Attack the System- The CIA Has Infiltrated Independent Media. Which Ones? 19th August 2026Donald Jeffries is the author of 10 best-selling books, including Hidden History and American Memory Hole, and is a Substack Bestseller. His work has been lauded by the likes of Ron Paul, Naomi Wolf, Roger Stone, Cindy Sheehan, Cynthia McKinney, and Jesse Ventura. The post The CIA Has Infiltrated Independent Media. Which Ones? first appeared […]Keith Preston
- Gore Vidal on the David Susskind Show (1980) 19th August 2026Vidal talks about elite connections via groups like the Trilateral Commission in this interview from 1980. David Susskind sits down for a lengthy interview with writer, academic, and raconteur Gore Vidal. The pair touch on a variety of topics including Vidal’s thoughts about prominent politicians of the day, […] The post Gore Vidal on the […]Keith Preston
- Homo-Americanus? 19th August 2026Reflections on the late Soviet subject and its distant relatives Murtaza Hussain Aug 15, 2026 In August 1978, Aleksandr Zinoviev, an academic philosopher who had spent his entire life in the Soviet Union, boarded a flight out of Moscow with his wife and daughter, intending never to return. […] The post Homo-Americanus? first appeared on […]Keith Preston
- The CIA Has Infiltrated Independent Media. Which Ones? 19th August 2026
- Samizdata
- Samizdata quote of the day – taught to be ashamed; determined to be proud 18th August 2026In 2011, with the glass barely swept up after the London riots, the think tank Demos measured Britain’s pride in itself and found it obstinately intact. A net 74% of us were proud to be British. Last week Demos ran the ruler over us again. The figure is 47%. Pride in Britain’s role in the […]Thomas Fairfax (Yorkshire)
- Samizdata quote of the day – expedience trumps evidence 16th August 2026Compare the two cases and a pattern emerges. Cofnas cleared every formal bar that Cambridge erected—a competitive fellowship, a strong publication record, an eventual ruling that he’d broken no law and no policy—but he was punished anyway, and his position quietly expired while the university dithered. Arday did not clear the bars his professoriate peers […]Perry de Havilland (Prague)
- Samizdata quote of the day – why prices matter edition 16th August 2026“The Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) new platform promises a world without bills. In their utopia, you’d see no rent check. No health insurance premium. No student loan repayment. No electricity bill. Life’s basics, including food, education, medicine, and transportation, would all become `common goods and utilities.'” – Ryan BourneJohnathan Pearce (London)
- Samizdata quote of the day – taught to be ashamed; determined to be proud 18th August 2026
- Wisdom Dancer
- Systems indoctrinate, deprecate questioning and doubt, produce reactive citizens, and blame them(An extension of a few points I mentioned in this video concerning education.) So-called educational systems teach young students what to believe, how to behave, and perhaps skills deemed necessary—not to question. (To a considerable degree, teaching what to believe … Continue reading →Wisdomdancer
- Excerpt: a chorus of the living, an orchestra of echoesA brief excerpt taken from Book III of Volume I of The Constellation of Man. These metaphors, like others I use in the book, introduce realism concerning the novelty of our personal appearance on preconstructed stages of history and human culture, atop mind … Continue reading →Wisdomdancer
- The Liberating Value of ReconciliationTwo things amaze me, again and again, about American enthusiasm for rancor in politics. I. Vengeance welcomes and relishes any opportunities to humiliate or oppress one’s opponents, but shows no foresight of how this creates a precedent—a legal and cultural … Continue reading →Wisdomdancer
- Systems indoctrinate, deprecate questioning and doubt, produce reactive citizens, and blame them
- Mr. Mean-Spirited
- VISITING THE REMAINS OF BENJAMIN DECASSERES IN TUCSON 31st May 2021Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} by John GrauerholzThere are particular geographic locations that, for one inexplicable reason or another, seem […]Mr. Mean-Spirited
- YOUR OWN MEDICAL RECORD WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU 29th April 2021by John Grauerholz Your medical record is something that will always be used against you. Your medical history only exists to record your physical humiliations. A doctor is not there to cure you, but to cause you as much consternation as possible. A physician’s role is not to heal a patient of your ilk, but […]Mr. Mean-Spirited
- THE FUTURE OPPRESSES US 24th March 2021Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} by John Grauerholz It is the future that persecutes us. The communitarians would have us break […]Mr. Mean-Spirited
