The next phase is to make America beautiful again. We are still far outgunned in arts and culture. Leftist patronage networks fund ugliness to rub in our faces everywhere, including in Charlotte where MacArthur gave grants to reduce incarceration with a focus on racial equity: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/public-art-ugly-demoralization
Good point! Since young people are turning conservative in growing numbers, it might be time for an artistic revival that is not corny or boring. I've also been following the trend in Europe [particularly in Eastern Europe, where the nativist renaissance originated] toward rebuilding classical architecture, which is the water in which urban dwellers swim. For an artistic revival, I'm thinking country music that's more like Hank Williams & Johnny Cash than all the modern crap I can't listen to for thirty seconds; as well as some new avenues for R&B that resemble the legacy of '60s-70s soul. Maybe even classical orchestra, who knows? Perhaps the biggest surprises will be what happens in the Latin American music scene, with the seismic cultural shifts happening all across the Americas.
What else might be in order is a revival of conservative environmentalism. Not the lame performative green new deal, but Teddy Roosevelt & John Muir environmentalism. After all, Progressives have made a mockery of their moniker by being regressive ideologues. Why should we emulate them by failing to conserve what makes America great? There is a middle way that includes mining and energy prioritization. I say this because the green new deal's elephant in the room is outsourcing dirty industry to China, Africa, etc. If we are going to be honest about our energy needs, we should be honest about reshoring as many critical minerals and hydrocarbons as we can, because we can do so more cleanly [albeit more expensively, but with an eye to long term security].
The BP gulf coast disaster, as the Exxon Valdez disaster, were failures of protocol, not the fault of our reliance on oil. Just as the Fukushima disaster was not a failure of nuclear, but of TEPCO's glaringly un-Japanese bureaucratic sloppiness. We are eventually going to do more exploration and extraction in Alaska, and we are going to open a few more rare earth mines in the mainland. But we can set an example for the rest of the world, just as Israel has developed desalination and water management technologies that others can benefit from due to their own needs and innovative culture.
So true. While leftists have converted the arts into one of their propaganda outlets, conservatives continue to regard art as ‘epiphenomensl’, irrelevant to serious policy wonkery. This is a persistent mistake made by conservatives, which they typically regret too late. To build conservative philosophy into governance, they must actively support and sponsor an art of freedom.
Effective leadership, as we approach the mid term elections, elevates on the basis of some fundamental issues; American safety, financial stability and corruption. The southern border, an issue that bridges safety and corruption, has been sealed in weeks by enforcing existing laws. Eliminating corrupt, Marxist judges/DA’s, is the solution for the same problem in our cities. Enforcing city laws and incarcerating violent criminals will make our cities safer. This problem has been blurred by political activists, masquerading in the judiciary. Steady and consistent law enforcement, however unpleasant, is the only solution to our cities’ problems. The nuclear family breakdown is at the base of moral decay, compounded by liberal activists, aimed at undermining our country. The US government owns trillions in land and other undervalued assets. Should the government mark its assets to market, use the value to offset and reduce debt, our interest expense would fall and help lower prevailing interest rates - a boost to housing, the biggest contributor to GDP. Illinois/Chicago’s recalcitrance to fighting crime, screams coordination with heroin distribution. The tip of ‘the heroin highway (the path from Mexico to Chicago - a major distribution hub in the US), resistance to law enforcement equals coordination with the cartels, with commensurate compensation. The only reason to resist law enforcement is to assist the criminals. The democrats are running on open borders, protecting criminal illegal aliens, espousing socialism (see NYC Mayoral candidate), empowering teacher’s unions at the expense of children’s education, protecting violent criminals - all of which, steps on the necks of law abiding, tax paying, country loving US citizens. If the Republicans are able to communicate this message, clarify the dangers of democratic rule and codify conservative party voting, the mid terms should be a precursor to another 2028 presidential victory.
neither will letting Israel keep killing the world...and stop w all the stu"antisemitism " crap...that just allows more babies to be slaughtered by these rats
Israel "killing the world"? I believe it is terrorist organizations, like Hamas, that have reeked havoc throughout the world. Israel is simply trying to defend itself from an enemy that would see it gone. I would add, it is Hamas who started the war, are holding hostages, and have refused all peace treaties.
And in Sudan, and in Bangladesh, and in Yemen! But to those who listen to NPR, there's only one place on the planet where people are suffering- Gaza. What these Western lovers of Hamas don't want to know is the history of the leftists' alliance with Islamists in Iran. The leftists were killed in droves. Good luck, Elaine Seinfeld!
