When I first read the distinctions between folkishness, identitarianism, racialism, and White nationalism, the thought that popped into my head was 'wine'. Saying 'I like white wine' is a prefectly reasonable and intelligible expression. It doesn't preclude, saying 'I like Riesling' or 'I like Riesling from the Alsace region' or specifying even further what sort of *terrior* one prefers. No one in the 'wine world' sees a conflict between these things, and I don't see why we - as White people who care about Whites because they are White - shouldn't be able to manage these different levels of *discrimination* with equal connoisseurship. If you say you prefer a Riesling from red granite *terrior* versus a limestone *terrior* a connoisseur can nod with respect but also inquire as to how you feel they differ (with respect to their own pallette). Whites ought to cultivate the same ability to navigate the differences between our different 'areas' of commitment.
Excellent. In my mind, Folkishness extends even further into the little things: the gnome in the garden and the wine I put out for him, the rock cairns I naturally put up by the creek, the respect for the sunrise, the look of a candle at night, the ghost stories we tell. Its the coffee, bacon, and eggs I eat while listening to old cowboy music, and the tree we put up in winter "for some reason" and the feasts for our families. I don't know anyone in my family who doesn't love this.
It all ties into the broader concepts of Folkishness that you outline so well here and elsewhere. It all splices in with our blood, our land, our grandfathers, and our ancient gods. It's deeper than mere ideas.
Please consider addressing the claimed virtues of English common law and its descendants. Maybe it's broader than English tradition, but the ethos of legalism and "equal before the law" runs deep there. I've just been acutely bothered of late by Anglo obsequiousness towards law in its most putrid forms.
When I first read the distinctions between folkishness, identitarianism, racialism, and White nationalism, the thought that popped into my head was 'wine'. Saying 'I like white wine' is a prefectly reasonable and intelligible expression. It doesn't preclude, saying 'I like Riesling' or 'I like Riesling from the Alsace region' or specifying even further what sort of *terrior* one prefers. No one in the 'wine world' sees a conflict between these things, and I don't see why we - as White people who care about Whites because they are White - shouldn't be able to manage these different levels of *discrimination* with equal connoisseurship. If you say you prefer a Riesling from red granite *terrior* versus a limestone *terrior* a connoisseur can nod with respect but also inquire as to how you feel they differ (with respect to their own pallette). Whites ought to cultivate the same ability to navigate the differences between our different 'areas' of commitment.
Excellent. In my mind, Folkishness extends even further into the little things: the gnome in the garden and the wine I put out for him, the rock cairns I naturally put up by the creek, the respect for the sunrise, the look of a candle at night, the ghost stories we tell. Its the coffee, bacon, and eggs I eat while listening to old cowboy music, and the tree we put up in winter "for some reason" and the feasts for our families. I don't know anyone in my family who doesn't love this.
It all ties into the broader concepts of Folkishness that you outline so well here and elsewhere. It all splices in with our blood, our land, our grandfathers, and our ancient gods. It's deeper than mere ideas.
Please consider addressing the claimed virtues of English common law and its descendants. Maybe it's broader than English tradition, but the ethos of legalism and "equal before the law" runs deep there. I've just been acutely bothered of late by Anglo obsequiousness towards law in its most putrid forms.
We're working on a longer term project addressing the supposed "natural liberalism" of the Anglo. It's going to make a lot of people mad.
Regardless, great summary of your work so far in this piece.
A word can kill a belief. It make a poor foundation for a polity.