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The Limitations of the Neo-Reactionary Critique of Modernity

This is an interesting critique of the neo-reactionary movement by social scientist Scott Alexander, who also postulates the emergence of a libertarian “Grey Tribe” as a third force beyond the “conservative” Red Tribe and the “liberal” Blue Tribe. Alexander is very much in the progressive camp, although not in a rigid or doctrinaire way. For example, he criticizes the excesses of the”social justice” milieu.

While my own views are often polar opposite of those of the neo-reactionaries, I frequently find their no-holds-barred criticism the Left, liberalism, and mainstream conservatism contains interesting and sometimes important insights.

By Scott Alexander

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Neoreaction is a political ideology supporting a return to traditional ideas of government and society, especially traditional monarchy and an ethno-nationalist state. It sees itself opposed to modern ideas like democracy, human rights, multiculturalism, and secularism. I tried to give a more complete summary of its beliefs in Reactionary Philosophy In An Enormous, Planet Sized Nutshell.

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