Ascending the Tower

Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony discuss available paths for young men looking to weather the Kali Yuga. They are joined by guest Travis Corcoran (@MorlockP), who also talks the Free State Project in the Out of Left Field question.

This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio and Ursus. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.

Notes:
4:30 – Introducing Travis
19:41 – The Kali Yuga and four archetypes of survival
28:37 – #1: The Gentleman Farmer*
56:51 – #2: The Hermit Monk*
1:12:09 – #3: The Travelling Tradesman*
1:28:56 – #4: The Humble Patriarch*
1:44:01 – Nationalists must have children to maintain their people
2:03:28 – Out of Left Field – Assessment of the Free State Project

*As promised, here is a visualization of the four Archetypes along three social dimensions

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Music: “Омут” by Vintergata (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1312299/omut

Closing Music: “Hoch, Hoch” by Raulin de los Bosques
https://www.jamendo.com/track/420777/hoch-hoch

Morlock Publishing
http://morlockpublishing.com/

Thomas Barghest on Social Atomization
https://www.socialmatter.net/2016/02/15/the-radioactivity-of-atomic-individualism/

John Adams’ farm Peacefield
http://www.nps.gov/adam/index.htm

Scott Alexander on Class
http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/30/staying-classy/

The Life of St. Antony of Egypt
https://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/ANTONY.HTM

The Mike Rowe Foundation promoting a livelihood in the trades
http://profoundlydisconnected.com/

The Protoevangelium of James
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0847.htm

A primer on passivism (note: NOT pacifism, apologies if unclear)
http://thefutureprimaeval.net/passivism-and-the-procedure/

Moldbug on right wing folk activism
http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2011/07/right-wing-terrorism-as-folk-activism.html

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Anthony and Nick invite Ryan Landry, E. Antony Gray, and Jean-Luc Deaux into the Tower depths to talk about low-time preference, American patriotism, the Presidential race, and much more.

Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and represents the latest project of the Hestia Society. Please leave feedback in the comments, and if you’d like to get in touch with Surviving Babel, you can find him at: survivingbabel@gmail.com

Notes:
0:07:12    Is Low Time Preference innate or can it be learned?
0:30:55    How should white American rightists feel about their country?
0:49:07    Is NRx’s appeal mainly that it’s taboo?
1:02:50    How is NRx different from 5 years ago?
1:24:59    Recommendations for Millennials looking to learn life skills
1:49:47    One True Faith versus Perennialism
2:21:01    Does NRx support Hillary for accelerationist purposes?
2:40:46    Assorted closing thoughts

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening: “Fausto” by Anima Adversa (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1060324/fausto

Closing: “Gone” by Martin Eigenmann
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1198814/gone

Sponsorship:

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Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Aaron Jacob to talk relations between trad Christians and ethno-pagans. In part 1, we hear Aaron recount his religious journey and talk about the common origins of European paganism and Christianity.

This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners David Hansen, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Edmund Birkenstock, and Ursus. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.

Notes
07:01   Presenting neoreaction.net
11:46   Introducing Aaron Jacob
17:16   Aaron’s religious journey
24:58   Perennial truth and Pagan/Christian relations
34:44   Proto-Indo-European foundational tradition
47:16   Christ as man’s ultimate access to God
52:57   Christianity and Holiness Spirals

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “From Sky to Abyss” (excerpt) – Quantum Ocean
https://www.jamendo.com/album/153263/quantum-ocean

Closing Music – “Instrumentel” – d-alternative
https://www.jamendo.com/track/104694/instrumentel

Aaron Jacob’s blog
http://www.graaaaaagh.com/

New Hestia website project – official canon of neoreaction
neoreaction.net

Ross Douthat and Vox on Neoreaction
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/opinion/sunday/the-reactionary-mind.html
http://www.vox.com/2016/4/18/11434098/alt-right-explained

Aaron Jacob’s first podcast
http://www.graaaaaagh.com/2015/11/podcast-episode-1-how-i-broke-my.html

CS Lewis – Early Pagan-Christian bridge builder
http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2015/08/christianity-is-truth-and-reality-not-mythology/

Information on Proto-Indo-European language, culture, and religion
http://piereligion.org/

Ananias and Sapphira – Thus always to holiness signallers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananias_and_Sapphira

Sponsorship:

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Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Aaron Jacob to talk relations between trad Christians and ethno-pagans. In part 2, we talk about the transition from Paganism to Christianity, and how the two sides can find common ground.

