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== Style of Alt-right ==
== Style of Alt-right ==
The style of the alt-right is to reject the approaches of the [[mainstream media]], and use the internet rather than traditional avenues of communication preferred by moderates.<ref>https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-American-alternative-right</ref>
The style of the alt-right is to reject the approaches of the [[mainstream media]], and use the internet rather than traditional avenues of communication preferred by moderates.<ref>https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-American-alternative-right</ref> Of course, it should be noted that these traditional avenues of communication are, by and large, foreclosed to most all Alt-Right intellectuals, via power structure blacklisting, media censorship, leftist boycott campaigns, fear of persecution by state or non-state actors for merely publicly articulating certain positions, etc.
The alt-right employs a "culture jammming" approach to its opposition with memes on Reddit, 4chan, 9gag, and Facebook.<ref>
The alt-right employs a "culture jammming" approach to its opposition with memes on Reddit, 4chan, 9gag, and Facebook.<ref>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming</ref> This involves using modified artifacts of popular culture, specifically characters such as Pepe the frog, Moonman or anime characters to demonstrate the non-falsifiabile attributes of the neoliberal mantra of social change driven by global capitalism.<ref>http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo+fascism</ref><ref>http://www.salon.com/2016/10/25/meet-moon-man-the-alt-rights-new-racist-rap-sensation-borrowed-from-1980s-mcdonalds-ads/</ref>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming</ref> This involves using modified artifacts of popular culture, specifically characters such as Pepe the frog, Moonman or anime characters to demonstrate the non-falsifiabile attributes of the neoliberal mantra of social change driven by global capitalism.<ref>http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo+fascism</ref><ref>http://www.salon.com/2016/10/25/meet-moon-man-the-alt-rights-new-racist-rap-sensation-borrowed-from-1980s-mcdonalds-ads/</ref>
Breitbart news editor Stephen Bannon joined the Trump campaign in August 2016.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/us/politics/donald-trump-stephen-bannon-paul-manafort.html?_r=0</ref>
Breitbart news editor Stephen Bannon, who many consider an Alt-Right sympathist, joined the Trump campaign in August 2016.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/us/politics/donald-trump-stephen-bannon-paul-manafort.html?_r=0</ref>
==Rejection of neoliberalism==
==Rejection of neoliberalism==
The alternative right holds neoliberalism responsible for the decimation of national borders and national identity. It views the rise of left-leaning governments as an effect of multicultural amalgamation caused by large business interests run amok. Libertarian (anarcho-capitalistic) elements of the alt-right oppose Keynesianism as well which, paradoxically, is the national (as opposed to global) predecessor of neoliberalism.
The alternative right holds neoliberalism responsible for the decimation of national borders and national identity. It views the rise of left-leaning governments as an effect of multicultural amalgamation caused by large business interests run amok. Libertarian (anarcho-capitalistic) elements of the alt-right oppose Keynesianism as well, which, paradoxically, is the national (as opposed to global) predecessor of neoliberalism.
Due to the alt-right's equation of globalized capitalism with Marxism, the movement has been compared to national anarchism (anarcho-fascism) on [[Wikipedia]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_and_nationalism</ref>
Due to the alt-right's equation of globalized capitalism with Marxism, the movement has been compared to national anarchism (anarcho-fascism) on [[Wikipedia]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_and_nationalism</ref>
==Distinction from National Socialism (Nazism)==
==Distinction from National Socialism (Nazism)==
The alt-right seeks racial "identitarianism" through a largely monocultural state; and cultural cohesion over economic interests.<ref>http://www.amren.com/news/2016/10/what-is-the-alt-right-jared-taylor/</ref> The alt-right does not explicitly seek genocide of non-white races. It views national borders as a proxy for racial segregation, but does not support de facto racial segregation. Mainstream alt-righter members support skilled immigration.
The alt-right seeks racial "identitarianism" through a largely monocultural state, and places cultural cohesion over economic interests.<ref>http://www.amren.com/news/2016/10/what-is-the-alt-right-jared-taylor/</ref> The alt-right does not explicitly seek genocide of non-white races. Virtually all Alt-Righters view national borders as a proxy for racial segregation and most support voluntary segregation via individual freedom of association, but only some Alt-Righters support intranational state-sponsored segregation. Mainstream alt-righters generally support some limited amount of skilled immigration.
Relationally, neo-nazism is a component of the alt-right (big-tent movement); the alt-right is NOT a component of neo-nazism. The alt-right heavily employs principles from Italian fascism which is the racially-agnostic predecessor of Nazism (German fascism).
Relationally, neo-nazism is a component of the alt-right (big-tent movement); the alt-right is NOT a component of neo-nazism. The alt-right heavily employs principles from Italian fascism which is the racially-agnostic predecessor of Nazism (German fascism).
