I am not the only one who wanted to unite the right, but so far previous attempts ended up in failure. Reason for that is that all these alternative identities come with more unwanted baggage, that Hillary Clinton's presidential run. This baggage repeals those who would otherwise join the right to oppose the woke but did not do so. The baggage gets in the way.
What Does not Work
I will example each individual attempt and explain what is wrong with each of them and then propose the alternative.
To begin with nationalism. At first glance that sounds good and right, why should we neglect our national interests in favour of some globalist agenda. Great? Not so much. Problem with nationalism is that different nations have different interests. Before long nationalism will devolve into this vs that country, arguments over borders, history and more. Instead of uniting right, it will divide us into small one identity groups squabbling with each other rather than fighting woke. Its already happening with Greenland where American nationalists ended up fighting fellow nationalists from Denmark and Europe over the frozen wasteland island. All the while woke quietly laugh in the corner.
To solve the nationalism problem, some might turn towards Christianity. Once again at first glance it looks like a solution. It solves the problems nationalism created. All nations under one god, deus vult, slay the infidels, crusades, heroism what not to like? Once again once you look closer, it's not good at all. To begin with Christianity varies from denomination to denomination, some of these are almost complete opposite from one another. Christianity has so much baggage, it's not even funny, inquisition, brutality, witch trials, Church corruption, paedophilia scandals, schisms, you name it. No one will want to associate with this mess. Christianity is actually woke: a lot of things Jesus actually did in bible can be considered woke. That makes it a poor rally point to oppose wokism. Sure, some American denominations recast Jesus as gun touting and dinosaur riding, but that would not work outside the US as people can only see such Jesus as a joke. Finally, Christianity devolves into the same problem as nationalism, but one time bigger. Instead of opposing woke, Christians ended up opposing Islam and other foreign religions. Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Shintoists are natural allies of anti-woke coalition, yet by focusing on Christianity one turns these natural allies into enemies. Worst offenders and woke beneficiaries are not Muslims or Hindus, but Christian West Africans or African Americans who are also Christian. Thus, Christianity does not allow us to go after real enemy. Once again, as we squabble over insults pork and prophet Muhammad, woke quietly laughs in the corner.
Well then Capitalism sure has no baggage, right. Capitalism won Cold War and build all this prosperity, sure it will win over backward communism-no foodyism, right? Not so simple, both capitalism and socialism used to be narrow economic theories that later got stretched to fit other things. That produces lots of inconsistencies in definitions and more. What capitalism means in purely economic terms is different from what it means in Cold War context. As prices go up, salaries go down and jobs are harder to find than ever, defending current economic system is a dead-end approach, and capitalism that won Cold War is so happens to be this current economic system. Also, whole capitalism vs socialism dichotomy devolves into economic arguments over theories that are long outdated and irrelevant to modern automated economy. Arguing over economic systems designed for pre-automation economy is like arguing over chairs on a Titanic, completely pointless. Yet while right is bogged down in making way in these ancient economic theories, left is quietly laughing in the corner.
Woke calls itself socialist or Marxist, but it actually does not have even slightest idea what "means of production" even mean, much less what seizing them will do. The only seizing they know of is of Marijuana plants. Woke does not have any real economic ideas, it is based on Bookchin nonsense that just takes drab "socialist" aesthetics, feminism and inclusivity and calls it "cool". It is as related to actual Marxism as Memphis in Tennessee is related to Memphis in Ancient Egypt, it's called the same name, it has a river of different kind and a pyramid also of different kind, that is about it.
It's pointless to argue with woke over economy, woke is all about identity and to oppose it we need to create a competing identity that is more interesting and compelling than woke is.
Other alternatives are Confederate Rebel flag; it only has limited traction in the US and controversial even there as its associated with backwardness, poverty and stupidity of trailer dwelling rednecks. Do you want to march for being a like trailer dwelling redneck? Probably no, so it cannot be a Confederate flag.
Nazi insignia and symbolism, including flag of Kekestan, while stylish fundamentally comes with the baggage of autocracy, totalitarianism and genocide. No one wants to associate themselves with people who run Auschwitz of Buchenwald, or those who suppressed democracy. Also, Jews hate Nazis and would oppose anything that endorses them, no matter what you think about Jews our fight is not with them, there is no point in alienating them.
Finally, pro-Russian and pro-Putin sentiment essentially comes with the same baggage as Nazi symbolism. Also, Russia is not as conservative right-wing utopia as stereotypes claim it is. If anything, Russia is more woke than woke itself. It's unwise to ally oneself to this wolf in a sheep's cloth that is more feminist than most feminist Bostoner. Finally Eastern Europeans, like Poles, hate Russia with burning passion. Poles are natural anti-woke allies and you do not want to alienate them over your pro-Russian sentiment.
