MGB:_The alt-right labors under the notion that having more Neanderthal DNA than anyone else on the planet is somehow a good thing. It is simply a renaming of reactionaries with a white nationalist bent from the Tea Party, to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (how Maoist is that?), to the John Birch Society and the KKK, as well as the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic League for Decency. They traffic in moral superiority to distract the working class from their real problems of economic exploitation. Being open about ones resentments is empowering, especially as an excuse for violence or the abuse of the other and they always seem to fin an other to abuse.
MSW does not see that BLM is a response to racism in the police force as a reaction against black youth empowerment through rap music. The cops have more than their share of the alt-right.
As for the Dark Enlightenment, let’s just call it fascism and leave it at that. It is against the free thought of the real enlightenment, which tells all kinds of authorities, both police and ecclesiastic, to shove it.
The alt right’s real purpose is to justify capitalism, the domination of the bosses. Catholic social doctrine can help, but it only goes so far. Something akin to cooperative socialism, which includes democratizing both ownership and control of the enterprise is needee to stop the vulnerability of the white working class to the alt-right, although to do so it must respect the views of the religious without becoming subservient to the Church. Distributism is a quaint idea, but will not work in practice.
As for countering the alt-right leadership, ridicule may be best, although sometimes that just radicalizes their followers, so it must be really funny.
Should we help conservitives oppose the alt-right? It is up to them, although this is not a new problem, so my view is that they deserve what they get.
No comments:
Post a Comment