Notes:
00:57   Religious and geopolitical covergence in pre-Christian Rome
14:16   Roman transition from Pagan to Christian
20:45   Nominalism in Abrahamic religions
30:49   Catholic universalism vs. ethnic nationalism
43:01   Traditionalist Christian & Ethno-pagan reconciliation
54:29   Out of Left Field – Praise Kek?

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “From Sky to Abyss” (excerpt) – Quantum Ocean
https://www.jamendo.com/album/153263/quantum-ocean

Closing Music – “Instrumentel” – d-alternative
https://www.jamendo.com/track/104694/instrumentel

Aaron Jacob’s blog
http://www.graaaaaagh.com/

New Hestia website project – official canon of neoreaction
http://neoreaction.net

Byzantine Iconoclastic Controversy
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/byzantine1/beginners-guide-byzantine/a/iconoclastic-controversies

What, exactly, is the Genius of the Emperor?
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3141986

Based Modi doesn’t back down
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/no-guilty-feeling-about-gujarat-riots-says-modi/article4908704.ece

Kek statue with iconography (check the comments…)
http://www.amazon.com/Egyptian-Frog-Goddess-Heket-Set/dp/B001BX5PD2

George Gemistus Plethon
https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Gemistus-Plethon

Hierotheos Vlachos
http://full-of-grace-and-truth.blogspot.com/2009/

Sponsorship:

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This week, we’re joined by Pax Dickinson for a discussion on WeSearchr.

Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and run by the Hestia Society. Please leave feedback in the comments, and if you’d like to get in touch with Surviving Babel, you can find him at: survivingbabel@gmail.com

Related Show Links:

WeSearchr
http://wesearchr.com

Pax’s home blog
Pax Vobiscum

Sponsorship:

If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail Surviving Babel at gmail dot com. Sponsorships start at $10 an episode, and all proceeds will either go back into the podcast or provide some compensation for your most grateful host. You can purchase a mention or short message, or you can choose to sponsor the Out of Left Field question or even an entire episode.

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Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Jim Donald, Ryan Landry, and Alistair Hermann to talk about Brexit and Texit, “no enemies to the right,” Dad Rock, and much more!

Descending the Tower -7 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, and Edmund Burkenstock.

Notes:
00:04:39 Introducing our new subreddit, r/nrxn
00:13:36 Will #Brexit actually happen? (u/AdvocataEve on reddit)
00:41:12 How does “no enemies to the right” actually work? (@JoeWChristman on twitter)
01:13:36 How did the academies avoid being hollowed out by the Internet?
01:33:52 If blank slate is mistaken, is it a noble lie? (from Ask.fm)
01:41:27 Opinions on Texan Independence? (u/AugustJRush on reddit)
01:55:06 NRx compared to Monarchism and Traditionalism – (@ShawnBrewer on twitter)
02:20:08 Best Dad Rock of 2016
02:57:01 The 14 rules of patriarchal relationships (h/t @IrisAndOleander on twitter)

Related Show Links

Music:
Opening Music – “Through the Shadow and the Light” by Everlasting Dream (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1190918/through-the-shadow-and-the-light

Closing Music – “The Blue Feast” by JGMillan
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1322606/the-blue-feast

Sponsorship:

If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail Surviving Babel at gmail dot com.

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Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Louis de Bonald to discuss Progressivism and Millenarian movements. In part 1, they trace the memetic roots of contemporary Progressive culture to the hardliners of the Protestant Revolution, John Calvin and Huldrych Zwingli.

This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners The Reactionary Tree, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, and Edmund Birkenstock. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.