- VISITING THE REMAINS OF BENJAMIN DECASSERES IN TUCSON 31st May 2021
- The Hoover Hog
- Wandering Near Sawtry
- A Review of Ed West’s “Small Men on the Wrong Side of History”… 21st February 2020One might think that few people were more annoyed by the 2019 British general election than the conservative author and commentator Ed West. Here he was, preparing to publish his book Small Men on the Wrong Side of History (Little, … Continue reading →bsixsmith
- In Defence of Andrew Sabisky… 16th February 2020The first time I met Andrew Sabisky we walked through central London for hours and neither his energy or my interest flagged. This is a rare combination. There are people who can talk for a long time and there are … Continue reading →bsixsmith
- 2019 14th December 2019I began this decade in London, a physical wreck, mentally ruined, almost friendless and facing the grim realisation that not only was “creative writing” a titanically stupid course to pick but my writing sucked. As bad as all this was, … Continue reading →bsixsmith
- A Review of Ed West’s “Small Men on the Wrong Side of History”… 21st February 2020
- Razib Khan
- Daniel Di Martino: a Latino immigrant on immigration (and Venezuela) 17th August 2026On this episode, Razib talks to Daniel Di Martino, a Venezuelan-born economist, speaker, and fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where his research centers on immigration policy, including selection, assimilation, and high-skilled migration. Born in 1999 and raised in Venezuela, he witnessed firsthand the impacts of socialism, including hyperinflation and shortages, which prompted him to immigrate to the […]Razib Khan, Daniel Di Martino
- Monologue: Jason Arday, Nathan Cofnas and the wages of DEI 16th August 2026Listen now (36 mins) | Review of the Jason Arday affairRazib Khan
- Monologue: Jason Arday, Nathan Cofnas and the wages of DEI 16th August 2026Listen now (36 mins) | Review of the Jason Arday affairRazib Khan
- Daniel Di Martino: a Latino immigrant on immigration (and Venezuela) 17th August 2026
- Entitled to an Opinion
- Band of Brothers 18th July 2026More than a decade prior to reading Stephen Ambrose’s book about Easy Company, I had seen the miniseries. That was so good that when I subsequently binged the 21st century reboot of Battlestar Galactica, I enjoyed it far less than most and repeatedly thought that, by comparison, those fictional characters in an existential struggle were […]teageegeepea
- The Monkey Cage is archived 9th June 2026I would occassionally link to the group blog by Andrew Gelman and other political scientists, but at some point it was acquired by the Washington Post and went behind a paywall, and eventually went defunct while I wasn’t reading it. Now Andrew points out that somebody has archived it (or at least much of it) […]teageegeepea
- Double Star 2nd June 2026The last time I reviewed a Heinlein novel, I linked to Josh Wimmer’s “Blogging the Hugos” review in the comments, but in this case I will do so in this first sentence because that is how I heard of Double Star in the first place. In that review Wimmer refers to it as “the first […]teageegeepea
- Band of Brothers 18th July 2026
- Evolutionist X
- To Critical Race Theory, or not to Critical Race Theory? 5th July 2021Like the uncollapsed quantum state holding Schrodinger’s cat in a state of simultaneous life and death, whether a school is “teaching critical race theory” or not seems to depend entirely on whether the inquiring person wants them to. Are you anti-CRT? Then, you may rest assured, American schools most certainly aren’t teaching CRT. (If you […]evolutiontheorist
- Review: Seven Pillars of Wisdom, by T. E. Lawrence 26th June 2021Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars. — Proverbs 9:1 T. E. Lawrence is the Lawrence, of Arabia, and Seven Pillars of Wisdom is his autobiographical account of his time spent serving in the British and Arab armies during World War One. If you’ve seen the movie, you’ve got the […]evolutiontheorist
- Review: Lawrence in Arabia 10th June 2021Scott Anderson’s Lawrence in Arabia is, quite obviously, about the famous T. E. Lawrence “of” Arabia. The book ranges significantly wider than Lawrence’s personal account, however, shifting between the perspectives of Ottoman officials, German spies, American spies, Zionist spies, and of course British spies. I read this book concurrently with The Berlin-Baghdad Express, so my […]evolutiontheorist
- To Critical Race Theory, or not to Critical Race Theory? 5th July 2021
- Human Stupidity
- Der Geist (Union of Egoists)
