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Culturism (cǔl-chər-ǐz-əm)
n. 1. The philosophy, art, and science that values, promotes and protects
majority cultures. 2. The opposite of multiculturalism.
Culturist
(cǔl-chər-ǐst) n. 1. An advocate of culturism.
2. One who engages in the arts or sciences of managing and protecting majority
cultures. 3. One who judges cultures. 4. Adj. Of or pertaining to culturism, culturists
or culturist policy.
In introducing
the philosophy of ‘culturism’ to the Alt-Right community, I need to make a
confession: the section on race, in the first chapter of the book, ‘Culturism:
A Word, A Value, Our Future,’ is disingenuous. I knew it was at the time. In the introduction, I briefly argue that race is not a
biological category. In denouncing
the book, ‘The Bell-Curve,’ I wrote, “there is no reliable evidence that there
are any mental differences between groups of humans.” I was trying to distance
‘culturism’ from ‘racism’ as much as possible, (fearing that any association
with racism could blunt the spread of the memes ‘culturist’ and ‘culturism’).
In fairness to
myself, I gave the savvy reader two clues that I was being disingenuous. One is that my very dismissal of ‘The
Bell-Curve” meant that I had read, “The Bell-Curve.” Anyone familiar with this book knows there are mounds of
reliable evidence showing different mental differences between races. Moreover, I purposely backed up the
statement saying there is no reliable evidence with an insubstantial
footnote. While the cited authors
(Boyd and Richerson) are giants in their field, the actual reference is to a
throw away line. At the time I thought, discerning readers would pick up on
such clues.
But, more
importantly, I still stand by my larger point: whereas racism gives you no
useful policies, culturism provides a multitude of practical policies. As I wrote in the book’s introduction,
people cannot change their race.
And, if you think my nation, the United States of America, is going to
become white again, you’re dreaming.
That can only happen through the horror of a race war. It’s a bad idea. On the other hand,
culturism gives you ample workable policies, such as stopping Muslim
immigration and promoting a positive view of American history inside and
outside of schools. We can
identify and protect our culture.
One further salvo from the book’s
introduction on this front: a problem with racism (as well as nativism) is that
can easily lead to the simplistic fallacy: black is bad, white is good. First of all, white culture is in big
trouble (check our divorce rate). White race pride demands no refinement. In
this vein, white racial pride actually retards needed cultural self-scrutiny.
Secondly, the racist point of view ignores the fact that there are many great
non-white American patriots and western citizens. Any movement that fails to
acknowledge them can only lead to a partial reclamation of America.
While I invite
you to peruse the many policy implications of culturism available at www.culturism.us and in the final chapter of
the book, herein, I will highlight just a few policy categories and concepts:
First, we must spread the words
‘culturist’ and ‘culturism.’
Culturism is easily understood as the opposite of multiculturalism: it
values unity not diversity. And
culturists believe in culturism and judge cultures. Due to its simplicity, use by a single media figure, could
spread these memes and undermine PC clamps on Western political discourse. Rhetorically, saying, “I’m not racist,”
and groveling is not a winning strategy.
Saying, “No, I am culturist.
I believe in culturism, not multiculturalism. Isn’t cultural diversity real? Can we talk about cultural diversity?” allows us to go on
the offensive. We need to be able
to honestly discuss both the West having a culture and the negative aspects of
cultures and cultural diversity; As a rhetorical strategy, being a ‘culturist’
for ‘culturism’ can help.
In countering
multiculturalism, culturism implicitly acknowledges that the Western nations
have traditional majority cultures. Germany has a culture. England has a culture. And, yes, the United States has a
culture. Moreover, the wider west
shares a culture. We are not
Asia. We are not Islamic. Our culture, as the seminal culturist
Matthew Arnold phrased it, has its roots in Athens and Jerusalem. This does not
mean that there can be no Hindu temples in the West. But, our school
curriculum, holidays and laws should acknowledge and promote our traditional
majority cultures. Plato is a
Western hero; Vishnu is not. In
this manner, culturism also rebukes globalism.