Notes:
00:03:52 Introducing Louis de Bonald
00:07:30 Mass Media and the unprecedented import of the Pope
00:20:00 Pre-millennialism and it’s relationship with Moldbug’s theories
00:37:00 Revelations as fuel for hucksters and true believers alike
01:05:39 Calvinists and “Zwingli-ists” break with Church (and State) of England
01:20:13 Loss of church hierarchy and the rise of the charismatic preacher
01:29:44 The ties between temporal and spiritual power

Related Show Links
Music:
Opening Music: “Vial (Reprise) – The Cassini Projekt (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1318055/vial-reprise

Closing Music: “Fiore d’Inchiostro” – Mattia Vlad Morleo
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1305561/fiore-d-inchiostro

Throne and Altar, Bonald’s long-running site
https://bonald.wordpress.com/

The attempted Pope Bartholomew?
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/06/15/patriarch_bartholomew_arrives_in_crete_for_orthodox_council/1237416

Exploration of eschatological taxonomy
http://www.christianciv.com/eschatology_bs_Sect1.htm

The car that reduces your carbon footprint by killing you
http://www.onionstudios.com/videos/new-prius-helps-environment-by-killing-its-owner-1706

Revelation’s Addition into Canon
http://michaeljkruger.com/the-book-of-revelation-how-difficult-was-its-journey-into-the-canon/

Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli on the Real Presence
https://www.ewtn.com/library/Theology/Euchtheol.htm

Mary Dyer (NOT Anne Hutchinson, sorry) on Drunk History (only the end)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaDk0wG-HWk

The Millerites & the Great Disappointment
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2008/12/strange-and-curious-sects-iv/

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1053&context=etas

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Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Louis de Bonald to discuss Progressivism and Millenarian movements. In part 2, they learn how the Unitarians took over Harvard, why the left secretly wants Trump to win, and Bonald goes Out of Left Field for the next pope.

Notes:
00:50 Unitarianism as the next big Progressive leap “forward”
10:12 Ultracalvinists strove to be holier than Christ – abolition as example
26:20 The common themes of Prog Millenarianism
29:53 The uniqueness of Prog moral condemnation
38:11 Out of left field – Who should be the next Pope?
51:55 Predictions of the Pope and Trump tearing it all down
1:04:27 Zombie apocalypse wishcasting and the refugee crisis
1:18:57 Christ and power, “servant leadership” and becoming great

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “Vial (Reprise) – The Cassini Projekt (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1318055/vial-reprise

Closing Music: “Fiore d’Inchiostro” – Mattia Vlad Morleo
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1305561/fiore-d-inchiostro

Throne and Altar, Bonald’s long-running site
https://bonald.wordpress.com/

Moldbug’s ultracalvinist hypothesis
http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2007/06/ultracalvinist-hypothesis-in.html

The First Harvard Coup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Divinity_School#Harvard_Divinity_School_and_Unitarianism

Unitarians and Abolition: a Unitarian Perspective
http://www.uua.org/re/tapestry/adults/river/workshop12/178742.shtml

Kant, Emerson, and Thomas Carlyle
http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/transcendentalism/emerson/idealism_kant.html

LBJ’s “Girl with the Daisy” attack ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTBnsqxZ3k

Bonald on American Conservatism
https://bonald.wordpress.com/can-there-be-an-american-conservatism/

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Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Ryan Landry and welcome special guest The Rebbe to talk about the second half of the Puritan-Judaism theory of Progressivism. In part 1, they cover Jewish perspectives on Christ, the ethnic divisions within modern Jewry, how nationalism saved Israel, and much more.

This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Anonymous in VA, The Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, Edmund Burkenstock, and a special gift from our guest, The Rebbe. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
04:11 Finding guests for the topic
09:15 Introducing The Rebbe
20:31 Christ as “great disambiguator” between Christians and Jews
33:04 Medieval Christian-Jewish relations and the court Jew
41:56 The curious case of Russian Jewry
51:09 Breakdown of Jewish ethnicities
1:08:02 Tackling the “Israel is our Greatest Ally” meme
1:18:19 Zionism as a descendant of European National Socialism
1:27:16 The Torah as a barrier against degeneracy

