Of the Anglo-Saxons, who not long ago ruled the world. They are now brought low, but we can learn from what, once upon a time, made them great.
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"England, fabled land of legend and destiny, is over. When you combine a degraded native populace unwilling to replenish itself with a ruling class that is among the most evil and stupid in history, which along with other malignant attacks on those it rules eagerly imports endless alien invaders in order replace the native population, against whom that population is unwilling or unable to fight back, you get—the End. Unlike in the lands currently known as America, in England a solution to renew what was once a proud and free people seems impossible. We should shed a tear, then, and look beyond. And also look backward, at the beginnings of England, sixteen hundred years ago, through the prism of this excellent book.." . . .
A discussion of the tyranny under which we now live, combined with thoughts on what to do about it, primarily through the lens of analyzing the CDC's orders on evictions and masks, along with the proposed Emmett Till Antilynching Act. (The written version of this analysis [can be found here](https://theworthyhouse.com/2021/02/23/on-the-brawndo-tyranny).)
A disappointing book about a fascinating man, and also of much else, including Jewish success, the bogus exaltation of "marginalized voices," the fantasies of "Hidden Figures," and Alan Turing.
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"This is a disappointing book. Not awful, but not good. The Man from the Future manages to take the life of the polymath John von Neumann and to make it dull, never giving us any real sense of the man, although we do get some sense of his accomplishments. Beyond that, it’s filled with bad history about ancillary matters, making the reader wonder about the veracity of core biographical matters. And worst of all, the author, Ananyo Bhattacharya, wastes our time by endlessly trying to shoehorn into von Neumann’s story fantasy contributions by supposedly marginalized people, who are unknown because they did nothing worth noting. All this turns what might have been an excellent book into a chore." . . .
Another famous and insightful work from Carl Schmitt, on how sovereignty should be viewed in real life. And a discussion of sovereignty and the rule of law in 2022 America.
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" 'Sovereign is he who decides the exception.' Among serious students of political philosophy, at least on the Right, these may be the most famous words of the twentieth century. That sentence opens this work, Political Theology, which consists of four linked essays, bound by the theme that most exercised Carl Schmitt in the early 1920s—the edge cases of sovereignty. In the post-World War II decades, such questions seemed very remote and theoretical, part of the turmoil of a benighted age we had left behind. But we were wrong, about all of it, and Schmitt was right, that this topic is universal and timeless. Thus, from Schmitt we can learn much that we can be sure will be directly applicable to the 2020s." . . .
Of a time of constant crisis and nothing appearing to actually happen—not 2024, but 1914. And of how "nothing ever happens" turned to "everything is different now."
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"For some years now, Americans have lived through a chaotic series of events unprecedented in modern times. Still, some say “nothing ever happens.” They argue that these apparently dramatic crises, from the Russo-Ukraine War to Texas governor Greg Abbott’s recent challenge to the federal government, are meaningless ephemera which change nothing about our underlying situation. Others argue, to the contrary, that such ferments are the foothills of the future, even if the massive changes we all desire and fear have not yet arrived. Sean McMeekin’s July 1914, a very detailed analysis of the month before World War I began, shows that the latter group has the better claim, if history is any guide." . . .
Well, the title explains what it's about, doesn't it?
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"Is a Caesar, an authoritarian reconstructor of our institutions, soon to step onto the American stage? A betting man would say yes. The debilities of our society are manifold and will inevitably result in fracture and chaos. History tells us that such times call forth ambitious and driven men, who in the West usually aspire to reconstruction and dynasty, not mere extraction, what is usually featured in primitive societies. As Napoleon said of his accession to Emperor, “I came across the crown of France lying in the street, and I picked it up with my sword.” In human events, past performance is always a key predictor of future results. But neither you nor I is going to be Caesar, so this truth raises the crucial question for us—what to do when Caesar comes?" . . .
A comprehensive, if not exciting, dismantling of the anti-human ideology of environmental extremists. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, [can be found here](https://theworthyhouse.com/2020/11/12/apocalypse-never-why-environmental-alarmism-hurts-us-all-michael-shellenberger/).)
Barry Strauss's latest book doesn't offer anything particularly new, but it does offer food for thought. And I predict our November future! (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, [can be found here](https://theworthyhouse.com/2020/08/08/ten-caesars-roman-emperors-from-augustus-to-constantine-barry-strauss/).)
A prescient work by a man whose work has never lost relevance. Of technology, and alienation, and the choices we face.
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"The Glass Bees, a novel by the crucial Ernst Jünger, is not directly a political work. The focus here is the relation of man to technology, especially the resulting alienation of man, not from the fruits of his labor, but from his grounding in the real. At first, this seems very different from the focus in Jünger’s “tyranny trilogy” of The Forest Passage, Eumeswil, and The Marble Cliffs (or tetralogy, if you include Heliopolis, still not translated into English). Jünger’s constant focus, however, in all these works, although with different emphases, is how a man should govern himself, regardless of the forces that push and pull him. And in these desiccated and atomized days, such a call to individual action is more needed than ever." . . .