Those who burned babies alive are not rats to you, but their victims are. Congratulations, you can call yourself a humanitarian now. Your Al Jazeera "journalists" who hold hostages in their houses sell you lies, and you gladly buy them. All starving Palestinian children in the photos turned out to be the ones with genetic diseases who were evacuated by IDF.
I might be going off on a tangent from this very sensible exhortation (that I entirely concur with) about steering away from "various ideological rabbit holes" but I think there are some others that need flagging: There are currently two kinds of unhelpful false dawns swirling round in conservative media.
The first is the Woke is So Over! meme. Somehow the tens of millions of laptop culture warriors, including those sitting at all levels of the West’s civil service and bureaucracies, never got the message. And tell it to the ‘creatives’ in the multi-billion dollar TV advertising industry.
The second is a narrative where everything gets blamed on a so-called ‘Woke elite’. In this telling of our 21st Century hyper-progressive dystopia, Woke reality has simply been foisted on a great mass of grounded and well-adjusted citizenry. Yes, they have put up with it, but entirely unwillingly. There’s one big flaw in this narrative. By implication, the US Democratic Party ought to have attracted around 5 per cent of the popular vote last November, not the near-50 per cent it actually got. https://grahamcunningham.substack.com/p/everyone-has-lost-control-of-the
"Woke reality has simply been foisted on a great mass of grounded and well-adjusted citizenry. Yes, they have put up with it, but entirely unwillingly"
I used to work for a giant multi-national company making air filters. Couple times a year we had a HR meeting. One day My boss says we've got an HR meeting Tuesday, how would you like Tuesday off with pay? Why I asked, he said Because I'm tired of getting talked to by my boss because of you and I don't want to loss you. I'd Ask Questions...uncomfortable questions
Seems to me it’s a little early for the Right to take a victory lap. Institutional capture has been under way for 60 years and won’t be undone in six months. There’s still plenty of need for dissent. The cultural Marxists are still entrenched in nearly all major cities, the media, arts, entertainment and the education and judicial systems. And they have no intention of waving the white flag.
Well said. Time to Man-up, take responsibility, and move forward in a positive direction with public policies administered by public servants (not career politicians) who will use our vast bureaucracy and government agencies efficiently, without waste fraud and abuse. Especially regarding energy, social security, law enforcement, and immigration reform.
The left spent 5 decades building their propaganda machine. They still control the media and shape the picture that most Americans see. They control the lower courts. I think you’re out of touch with the younger conservative generation. Your invoking racism is also insulting! The younger generation wants safe places to live, the ability to start families and the opportunity to seek good employment opportunities.
I get a sense you want to roll over and let true racism (left politics), crime/violence in cities and woke radical left policies that have eroded the values of faith and family continue to dominate America. Obviously, these are my observations of your piece.
your opinion. He certainly tip toed around any real issues concerning young conservatives. No? We don’t need anymore apologists in the conservative movement in my opinion.
Thank you! And you understand how dire and important the situation is. These influencers are the same as the inner city preachers that blame minorities issues on whites, giving them victimhood status and mindset, rather than telling them they can succeed in life.
Young people need to understand that it is them and them alone who control their lives and the outcomes, it is their responsibilities and their motivations that will decide their future, not victimhood. Victimhood. Victimhood is, as you say, a sap and drain on energy, it's awful and thank you for bringing this to light.
Chris, as usual, your ability to diagnose the malady goes unparalleled. When we turn to a sense of resentful powerlessness rather than responsible agency, we beat a dark and destructive path.
Bill Buckley made the right move when he excluded the John Birch Society from his reformation of American conservatism in the mid 50s. While he didn’t blame the JBS in a public polemic, he kept their opinions and preoccupations with race, away from his movement. In the same way, the influencers who peddle the ideas of racialism, anti-semitism, conspiracism MUST be excluded from the conservative movement of our time, as they were by Buckley in his day. To include them would be a fatal mistake.
I guess when you say “anti-Semitism” you mean the widespread revulsion that almost every elected politician up to and including Trump is paid to put Israel first?
It really should not come as a surprise that the base that voted for “America First, No More Wars” is unhappy with “Israel First, Endless Wars”. Gaslighting MAGA didn’t work for the Dems and it’s not going work for Trump in office either. The midterms are going to be a bloodbath, and that’s all on the Trump administration for lying to their base.
Yes, the US has given support to the one democratic government in the Mid East and its strongest ally. In return the US has received intelligence information and advanced technology. The US, however, is not fighting the war for Israel.