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “A Handful of Sand” – Sins of Shadows (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1164697/a-handful-of-sand

Closing Music: “Hassidic Celebration” – German Shepherd
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1184020/hassidic-celebration

The Rebbe’s Twitter Presence
https://twitter.com/The_Rebbe_

A Timeline of Robert Moses shaping modern NYC
https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/timeline/robert-moses-modern-parks

First appearance of “Judeo-Christian values” in print, according to La Wik
https://books.google.com/books?id=0j2qODEJkdoC&pg=PA401#v=onepage&q&f=false

The “betrayal” of the Balfour Declaration
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/The-Balfour-betrayal-How-the-British-Empire-failed-Zionism-330440

The BBC on the Baruch Goldstein massacre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/25/newsid_4167000/4167929.stm

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In part 2, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony cover the last four centuries of Jewish foreign relations with guests Ryan Landry and The Rebbe. They ponder the question of the future of Euro-Jewish relations, and we have, not one, but two Out of Left Field questions.

Notes:
00:50 Christ explicitly taught the avoidance of holiness spirals
12:52 The Qabbalists against the Torah
26:26 The events that led to the Frankfurt School
52:21 Where do we go from here in Reactiono-Judaic relations?
1:07:39 Are American Jews their own nation?
1:25:14 Out of Left Field – The Rebbe
1:31:42 Out of Left Field – Ryan Landry

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “A Handful of Sand” – Sins of Shadows (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1164697/a-handful-of-sand

Closing Music: “Hassidic Celebration” – German Shepherd
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1184020/hassidic-celebration

The Rebbe’s Twitter Presence
https://twitter.com/The_Rebbe_

Admonitions of Ipuwer – Ancient Egyptian Political Treatise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipuwer_Papyrus

Sabbateanism, from the Progressive Jewish perspective
http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/sabbateanism

Freud and the Frankists
https://books.google.com/books?id=CLTc4Xg7sDQC&lpg=PA108&ots=jv-Tgo2CZX&dq=freud%20frankist&pg=PA107#v=onepage&q=freud%20frankist&f=false

Spinoza, from the Cathedralite Professor perspective
http://www.neh.gov/humanities/2013/septemberoctober/feature/why-spinoza-was-excommunicated

Matt Damon is a WASP Nationalist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQMzJ5Z7zBw

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Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Ryan Landry, the Dutch reactionary Alf, One Irradiated Watson, and Michael Pascal to talk urban legends and the Benedict Option, and light a path for atheist reactionaries to Christendom.

Descending the Tower – 8 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Ursus, and Edmund Burkenstock. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
0:04:15 What is your favorite urban legend?
0:25:32 Alf’s view of the current state of the EU
0:32:59 Porn – subversion or something else?
0:43:27 Is there a legal path to Emperor Trump?
0:51:22 Would an ethnically divided American have provided more for each people?
1:07:47 Is it a blessing or curse to be born in these times?
1:34:25 Should Restorationists reach out to the alt right?
1:52:16 What can we take away from the Benedict Option
2:03:21 How-to Guide for Atheists trying to into Christianity (David Hansen)

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Music: “Wariors of Ice” (sic) by phantom (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1093710/wariors-of-ice

Closing Music: “Thermostatic” by DJLaser
https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/101491/thermostatic

Ryan Landry’s blog
https://28sherman.blogspot.com/

One Irradiated Watson’s blog and podcast
https://oneirradiatedwatson.wordpress.com/
https://countnothingface.wordpress.com/caligulas-council/

Alf the Dutch Reactionary’s blog
http://alfanl.com/

Michael Pascal’s Twitter presence
https://twitter.com/MichaelPascal21

“The White Man’s Burden (Apologies to Rudyard Kipling)”
http://apjjf.org/data/cb25-141_1899_judge__2d5989.jpg

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For our very special True Election 2016 episode of Descending the Tower, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony welcome two very special guests. Joining us to take your questions are media mastermind Chuck C. Johnson and the triumphant return of Clark Hat.

(Note: this episode was recorded 10/27, the night before FBI Friday.)

