Eve is here. I must confess that I am not being rash in structuring this post, as, as Tom Neuberger was quick to point out, there is no unified right-wing, but rather factions, each with their own beliefs and political priorities. At best, groups with overlapping interests are unlikely to form lasting, cohesive coalitions.
Indeed, we are in the midst of a conservative counterrevolution that is gaining considerable momentum and is likely to continue gaining momentum. I keep thinking about the French Revolution. The French Revolution was characterized by a succession of increasingly radical factions, increasing levels of violence (the Reign of Terror and later Thermidor), and efforts to remake the social order and create new kinds of people. However, over the next five years, further instability and violence ensued under the General Command, and the coup d’état of 18 Brumaire ended the revolution and began the transition to empire. Therefore, it is within the historical norm for sectarian violence and bloody retaliation to continue for long periods of time.
I asked Nat about the fact that Neuberger didn’t include Black Pill Nihilist in his analysis, and what he thought about Neuberger’s assessment in general. Here is Nat’s reply:
Young nihilists have no authority (yet) and no coherent ideology.
With a player like Fuentes, it’s impossible to parse out where he will end up. I had him off as #3 [“White supremacy & race restoration”] But then he spoke out against the Gaza genocide (my initial view was primarily out of anti-Semitism, but after listening to him there seemed to be a basic humanity in it).
We are in a blender, and it takes decades (or years, if good evolution accelerates) to develop a coherent ideology that matches reality. All bets are void.
Written by Thomas Neuberger. Originally published on God’s Spies
Note: The following does not apply to us Muppets, Littles, voters, or passengers on the Rich Train. Sure, some Muppets share these beliefs, but none of them have powers. What I’m talking about below is only about those who do, namely the Master and some of his minions. Specifically, I’m talking about the powerful right-wing machine and people like Thiel and Vance, not us, the small crowd, who are their propaganda market.
A transhumanist future with our robots. Who do you think will be in charge?
“I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.”
—Peter Thiel, Palantir Founder, Billionaire Technology Investor, JD Vance Promoter
I’ve been asking myself for years, “If the right absolutely wins, what will happen to the right-wing machine? What will the country look like then? What do the right and its leaders actually want?”
These are important questions when considering, for example, a book on the Fourth American Constitution.
The problem is that the right isn’t actually one right, it’s multiple rightists, and they don’t all agree on what they want. That division is reflected in Project 2025’s hodgepodge structure: its many authors and wish lists, its multiple contradictions. As a result, the right does not have just one agenda, but multiple agendas, some of which conflict with what other people hold dear.
Broadly speaking, the far right’s main absurd concerns are:
God and control of sex — the quintessential religious right. The centers of power include New Apostolic Reformation leaders like Brian Simmons, Che Ahn, and Mike Bickle. There are also right-wing luminaries like Boebert and Charlie Kirk (yes, that’s him). Some Catholic Church and evangelical leaders fall into this group. Many of these people have anti-women intentions. Police and the punishment of “others” — people who love prosecution and what they call justice. Stephen Miller is a prime example of this, as are constitutional chief sheriffs. The leaders who sing “Law and Order” are also part of this group. Their roots are in the slave militias that roamed the South, the anti-union Pinkerton Gang, and the anti-immigrant police who maintained wage slave labor. White Supremacy and Racial Restoration — White supremacist aspirations lurk in many groups, but this agenda also has its own leaders. Kris Kobach and Richard Spencer are the same people who lead organizations like the Proud Boys and Mamas for Liberty (you read that right) and pubs like the Daily Stormer. Money Has No Limits — The Ayn Rand Brigade. Libertarian leaders, men like Charles Koch and George Bush. Those who want the flow of capital to take precedence over state rights. Banker and hedge fund king. People who already have a lot of money and want more money. While many ultra-wealthy people focus on one thing only, some, like Howard Ahmanson Jr., have other agendas as well. This group is large because it contains most of the actual wealth. “Endless War for Eternal Peace” — not just neoconservatives, but anyone primarily interested in continued war and the interests of the endless war industry falls into this group. Mentors include the late Dick Cheney and the still-living Marco Rubio. It’s massive and bipartisan. Wannabe tech overlords — a new group of tech-rich people Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen. These people claim to be the inheritors of the “I can see the future” aura that Steve Jobs once possessed. An offshoot of libertarians, these wealth addicts have emerged as a unique force with impressive and outlandish ideas. They share a lot of overlap with Libertarians, some with Endless Warriors, but little overlap with the racial and religious right.
There are other power centers with other purposes, but these are the most important.
How do these groups come together?
Short answer: They don’t happen, except in natural duplication. They do not intentionally adopt each other’s agenda.
Atlas Shrugged, The Libertarian Bible
Long answer: Right-wing power centers will compete until one group consolidates enough power to accomplish its entire agenda. Then other groups can get what they can too. For example, when Bush-Cheney was in power, money and neoconservatives did well, but white restorationists lost.
scripture of racial hatred
The only common denominator: the desire for infinite power.
If there is no right-wing agenda, what unites these groups? The answer is simple. For each, the real goal is power. They each want to control everyone but themselves.
So we ask, what does the right really want? — The answer is superiority. What? Although they have some differences, control is their true common bond. Koch doesn’t care about race as long as money trumps everything else. Stephen Miller may have close ties to religion, but he’s all about punishment first. And radical Christian leaders care more about punishing sex than wealth.
Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid’s Tale, a vision of a society controlled by the religious right (Hulu/Youtube)
The technology champions we aspire to
Which group will win and whose national vision will be realized first? Which right-wing policies will come closest to full realization?
At the moment, Tech Overlords holds a sizable lead. Like other people, they want complete control and are fans of democracy, not just lip service. “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible,” says billionaire Peter Thiel. They desperately want an intrusive, unopposed internal security state.
Palantir Founder: “They need to wake up scared and go to bed scared” Palantir Primer: Tools for the Muscular Nation
They share this with most of the other groups, which is why ghost nations do not perish.
And despite their crazy ideas, they think they can live forever. Their solution to the climate crisis is to move us to Mars. They believe in “transhumanism” and, despite its pretense, are the norm of “the wisest shall rule.” They have an advantage that others don’t have, an aura of being “advanced” and looking to the future. Many of us consider them to be the true inheritors of the magic surrounding Steve Jobs.
Cult of the Airman, V.2
This aura, this is not new. It’s just another aspect of the “aviator cult,” a false belief that delighted some of the 20th century’s prewars, which is long dead.
A poster for the charming movie “Things to Come,” in which airmen save the Earth from fascists.
It was then, and still is, believed that technologically advanced people, in their case pilot adventurers like Charles Lindbergh, could literally see the future and should therefore be at the forefront. Of course not. Lindbergh was a prominent right-winger who was “absolutely convinced” that FDR was a Nazi. But the illusion was as strong then as it is now.
Look at that face. An example of the apotheosis of Apple’s Steve Jobs
ready to take over
But for all its flaws, the tech right is taking over. This is already long, but I’m sure I and others will come back and expand on that point as this develops. So for now, consider the following: The keys to victory are in place today, and this trajectory will not change even if J.D. Vance follows Trump.
(Click here to see the entire infographic. It’s interactive, well-researched, and a valuable resource.)
So what happens if the right absolutely wins? It depends on which rights.
