I think it telling that the “alt-right” doesn’t sound like much of an “alt” to anything at all.
To me, there is precious little difference between the rhetoric of “alt-rightists” and that of a typical Ronald Reagan worshiping GOP nerd. In fact, there may be no difference between them at all, from what I can see.
Here are the beliefs of the “alt-right”, as compiled by “alternative” blogger Vox Day:
https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/08/what-alt-right-is.html
Day’s list is a list of Reaganeque GOP talking points, only confused. That’s all it is. And that being the case, if this list does, truly, represent his beliefs and those of his movement, he and his followers can fuck off.
Reading the list, I’m having a hard time understanding what it is that he actually stands for. This is also Trump’s problem, as I see it. In his first two bullet points, Vox attacks liberalism, libertarianism, socialism, National Review style “neo-conservationism”, Marxism, communism, and some other ‘isms. Then later on, he attacks free trade, globalism, and other economic ideas. That being the case, WTF does he actually like? Does he have any likes at all? I mean, outside from his own race, kinda, creature comforts, and some things on the Internet?
Beyond that, I disagree with almost every one of his stances, but in the interests of space, I’ll only discuss our major differences.
Actually, rather than do that, I’ll just outlay what it is that I believe, here. Then people can compare and contrast as they like.
I am a dark conservative.
1) I believe, principally, that Christianity is a plague on Western Civilization, scientific progress and rational thought. I believe that Christianity is inherently anti-Western, anti-civilization, anti-education, anti-white people, and immoral and a perversion of the right and proper way of thinking about things- and always has been. I believe that Jesus worship is a problem, if not THE problem- and I think that Christianity and Christian institutions, like the Vatican and the Protestant Church, may in fact be the origin of everything that ails us.
2) I believe in socialism. I am an elitist; a believer in natural hierarchies. I believe in Thomas Jefferson’s dictum about the evils of the banks and corporations. I believe that unfettered capitalism (i.e. paper wealth accumulation) is a major problem.
3) I believe in the reality of race. The races are not “equal”, and to think they are is dumb, infantile, and wrong.
4) I believe in the power and benefit of money. Real money, I mean. I believe in the power of using and accumulating currency that is a substitute for a real-world asset, like gold. Everything else instigates corruption.
5) I believe that the world is violent, and that to the victor go the spoils. Because that’s what the last 10,000 years of history tells us.
6) I believe that Satanism and the old religions, like Odinism and Roman/Hellenic paganism, are best for both conservatives and Whites because those are naturally, authentically European religions. The weird, incomprehensible, stapled together Asian/Jewish/European/African mongrel religions like Christianity, Islam, Baha’ism and such only confuse people at best. Ethnoculturalism must extend to important matters like religion as well, and not just to TV, the Internet and mp3’s.
7) I believe that anyone who takes religion literally should not be respected. Just as educated Greeks laughed at the simpletons who believed that Zeus was a real person who sat on a chair up in the clouds throwing lightning bolts at people, so too should we laugh at any moron who actually gives real credence to literal interpretations of any religious philosophy.
8) I believe in the inherent supremacy of my own race, and I believe that this is the right and proper way to think. That is the natural way, so that is the right way. Not to mention that in my case this belief is logical- my people created civilization and the modern world. We are the best, the most capable, and thus, yes, the most supreme. The evidence for this is the last 500 years of history.
9) I believe that it is fine to recognize and appreciate the talented people of other races. You should do this; that is the right and noble, the Aryan, thing to do. The ability to appreciate, and thus learn from others, is one of the things that has made my own race strong. But this does NOT mean that the races are inherently “equal”. Because they are not. And it does not mean that the other races must not be defeated to protect our own, hard won prosperity.
10) I believe in the Rule of Law, so long as the law is just and serves the race. Otherwise, the law can fuck off.
11) I believe in globalism. Global thinking, meaning big thinking, large scale thinking, always wins the day. I believe in the old socialist dictum of “Think globally, act locally”. Global thinking beats national thinking, hands down. All great movements and civilizations are built by educated men with global perspectives and ambitions.
12) I believe in the importance and the power of nature. The Earth is our home, and we must protect it and cherish it as we would our houses. To do otherwise is to betray humanity and your own race, if not yourselves, your children, and your own best interests.
In short, I am a conservative. I think that most conservative thinkers from 1300 to about 1800 would agree with most or all of my dozen points here. The “dark” is mostly for style purposes. As a Satanist, I use it to distinguish myself from the more pagan-minded conservatives of the middle ages.
So, there it is.