Islam was born in blood and war, and has lived in bllod and war ever since its killer prophet Mohammed moved from Mecca to Medina. The Islamic Hadiths are filled with brutal battles Mohammed led. More than sixty according to the Hadiths.
And then, after his death, His followers continued the killing, the jihad, the conquest and genocides.
In fact, within 300 years of Mohammed's death, his followers had violently overthrown, colonized and wiped out most of the people of the Middle East, Northern Africa and parts of Southern and Central Asia. Of course, today this capliphate building blood lust shows no signs of abating. Israel has been victim of countless wars and terrorist attacks, Nigeria, India, Sudan, throughout central Africa the ongoing jihad continues.
Yet you, Gilgamech, blame Israel for Islam's actions. If MAGA is made up of morons like you then, you're correct, we're in for a world of hurt. I hope and think you're wrong and that MAGA is mostly made up of people who see the obvious as opposed to your inability to see the difference between good versus evil.
I'm seeing this among right wing influencers, in particular constantly finding ways to show that everything wrong in the world is actually somehow bc of Israel, and then the daily freak outs ie: "omg did you see what Trump did? I knew he was captured! We're cooked!" (cooked is the new screwed) Usually the same crowd. The one that really threw me for a loop though was finding out that Flat Earth theory has come to be popular among some of them. Didn't see that coming. It's painful watching it all unfold.
The next phase is to make America beautiful again. We are still far outgunned in arts and culture. Leftist patronage networks fund ugliness to rub in our faces everywhere, including in Charlotte where MacArthur gave grants to reduce incarceration with a focus on racial equity: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/public-art-ugly-demoralization
Good point! Since young people are turning conservative in growing numbers, it might be time for an artistic revival that is not corny or boring. I've also been following the trend in Europe [particularly in Eastern Europe, where the nativist renaissance originated] toward rebuilding classical architecture, which is the water in which urban dwellers swim. For an artistic revival, I'm thinking country music that's more like Hank Williams & Johnny Cash than all the modern crap I can't listen to for thirty seconds; as well as some new avenues for R&B that resemble the legacy of '60s-70s soul. Maybe even classical orchestra, who knows? Perhaps the biggest surprises will be what happens in the Latin American music scene, with the seismic cultural shifts happening all across the Americas.
What else might be in order is a revival of conservative environmentalism. Not the lame performative green new deal, but Teddy Roosevelt & John Muir environmentalism. After all, Progressives have made a mockery of their moniker by being regressive ideologues. Why should we emulate them by failing to conserve what makes America great? There is a middle way that includes mining and energy prioritization. I say this because the green new deal's elephant in the room is outsourcing dirty industry to China, Africa, etc. If we are going to be honest about our energy needs, we should be honest about reshoring as many critical minerals and hydrocarbons as we can, because we can do so more cleanly [albeit more expensively, but with an eye to long term security].
The BP gulf coast disaster, as the Exxon Valdez disaster, were failures of protocol, not the fault of our reliance on oil. Just as the Fukushima disaster was not a failure of nuclear, but of TEPCO's glaringly un-Japanese bureaucratic sloppiness. We are eventually going to do more exploration and extraction in Alaska, and we are going to open a few more rare earth mines in the mainland. But we can set an example for the rest of the world, just as Israel has developed desalination and water management technologies that others can benefit from due to their own needs and innovative culture.
So true. While leftists have converted the arts into one of their propaganda outlets, conservatives continue to regard art as ‘epiphenomensl’, irrelevant to serious policy wonkery. This is a persistent mistake made by conservatives, which they typically regret too late. To build conservative philosophy into governance, they must actively support and sponsor an art of freedom.
I like this.
And here's what he gets for all his efforts:
https://www.hiddentruthsbysunny.com/p/decarlos-brown-jr-remember-that-name
excellent. thank you. drat. nothing is easy... why are people so human...
If only people would do what I want, then I'd be happy. Isn't that what we all want, ME to be happy?
That mindset goes nowhere but inwards.
But...But Dieter (my invisible friend) tells me I'm Really Really smart and important. :-)
You certainly are. You just need a new standard for interpreting people which allows meaningful trust.
