Category Archives: Urbanism

Robert Stark interviews John Arcto about UK Politics & Retro Futurism

July 2, 20241960's, 1980's, 1990's, aesthetics, Alternative Right, Architecture, Art, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Blade Runner, BREXIT, censorship, Conservatives, Corporations, Culture, Cyberpunk, demographics, Diversity, Dubai, Economics, Elections, England, ethnopluralism, Europe, Futurism, Georgism, History, Immigration, IQ, John Arcto, Leftism, Liberalism, London, Los Angeles, Multiculturalism, Nationalism, Neoliberalism, Neon, Nietzsche, Nigel Farage, Philosophy, Political Correctness, Politics, Postmodernism, Race Relations, Retro Futurism, Singapore, Skyscrapers, Steampunk, Taxation, Urbanism, Vaporwave, Walt Bismarck, Wealth, Zoningrobertstark

Robert Stark talks to John Arcto, who blogs at The Anglofuturist on substack.

Topics:

-John’s political journey as a former Leftist
-Why John rejects the dissident right and embraces Progressivism Rightism
–What is Anglo Futurism
-The Right’s elite human capital problem and anti-intellectualism
-The need for a counter-elite
–The July 4th election in the UK
-The Tory Party’s embrace of mass immigration and whether the Party can be reformed
–Nigel Farage’s role as a gatekeeper
-How Brexit has been a total failure and turned young Brits woke
-Why John supports some hybrid of immigration restriction, assimilation, and ethnopluralism
-Why John can’t comprehend how Americans get worked up over Hispanic immigration
-How talking about racial demographics is totally taboo in the UK, but cultural concerns are tolerated
-John’s case for Georgism and rightwing YIMBYism
-Why adopting certain leftwing views is good to appeal to elite human capital
–Why Blade Runner is much less dystopian than our current society
-The movie Her which depicts a future LA that is YIMBY but also very White
-British genres of Retro-Futurism, from the Victorian to post-war era
–Vaporwave as rightwing post-modernism
-Why the present is a uniquely bleak era in British history

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Sacramento Photo Album

June 13, 2024Architecture, California, Photography, Sacramento , Travel, Urbanismrobertstark

The album includes Pea Soup Anderson’s in Santa Nella, Downtown Sacramento, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, California State Capitol and Capitol Park, Sutter’s Fort, Midtown Sacramento, the Golden 1 Center, Old Sacramento, and the Sacramento River.

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Walt Bismarck interviews me about Rightwing Multiculturalism

May 31, 20241980's, 80's music, Alt Center, Alternative Right, American Culture, Animal Cruelty, animals, anti-semitism, Art, automation, California, capitalism, Culture, demographics, Disney, Distributism, Diversity, Donald Trump, Economics, ethnopluralism, Florida, Human Bio Diversity, Immigration, Incels, income inequality, India, IQ, Israel, Jared Taylor, Joe Biden, Leftism, Liberalism, Los Angeles, Morality, Multiculturalism, Neoliberalism, Nick Fuentes, Personality Types, Phoenix, Political Correctness, Politics, Radical Center, Richard Hanania, Richard Spencer, Ron DeSantis, Ron Paul, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Urbanism, Walt Bismarckrobertstark

This is a simulcast with Walt Bismarck’s Walt Right podcast.

Topics include:

Robert’s political trajectory coming out of the Ron Paul movement
Robert’s Jewish heritage
His thoughts on the political position of American Jews since the Gaza War
How the boredom of the Biden years has created a less tense environment
How recent years have driven a wedge between the Left and Liberals
How anti-Whiteness led to an explosion of antisemitism on the Left
Has the boundary between Jews and Whites blurred over the past few years?
How Walt was able to mainstream himself without denouncing the Alt Right
The tenability of Right Wing Multiculturalism and Castizo Futurism
How comfortable is Walt with immigration?
The resentment towards Brahmin Indians growing in Silicon Valley
White people in America need to form the same ethnic patronage networks as immigrant ethnic groups
How Walt misjudged the Midwest
Arizona vs. Florida vs. California
The hyper-individualistic nature of White Californians
California as an American “promised land” and the most beautiful place on earth
DeSantis’s efforts to position Florida as the new California
Why did DeSantis fail?
Brain drain from California to Florida
Why has Florida supplanted Texas as the conservative hub?
The decentralized modern Dissident Right vs. the old Alt Right
Nick Fuentes vs. the “Post-Left” Dimes Square / Red Square crowd
Why are Hispanics in California/Arizona more leftist than in Florida/Texas?
How personal temperament impacts a person’s politics
The median Alt Righter was actually less racist on a visceral level than the average ”colorblind” conservative
Colorblindness is responsible for the worst of the Left and the Right
Moral implications of belief in HBD
How much should you talk about HBD?
Emil Kirkegaard’s study on taboos
Respects in which Walt is rightwing
Walt’s centrism on abortion and hatred for pro-life maximalists
Robert’s futurist concept of distributism
Why immigration restriction basically requires mass automation
Walt’s idea for a “grand bargain” where illegal immigrants are given legal status in exchange for a guarantee that they will never be given the right to vote
The case for a Rightwing Urbanism and pro-White YIMBYism
Do you need restricted covenants etc. to sell YIMBYism to suburbanites?
Is NIMBYism necessary to prevent a mass brain drain from the interior?
Gentrification as the future of the right and the opposite of White Flight
Walt’s desire for a “High Openness Right” that resembles the early Alt Right
Why conservatives suck at art
HBO’s Girls and The Sopranos as conservative art
Painting as a metaphor for ethno-pluralism
Robert Stark’s stance on AI Art
How Walt used Disney songs to explain the Alt Right, and how this resembles how Lin Manuel Miranda’s use of rap to explain the Founding Fathers
How key changes are used to create an emotional impact in music, especially show tunes and 80s music
Why do the 80s resonate with Millennial guys so much?
Walt’s pro-white argument for reparations
Walt’s support for animal rights and lab grown meat
Will future societies look back on factory farms the same way we look at slavery?
High IQ people need a self-selected bubble where they don’t have to “hold frame”
We’re not all gonna make it—that’s just part of being a man
The modern world is much better for high IQ autistic guys like Walt and Robert
How Tinder increased the incel rate from 15% to 30%
What makes someone “smart but poor?” What is Walt’s advice for this demo?
Building an income on Substack—Walt and Robert’s strategies
How building a social media presence is like feudalism

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Robert Stark talks to Constantin von Hoffmeister about Esoteric Trumpism

April 4, 20241950's, aesthetics, Alain de Benoist, Alexander Dugin, Alternative Right, American Culture, Architecture, Art, Beatniks, Brandon Adamson, California, censorship, Cinema, Cities, Class, conformity, Conservatives, Constantin von Hoffmeister, Culture, Daniel Friberg, demographics, Diversity, Donald Trump, Edgar Alan Poe, Elections, Ernst Jünger, Ethno Nationalism, ethnopluralism, Europe, European Nationalism, Germany, Globalization, Guillaume Faye, H.P. Lovecraft, Hipsters, History, Hollywood, horror, Immigration, Jack Kerouac, Joe Biden, Las Vegas, Liberalism, Literature, Los Angeles, Mass Transit, Matthew Pegas, Media, Middle Class, Millennials, Nationalism, Nietzsche, Occultism, Oswald Spengler, Political Correctness, Politics, Postmodernism, Race Relations, Republican Party, Retro Futurism, Russia, Suburbia, Surrealism, the New Right, The Perfume Nationalist, Urbanism, William S. Burroughs, Zoomersrobertstark

Robert Stark and Matt Pegas speak with Constantin von Hoffmeister about his book Esoteric Trumpism. This is a simulcast with Matt’s New Write podcast. Originally from Germany, Constantin von Hoffmeister studied English Literature and Political Science in New Orleans. Constantin has worked as an author, journalist, translator, editor, and business trainer in the United States, India, Uzbekistan, and Russia, and is the editor in chief of Arktos publishing. Follow Constantin on Twitter and subscribe to his Substack.

Topics:

Literary references, including William S. Burroughs, HP Lovecraft, and Edgar Alan Poe
Misconceptions about the Beatniks as leftwing (eg Jack Kerouac’s admiration of Oswald Spengler)
How the Beats’ disillusionment shows problems with fetishizing 1950s America
Philistinism on the Right and the rise of a new creative culture-focused Right
How America has an underappreciated rich cultural heritage
America as an extension of European civilization
Rightwing Postmodernism
Trump as the great revealer of hidden Lovecraftian horrors
Why Trump’s political significance is primarily symbolic
Addressing criticisms and disappointments with Trump
Meme magic
Why Constantin rejects accelerationism
Why Rightwing multiculturalism or ethnopluralism is the future
Constantin’s recent meet up with Robert and Matt in LA, and observation that LA is a model for ethnopluralism
Why Constantin is more optimistic about America’s future than Europe’s
Upcoming Arktos projects, including a new translation of Dominque Venner on Ernst Junger, a rightwing critique of Nietzsche, and an art history book

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A Rainy Weekend in Vegas

November 21, 2023aesthetics, Architecture, California, Culture, Lake Arrowhead, Las Vegas, Mid-Century Modern, Mojave Desert, Nature, Neon, Photography, Travel, Urbanism, Wildernessrobertstark

Photos were taken over labor day weekend, during a tropical rain storm, in Las Vegas. Album include the Rio hotel and casino, the El Cortez, the Fremont Street Experience, Fremont East, the Gateway Arch, Bonanza Gift Shop, Gold Coast Casino, Paris, Bellagio including the conservatory/botanical garden, Flamingo, Caesars Palace, The Mirage, The Venetian, Whiskey Pete’s and Buffalo Bill’s in Primm Nevada, Peggy Sue’s 50s Diner in Yermo, and bonus photos of Heaps Peak Arboretum near Lake Arrowhead.

