Jason Lee Byas, Combat Illiberalism. Перевод опубликован редакцией Нiгiлiст https://www.nihilist.li/2018/08/20/protiv-illiberalizma/. Уже прошло более 80 лет со дня написания впечатляющего для своего времени памфлета китайского диктатора Мао Цзедуна «Против либерализма». В этом коротком тексте Мао очерчивает одиннадцать проявлений либеральных взглядов в рамках иллиберального (нелиберального, антилиберального — такого, в котором ощущается нехватка базовых либеральных ценностей, — прим….

Today marks the 80th anniversary of then-aspiring tyrant Mao Tse-tung’s “Combat Liberalism.” In that short pamphlet Mao outlines eleven ways that liberal attitudes might manifest themselves within an anti-liberal revolutionary movement like his. Broadly, Mao characterizes the liberal attitude as an orientation towards “unprincipled peace” and petty egotism. The pamphlet’s recurring theme is one of…

Let’s face it — the libertarian movement’s flirtations with paleoconservatives over the years have put us in the situation we are in today. Alt-righters and other self-proclaimed fascists, white nationalists, and racial separatists feel that they can use the libertarian movement as an effective recruiting ground: despite their willingness to crush individual liberties in order to…

“You are not lady like.” — Mexican Marxist and former employer. “YOU YOU YOU YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT FEMININE!” — Canadian former child star, drunk, trying to navigate a stick shift while … drunk. “Why do you work here if you hate men?” — Shit bag and strip club general manager. “BITCH..BITCH..BITCH” — former…