- The Real Meaning of Sabotage: A 1913 IWW Classic by Gerald O. Desmond 10th February 2026This essay, “The Significance of Sabotage,” is reprinted from Industrial Worker, Volume 5, Issue 12, June 12, 1913. The Industrial Worker was the official newspaper of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.). The author, Gerald O. Desmond, is believed to be one of the many pseudonyms used by Arthur Desmond, who is best known […]Kevin I. Slaughter
- The Freewoman by Rebecca West 9th October 2025From Time and Tide for July 16, 1926 pp. 648-649 I have been asked to write an account of the Freewoman, and those who asked me were wise, for that paper, unimportant as it was in content, – and amateurish in form, had an immense effect on its time. But unfortunately, I have forgotten nearly […]Trevor Blake
- Little Black Cart/Ardent Press (R.I.P.) + Union of Egoists + Underworld Amusements 27th June 2024On December 31, 2023 the Berkeley anarchist publisher and distributor Little Black Cart / Ardent Press closed shop after many years of the project producing fascinating and challenging work, often finding it brought them at odds with many in the anarchist milieu they operated in. After the Underworld Amusements edition of The Unique and Its […]Kevin I. Slaughter
- The Real Meaning of Sabotage: A 1913 IWW Classic by Gerald O. Desmond 10th February 2026
Tag Archives: egoism
Thus Spake Satan
A few reservations, with this BoP (such as the sanctification of the family unit – the unchosen – over the preciousness of one’s chosen “family”, a.k.a. friends), but otherwise very good shit indeed! Verily! ~MRDA~ The Book of Philosophies from … Continue reading
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The Anti-Hero Re-Emerges!! MRDA’s Multi-Point Reflective Update!
So, after something of a hiatus, I return to this space on the web…. …..thus, without further ado….. It’s very easy to pay more attention to the lives of others, to complain about the state of the world and the … Continue reading
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The Great Becoming
I’ve placed too much of myself right here, along the cable Too much remains erratic or, better yet, unstable You moved me like a puppet yet I gave you the strings the ones you used to pull me bound on … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, egoism, evolution, musings, philosophy, poetry, pride, self-affirmation, self-respect, thoughts, writing
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Ruthlessness & Detachment: Further Reflections Upon Saturday Night
I think I made some gains, as well as the obvious losses, from that incident on Saturday night….. Firstly, I think I’m starting to get a handle on the technique of willed detachment (or vicious detachment as I like to … Continue reading
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I roll my eyes in regards to Valentine’s Day; yet this quote strikes me as fitting…..
Some people contrast love with selfishness. They surely cannot mean sexual love. Te quiero is translated either “I love thee” or “I want thee.” By common understanding love that is not selfish enough to break some law in order to … Continue reading
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MRDA the Amanojyaku
An ‘amanojaku’ [sic] is a devil beneath the guardian deities of a temple. The term is sometimes used to describe someone who is deliberately contrary. – Footnote from The Erotic Animé Movie Guide Overfiend – I’m the kind of guy … Continue reading
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On the Ethics of the Anti-Hero
Chaotic Neutral A chaotic neutral character follows his whims. He is an individualist first and last. He values his own liberty but doesn’t strive to protect others’ freedom. He avoids authority, resents restrictions, and challenges traditions. The chaotic neutral character … Continue reading
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Tagged egoism, meme, self-affirmation, self-respect, thoughts
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Experiment!! MRDA’s Themes for 2006!
For all its strengths, 2005 resulted in getting very little done. I don’t really wanna go into a retrospective fucking breakdown, except to say that I marked the year with the biggest lull in activity and creation yet (and hopefully … Continue reading
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I liked this test so much, I retook it, toggling the machine code for the result in the process…
You scored as Strong Egoism. Your life is very much guided by the concept of Egoism: You work primarily to promote your own interests. “I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for … Continue reading
An Interesting Dalai Lama Quote…
“The moment you think just of yourself and disregard others, then because of your own attitude, you also get the feeling that other people also have a similar attitude towards you. That brings suspicion, fear. Result? You yourself lose inner … Continue reading
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