Subversive is a podcast by Alex Kaschuta about ideas that may not fit neatly into the Overton window and could use a nudge, or a sledgehammer. Alex chats to thinkers across the spectrum from iconoclast philosophers, rogue scientists, *real* journalists, and our true intellectual elite, Twitter anons. If you want to support the show or my work in general, head to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aksubversive
This is the first part of our conversation. The full episode and the complete archive of Subversive episodes, including exclusive episodes and my writing, are available on Substack. You can also subscribe to the podcast sans writing on Patreon for a bit less. This is how the show is financed and grows, so I appreciate every contribution! Please subscribe at: https://www.alexkaschuta.com/ https://www.patreon.com/aksubversive My conversation with Richard covers the origins and implications of civil rights law and its impact decades down the line. We also discuss the influence of wokeness, the role of social media, and the importance of wealth and economic development. The conversation concludes with a reflection on the disempowering discourse in the right-wing space and the need for a more balanced and optimistic perspective. We also discuss the concept of Red Caesar, the influence of technology on society, the decline in birth rates, and the role of the state in legislating morality. We also touch on the challenges of parenting in the digital age and the potential future of liberal democracy. 00:00 The Origins and Impact of Civil Rights Law 08:14 The Importance of Wealth and Economic Development 49:29 The Role of the State in Legislating Morality 59:04 The Potential Future of Monarchy 01:06:23 Underrated Thinkers Richard Hanania is an American political science researcher and political commentator. Hanania is the founder and president of the think tank Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology and the author of The Origins of Woke. He is also on X @richardhanania and on Substack at https://www.richardhanania.com/
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Our conversation explores the topic of the heritability of IQ and personality, as well as the relationship between intelligence and fertility. It also touches on the differences between men and women in terms of intelligence and achievement.
We also discuss various topics related to gender norms, masculinity, Jewish overrepresentation, and the relationship between cognitive ability and political views. We also touch on the influence of democracy and values on political beliefs.
Sebastian Jensen is an anonymous researcher and Substack author who blogs at https://www.sebjenseb.net/
Here are the timestamps for the full conversation:
00:00 Introduction and the Heritability of IQ and Personality
03:08 Intelligence and Fertility: Exploring the Relationship
05:11 Differences Between Men and Women: Intelligence and Achievement
37:09 Shifting Gender Norms and Educational Attainment
44:51 Exploring Jewish Over-representation
53:28 The Relationship Between Cognitive Ability and Political Views
59:42 The Influence of Democracy on Political Beliefs
01:06:39 Recommended Thinkers
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aksubversive/messageThis is the first half of our conversation. The full episode and the complete archive of Subversive episodes, including exclusive episodes and my writing, are available on Substack. You can also subscribe to the podcast sans writing on Patreon for a bit less. This is how the show is financed and grows, so I appreciate every contribution! Please subscribe at: https://www.alexkaschuta.com/ https://patreon.com/aksubversive/ My guest today is Radfem Hitler, she is an anonymous poster on X, formerly Twitter, and she’s spearheading a radfem revolution. She runs an extremely entertaining, semi-serious account @hollowearthterf and is becoming quite influential. We speak about her journey from 2016 trad Trumpian to becoming a dissident to the dissidents, her disillusionment with liberal feminism and the traditional space, and the current degradation of both men and women. To get access to the whole conversation, including our discussion on gender-segregated spaces, what makes for a good marriage, and avoiding divorce, please head to alexkaschuta.com to become a Substack subscriber or to patreon.com/aksubversive. Substack subscribers get full access to everything I’ve ever recorded or written, and Patreon is there if you’d just like to access and support this podcast.
Timestamps for the full conversation:
00:00 Background and Journey
03:02 Attraction to Traditional Values and Marriage
14:37 Disillusionment with Liberal Feminism and the Traditionalist Sphere
38:16 The Negative Traits Adopted by Men and Women
44:02 Can Men and Women Coexist Happily in Close Quarters?
