Caste¶
Mark Yuray has made me a believer. From nominal head-nodding towards the Moldbug model of caste identities, I’ve been dragged into utter compliance (with an even simpler variant), in awe-struck wonder at its explanatory power.
@AimlessGromar @Outsideness @ClarkHat The difference between #Rx and #NRx IMO is only caste.
— Mark Yuray (@MarkYuray) November 4, 2014
@Outsideness @AimlessGromar @ClarkHat The disagreement seems to be whether theorizing is necessary or not i.e. a caste difference.
— Mark Yuray (@MarkYuray) November 4, 2014
@libertybookmeet @AimlessGromar @Outsideness @ClarkHat To me, seems like those claiming Rx are standard US vaisyas, NRx are (ex)Brahmins.
— Mark Yuray (@MarkYuray) November 4, 2014
@AimlessGromar @ClarkHat @Outsideness @libertybookmeet Where are #NRx from? England? Minnesota? California? NY? DC? Canada? BRAHMIN ALERT!
— Mark Yuray (@MarkYuray) November 4, 2014
@AimlessGromar @ClarkHat @Outsideness @libertybookmeet Where are #Rx from? Tennessee? Texas? Mothers and former Paleocons? VAISYA ALERT!
— Mark Yuray (@MarkYuray) November 4, 2014
@_Hurlock_ Progressive is not the same as Brahmin (or it is, depending on whether you see us as Right-Brahmins or ex-Brahmins).
— Mark Yuray (@MarkYuray) November 4, 2014
@henrydampier @_Hurlock_ The problem is Brahmin has two distinct connotations: US urban elf progressive democrat OR intellectual elite.
— Mark Yuray (@MarkYuray) November 4, 2014
This model processes the NRx / Rx ~~gulf~~ difference to my entire satisfaction. It works beyond the Anglosphere, too:
@MarkYuray @henrydampier one major difference is that in bulgaria most of the 'vaisyas' i.e. lower class are old-school communists
— Hurlock (@_Hurlock_) November 4, 2014
@_Hurlock_ @henrydampier Culturally or ideologically? In Russia and Serbia the situation is similar, however…
— Mark Yuray (@MarkYuray) November 4, 2014
@_Hurlock_ @henrydampier In Serbia and Russia both the same people who glorify the old communists will glorify Orthodoxy and nationalism.
— Mark Yuray (@MarkYuray) November 4, 2014
@_Hurlock_ @henrydampier This is because communism is viewed not as ideology but as an expression of national strength i.e. ethno-respect.
— Mark Yuray (@MarkYuray) November 4, 2014
It’s far less an ideological difference, than a difference over the importance of ideology. It’s also a matter of thede, rather than phyle (I’m assuming). The initial, obvious, and somewhat disconcerting implication is that nothing is going to be shifted anywhere significant by ideological maneuvers. NRx and Rx will each attract their core constituencies, after which there’s only pointless bickering. On the positive side, there’s our work to do …
ADDED: A slightly different tack (from June). “NRx is signalling to ‘open-minded progressives’ aka ‘cool people’.”
ADDED: Heading back a little further (to December 2013), contains much of relevance and interest.