsters, Homosexuality, James O'Meara, Journey to Vapor Island, Liberalism, Literature, Luke Ford, Matthew Pegas, NEETs, neo-tribalism, Neon, Philosophy, Pilleater, Politics, Psychology, Radical Center, Retro Futurism, Sexuality, Shane Eide, social capital, Social Darwinism, social status, SWPL, Third Position, Urbanism, Utopia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Originally Published by Shane Eide on Emerging Hermit

There’s something to be said for those in whom the sign of the times less offers an omen and more flashes across their periphery like a neon sign at an amusement park.

In 2019, the assumed excesses of prefixing an ‘Alt’ to any political fringe is virtually guaranteed to incite misunderstanding, scrutiny and suspicion. In that sense, the Alt-Center is a shameless affair. However, it isn’t shameless merely because of its ideas – which are eclectic – but rather, because of its ultimately strategic knowledge of where it sits within the dissident sphere.

The impending antiquation of older ways of thinking about politics is not for them an indication that some inevitable new path will soon announce itself, for which they will conveniently be the vanguard. Rather, this antiquation is for them an occasion to consider the possibility of creating something wholly new whose expression may unfold in ways as varied as one could imagine.

Journalist, artist, novelist and host of Stark Truth Radio, Robert Stark, has built something of a salon for Alt-Center ideas on his show, where, as of late, one may hear talk of Starkianism – existing in its own corner of Alt-Centrism. Roughly put, Alt-Centrism is where ideas of the dissident right and dissident left meet, and is itself comprised of concepts such as Aesthetic Socialism, Aristocratic Radicalism and Alt-Urbanism.

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Robert Stark talks to Kashif Vikaas about the Meta-Right

addiction, aesthetics, Alternative Right, American Culture, capitalism, Christianity, Class, Culture, demographics, Drugs, Economics, Fascism, Hinduism, Immigration, income inequality, Jean Baudrillard, Kashif Vikaas, Marxism, Matthew Pegas, Philadelphia, Philosophy, Political Correctness, Politics, Postmodernism, Psychology, Race Relations, Religion, Retro Futurism, Silicon Valley, social capital, Social Isolation, social trust, Socialism, Synthwave, Third Position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Matthew Pegas talk to Kashif Vikaas. Kashif runs the site Meta-Right.

Topics:

Meta-Modernism and the Meta-Right as right-wing Post Modernism
Philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and metaphysical realism
The concept of Hyperreality
The impact of aesthetic preferences on political ideology
Retro-futurism and Synthwave as the aesthetic of the Meta-Right
Kashif’s observation from working in Silicon Valley that User Interface designers often held pro-fascist outlooks based on aesthetics
Kashif’s fundamentalist Christian upbringing and transition from the Left to “nation over profit” politics
The existential crisis of capitalism and corrosion of the national interest
Capitalism and hyper individualism creating a low trust socially atomized society
Kashif’s observations on White poverty and the ethnic dynamics of drug addiction and homelessness in Fishtown, Philadelphia

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Robert Stark talks to Giovanni Dannato about Neuro-Tribalism

aesthetics, Alt Center, American Culture, Architecture, Basic Income, capitalism, Cities, Class, Culture, demographics, Economics, Giovanni Dannato, Globalization, Human Bio Diversity, Internet, Introversion, IQ, Morality, Nationalism, neo-tribalism, Personality Types, Psychology, social capital, Social Media, social status, Socialism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giovanni Dannato blogs at Colony of Commodus and is the author of APOSTASY and A Kingdom For the Introvert. Follow Giovanni on Twitter.

Topics:

Formation of neuro-tribes based on personality types
The role of the internet in the formation of neuro-tribes
Tribes that you can self select
Neuro-tribes eventually forming new ethnic groups through assortative mating
Neuro-types impact on political ideology(ex. contrarian vs. conscientious)
Role of social status and how different societies favor certain neuro types
Economic benefit of neo-tribalism in a post scarcity economy with competition over
Over representation of particular neuro types within economic niches
An Alt-Centrist Look At UBI
Multi neuro-tribal society that transcends beyond geographic location
Geographic locations that attract certain neuro types and Maps of the American Nations
How one’s neuro type influences their cultural and aesthetic preferences

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Robert Stark talks about Andrew Yang’s Campaign for President

Alt Center, Alternative Left, Alternative Right, American Culture, Andrew Yang, Architecture, Art, automation, Basic Income, Bernie Sanders, Brandon Adamson, capitalism, conformity, Conservatives, Corporations, Culture, demographics, Donald Trump, Economics, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Immigration, income inequality, Liberalism, Malls, Matthew Pegas, Memes, Nationalism, NEETs, Neoliberalism, Politics, Radical Center, Silicon Valley, social capital, Social Isolation, Social Justice Warriors, Suburbia, Tulsi Gabbard, Urbanism, Vaporwave, Wealth, welfare state, Zoning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark, Matthew Pegas, and Brandon Adamson discuss Andrew Yang’s campaign for president in 2020.

Topics:

Brandon’s articles Yang Time! and Yangster’s Paradise
Brandon’s past support for Tulsi Gabbard and why Bernie Sanders is no longer the anti-establishment candidate
Andrew Yang’s unconventional coalition of Dissident Rightest, Radical Centrist, NEETs, Bernie Bros, and Leftist
Reasons for Trump supporters turning to Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang’s identity neutral agenda and context of comments on White demographic decline
Automation as inevitable and something we must adapt to
Trickle Up Economics in contrast to failed Trickle Down Economics
The importance of a basic income for artist and innovators
How a basic income will enable people to liberate themselves from society
Human centered capitalism that creates measurements around people
Whether the basic income will change the debate on immigration
Regulating Tech Companies to protect free speech
The Mall Act and Zoning issues

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Robert Stark talks to Bay Area Guy about Bullshit Jobs

Alt Center, American Culture, Anarchism, automation, Basic Income, Bay Area Guy, Bernie Sanders, Bullshit Jobs, capitalism, Class, comedy, Conservatives, Corporations, Culture, Distributism, Donald Trump, Economics, Globalization, Immigration, income inequality, Kamala Harris, Leftism, Managerialism, Mass Transit, Morality, Neoliberalism, Occupy Wall Street, Oligarchy, social status, Socialism, Wealth, welfare state

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark talks to Bay Area Guy about Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber and his Review of Bullshit Jobs published on Alt of Center.