Descending the Tower 9 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, and Edmund Burkenstock. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
4:46 How successful has WeSearchr been? – @UshiromiyaBungl
24:05 What has Clark been up to since leaving Popehat?
32:50 How doed Chuck plan on making 4chan great again? – @JoeWChristman
40:25 Could we be having be a True Election?
1:22:50 Can Moldbuggian analysis be reconciled with supporting Trump?
1:39:28 Is Assange alive, and what are the biggest leaks that @wikileaks is hiding? – @EdBurkenstock
2:05:14 What are the odds of a military coup, given Obama’s officer purge? – @CalcPhrasing
2:23:32 Is Donald Trump the fulfillment of Ron Paul’s Paleoconservative roots, or a denial of them? – @Walrus_Aurelius
2:59:30 ATT Host Predictions

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Music: “Us” by From Sky to Abyss (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1187700/us

Closing Music: Hail to the Chief performed by the USAF Concert Band
https://archive.org/details/HailToTheChief_482

Chuck Johnson’s Media Empire
http://gotnews.com/
https://www.wesearchr.com/

Clark Hat’s New Group Blog
https://status451.com/

The Moldbuggian True Election
http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2010/03/true-election-practical-option-for-real.html

Moldbug’s Anitversity and Plinth
http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/11/gentle-introduction-to-unqualified.html

Collapse of Complex Societies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0R09YzyuCI

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Anthony’s first foray into the world of solo podcasting tackles the concept of Gnon. He tries to answer everyone’s questions, from the hostile to the confused to the ignorant.

Solo Climb #1 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Edmund Burkenstock, Ursus, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Edward of Arkansas and Walrus Aurelius. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
2:33 Introduction to Solo Climbs
6:19 Topic Introduction – Gnon
12:28 Whence Gnon? The forging of early NRx
24:47 The three-part creation of Gnon
35:02 What is Gnon and why is it a useful concept?
48:46 What Gnon isn’t

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “Hard rock orchestrale” by -Poul’H- (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/647350/hard-rock-orchestrale

Closing Music: “Ancient Forest” by Esther Garcia
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1221997/ancient-forest

Nick B. Steves’ Historical Notes collection (read the links)
https://nickbsteves.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/going-meta-on-meta/

Nick Land’s Definitive Gnon post
http://www.xenosystems.net/the-cult-of-gnon/

The genesis of Spandrell’s Trichotomoy
https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/conflict/

Scharlach’s famous Map of the Dark Enlightment
https://web.archive.org/web/20130424060436/http://habitableworlds.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/visualizing-neoreaction/

South Park on The Cult of Everyone
http://southpark.cc.com/clips/9ckgw9/a-meeting-of-yelpers

WrathOfGnon’s excellent Tumblr of Reactionary image macros
http://wrathofgnon.tumblr.com/

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After the historical True Election Trump victory, the ATT gang welcome Ryan Landry, Alastair Hermann, and Jean-Luc Deaux to sift through the rubble. We review our predictions from Descending -9 and take your questions about the new political landscape.

Notes:
21:55 Reviewing our host’s election predictions
47:48 Progs still haven’t figured out why they lost
1:04:49 Could Trump be a Machiavellian president?
1:09:39 Does #NRx have a plan for making Trump “Dictator Perpetuo” like Julius Caesar? – Fred Hannon ‏@FormalFreddie
1:23:40 How would you amend the US Constitution? – Testem Benevolentiae ‏@TBenevolentiae
1:42:42 What are the most foundational premises necessary in order to affectively Red Pill a normie?
2:05:46 Thiel is on the transition team. Is he NRx-aware? If so, will NRx influence the Trump admin? – @Egon_Maistre
2:16:17 How do those of us in multiethnic churches deal with the anti-Trump backlash in our congregations? – Durthain ‏@Durthain725
2:33:25 Is it possible DJT has been anointed by god to MAGA, and if so, how would we tell? – Herl ‏@xctlot
2:49:55 Final Thoughts on the Election from our hosts

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Music – “Wave of Empathy” by Avenger Kills (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1394423/wave-of-empathy

