Comments on: Comments Policy Update

By: neovictorian23

neovictorian23 — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:58:49 +0000

I may be the Oldest Living Neoreactionary at the tender age of 54 Older than Steves, even older than Land! I’d be interested to hear of any older…

Thanks so very much for that link to Poseidon Awoke, also.

By: John Glanton

John Glanton — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:58:18 +0000

I just wanted to drop in and say that I do appreciate a lot of the comments that I get on my pieces, even the ones I don’t respond to. I know that it’s important to discourage frivolous commenting because or else you end up like Youtube. But, on the other hand, a core group of thoughtful commenters tends to add a sense of community and even accountability to a site. I’ve seen it happen on a number of them, and I think we’ve got the makings of that here.

In other words, I’m down with a comment policy that involves a high level of administrator discretion and a hair-trigger willingness to ban at the first sign of asshattery, but I do think it would be a shame to cut them off entirely. I like hearing from some of these folks.

By: Hadley Bennett

Hadley Bennett — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:05:32 +0000

Most of the active writers in DE/NRx are actually millennials, with a few outliers in their 50s. Of the millennials reaching late twenties or early thirties, a disproportionate number have graduate degrees. The younger ones are usually in university going for a bachelor’s degree–some dropouts, as well. Commonalities in education, and also commonalities in culture. There’s a reason Moldbug came up with a caste hierarchy and why it has so much explanatory power. NRx is a very Brahmin-ish subculture.

Poseidon Awoke has a good overview here: http://poseidonawoke.blogspot.ca/2014/06/is-neoreaction-right-brahmin-signaling.html

By: old coyote

old coyote — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:51:10 +0000

thanks for your instructions: as the previous commenter noted, it will be difficult for me to wade very deep in these waters. a great blog, and thanks for your efforts. As a first year boomer who is grateful for (perhaps some of the last) excellent public schools and collegiate education (as opposed to indoctrination), I find the neo-rx movement truly hopeful and am optimistic that it may help many people find some “dark enlightenment” in these depressingly cynical days. I am somewhat curious if there is an overview “out there” of all these excellent new thinkers and writers; does this movement have anything in common, eg. age, education, etc.? thanks again.

By: Alf

Alf — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:12:46 +0000

Helpful post.

Speaking for myself: I don’t have a lot of experience participating in forum comment sections (especially not of this intellectual level), so forgive me if I lack proper etiquette. I’ll keep these rules in mind.