Topics:

Bay Area Guy’s background in blogging at the defunct Occident Invicta and move to the left economically
David Graeber’s background as a left wing anarchist and involvement with Occupy Wall Street and the anti-globalization protests of the late 90’s
Bullshit Jobs as the culmination of The Managerial Revolution
Neo-feudalistic economy based on extracting wealth and distributing it to underlings who maintain the system
Loyalty to the system more important than productivity or innovation
How the system is held together for political and moral imperatives rather than economic
A leisure economy and subsidies such as a basic income as necessary for innovation
The argument that handouts will make people lazy does not take into account the need for status and feeling useful
The moral imperative that value comes from work
Graeber‘s belief in compensating work that benefits the common good
90’s comedy Office Space as a parody of dehumanizing corporate culture
Despite automation don’t underestimate late capitalism’s ability to create more bullshit jobs
Parallels between conservatives calling the poor entitled and SJWs’ “check your privilege”
Bay Area Guy’s support for Bernie Sanders from the beginning and dissident right’s disappointment with Trump
Kamala Harris’ regressive Neoliberal record of harsh justice for the rabble and impunity for elites

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Urbanist Lessons from Trip to the Southwest

aesthetics, American Culture, Architecture, arcology, Art Deco, California, capitalism, Cities, Class, Consumerism, Corporations, Culture, demographics, Disneyland, Donald Trump, Economics, Futurism, Grand Canyon, Hipsters, Historic Preservation, History, Las Vegas, Matthew Pegas, Mid-Century Modern, Middle Class, Mormonism, Neoliberalism, Neon, Photography, Politics, Postmodernism, Retro Futurism, Skyscrapers, social capital, social trust, Suburbia, Travel, Urbanism, Utah, Utopia, Wilderness, Zion National Park, Zoning

Robert Stark and Matthew Pegas discuss their trip last fall to Las Vegas(Vegas Strip and Downtown), The Grand Canyon, and Zion.

Topics:

Las Vegas as the quintessential Post Modernist City
Creating an other wordy aura that does not exist in mundane consumerism
Creating something noble or grandiose out of consumerism
Las Vegas as an economic rather than geographic concept
Nothing permanent because architecture only survives if profitable
Vintage Vegas and Neon Signage
Irony of historic preservationist dismissing architecture of value because it is a product of capitalism
The pros and cons of private zoning
Casino Resorts functioning as an arcology or self contained city
Theme parks as models for urbanism
The potential for an urban alternative to over priced West Coast Cities
St. George Utah, sprawl layout, and high trust homogeneous middle class demographic
Alt-Urbanist solutions that seek to recreate those attributes in an urban setting
Southern Utah and Northern Arizona as one of the most scenic and geologically diverse regions in the world

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Robert Stark talks to Francis Nally about “Queer Culture”

aesthetics, alienation, Alternative Right, American Culture, Aristocratic Individualism, Art, Basic Income, Beatniks, capitalism, Class, conformity, Culture, Donald Trump, Economics, Extroversion, Francis Nally, Introversion, Leftism, Liberalism, Literature, Matthew Pegas, Normies, Philosophy, Politics, Postmodernism, Sexuality, social status, Socialism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Stark and Matthew Pegas talk to Francis Nally about his new book Queer Culture: A Transgressive Tradition. An Introduction for The Normie and The Misguided Artist.

Topics:

Culture outside the normative values of society
The “Queer Establishment” vs “Dissident Queer”
Issue of posers and pre-packaged “Queer Identities”
The “Queer Resume”
The need for an artistic elite or Aristocratic Radicalism
Why art is more important than politics
Literary and artistic figures including the Beatniks
New political movements forming on aesthetic impulses
Right-wing outsiders who defend the normative values
Capitalism co-opting “Queer Culture”
The benefits of a basic income
The Cult of the Extrovert
Francis’ Lexicon

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Robert Stark talks to Keith Preston about Secessionist Political Parties

Alt Center, American Culture, Brazil, Calexit, California, Cape Party, capitalism, colonialism, Conservatives, Culture, demographics, Donald Trump, Economics, England, Europe, European Nationalism, Germany, Globalization, History, Immigration, income inequality, Independent Political Candidates, Italy, Keith Preston, Leftism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Neoliberalism, Paleoconservatism, Politics, Radical Center, Secessionism, Socialism, South Africa, The American South, Wealth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keith Preston is the editor of Attack the System

Topics:

How the ideologies of parties are shaped by motivations of secessionist movements
Conflicting political parties and ideologies within the same secessionist movements
Texas secession movement and Alaskan Independence Party
Calexit movement and California National Party
California’s income inequality and housing crisis
Economic factors behind secession and economic divides within movements
The South is My Country in Brazil
Northern Italian separatist party Lega Nord‎ which is now Lega
Cape Party in South Africa
The pro-EU secessionist Scottish National Party and Catalan independence movement
Flemish secessionist parties Vlaams Belang and New Flemish Alliance
Puerto Rican Independence Party and how the American left and Right have switched sides on Puerto Rican Secession

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