Closing Music – “Epic Action Hero” by Akashic Records
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1154518/epic-action-hero

Help Make America Great Again
https://www.greatagain.gov/serve-america.html

The Twitter ketchup troll… or is it?
https://twitter.com/MoltenZebraffe/status/796850914237837312

Australian Progs still not learning their lesson
https://archive.fo/AnJQj

Duverger’s Law and the two-party system
http://themendenhall.com/2012/10/05/duvergers-law-why-american-third-parties-are-hopeless-fantasies/

La Wik on the 24th Amendment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Hare-Clark voting in Tasmania
http://www.abc.net.au/elections/tas/2006/guide/hareclark.htm

The 6-hour ROCOR/Moscow Reunification Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Rq7px-Z0c

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After briefly mentioning the Spandrellian Trichotomy during the Gnon Solo Climb, Anthony decided to go into more detail. He breaks down the three reactionary flavors and ponders if it still matters.

Solo Climb #2 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio and Bermudan Reactionary. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
2:48 History of the Spandrellian Trichotomy
9:21 Breaking down the Trike
14:54 Understanding and delving into the…
15:16 …Techno-Commercialists
20:26 …Ethno-Nationalists
28:09 …Theonomists
32:57 Failure modes and how each strain is supported by other two
45:10 Is the trichotomy still relevant? – Your stories wanted

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “Hard rock orchestrale” by -Poul’H- (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/647350/hard-rock-orchestrale

Closing Music: “Ancient Forest” by Esther Garcia
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1221997/ancient-forest

Spandrell’s post that started it all
https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/conflict/

As usual, Land is the catalyst of the… reaction
http://www.xenosystems.net/trichotomy/ – As usual, Land is the catalyst

Land predicts potential Trichotomy civil war
http://www.xenosystems.net/neoreaction-for-dummies/

AnomalyUK has a more optimistic outlook
https://anomalyuk.blogspot.com/2013/04/reactionary-unity.html

Asabiyyah defined
https://www.socialmatter.net/the-compendium/#Asabiyyah

The Trichotomoy in relation to Gnon
https://anomalyuk.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-trichotomy-explained.html

Check out NBS’ Trichotomy tag for more links
https://nickbsteves.wordpress.com/category/reaction-2/reactionary-fusion/spandrellian-trichotomy/

Jim’s quick and dirty synthesis
http://blog.jim.com/economics/the-trichotomy/

I had a lot of learning to do…
http://www.xenosystems.net/trichotomy/#comment-2796

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This week, Anthony hones in on one leg of the trichotomy, ethno-nationalism. Before addressing nationalism itself, he takes some time to delve deeper into the nature of nations and how the ties that bind them determine their success or failure.

Solo Climb #3 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, Ursus, Edmund Burkenstock, Walrus Aurelius, and Theodore S. Weaver. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
4:35 Outlining the different kinds of nations
11:45 The concept of the “anti-nation”
20:08 Thedishness is what makes nations function
24:55 Thede dynamics in different types of “weak” nations
32:19 Proposition nations and the impossibility of thedishness

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Sand, Bones & Skulls” by Ersefuril (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1130269/sand-bones-and-skulls

Closing Music – “Cooley’s Reel” by vvsmusic
https://www.jamendo.com/track/894470/cooley-s-reel

La Wik’s confused notions of the nation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaniards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Spain

nydwracu’s explanation of thedishness
https://web.archive.org/web/20130827233226/http://nydwracu.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/why-anarcho-fascism-an-introduction-to-group-dynamics/

Nick Land’s response to the concept of the thede
http://www.xenosystems.net/thedes/

The final scene of The Godfather Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-I4VIR5yGg

Mark Dayton’s wicked concept of what is Minnesotan
http://www.occidentaldissent.com/2016/09/18/flashback-gov-mark-dayton-tells-the-deplorables-to-find-another-state/

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Now that 2016 has come to a close, the ATT gang welcome Harold Lee, Jean-Luc Deaux, One Irradiated Watson, Mark Citadel and William Scott for a year in review.

