Reddit mentions of Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan And Tumblr To Trump And The Alt-Right

I can't believe we live in a world where this is a serious book: Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan And Tumblr To Trump And The Alt-Right

She just did an interview on the Ezra Klein Show, in case any of you normies aren't following that podcast yet.

Angela Nagle wrote a book called Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan And Tumblr To Trump And The Alt-Right. It covers the full spectrum of the libfem and alt-right identity mania plaguing our poltics. Here's a good intro:

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kill-all-normies-is-about-the-alt-right-but-the-left-ends-up-looking-worse

I suggest that you also read Mark Fisher's "Exiting the Vampire Castle" about the toxic libfem "callout" culture. It's very much an update of the Jo Freeman article for the internet era.

On a related note i suggest the book "kill all normies" for a really good take on this topic. It gives a really fair(in my opinion) analyzation of both sides of these internet social wars and how they grew and feed off eachother.

https://www.amazon.com/Kill-All-Normies-Culture-Alt-Right-ebook/dp/B0719WYYPR

It's real https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0719WYYPR/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Asking for what to do with your life is a somewhat too big of a question to be answered by anyone. Nevertheless, I can help a bit in the politics part.

1. Avoid being pressured to join a "group." It will be tempting to just align yourself with people that you feel comfortable with, but be aware of their core tenets before doing so. Take your time to familiarize yourself with political movements and know your "right" and "left." There is no problem in withholding judgment when one does not have sufficient information.
   
   
2. Do some philosophy. Especially, moral philosophy, epistemology and political theory (political philosophy). These should give you a good basis for political praxis (fancy way of saying practice).
   
   
3. History, history and more history. There will be a lot of it and at times it will be veeeery boring. My only advice is to try and find secondary sources that simplify events/ideas you can't tackle on your own due to the sheer boredom of dealing with them. The things you will most probably encounter are: socioeconomic situations of different countries throughout different times, political ideas with a large impact (Socialism and Capitalism) or more obscure ones ( Anarchism and Anarcho-capitalism) and political struggles between different schools of thought. There is so much to dig from history I can't even begin to scratch the surface.
   
   
4. Expectations. Don't have too much or too little of them. Politics isn't as hard as most people make it seem but isn't as simple. It might seem overwhelming when starting, but keep at it. As long as you are arguing in good faith, I am sure you will understand the political situation of the world more.
   
   
5. Avoid moralists and Cryptos. I think moralists are pretty self evident; those who speak politics without any reference to theory or praxis, aiming at the "moral" failings of the oppositions is not politics. The cryptos are a little bit complicated. Telling them apart from normal people is initially hard. One can find himself believing in very toxic ideas if routine self-questioning isn't practiced. A good book that goes deeper into that issue.
   
   
6. Doubt is good. It shows that you think. On the other hand, the feeling of being lost can be hard to deal with. Take your time and don't rush. Know how the game is played before dealing your cards.
   
   Feel free to private message me if you want more sources. I wish you luck in your journey!!!

I started reading Kill all normies last night and it's probably the best thing I've read so far. The author, Angela Nagel is an Irish Anthropologist who wrote her ph.d on online anti-feminist movements. Here is another more introductary article by her. She's also a great podcast guest so check those out.

If you want to read alt-right authors themselves, Paul Gottri is a must read as many his writings lay the theoretical foundations of the alt-right. Richard Spencer is worth reading for his influence, despite is abhorrent views, he is an intelligent guy. VDare, which I'll let you google yourself, is the more high-brow intellectual magazine of the alt-right and has tons of material.