"AR2 is very deliberately not focused on ideology so much as temperament and character."
In a sense, you're describing Burkean conservatism. Scruton noted that conservatism isn't an ideology but rather an attitude. Thus, its contents vary across societies. In contrast, the politics of the left is object-oriented. Left-wing politics is directed towards achieving a particular end in every given society (stateless and classless society, national liberation, pick your favorite left-wing cause), whereas conservatism is a politics without purpose. Conservatism conceives of politics as we normally conceive of friendship, that is, something necessary whose function adapts to the context. For this reason, AR1 was psychologically rather left-wing in that it was singularly aimed at utopia (ethnostate) without regard for constitutional or national realities. However, if we conceive of AR1 (in its respectable form) and AR2 as a single intellectual development, it's all in a sense basic bitch conservatism because it's responding adaptively to the challenges facing specifically American society in a democratic context by generating mythic ideas to shape metapolitical discourse. So, I suppose you might be more temperamentally conservative than you suggest...
How does your project relate to whatever the people around Palladium, Red Scare, Passage, the BAPists, Urbit, etc, are doing? They seem pretty well aligned on the liberal character, high openness kind of thing, and they actually have fun and make art.
Also, you should obviously engage with LessWrong / the EA movement
"AR2 is very deliberately not focused on ideology so much as temperament and character."
In a sense, you're describing Burkean conservatism. Scruton noted that conservatism isn't an ideology but rather an attitude. Thus, its contents vary across societies. In contrast, the politics of the left is object-oriented. Left-wing politics is directed towards achieving a particular end in every given society (stateless and classless society, national liberation, pick your favorite left-wing cause), whereas conservatism is a politics without purpose. Conservatism conceives of politics as we normally conceive of friendship, that is, something necessary whose function adapts to the context. For this reason, AR1 was psychologically rather left-wing in that it was singularly aimed at utopia (ethnostate) without regard for constitutional or national realities. However, if we conceive of AR1 (in its respectable form) and AR2 as a single intellectual development, it's all in a sense basic bitch conservatism because it's responding adaptively to the challenges facing specifically American society in a democratic context by generating mythic ideas to shape metapolitical discourse. So, I suppose you might be more temperamentally conservative than you suggest...
this is a galaxy brained take, love it
Want to come on my pod?
I'd love to!
Alt Right 2.0 will fail because you can’t recreate spontaneity. It’s like trying to bring back disco.
How does your project relate to whatever the people around Palladium, Red Scare, Passage, the BAPists, Urbit, etc, are doing? They seem pretty well aligned on the liberal character, high openness kind of thing, and they actually have fun and make art.
Also, you should obviously engage with LessWrong / the EA movement
I might be going on the Motte podcast to talk to TracingWoodgrains
Interested in talking to Anna K for sure but not a fan of BAPism
Why not a fan BAPism