2021-08-26 18:06:13
Statement on the Chris Bond v. NRx/BAP feud:
We have taken the decision to de-list Chris' book
Nemesis following a major Twitter feud. Here's the background to that decision.
Chris vs. NRx:
Chris is an original NRx alumnus, and has every right to criticize it. A lot of these "joined Twitter in 2018" NRx newbs who only talk about Moldbug (rarely Nick Land, never Spandrell, Nick B Steves, Hadley Bishop) have never read This Week in Reaction, in which Chris regularly featured as Reactionary Future. He's been beefing with Land & co. since these Twitter NRxers were interns in the Clinton campaign. He made important contributions in the scene and was respected by the OGs. Who the fuck do these people think they are? He shat on NRx then, and he shits on it now. Only difference is you don't know your place. And the last important theoretical breakthrough of the NRx scene was Spandrell's bioleninism which was half a decade ago. He's right to shit on it, it's boring now.
But it wasn't always boring, unlike the "clearpill", AKA strategic capitulation, AKA "please don't hurt me". But Moldbug's major contribution was unearthing a theory of power based on patronage (high-low vs. middle), which Chris fleshed out and made coherent. This is the major theoretical legacy of NRx. It seems pretty obvious that Moldbug himself would seek patronage, and suddenly his influence was resurrected and he got mainstream attention in Claremont along with BAP—these newbs think this happened by magic.
Chris vs. BAP:
Chris regards BAP as a mediocrity, and this was galvanized by his reading BAP's PhD dissertation, which is not impressive. This led Chris to investigate the reputed funding network involving Moldbug, BAP, and others—said to centre around Peter Thiel. Chris then engaged in a Twitter feud with pretty much the whole of the NRx/BAP sphere, and called for anonymous tips regarding this funding network. But the bridge too far was Chris' endorsement of doxxing of rightists in some (unspecified) cases.
Chris did not dox BAP, Kantbot did.
All the same, Imperium Press cannot endorse making public the unpublished personal info of /ourguys/.
So we have taken the decision to de-list one of our most popular books, and one of the most substantial contributions to right wing thought since the original Unqualified Reservations.
This is a major loss for the dissident right.
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