I had been surprised by Ezra Pound going (not Nazi but) Fascist, because I had thought he had translated chinese poetry in his youth. Then, when I recently discovered his "translation" process was to start from someone else's prose translation and re-poetise from there, it started to make more sense.
(well, that and Il Duce pretty much said that he needed a poet who could rail against the global financial establishment, which is a line I could see many conspiracy-minded artists falling for)
It’s probably inefficient to deduce an author’s actual position from their [non-autobiographical] work. The more they think of themselves as artists, the more one has to try and read from their comparatively banal actions.
I currently have Yarvin in the "inconsistent" bucket (eg https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41228601 ) so if you think he actually has a line, I'd appreciate learning what it may be.
Having just bounced off of three posts there, maybe it's just that I'm too "normie" to get whatever he wishes to communicate, but I find de Maistre (1753-1821) argues conservatism and monarchism far more lucidly.
I just wanted to riffle on the ‘River’*, it was no indication I cared about the reasoning there, seized the oppo you provided though (with an epsilon of contrition)
If it’s any consolation to “us” [:)], here Nate Silver
(well, that and Il Duce pretty much said that he needed a poet who could rail against the global financial establishment, which is a line I could see many conspiracy-minded artists falling for)