Donations: Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Theo S. Weaver, William Middleton, Walrus Aurelius

Notes:
7:11 – Revisiting our 2016 predictions
11:00 – January
26:23 – February
46:59 – March
1:01:46 – April
1:28:47 – May
1:54:06 – June
2:08:58 – July
2:28:26 – August
2:42:55 – September
3:01:56 – October
3:21:20 – November
3:43:46 – December
3:50:29 – 2017 Predictions

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Music – “Stainless Steel” by Guy Berrier (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1304666/stainless-steel

Closing Music – “Resignation” by Ludovic Scholz (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1305218/resignation

Guest Blogs:

Harold Lee – http://thefutureprimaeval.net/author/harold/

Mark Citadel – https://citadelfoundations.blogspot.com/

William Scott – https://teleolojic.wordpress.com/

January

The Duck’s final blaze of glory

https://storify.com/weev/duck-enlightenment-s-final-tweet-spree

Rick Wilson attacks the alt-right on MSNBC, setting the stage for the year

https://28sherman.blogspot.ca/2016/01/note-on-nrx-altright-plus-sm-review.html

Death – David Bowie http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2016/01/fame-fashion-fascism-the-many-masks-of-david-bowie.html

February

The debut of Wesearchr

https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/introducing-wesearchr-an-information-marketplace/

Twitter begins its SocJus death spiral

https://www.socialmatter.net/2016/02/23/this-week-in-reaction-20160221/

https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/i-told-you-so-twitters-crackdown-on-free-speech/

Death – Antonin Scalia

http://malcolmpollack.com/2016/02/13/antonin-scalia-1936-2016/

March

The Fashing of Tay

http://alrenous.blogspot.fr/2016/03/artificial-intelligence-assisted.html

Trump begins his steamrolling

http://blog.jim.com/culture/trump-and-social-class/

http://www.amerika.org/politics/american-revolution-2-0/

April

The case for passivism against activism

https://www.socialmatter.net/2016/04/19/how-to-passivism/

Death – Rob Ford

http://freenortherner.com/2016/04/08/a-eulogy-for-rob-ford/

http://28sherman.blogspot.fr/2016/04/rob-ford-is-dead.html

May

The echoes go mainstream

https://dissidentright.com/2016/06/03/a-critique-of-jewish-privilege/

Rodrigo Duterte – The Filipino Pinochet

http://atavisionary.com/a-response-to-duerte-harry/

June

The Orlando Shooting

http://citadelfoundations.blogspot.com/2016/06/this-is-slaughterhouse-left-built.html

Brexit

https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/breakdown/

Death – Muhammed Ali

https://kakistocracyblog.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/the-greatest/

July

The Summer of Happenings

https://atlanticcenturion.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/trump-the-redeemer-trump-the-destroyer/

http://blog.jim.com/war/now-four-sovereign-nations/

https://www.socialmatter.net/2016/07/17/twilight-secularist-deep-state-turkey/

https://28sherman.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-note-on-trumps-nomination.html

Death – Pere Jacques Hamel

https://citadelfoundations.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-french-republic-is-finished.html

August

Hillary’s alt-right speech (PEPE!)

https://kakistocracyblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/politics-beyond-the-pale/

The Summer Olympics and the downfall of the Brazilian gov’t

https://alfanl.com/2016/08/12/thoughts-on-the-rio-olympics/

September

St. Teresa of Calcutta

October

Weird Story of the Year – Inside/Broad – The Podesta E-mails and the beginnings of PizzaGate, Spirit Cooking

http://blog.jim.com/culture/demon-worship/

Weird Story of the Year – The President of South Korea is a real life conspiracy theory

Broad – The Cubs win the world series, and the American thread of baseball

https://28sherman.blogspot.se/2016/11/a-note-on-magical-world-series.html

Death – Jack Chick

November

The fingers seen round the world

Heilgate

https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/richard-spencer-and-his-glib-heil/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uQ4wytISGQ

Broad – (Besides election) Fake News and the Ministries of Truth, Russian hysteria

http://blog.jim.com/politics/trumpslide/

https://www.socialmatter.net/2016/11/11/hail-trump-lets-keep-heads/

December

Death – John Glenn

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Anthony DeMarco, like Garibaldi, has returned from self-imposed exile for episode #4 of Solo Climb. Continuing his exploration of ethno-nationalism, he outlines cases both supporting and opposing it. He then looks at the difference in the European and American conceptions of Whiteness.