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Robert Stark is interviewed about California’s Political & Demographic Future

February 11, 2023Alt Center, Alternative Right, American Culture, California, Cities, Class, Conservatives, coronavirus, Crime, Culture, demographics, Diversity, Dystopia, Economics, education, ethnopluralism, Immigration, income inequality, John Friend, Leftism, Liberalism, Los Angeles, Media, Middle Class, Multiculturalism, Nationalism, neo-tribalism, Political Correctness, Politics, Race Relations, Radical Center, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, social capital, Social Isolation, social trust, Suburbia, Urbanism, Wealth, Zoningrobertstark

Robert Stark is interviewed by John Friend of the Realist Report, about his article White Californians as a Prototype for America’s Multiethnic Future. Check out the Realist Report on Twitter.

Topics:

Various responses to the article
Putting forth an accurate portrayal of California, in contrast with the media hype
A critique of various rightwing narratives about conflict and collapse
Causes of White flight and demographic change in California
Whether race relations will remain affable in California with extreme woke politics
Contrasting different future scenarios for California, including pan-enclavism
How White Californians are uniquely individualistic and rootless, and whether they will develop a stronger identity in the future
Why Whites should take part in multiculturalism to adapt to the end of Americanism

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Where will this Economic Chaos lead to? (With Kevin Lynn)

August 16, 2022Baby Boomers, Banking, Barack Obama, California, capitalism, China, Conservatives, Conspiracy Theories, coronavirus, Corporations, demographics, Donald Trump, Economics, Elections, Environment, Federal Reserve, George Bush, Globalization, Immigration, income inequality, Independent Political Candidates, James Howard Kunstler, Jimmy Dore, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Kevin Lynn, Leftism, Libertarianism, Oil, Oligarchy, Peak Oil, Peter Turchin, Peter Zeihan, Police Corruption, Police State, Political Parties, Politics, Progressives for Immigration Reform, Republican Party, Ross Perot, Russia, Silicon Valley, Taxation, Tucker Carlson, Ukraine, Urbanism, Wall Street, War, Water, Wealth, Zoningrobertstark

Robert Stark talks to Kevin Lynn about the dire implications of economic data and trends. Kevin Lynn is executive director of Progressives for Immigration Reform and founder of US Tech Workers. Follow Kevin on Twitter.

Topics:

Examples of gaslighting on the economy, Redefining the definition of recession and declaration of a “Vibecession”
How the economic bullishness and bear rallies in stocks show the degree of disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street
The “Baking” of the Jobs numbers report and inflation data
The beginning of mass Tech layoffs
The super bubble to end all bubbles
Kevin’s article If You Thought the NIMBYs Were Bad – Meet the YIMBYs
Revisiting the pandemic stimulus and how only a fraction of stimulus went directly to the people
Federal Reserve policy, Biden’s “Inflation Reduction” Act,” and vulnerabilities of the dollar
Speculating worst case economic scenarios (deflationary depression, long-term stagflation, real estate crash, and debt crisis)
Geopolitics crisis, supply chains issues, global conflicts and civil unrest
The Fourth Turning theory and Peter Turchin’s method of measuring cycles of crisis
The political implications of the FBI raid on Trump’s Mar a Lago
Kevin’s observations from attending the recent CPAC conference in Texas on the political currents

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Karlsruhe Germany Photo Album

June 16, 2022Architecture, Art Nouveau, Brutalism, Europe, Germany, Karlsruhe, Nature, Neon, Photography, Travel, Urbanismrobertstark

Photo album of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Photos taken on trip to Europe in May of 2018 (Part I: Robert Stark talks about his Trip to Europe, Part II: Robert Stark talks about his Trip to Europe). Album includes photos of Karlsruhe City Center, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, Hotel Burghof, Karlsruhe Schloss (Palace), Schlossgarten, and forest on the outskirts of the City.

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Robert Stark interviews Apex about Systems & Agency

August 26, 2021aesthetics, 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, Urbanismrobertstark

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