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In the last couple years I have learned there's a way for some of us with grandparents from Eastern Europe to get citizenship in some of the countries. Up to third generation. I've contemplated it here and there with jumping through the hoops to do this. Besides the language barrier and being able to make a living over there, the constant tensions between ethnic groups and European countries doesn't make me feel at ease. Perhaps it's better to deal with the devil I already know than the one I don't.
"Only in Brazil will one see gangs of drug-dealing murders try and harmonize their way of life with that of Christ."
There was a recent, short-lived Mexican Cartel criminal organization named "Los Caballeros Templarios" (The Knights Templar). It was even founded on a strict Ethical Code and everything! Heh.
[Learned this from the Epilogue of a recently-finished and fascinating history of the Knights Templar by author Dan Jones ("The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors").
Hadn't previously learned about their founding, increasing military prowess and wealth accumulation throughout the Crusades, or most stunningly their rapid eradication in the early 14th century by King Philip IV of France -- with the assistance of his French lapdog Pope Clement V -- as a convenient way to eliminate the French King's massive debts owed to The Templars.
Same old medieval heretic-denunciation lies used (and seemingly making a comeback today in The West): fake dossiers (hah!), forced/tortured "confessions" (mostly of sodomy, initiation rituals in which Christ was denied, etc.) followed by the inevitable ignominious burning at the stake deaths of the Master, other leaders, and most of the flock.]
Jan 6th has really become a leftist brain worm this past year. Mentioned as part of the opposition to the Canada trucker convoy and in the piece on Hungaryās election. I couldnāt imagine many voters, even of the Left, caring so much about the J6 riot yet this is the fear tactic. Americanization really has shit on everything, hasnāt it?
"Asian birth rates are still high and Western birth rates are practically zero,ā says Khanna. āTherefore, by the law of simple arithmetic, evermore of the worldās future population is Asian ā¦ The future is Asian"
Not only is the guy obviously a nasty anti-white chauvinist, I think he's also factually wrong. India's birth rate is already just below replacement according to recent reports (and far below replacement in some states like Kerala), so what "Asian youth" exactly is he talking about? The only countries that will continue to see strong population growth into the second half of this century are in Africa and maybe some especially backwards Islamic countries like Afghanistan.
Studies of ancient DNA show that replacement has been occurring throughout the world for tens of thousands of years. It's also very clear from looking at demographic trends of the last century or so.
It's odd to me that something so obvious could be made idea non grata simply by name calling.
āThe thought struck me that this rise in Evangelicalism is due to people ābacking the strong horseā, as Osama Bin Laden explained.ā
Sorry Soldo but this is Romanist cope. While youāre undoubtedly right that there must be some element of backing the strong horse going on, which will accelerate as evangelicalism expands, the fact of the matter is that this Pentecostal-prosperity hybrid has exploded all over the world, though Brazil might be its epicenter. Evangelicalism is achieving what Roman Catholicism was not: helping poor and hopeless people improve their lives and giving them hope. Iām not sure why Catholicism, especially in Latin America, has gotten so bad at doing this. But note also the rapid spread of the ācharismatic renewalā within Catholicism, itself i believe a product of the United States and catching fire in LatAm.
Jan 30, 2022Ā·edited Jan 30, 2022Liked by Niccolo Soldo
One thing I found particularly interesting about Khanna's piece was this:
"Itās far easier for Asians to recirculate around Eurasia than it is for Africans to move to Europe or Latin Americans to America. The Asian population is also younger and more mobile."
It seems to me that he's trying to throw African migrants under the bus by convincing Europeans to prioritize Asians (especially Indians) over Africans. I can't help but laugh at his ethno-narcissism.
Why doesn't he think Africans can be migrated to Europe (or Latin Americans to America) with ease? Why does he think that the Asian (Indian) population is younger than Africans?
His whole shtick revolves around advocating for his own people above all others, as per usual. (Honestly, quite reassuring that it always comes down to material concerns for one's own home team. Much cozier than sincere ideological support for immigration.)