In this vein,
culturism recommends an ‘America First’ style foreign policy. The idea that we can turn Iraq,
Afghanistan and other Islamic nations into progressive, freedom-loving,
rights-based democracies comes from total ignorance of cultural diversity. With its ‘Clash of Civilizations’
model, culturism denounces the concept of ‘human rights.’ If the West falls,
neither China nor the Middle East will promote the concept. Human rights are,
in fact, western rights. So, to
protect ‘human rights,’ we need to start labeling them properly as ‘Western
rights,’ and protect the West.
Thus saving ‘human rights’ means rejecting ‘humanitarian’ asylum
laws. We’re not the world. Our laws and funds should help us, not
prop up our enemies’ regimes.
Thus culturism
suggests we focus our energies domestically. And, domestically, culturism
differs from libertarian individualism. Western culture needs to get out of the
gutter. Culturists can argue this
point based on biohistory and r/K theory, but common sense also bolsters the
directive: stoned children from single-mother families do not often have the
job skills that first – world economies require. And, yes, stripping down the
welfare state will help enormously in this regard. But, in other realms laws
can help bolster morality. For
example, zoning strip clubs out of city centers and censoring lewdness on
public airwaves conveys morality.
Keeping drugs illegal does the same. Our welfare laws are disastrous because they ignore morals.
Our government policies should not be either culturally or morally neutral.
This gets us
back to the first point in this section: using the words ‘culturism’ and
‘culturist’ can help clean up and direct our culture. For example, we must say ‘culturist profiling, not ‘racial
profiling.’ Far from arbitrary
racism, statistics back up the need for culturist profiling of Muslims in
airport security screening. Using
the term ‘culturist profiling’ clarifies the cultural rationality. ‘Culturist
profiling’ also explains blacks in jail as it acknowledges black cultural
dysfunction. Rather than fuel Black Lives Matter resentment, culturist
profiling can lead black communities to self-scrutiny. In general, culturists
judge cultures based on Western values. This reflexive cultural scrutiny,
asking ‘What would Jesus, George Washington or Winston Churchill do?”, can help
guide western culture. As this
applies to all of us, it is culturist, not racist.
Finally, as it
is a primary concern of the Alt-Right generally, I wish to discuss the Islamic
threat to the West. There is a range of culturists: ‘Absolute Culturists,’
believe we need to repatriate all Muslims now. ‘Pragmatic Culturists,’ only want to deport those affiliated
with radical mosques. Both sides wish to halt all Islamic immigration
immediately. Both sides, recognize the necessity of culturist school curricula
that says, ‘the West is the best and Islam is retarded.’ Both wish to prosecute
Sharia courts. Similar culturist policy debates and agreements are had
concerning the Latino threat to the United States. While not lock step on all
methods, saving the West from Islam is a main priority of all culturists.
While reasonable
culturists will disagree about specific policies aimed at saving the West, none
advocates the insane racist policy of removing all non-white people from the
West. Any such attempt, would not
work in the United States. And, so
we come full circle to my opening paragraph. We culturists can acknowledge race
as a potential cause of national division. We can note races’ propensities. But, the solutions to our
ailments do not lie there. Multiculturalists and globalists deny that the West
has a core culture. We must not only acknowledge and celebrate our Western
culture, but use it as a basis to protect and judge our specific nations and
cultures. We must have culturist
immigration laws that question compatibility with western values. Herein lays a
path to safeguarding and guiding our (like it or not) multi-racial nations.
Using culturist
rhetoric, (rather than just sadly denying we’re racist), can once again make it
safe for the West to have the rational discussions about culture that it so
desperately needs. Take action! Spread the words ‘culturist’ and ‘culturism’
today! It costs us nothing. And, the words could quickly go viral
and, thereby, aid us in saving the West.
