The accusation that I am Black-pilled—that there is no answer to the political problems we’re facing—is constantly hurled at me by people whose only strategy is to tell total strangers to read books written by authors most people haven’t heard of. Granted, I will often recommend that you read books I talk about, but those books are intended for your edification. I acknowledge the books I recommend will not be very helpful in devising a grand strategy, although there have been a select few.
Feb 10, 2023·edited Feb 10, 2023Liked by Peter R. Quiñones
We understand what we're up against. The enemy has no idea who we are or why they hate us. They hate caricatures, slack-jawed stereotypes and strawmen. They have no idea what they are really up against.
Feb 10, 2023·edited Feb 10, 2023Liked by Peter R. Quiñones
An ideology that is 10 miles wide and half an inch deep, while controlling the levers of power now, can not and will not last. Some suggest that this decline can go on for 100 years. You can have competent leadership that is deeply corrupt, or, you can have incompetent leadership that is sincere and has integrity. What we have, and the West in general, is incompetence and corruption, which means that infrastructure and basic life functions break down as they are actively stealing from and destroying their own people. That can not last. The City State complexes and Feudal System, for all of their faults, arose out of the deterioration and decline of Rome. They were there to restore order in a lawless and corrupt empire. I would like to see something like that emerge, with normal people populating those areas and flourishing in the coming post-liberal West (to paraphrase Charles Haywood).
I think the process of awakening is a bit like micro dosing the black pill and coming out the other side. I had to be black-pilled on the GOP to ever change my thinking. I had to be black-pilled on certain aspects of modern culture to see it for what it is. Lather, rinse, repeat
To change your thinking/point of view you must see the futility in the status quo and move on to new ideas.
The people that run around screeching "black pill" like things the way they are now. They enjoy the terms of conflict set by our enemies and are happy to engage thusly. They are invested in the current apparatus of power and their niche within. They don't want people working outside their system
Most importantly the crowd pointing fingers and try to smear with the term "black pill" have no new ideas. They cannot conceive of a different way to approach problems.
You, Pete, are actually the antidote. It's labeled the black pill because it makes people think outside the way we have been indoctrinated; and that's dangerous to the system and it's cogs.
Keep serving up the antidote. Keep making leftists, commies, power hungry 'conservatives' howl. Keep driving forward for decency and salvation.
Not to be too "blackpilled" but my take: reality wins, always. Whether reality is such that we survive its inevitable win is another question. I would like to, and I think decent, sane people have the best odds of surviving in general.
But this isn't a "culture war" that is winnable by having better culture. This is a catastrophic implosion of culture. The "culture war" is just the heat and light generated by the collapse.
We understand what we're up against. The enemy has no idea who we are or why they hate us. They hate caricatures, slack-jawed stereotypes and strawmen. They have no idea what they are really up against.
An ideology that is 10 miles wide and half an inch deep, while controlling the levers of power now, can not and will not last. Some suggest that this decline can go on for 100 years. You can have competent leadership that is deeply corrupt, or, you can have incompetent leadership that is sincere and has integrity. What we have, and the West in general, is incompetence and corruption, which means that infrastructure and basic life functions break down as they are actively stealing from and destroying their own people. That can not last. The City State complexes and Feudal System, for all of their faults, arose out of the deterioration and decline of Rome. They were there to restore order in a lawless and corrupt empire. I would like to see something like that emerge, with normal people populating those areas and flourishing in the coming post-liberal West (to paraphrase Charles Haywood).
I think the process of awakening is a bit like micro dosing the black pill and coming out the other side. I had to be black-pilled on the GOP to ever change my thinking. I had to be black-pilled on certain aspects of modern culture to see it for what it is. Lather, rinse, repeat
To change your thinking/point of view you must see the futility in the status quo and move on to new ideas.
The people that run around screeching "black pill" like things the way they are now. They enjoy the terms of conflict set by our enemies and are happy to engage thusly. They are invested in the current apparatus of power and their niche within. They don't want people working outside their system
Most importantly the crowd pointing fingers and try to smear with the term "black pill" have no new ideas. They cannot conceive of a different way to approach problems.
You, Pete, are actually the antidote. It's labeled the black pill because it makes people think outside the way we have been indoctrinated; and that's dangerous to the system and it's cogs.
Keep serving up the antidote. Keep making leftists, commies, power hungry 'conservatives' howl. Keep driving forward for decency and salvation.
Not to be too "blackpilled" but my take: reality wins, always. Whether reality is such that we survive its inevitable win is another question. I would like to, and I think decent, sane people have the best odds of surviving in general.
But this isn't a "culture war" that is winnable by having better culture. This is a catastrophic implosion of culture. The "culture war" is just the heat and light generated by the collapse.
Keep up the good work , Pete. Every podcast episode and Substack is like a breath of fresh air . Appreciate everything you do.