Couple of random points (a brain dump if you so wish to call it)
1. Hungary: I knew that Tucker Carlson was very fond of Viktor OrbĆ”n, I didnāt know why!
2. In this day and age everything runs to the extremes, finding good solid information is a real chore, it means threading a needle threw many different points of view till you finally figure what is the truth
3. Todays disinformation is tomorrows settled science, e.g. the lab leak is fake news so on and so forth
4. Matt Gurney (Substack the Line) when discussing the Freedom Convoy said itās very hard to know when news will be a flash in the pan or morph into something much bigger. Seems thereās some new flu in Wuhan notā¦ā¦
5. In the series The Loudest Voice āRoger Ailesā made a very telling comment about America. He said 50% of Americans are conservative in bend but the news is 100% left. The elite have worked hard to ensure there isnāt another Fox News founded (that and along with some stupidity on the part of conservatives) but the thing is like a balloon push it down and it pops out the sides. Substack is going gangbusters for the simple reason there is no censorship no top down control. No editor in chief nixing articles that he finds disagreeable. I spend more per month on Substack than I ever did per year on traditional magazine subscriptions.
6. Substack has finally monetized newsletters ā Jƶrg Luyken writes the German review and based on his numbers makes a tidy part time income (around 7000ā¬ a year on a 25ā¬ a year subscription). This would have been impossible a couple of years back.
7. Finally 5 bucks a month is one hell of a fantastic bargain for what you give us every week, keep up the good work!
Brazilians have a knack of taking Northern American or generally Western influences and transforming them into something entirely beautiful and outstanding in its own right. Look at what they did with football, and Bossa Nova was the one of the greatest musical revolutions of the 20th century. In some way I can't wait to see what they will do with Evangelicalism, maybe the next religious awakening of the Americas will come with a young and sexy Copacabana vibe, much better than the old disheveled pedos that are currently at the "forefront" of Christianity. Who wouldn't go to church if there were some Brazilian smokeshows and nice music.
Niccoloā¦.could I convince you to put your twitter posts on gab? I have followed your fbf stuff on Twitter using my browser but now twitter is freezing that, trying to force readers to install their app, which I refuse. Gab works well on a browser. You may not find some of the posters on gab agreeable but simply consider it another outlet.
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Fascinating bit on Big Eva in Brazil. Quite the mashup!
In the last couple years I have learned there's a way for some of us with grandparents from Eastern Europe to get citizenship in some of the countries. Up to third generation. I've contemplated it here and there with jumping through the hoops to do this. Besides the language barrier and being able to make a living over there, the constant tensions between ethnic groups and European countries doesn't make me feel at ease. Perhaps it's better to deal with the devil I already know than the one I don't.
"Only in Brazil will one see gangs of drug-dealing murders try and harmonize their way of life with that of Christ."
There was a recent, short-lived Mexican Cartel criminal organization named "Los Caballeros Templarios" (The Knights Templar). It was even founded on a strict Ethical Code and everything! Heh.
[Learned this from the Epilogue of a recently-finished and fascinating history of the Knights Templar by author Dan Jones ("The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors").
Hadn't previously learned about their founding, increasing military prowess and wealth accumulation throughout the Crusades, or most stunningly their rapid eradication in the early 14th century by King Philip IV of France -- with the assistance of his French lapdog Pope Clement V -- as a convenient way to eliminate the French King's massive debts owed to The Templars.
Same old medieval heretic-denunciation lies used (and seemingly making a comeback today in The West): fake dossiers (hah!), forced/tortured "confessions" (mostly of sodomy, initiation rituals in which Christ was denied, etc.) followed by the inevitable ignominious burning at the stake deaths of the Master, other leaders, and most of the flock.]
Amy Wax couldnt have been more on the money re: Khanna's venomous demographic triumphalism and a new hostile, alien asian elite
Jan 6th has really become a leftist brain worm this past year. Mentioned as part of the opposition to the Canada trucker convoy and in the piece on Hungaryās election. I couldnāt imagine many voters, even of the Left, caring so much about the J6 riot yet this is the fear tactic. Americanization really has shit on everything, hasnāt it?
"Asian birth rates are still high and Western birth rates are practically zero,ā says Khanna. āTherefore, by the law of simple arithmetic, evermore of the worldās future population is Asian ā¦ The future is Asian"
Not only is the guy obviously a nasty anti-white chauvinist, I think he's also factually wrong. India's birth rate is already just below replacement according to recent reports (and far below replacement in some states like Kerala), so what "Asian youth" exactly is he talking about? The only countries that will continue to see strong population growth into the second half of this century are in Africa and maybe some especially backwards Islamic countries like Afghanistan.