Effective leadership, as we approach the mid term elections, elevates on the basis of some fundamental issues; American safety, financial stability and corruption. The southern border, an issue that bridges safety and corruption, has been sealed in weeks by enforcing existing laws. Eliminating corrupt, Marxist judges/DA’s, is the solution for the same problem in our cities. Enforcing city laws and incarcerating violent criminals will make our cities safer. This problem has been blurred by political activists, masquerading in the judiciary. Steady and consistent law enforcement, however unpleasant, is the only solution to our cities’ problems. The nuclear family breakdown is at the base of moral decay, compounded by liberal activists, aimed at undermining our country. The US government owns trillions in land and other undervalued assets. Should the government mark its assets to market, use the value to offset and reduce debt, our interest expense would fall and help lower prevailing interest rates - a boost to housing, the biggest contributor to GDP. Illinois/Chicago’s recalcitrance to fighting crime, screams coordination with heroin distribution. The tip of ‘the heroin highway (the path from Mexico to Chicago - a major distribution hub in the US), resistance to law enforcement equals coordination with the cartels, with commensurate compensation. The only reason to resist law enforcement is to assist the criminals. The democrats are running on open borders, protecting criminal illegal aliens, espousing socialism (see NYC Mayoral candidate), empowering teacher’s unions at the expense of children’s education, protecting violent criminals - all of which, steps on the necks of law abiding, tax paying, country loving US citizens. If the Republicans are able to communicate this message, clarify the dangers of democratic rule and codify conservative party voting, the mid terms should be a precursor to another 2028 presidential victory.
Could you please tell them that because you articulated that PERFECTLY.
Well put--racialism will take us nowhere good as a country.
neither will letting Israel keep killing the world...and stop w all the stu"antisemitism " crap...that just allows more babies to be slaughtered by these rats
Israel isn't killing the world, "Elaine", they are fighting and winning a war against Hamas. War isn't nice, best not to start them.
Israel "killing the world"? I believe it is terrorist organizations, like Hamas, that have reeked havoc throughout the world. Israel is simply trying to defend itself from an enemy that would see it gone. I would add, it is Hamas who started the war, are holding hostages, and have refused all peace treaties.
what is happening in Gaza is not 'defending yourself'. Neither was the pre-emptive strike on Iran.
Iran shot 300 rockets at Israel BEFORE Israel responded. What is happening in Gaza would have not happened if the Islamic fanatics released hostages.
There's a song called Even Trolls Love Rock & Roll. Is that true? I thought I'd ask an expert.
And what are your thoughts on all the poor people dying in Ukraine?
And in Sudan, and in Bangladesh, and in Yemen! But to those who listen to NPR, there's only one place on the planet where people are suffering- Gaza. What these Western lovers of Hamas don't want to know is the history of the leftists' alliance with Islamists in Iran. The leftists were killed in droves. Good luck, Elaine Seinfeld!
Elaine: Another leftist allying with Islamists. Odds on bet.
Israel is only killing the part of the world that's trying to exterminate it.
Remember Oct 7? They do now, in Qatar.
Those who burned babies alive are not rats to you, but their victims are. Congratulations, you can call yourself a humanitarian now. Your Al Jazeera "journalists" who hold hostages in their houses sell you lies, and you gladly buy them. All starving Palestinian children in the photos turned out to be the ones with genetic diseases who were evacuated by IDF.
OK, Mr. "Stein"
That's what remains of Rufo's readership.
A few Christian Zionists and Jews scared that the right will turn on them like in the 30s.
I might be going off on a tangent from this very sensible exhortation (that I entirely concur with) about steering away from "various ideological rabbit holes" but I think there are some others that need flagging: There are currently two kinds of unhelpful false dawns swirling round in conservative media.
The first is the Woke is So Over! meme. Somehow the tens of millions of laptop culture warriors, including those sitting at all levels of the West’s civil service and bureaucracies, never got the message. And tell it to the ‘creatives’ in the multi-billion dollar TV advertising industry.
The second is a narrative where everything gets blamed on a so-called ‘Woke elite’. In this telling of our 21st Century hyper-progressive dystopia, Woke reality has simply been foisted on a great mass of grounded and well-adjusted citizenry. Yes, they have put up with it, but entirely unwillingly. There’s one big flaw in this narrative. By implication, the US Democratic Party ought to have attracted around 5 per cent of the popular vote last November, not the near-50 per cent it actually got. https://grahamcunningham.substack.com/p/everyone-has-lost-control-of-the
"Woke reality has simply been foisted on a great mass of grounded and well-adjusted citizenry. Yes, they have put up with it, but entirely unwillingly"
I used to work for a giant multi-national company making air filters. Couple times a year we had a HR meeting. One day My boss says we've got an HR meeting Tuesday, how would you like Tuesday off with pay? Why I asked, he said Because I'm tired of getting talked to by my boss because of you and I don't want to loss you. I'd Ask Questions...uncomfortable questions
Seems to me it’s a little early for the Right to take a victory lap. Institutional capture has been under way for 60 years and won’t be undone in six months. There’s still plenty of need for dissent. The cultural Marxists are still entrenched in nearly all major cities, the media, arts, entertainment and the education and judicial systems. And they have no intention of waving the white flag.