Currently, there are growing tensions between the mainstream alt-right and the neo-Nazi wing. In September 2015, mainstream Alex Jones and neo-Nazi David Duke have also exchanged barbs, the former calling the latter a "Democratic plant" and the latter referring to his news organization, ''Infowars'', as being "infiltrated" by Zionists.'In November 2016, a feud broke out between neo-Nazi Richard B. Spencer (who, as previously stated, was one of the coiners of the term "alt-right") and Mike Cernovich, one of the most prominent alt-right meme-makers, after Cernovich publicly condemned Spencer and accused him of being controlled opposition for including the use of Nazi salutes at a pro-Trump victory party he held. Meanwhile, Paul Joseph Watson was harassed on Twitter by neo-Nazis after he posted a tweet that claimed that there were ''two'' alt-rights (the mainstream and the neo-Nazis), and that the neo-Nazi alt-right were "right-wing SJWs." [http://davidduke.com/dr-david-duke-official-statement-on-the-duke-jones-great-debate/][http://heatst.com/culture-wars/the-alt-right-movement-is-in-disarray-founder-claims-its-civil-war/] In December 2016, Mike Cernovich again got into a clash with the neo-Nazi wing after he banned neo-Nazi Tim Treadstone from attending a pro-Trump victory party after Treadstone posted multiple anti-Semitic tweets on Twitter.[http://www.businessinsider.com/alt-right-civil-war-twitter-cernovich-milo-alaska-2016-12] Currently, the two neo-Nazi alt-right wikis, Metapedia and Rightpedia (the latter which was created by neo-Nazis that think Metapedia isn't racist enough) portray Conservapedia in an extremely negative light. Just to be clear how deranged those websites are, at least one of them, and in many cases both of them, do the following:
Currently, there are growing tensions within the movement. In September 2015, Alex Jones and Neo-Nazi David Duke exchanged barbs, the former calling the latter a "Democratic plant" and the latter referring to his news organization, ''Infowars'', as being "infiltrated" by Zionists.'In November 2016, a feud also broke out between white nationalist Richard B. Spencer (who, as previously stated, was one of the coiners of the term "alt-right") and Mike Cernovich, one of the most prominent alt-right meme-makers, after Cernovich publicly condemned Spencer and accused him of being controlled opposition for including the use of Nazi salutes at a pro-Trump victory party he held. Meanwhile, Paul Joseph Watson was harassed on Twitter by neo-Nazis after he posted a tweet that claimed that there were ''two'' alt-rights (the mainstream and the explicitly pro-white, sometimes openly fascist, wing), and that the explicitly pro-white Alt-Righters were "right-wing SJWs." [http://davidduke.com/dr-david-duke-official-statement-on-the-duke-jones-great-debate/][http://heatst.com/culture-wars/the-alt-right-movement-is-in-disarray-founder-claims-its-civil-war/] In December 2016, Mike Cernovich again got into a clash with the more radical elements of the Alt-Right after he banned Neo-Nazi Tim Treadstone from attending a pro-Trump victory party after Treadstone posted a flurry of anti-Semitic tweets on Twitter.[http://www.businessinsider.com/alt-right-civil-war-twitter-cernovich-milo-alaska-2016-12] Currently, the two neo-Nazi alt-right wikis, Metapedia and Rightpedia (the latter was created by neo-Nazis who think Metapedia isn't sufficiently racist) portray Conservapedia in an extremely negative light. These wikis have been known to do the following:
* Reject conservatism because it doesn't put race as a central tenet of its ideology
* Reject conservatism because it doesn't put race as a central tenet of its ideology
* Proclaim bigotry against evangelicals for their pro-Israel stance
* Proclaim bigotry against evangelicals for their pro-Israel stance
* Reject creationism
* Reject creationism
* Accuse Conservapedia of being politically correct because it's not blatantly racist
* Accuse Conservapedia of being politically correct because it is not blatantly racist
* Reject capitalism as being too materialistic
* Reject capitalism as being too materialistic
* Pretend to be anti-Islam but in fact support it when it comes to Israel's enemies Hamas and Hezbollah
* Pretend to be anti-Islam but in fact support it when it comes to Israel's enemies Hamas and Hezbollah
* Promote Holocaust denial and a positive view of Adolf Hitler
* Promote Holocaust denial and a positive view of Adolf Hitler
* Attack Conservapedia for using the Bible, and not Social Darwinism, as the basis for its support for social conservatism
* Attack Conservapedia for using the Bible, and not Social Darwinism, as the basis for its support for social conservatism
* Promotes eugenics
* Promote eugenics
* Accuse Conservapedia of being a partisan hack website, completely ignoring the constant references to "RINOs" on that site
* Accuse Conservapedia of being a partisan hack website, completely ignoring the constant references to "RINOs" on that site
* Accuse Conservapedia of being pro-Communist for even ''using'' the word "racist" and "Nazi"
* Accuse Conservapedia of being pro-Communist for even ''using'' the words "racist" and "Nazi"
* Attack the Bible for suggesting that all humans of all colors are descendants of Noah, and falsely claims that Noah was only the father of the white man [http://en.rightpedia.info/w/Conservapedia][http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Conservapedia]
* Attack the Bible for suggesting that all humans of all colors are descendants of Noah, and falsely claims that Noah was only the father of the white man [http://en.rightpedia.info/w/Conservapedia][http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Conservapedia]
Whatever you may think of white advocacy or white racial consciousness, there are many credible Alt-Right thinkers who do not consider the Alt-Lite to be part of the Alt-Right movement, strictly speaking anyhow. Many Alt-Righters consider explicit pro-white advocacy to be the essential characteristic of the movement, thus excluding Alt-Liters from the category altogether. However, opponents of this position might argue that Alt-Liters are implicitly pro-white, and that their defense of Western Civilization is white advocacy by proxy. All that said, there is no universally accepted definition of the term, "Alt-Right", and this debate only further elucidates the problem of defining the movement and its boundaries with absolute precision.