Studies of ancient DNA show that replacement has been occurring throughout the world for tens of thousands of years. It's also very clear from looking at demographic trends of the last century or so.
It's odd to me that something so obvious could be made idea non grata simply by name calling.
āThe thought struck me that this rise in Evangelicalism is due to people ābacking the strong horseā, as Osama Bin Laden explained.ā
Sorry Soldo but this is Romanist cope. While youāre undoubtedly right that there must be some element of backing the strong horse going on, which will accelerate as evangelicalism expands, the fact of the matter is that this Pentecostal-prosperity hybrid has exploded all over the world, though Brazil might be its epicenter. Evangelicalism is achieving what Roman Catholicism was not: helping poor and hopeless people improve their lives and giving them hope. Iām not sure why Catholicism, especially in Latin America, has gotten so bad at doing this. But note also the rapid spread of the ācharismatic renewalā within Catholicism, itself i believe a product of the United States and catching fire in LatAm.
Can we get NoI among the Afro-Brazilians down in the favelas for a real holy war? Asking for a friend.
An amusing review of P. Khannaās previous book. https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii51/articles/gopal-balakrishnan-news-from-nowheresville
One thing I found particularly interesting about Khanna's piece was this:
"Itās far easier for Asians to recirculate around Eurasia than it is for Africans to move to Europe or Latin Americans to America. The Asian population is also younger and more mobile."
It seems to me that he's trying to throw African migrants under the bus by convincing Europeans to prioritize Asians (especially Indians) over Africans. I can't help but laugh at his ethno-narcissism.
Why doesn't he think Africans can be migrated to Europe (or Latin Americans to America) with ease? Why does he think that the Asian (Indian) population is younger than Africans?
His whole shtick revolves around advocating for his own people above all others, as per usual. (Honestly, quite reassuring that it always comes down to material concerns for one's own home team. Much cozier than sincere ideological support for immigration.)
Couple of random points (a brain dump if you so wish to call it)
1. Hungary: I knew that Tucker Carlson was very fond of Viktor OrbĆ”n, I didnāt know why!
2. In this day and age everything runs to the extremes, finding good solid information is a real chore, it means threading a needle threw many different points of view till you finally figure what is the truth
3. Todays disinformation is tomorrows settled science, e.g. the lab leak is fake news so on and so forth
4. Matt Gurney (Substack the Line) when discussing the Freedom Convoy said itās very hard to know when news will be a flash in the pan or morph into something much bigger. Seems thereās some new flu in Wuhan notā¦ā¦
5. In the series The Loudest Voice āRoger Ailesā made a very telling comment about America. He said 50% of Americans are conservative in bend but the news is 100% left. The elite have worked hard to ensure there isnāt another Fox News founded (that and along with some stupidity on the part of conservatives) but the thing is like a balloon push it down and it pops out the sides. Substack is going gangbusters for the simple reason there is no censorship no top down control. No editor in chief nixing articles that he finds disagreeable. I spend more per month on Substack than I ever did per year on traditional magazine subscriptions.
6. Substack has finally monetized newsletters ā Jƶrg Luyken writes the German review and based on his numbers makes a tidy part time income (around 7000ā¬ a year on a 25ā¬ a year subscription). This would have been impossible a couple of years back.
7. Finally 5 bucks a month is one hell of a fantastic bargain for what you give us every week, keep up the good work!
Rob in Germany
Brazilians have a knack of taking Northern American or generally Western influences and transforming them into something entirely beautiful and outstanding in its own right. Look at what they did with football, and Bossa Nova was the one of the greatest musical revolutions of the 20th century. In some way I can't wait to see what they will do with Evangelicalism, maybe the next religious awakening of the Americas will come with a young and sexy Copacabana vibe, much better than the old disheveled pedos that are currently at the "forefront" of Christianity. Who wouldn't go to church if there were some Brazilian smokeshows and nice music.
Niccoloā¦.could I convince you to put your twitter posts on gab? I have followed your fbf stuff on Twitter using my browser but now twitter is freezing that, trying to force readers to install their app, which I refuse. Gab works well on a browser. You may not find some of the posters on gab agreeable but simply consider it another outlet.
FYIā¦Iāve been posting regular links to your stuff on substack on gab. Hope youāve gotten some readers out of it.