Sam was a good friend of mine, and his all-too-early death was a very big blow to the 'right'. Thanks for putting him on Substack, a platform he would have used to great effect.
Do you think he had hope of his work getting its proper appreciation down the road? It's very sad to think of a man like him dying without knowing that his work was worth it. I'm aiming to get to Leviathan and Its Enemies soon.
I think he did. He was writing for the there and then, but also knew he was producing material which would be relevant for decades to come. I'm sure Sam would be happy to know that he is still appreciated, and reaching people who were barely born when he was "the von Clausewitz of the Right".
A light went off when you mentioned Charles Haywood because I recently read his piece where he made the heroic effort of slogging through the Antifa handbook and discovered by their own words, that fascist is anyone who effectively opposes the Left. I tended to think of Charlie Kirk as controlled opposition, but as the Left becomes increasingly and openly satanic, then for them he was a good candidate to make an example out of lest the rest of us think about straying. Currently there is a debate on the right between the advocates of "Hide your power level" (i.e. go to elite schools as lawyers and politicians and infiltrate the institutions) and the "No political solutions" camp. I watch all this and the only thought that comes to mind is repent, for the hour is later than you think.
Haywood does excellent work. I can't say enough about how much he has helped me to understand. His podcast is one of my favorites. The hour is indeed late and we must proceed accordingly!
In the end the only real and true descriptor we should aspire to and seek is to be defined and judged by the words “Welcome my good and faithful servant”, the virtuous and chivalrous man.
I never liked the term "conservatism." The US constitution is largely classical liberal. Preserving classical liberalism based on conservatism is a bit of a contradiction.
On the other hand, when I got disgusted by Reagan's wimpy budget cuts, I went Libertarian, and there are boatloads of problems there! There IS a place for conservatism -- too much change too fast is a bad thing -- but you also need to be for something. But not something so narrowly axiomatic as libertarianism that it lives with ridiculous conclusions in the name of logical consistency.
As for the Joe Rogans and Dave Rubins, we need fellow travelers. NO coherent political philosophy can win elections in this country. You have to build a coalition. Give your coalition partners what they want that overlaps your agenda in return for their support. Don't give them overall leadership. Donald Trump's giving RFK Jr. the HHS secretary job is a perfect example of this principle in action.
I'm deeply curious if the term *conservative* will still be the primary descriptor for the Right in twenty years. I fear that there's a load of confusion in that word. But these confusions are almost unavoidable, given the problems that Leftism thrusts upon us.
Agreed, the RFK example shows how it's done. Better him than the Neocons behind the GWoT.
Trump is more of a populist than a conservative as defined in 1980. He's into enforcing a national picket line vs. breaking the power of labor unions.
He's closer to Jimmy Carter than any other president in my lifetime. Deregulation? Check. Peace through energy independence? Check. Willing to talk with "evil" foreign leaders? Check. Personally cut deal for peace in the Middle East? Working on it.
He says a conservative movement with teeth yet I see no executives, congressmen, rabbis, nor lobbyists hanging from a lightpole. They eat well, their families are secured in their positions, they fear no consequences.
Real change is doused in blood and ash. Not paperwork.
All of human history is a testament to the true natural existence of man - that constant breakage between chaos and boredom. Maybe we should return to that and experience true life again; 401Ks, Starbucks coffee, Netflix, Soccer Moms, and duvets be damned to hell!
Sam was a good friend of mine, and his all-too-early death was a very big blow to the 'right'. Thanks for putting him on Substack, a platform he would have used to great effect.
Do you think he had hope of his work getting its proper appreciation down the road? It's very sad to think of a man like him dying without knowing that his work was worth it. I'm aiming to get to Leviathan and Its Enemies soon.
I think he did. He was writing for the there and then, but also knew he was producing material which would be relevant for decades to come. I'm sure Sam would be happy to know that he is still appreciated, and reaching people who were barely born when he was "the von Clausewitz of the Right".
A light went off when you mentioned Charles Haywood because I recently read his piece where he made the heroic effort of slogging through the Antifa handbook and discovered by their own words, that fascist is anyone who effectively opposes the Left. I tended to think of Charlie Kirk as controlled opposition, but as the Left becomes increasingly and openly satanic, then for them he was a good candidate to make an example out of lest the rest of us think about straying. Currently there is a debate on the right between the advocates of "Hide your power level" (i.e. go to elite schools as lawyers and politicians and infiltrate the institutions) and the "No political solutions" camp. I watch all this and the only thought that comes to mind is repent, for the hour is later than you think.
Haywood does excellent work. I can't say enough about how much he has helped me to understand. His podcast is one of my favorites. The hour is indeed late and we must proceed accordingly!
In the end the only real and true descriptor we should aspire to and seek is to be defined and judged by the words “Welcome my good and faithful servant”, the virtuous and chivalrous man.
I never liked the term "conservatism." The US constitution is largely classical liberal. Preserving classical liberalism based on conservatism is a bit of a contradiction.
On the other hand, when I got disgusted by Reagan's wimpy budget cuts, I went Libertarian, and there are boatloads of problems there! There IS a place for conservatism -- too much change too fast is a bad thing -- but you also need to be for something. But not something so narrowly axiomatic as libertarianism that it lives with ridiculous conclusions in the name of logical consistency.
As for the Joe Rogans and Dave Rubins, we need fellow travelers. NO coherent political philosophy can win elections in this country. You have to build a coalition. Give your coalition partners what they want that overlaps your agenda in return for their support. Don't give them overall leadership. Donald Trump's giving RFK Jr. the HHS secretary job is a perfect example of this principle in action.
I'm deeply curious if the term *conservative* will still be the primary descriptor for the Right in twenty years. I fear that there's a load of confusion in that word. But these confusions are almost unavoidable, given the problems that Leftism thrusts upon us.
Agreed, the RFK example shows how it's done. Better him than the Neocons behind the GWoT.
Trump is more of a populist than a conservative as defined in 1980. He's into enforcing a national picket line vs. breaking the power of labor unions.
He's closer to Jimmy Carter than any other president in my lifetime. Deregulation? Check. Peace through energy independence? Check. Willing to talk with "evil" foreign leaders? Check. Personally cut deal for peace in the Middle East? Working on it.
My definition of populism: https://rulesforreactionaries.substack.com/p/populism-is-the-way
Great read
Ty kindly!
He says a conservative movement with teeth yet I see no executives, congressmen, rabbis, nor lobbyists hanging from a lightpole. They eat well, their families are secured in their positions, they fear no consequences.
Real change is doused in blood and ash. Not paperwork.
All of human history is a testament to the true natural existence of man - that constant breakage between chaos and boredom. Maybe we should return to that and experience true life again; 401Ks, Starbucks coffee, Netflix, Soccer Moms, and duvets be damned to hell!
Strap in, let’s get medieval!