50:03 The Potential of Gender-Segregated Schools
56:33 The Importance of Waiting to Get Married
01:02:50 Preventing Divorce Through Better Marriages
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Anatoly Karlin is a writer and researcher, and he blogs at https://www.nooceleration.com/ The complete timestamps for the extended episode: 00:00 Introduction and Background 02:09 Anatoly's Shift in Perspective 07:08 Disillusionment with Right-Wing Politics 10:23 Positive Developments in Russia 12:43 Putinism and Political Degradation 15:19 The Decline of the Intellectual Space 22:12 Creating a Counter Elite 25:30 Hostile Sexism and Decline of the Space 30:50 The Decline of the Manosphere 37:12 The Idea of Immigration and Open Borders 46:00 The Potential of Network States 51:26 Challenges and Concerns with Network States 57:38 The Rise of Digital Nomadism and Network States 01:01:18 The Impact of Network States on Natalism 01:02:40 The Importance of Natalism and AI 01:03:37 The Need for Genetic Technologies 01:04:11 Reversing Dysgenic Trends 01:06:03 The Future of Reproductive Technologies 01:07:01 The Role of Natalism in Economic Growth 01:08:29 Practical Solutions for Natalism 01:10:48 The Ineffectiveness of Traditionalist Solutions 01:11:17 The Potential of Reproductive Genetic Technologies 01:12:44 The Political Landscape of HBD 01:13:14 The Commercial Availability of Reproductive Genetic Technologies 01:16:27 The Future of Family Structures 01:17:47 The Spiritual Experience of Pregnancy and Childbirth 01:18:55 The Delegation of Biological Functions 01:19:26 The Weight of Femininity and Delegating Biological Functions 01:21:28 The Relationship Between HBD and Wokeness 01:22:38 The Reckoning with HBD 01:25:17 The Increasing Evidence for HBD 01:27:13 The Impact of Reproductive Genetic Technologies on HBD 01:29:37 The Importance of Normalizing HBD 01:30:06 The Relationship Between Intelligence and Solving Other Problems 01:33:08 Recommended Thinkers
The complete archive of Subversive episodes, including exclusive episodes and my writing, is available on Substack for the monthly cost of an (admittedly extravagant) coffee - 7$. You can also subscribe to the podcast sans writing on Patreon for the price of a (bog standard) coffee - 5$. This is how the show is financed and grows, so I appreciate every contribution! Please subscribe at: https://www.alexkaschuta.com/
https://www.patreon.com/aksubversive We speak about: Positive gamification - giving away rice, planting trees, saving power. Dark gamification - most everything else. Releasing the pressure of expectations on young men. The technological revolution and its consequences. The culture war as a world-spanning game. Ideology as character creation in an RPG. Back to the city after “back to the land” Trad as an attempt to capture something that never was, and much more. Gurwinder Bhogal is a writer, researcher, technologist, and the author of www.gurwinder.blog
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Turboamerica - Never more united, never more powerful than it is today.
AIDS - https://niccolo.substack.com/p/the-early-days-of-hivaids-introduction
Anatoly Karlin’s “Wokeness is the tribute that meritocracy pays to human dignity” as a replacement for noblesse oblige.
What we can learn from the Ukraine war about current empire(s).“Fighting for a better past” in the Balkans.
Why does Boris Berezovsky deserve infamy?
Tucker/Putin Interview - a landmark event or non-event?
Outlook for Ukraine and maybe, more interestingly, Poland, as US interest in the war wanes.
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In this episode we speak about:
Israel vs. Palestine, a conflict that pits left against left and right against right
Third-worldism vs. Boomer Zionism
The favorable status of Islamists in the UK
The Right needs a measured position toward the conflict
Brexit in hindsight
Mithras is a British writer and anonymous poster. He is on Twitter @hardtimeshere11
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We speak about social conservatism in young women, what attracts them, what repels them, the tradwife trend, and their attitude toward the opposite sex and masculinity. We also discuss purebred vs. revealed conservatism, the future of the dwindling majority in the UK, and being redpilled on sex differences by interacting with toddlers.
Fleur Elizabeth Meston is a writer, a researcher at Orthodox Conservatives, and a political commentator. She’s on Twitter at @fleurmeston.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aksubversive/messageWe speak about his circuitous path to studying philosophy and theology, maintaining virtue when you’re not allowed to define it, technology as an almost magical confirmation of the victory of reason, the importance of status in spreading ideas, and much more. Dr. James Orr is an Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge. He holds a PhD and MPhil in Philosophy of Religion from the University of Cambridge and a BA in Classics from Balliol College, Oxford. He is also the UK Chairman of The Edmund Burke Foundation, a public affairs institute that aims to strengthen the principles of national conservatism in Western and other democratic countries.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aksubversive/messageWe speak about the fact that often one study is more representative of reality than many, P hacking and the emptiness of much of social science, the many ways to lie with statistics, fertility and demographic collapse, lead exposure and the various disasters pinned on it, the midwits of Mensa, and much more.
Cremieux is an anonymous poster, a man well-versed in data analysis who plays first violin in a new wave of extremely statistically savvy anonymous accounts that popped up and exploded once the Twitter ban on wrongthink was somewhat lifted by the regime of Elon Musk.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aksubversive/messageWe speak about getting married young, stepping into an uncertain world, chaotic, nihilistic energy versus more rooted ways, the exhaustion of politics, especially the electoral kind, technology, modern media and much more.
J Burden is the host of the J Burden Show, a podcaster and chronicler of the dissident right, he has on many up-and-coming influencers, from what I would describe as of one layer deeper into the ranks of the DR than my show. I love his show, it’s well worth a listen - especially liked the George Bagby and Thomas777 episodes.
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