In today’s episode of Walt Right Perspectives I’m joined by my new friend Rajeev Ram (make sure to subscribe to him!).
Rajeev is a writer and life coach who left a lucrative career in tech to pursue spiritual and intellectual growth in small town America.
He is also a second generation Indian-American of Brahmin extraction, and his background affords him lots of fascinating insights on religion, politics, and culture.
I first met Rajeev here on Substack when he posted an incredibly moving defense of my essay renouncing white nationalism. After talking a bit we discovered we’re very similar temperamentally, and I wanted to have him on the podcast to give his insights on the issues of the day.
Topics discussed include:
Hindu belief structure, religious practices, and opportunities for syncretism
Was Vivek Ramaswamy being honest when he called himself a monotheist?
HBD implications of Indian caste system—are the castes distinct races?
Dravidians vs. Aryans
Vivek vs. Nikki Haley
South vs. North Indian immigration into America
Traditional vs. modern immigration from India
Rajeev’s political journey
Emotional expressiveness in men as applied to writing and seduction
Masculine and feminine energy
Political implications of homosexuality
Different types of gay guys
Sex roles in straight vs. gay relationships
Female submissiveness and the mechanics of hetero seduction
Marginal bisexual men going gay became of benign misogyny
Biological causes of homosexuality
The Faustian nature of eating disorders
Male to male transition
How to build a sense of cooperation/shared destiny between the sexes
Sexual release as mechanism of healing acrimony between the sexes
How Tinder cripples men in the sexual marketplace
Female sexual trauma is caused by systemically premature puberty
Importance of maturity and self-awareness
The Brahmin Question and anti-Indian animus
What is America?
Trumpism as vitalist impulse or last bastion of liberalism
Multipolarity of India as model for America
Right wing Hindu nationalism and anti-Muslim sentiment
Social/political centrality of ownership over technology
Rajeev’s choice to settle down in a small Christian town
MBTI posting - ENFJ vs ENTP
How America can solve the cycle of conflict between blacks and whites
Necessary connection between intelligence and moral worth in modernity
Derivation of human worth from embodied archetype of belonging
Should elites build a social incentive structure without considering their own distinct interests?
How to deal with resenting normies
Possibilities of Exit (or Walt starting a cult)
Women in the Right getting bullied by incels
Zoomer poverty of spirit and the need for adventure and a coming of age story
Rajeev’s coaching career
The limitations of therapy
Episode 3 : Brahmin brainstorming with Rajeev Ram