Well said. Time to Man-up, take responsibility, and move forward in a positive direction with public policies administered by public servants (not career politicians) who will use our vast bureaucracy and government agencies efficiently, without waste fraud and abuse. Especially regarding energy, social security, law enforcement, and immigration reform.
The left spent 5 decades building their propaganda machine. They still control the media and shape the picture that most Americans see. They control the lower courts. I think you’re out of touch with the younger conservative generation. Your invoking racism is also insulting! The younger generation wants safe places to live, the ability to start families and the opportunity to seek good employment opportunities.
I get a sense you want to roll over and let true racism (left politics), crime/violence in cities and woke radical left policies that have eroded the values of faith and family continue to dominate America. Obviously, these are my observations of your piece.
Those are bad observations. He didn't invoke that either. He said it's time to focus on building.
your opinion. He certainly tip toed around any real issues concerning young conservatives. No? We don’t need anymore apologists in the conservative movement in my opinion.
Thank you! And you understand how dire and important the situation is. These influencers are the same as the inner city preachers that blame minorities issues on whites, giving them victimhood status and mindset, rather than telling them they can succeed in life.
Young people need to understand that it is them and them alone who control their lives and the outcomes, it is their responsibilities and their motivations that will decide their future, not victimhood. Victimhood. Victimhood is, as you say, a sap and drain on energy, it's awful and thank you for bringing this to light.
Chris, as usual, your ability to diagnose the malady goes unparalleled. When we turn to a sense of resentful powerlessness rather than responsible agency, we beat a dark and destructive path.
Glad to see someone start checking the Right’s rank conspiracism. To me, that’s the single greatest threat to its credibility.
Totally agree
Bill Buckley made the right move when he excluded the John Birch Society from his reformation of American conservatism in the mid 50s. While he didn’t blame the JBS in a public polemic, he kept their opinions and preoccupations with race, away from his movement. In the same way, the influencers who peddle the ideas of racialism, anti-semitism, conspiracism MUST be excluded from the conservative movement of our time, as they were by Buckley in his day. To include them would be a fatal mistake.
tf did Buckley achieve
I guess when you say “anti-Semitism” you mean the widespread revulsion that almost every elected politician up to and including Trump is paid to put Israel first?
It really should not come as a surprise that the base that voted for “America First, No More Wars” is unhappy with “Israel First, Endless Wars”. Gaslighting MAGA didn’t work for the Dems and it’s not going work for Trump in office either. The midterms are going to be a bloodbath, and that’s all on the Trump administration for lying to their base.
Yes, the US has given support to the one democratic government in the Mid East and its strongest ally. In return the US has received intelligence information and advanced technology. The US, however, is not fighting the war for Israel.
What war is America fighting?
You've put the cart before the horse.
Islam was born in blood and war, and has lived in bllod and war ever since its killer prophet Mohammed moved from Mecca to Medina. The Islamic Hadiths are filled with brutal battles Mohammed led. More than sixty according to the Hadiths.
And then, after his death, His followers continued the killing, the jihad, the conquest and genocides.
In fact, within 300 years of Mohammed's death, his followers had violently overthrown, colonized and wiped out most of the people of the Middle East, Northern Africa and parts of Southern and Central Asia. Of course, today this capliphate building blood lust shows no signs of abating. Israel has been victim of countless wars and terrorist attacks, Nigeria, India, Sudan, throughout central Africa the ongoing jihad continues.
Yet you, Gilgamech, blame Israel for Islam's actions. If MAGA is made up of morons like you then, you're correct, we're in for a world of hurt. I hope and think you're wrong and that MAGA is mostly made up of people who see the obvious as opposed to your inability to see the difference between good versus evil.
I'm not sure that Chris knows how bad it is out here. The citizenry needs help.
The big beautiful bill was a let down. Congress must step up and do its job for the people not the lobbiests and donors.
I'm seeing this among right wing influencers, in particular constantly finding ways to show that everything wrong in the world is actually somehow bc of Israel, and then the daily freak outs ie: "omg did you see what Trump did? I knew he was captured! We're cooked!" (cooked is the new screwed) Usually the same crowd. The one that really threw me for a loop though was finding out that Flat Earth theory has come to be popular among some of them. Didn't see that coming. It's painful watching it all unfold.
WE PAY FOR ISRAELS LIFE...LETS KILL IT NOW!