Political Hypnosis
Hypnosis is generally defined as a "mental state of highly focused concentration, diminished peripheral awareness, and heightened suggestibility." It goes without saying that someone in a hypnotic state is not capable…
On Wearing the Mask
There is one argument against wearing masks that I haven't heard anyone else making: masks are inherently anti-social. Our sixth amendment guarantees us the right to be "confronted with the…
The Tolerance-Error
One of the great moral paradoxes of 20th-century philosophy was the problem of "tolerance," which was most famously articulated by Karl Popper: Less well known (of Plato's paradoxes) is the paradox…
On the Coronavirus
It seems fitting to be writing about the coronavirus after having gone to a concert on Monday, perhaps the last to be permitted for a while in my county. The…
“Post Physique” and the Return of Ethos
I noticed back in 2017 that ethos has been lacking in modern political dialogue: Aristotle held that there were three aspects of rhetoric: Ethos, what is usually translated as personal…
Legislating the Body
In 1990, Congress passed the first Anabolic Steroid Control Act (H.R.4658). This bill defined steroids as: ...any drug or hormonal substance that promotes muscle growth in a manner pharmacologically similar…
Why I Am Supporting Augustus Invictus for President
Given that I voted for Trump in 2016, it may seem odd that I would be voting for someone other than the God-Emperor in 2020. Actually, given my general movement…
What is a Nation?
Vox Day is going off on Yoram Hazony -- author of The Virtue of Nationalism -- for being a fake nationalist: I read Hazony's book. Unlike many on the nationalist Right, I…
The Deplatforming Takes Heartiste
It seems that WordPress has taken down Chateau Heartiste. I don't know what part of the Terms of Service Heartiste supposedly violated. It seems as though the pretense of objectivity…
Are Fascism and Ethno-nationalism Mutually Exclusive?
Here is a question for the political far-right: If the heart of fascism is the belief that the nation arises from the state, but the core belief of ethno-nationalism is…