Finally, traditional pagan religion, is too fragmented and varies between different places. It can devolve in the same factionalism as nationalism.
Of all that was tried, Ancient Rome is by far least problematic. However, it also fundamentally comes with a baggage. How to address Rome's ultimate collapse? What period claim as the definitive? Early Empire will repeal supported of democracy. Meanwhile Republic had certain flaws of its own and not as picturesque as Early Empire.
What is Best Alternative
However, there is something that is much better than Rome and that is Japan. That is what we do to unite the right and beat the woke.
Unlike rather forgotten Rome, Japan has lost of fans and hardly any haters. Even those who hate Anime or something else about Japan struggle to articulate their concerns and are often dismissed as pointless.
Most of the right likes something about Japan. Alt-right watches anime, Muslims watch anime, Hindus watch anime, even Chinese who hate Japan watch anime. Everyone on the right likes anime, it's one thing that truly unites us.
That love extends to different aspects of Japanese culture. Japanese tech makes it seem like country from the future. At the same time, they have fondness for preserving beautiful things from times past. They even imitate beautiful things from other cultures to enrich theirs. Generally, Japan is land of beauty and appreciation of beauty. At the same time Japan is also a country of warriors who have high standards of nobility and honour. Japanese manners are impeccable and Japanese ideals about what women should be like is what most right can agree on.
All in all, Japan is all we love and all we want our societies and the world be like. Yes, there are few things like karoshi and paternalism that we do not care or like, but for the most part the idealised and refined image of Japan is what we all aspire. So why not just adopt it as an identity?
Nothing wrong with such cultural appropriation and embellishment. If anything, woke cultural "Marxism" is far less Marxist than out cultural Japanism. We can even use a more poetic word for it: Yamato Culture to distinguish it from actual Japan just in case and give us more ownership over the movement. I see no arguments against.
Yamato Culture of United Right
Yamato culture aspires future and technological progress. We want to see robots in our daily life, space exploration. We want to see men transcend their base outdated past and ascent to the higher level of existence, free from misery and privation and with resources to advance science, technology and culture.
At the same time, we preserve what was beautiful and important about the past. If a culture has substance and merit, it deserves to be preserved. At the same time, we do not allow base and savage practices to continue into the future.
Yamato culture is meritocratic and rewards ability and skill. We appreciate all things beautiful, intellectual and refined and reject all things ugly, base and savage.
We give equal opportunity, but do not take from those who are better to prop up those who fail. Equality not equity. Universal Basic Income over systems that give welfare to some but not to others.
Yamato men are men of high honour, high culture and high standards. They are noble beings who do not reduce themselves to things that are beneath them.
Yamato women are well mannered, humble, respectful and subservient to their husbands or boyfriends.
For individual terms to refer to ourselves and things we value or care about we can use long phrases such as Men of Yamato Spirit or men of culture, or men of Yamato or just Yamato. We can also use simpler the knights, samurai, nobles or the Lords. Noble spirit, Yamato spirit.
As for symbols, then while it's good to use Japanese symbols, but it will be good to distinguish ourselves from actual Japanese people and their things. For example, a Rising Sun Flag but with black instead of white background might work. Sun itself can be made yellow/gold instead of red, for better colour contrast (something like this), or a thin while outline can be inserted between sun and a background.
The movement should be primary cultural with no baggage that can slow us down or repel those who might want to join us.
We should avoid bogging down in any economic arguments as these are pointless in current socio-economic reality. Elon Musk said that work will be optional in 10 years' time, there is no point in splitting feathers over how dying economy will run in the meantime. We should be neither pro nor anti-tax or pro or anti-welfare or such. The only exception is support for UBI.
We also should avoid any compromises with women. Women do not appreciate when you meet them halfway, so we will not. We have out standards and values and if they do not meet those, we will not accept them. It's better to have less women but good ones, then have more but of questionable quality. No woke feminists, no Karens and no women liberation. Women who respect and admire Men of Yamato, can come with us, those who do not walk away.
We oppose woke because woke is ugly and uncultured. Woke drab, grey "socialist" so called "aesthetics" are ugly and unworthy of a man of culture.
We reject uncouth savagery of woke and those who participate in that culture. We reject woke's "black culture" as an insult to culture. We do not consider "gangsta rap" a form of culturally significant music and do not listen to it. Black artists who work in different genres like Boney M who sing disco are excepted. Yamato is anti-rap only.
We do not support woke's so called "social justice" because it's not justice as we see it. We find woke so called "social justice" as unjust. Black people and women already have it much cozier than they deserve and we should take some of that away.
That is a basic breakdown of Yamato Spirit and Yamato culture that can actually unite the right. We should abandon old, outdated identities that no longer serve any meaningful purpose and unite behind one Rising Sun banner.
"The side will rise."
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