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Notes:
5:01 Arguments For and Against Ethno-Nationalism
17:45 Congress of Vienna Set Up 20th C. Euro-Nationalist Game Board
26:38 The competition of European cultures for American dominance
35:17 The Thedish European vs. the Euro-Mutt American
41:25 Whither White Nationalism?

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Metal Jig” by Fenrir (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/348646/metal-jig?language=en

Closing Music – “Magnificent” by Alumo
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1284461/magnificent?language=en

Risorgimento and German Unification, in brief
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/1871/section3.rhtml
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/1871/section4.rhtml

Colin Woodward on American Nations and the 2016 Election
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/06/the-american-nations-in-the-2016-presidential-election/

The Unpersoning of PewDiePie
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/13/pewdiepie-youtube-star-disney-antisemitic-videos

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This week, Anthony pulls in religious traditionalism and begins looking at conflict points in relation to ethno-nationalism. He sets the stage for the next several weeks with a survey episode of the current situation within Restoration.

Solo Climb #5 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, and Walrus Aurelius. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
4:15 The tension between trad religion and ethno-thedishness
6:58 Different European strains of trad religion
14:42 Historical perspectives on ethno-religious European conflict
23:27 Sources of restorationist conflict between ethno and religion
37:24 How do we resolve these conflicts in order to help the Project

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “From Sky to Abyss” (excerpt) – Quantum Ocean
https://www.jamendo.com/album/153263/quantum-ocean

Closing Music – “Instrumentel” – d-alternative
https://www.jamendo.com/track/104694/instrumentel

Christian Conversions by the Sword in Northern Europe
http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-63/conversion-of-vikings-christian-history-interview.html

La Wik on the Filioque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filioque

Time’s “American Malvern” rescued by Nick B. Steves
https://nickbsteves.wordpress.com/foundational-readings/american-malvern/

The European Ecumenical Assembly: Christian neoliberalism
https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/third-european-ecumenical-assembly

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Returned from their summer break, Anthony DeMarco, Nick B. Steves, and E. Antony Gray welcome Social Matter writer Michael Perilloux to discuss his work in Theoretical Restoration, then the group fields some hard-hitting questions from the peanut gallery.

Notes:
0:04:46 Introducing Michael Perilloux
0:14:55 Timeframe for a restoration space-faring civilization
0:25:05 Motivations for technological innovations matter
0:38:32 The American Empire or the Massachusetts Empire
0:59:43 Michael’s Thousand Statesman Strategy
1:13:34 Imperial Mindset and the missing warrior caste
1:29:00 Q1: Is Imperial Restoration terminally hubristic? – @Egon_Maistre
1:56:21 Q2: Should we restore the Papal States? – @PoliticalTragik
2:06:11 Q3: Has Charlottesville finally proven that right-wing activism can’t work? – @WalrusAurelius

Related Show Links:

Michael Perilloux’s Restoration Theory articles
https://www.socialmatter.net/2017/01/23/crash-course-reactionary-geopolitics/
https://www.socialmatter.net/2017/04/17/strategy-thousand-statesmen/
https://www.socialmatter.net/2017/07/20/imperial-mindset/

“August 21, 2017,” Painting by Pat Rawlings
https://i.imgur.com/lp7q99f.jpg

Teddy Roosevelt on Hyphenated-Americans
http://unhyphenatedamerica.org/2014/05/05/teddy-roosevelt-unhyphenated-america-speech/

The Symbolic Nature of the Eclipse
http://westernidentity.info/the-symbolic-nature-of-the-eclipse/

Mandatory Moldbug reading
https://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2007/05/bdh-ov-conflict_07.html
https://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2012/01/kiss-stalin-was-feeling-extremely-gay.html
https://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2013/09/technology-communism-and-brown-scare.html

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