==Libertarian Nationalism==
==Libertarian Nationalism==
The alt-right distrusts large (anti-tribal) financial institutions as corrupt and rejects the open-borders aspect of mainstream libertarianism while affirming new allegiances, such as supporting gays by encouraging firearm ownership or giving support to unaffiliated Independent candidates that are anti-establishment, regardless of their political leanings.
The alt-right distrusts large (anti-tribal) financial institutions as corrupt and rejects the open-borders aspect of mainstream libertarianism while affirming new allegiances, such as supporting gays by encouraging firearm ownership or giving support to unaffiliated independent candidates that are anti-establishment, regardless of their political leanings.
The alt-right has seen its membership ranks swell exponentially with libertarians that reject weak national (non-tribal) leadership within their movement. Although they are not part of the original alt-right, ex-libertarians make up a plurality of this emerging grassroots movement.
The alt-right has seen its membership ranks swell exponentially with libertarians that reject weak national (non-tribal) leadership within their movement. Although they are not part of the original alt-right, ex-libertarians make up a plurality of this emerging grassroots movement.
==View of Christianity==
==View of Christianity==
The alt-right emphasizes the crypto-polytheistic aspects of Christianity and links it to Greco-Roman and pan-European polytheistic history and "Western" accomplishments. The alt-right views Christianity as a religion distinct from Islam and Judaism in its polytheistic elements and "special" relationship to European history. The alt-right accepts the study of evolution and global warming as a product of Western polytheistic science. It rejects the faction of evangelical Christianity for its pro-immigration stance (for proselytization purposes) although it views Europe's history of colonization and Christian proselytization as having a positive effect on those respective colonial countries. Evangelical Christianity has moved to the right in recent times when it comes to immigration. Evangelical - especially white Evangelicals -overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump. However, the alt-right has not made significant inroads among evangelicals due to many alt-right individuals being irreligious or not very religious. In addition, many evangelicals have a sense of solidarity with their fellow Christians from other races.
The alt-right emphasizes the crypto-polytheistic aspects of Christianity and links it to Greco-Roman and pan-European polytheistic history and "Western" accomplishments. The alt-right views Christianity as a religion distinct from Islam and Judaism in its polytheistic elements and "special" relationship to European history. The alt-right accepts the study of evolution and global warming as a product of Western polytheistic science. It rejects the faction of evangelical Christianity for its pro-immigration stance (for proselytization purposes) although it views Europe's history of colonization and Christian proselytization as having a positive effect on those respective colonial countries. Evangelical Christianity has moved to the right in recent times when it comes to immigration. Evangelical - especially white Evangelicals -overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump. However, the alt-right has not made significant inroads among evangelicals due to many alt-right individuals being irreligious or not very religious. In addition, many evangelicals have a sense of solidarity with their fellow Christians from other races. Despite the Alt-Right's sometimes complicated, often critical stance toward christianity, very few Alt-Righters are militantly anti-christian, even fewer think christianity is beyond reform, and almost none wish to see the government openly combat or suppress christianity via an officially enforced secularism, as is done in Marxist and Communist nations.
Due to its pro-"Western science" views the alternative right has on occasion called itself "evolutionary" conservatism or "scientific" conservatism.
Due to its pro-"Western science" views the alternative right has on occasion called itself "evolutionary" conservatism or "scientific" conservatism.