In today’s episode of Walt Right Perspectives I am joined by John Arcto, who writes under The Anglofuturist here on Substack. John is a British Zoomer who came of age during the Gamergate / anti-SJW era and gradually moved right as wokeism came to dominate the left over the past decade.
Wow, a lot of ground is covered in this one despite it getting cut short. I lived in the UK for a bit, so found it extra interesting.
In the UK, a government can win an election on just over 35% of the vote. Local / regional government has far less power there than in the US, so the central government is effectively an "elected dictatorship". The UK elite is also highly centralized, with most people going to the same few universities. Many of Boris Johnson and David Cameron's colleagues knew each other back in the day at Oxford. Media can be just as insular, and can quickly turn on a dime to whatever the "current thing" is through groupthink.
The UK is also very big on funding left-leaning NGOs and think tanks, furthering a left wing echo chamber. Yes, the UK civil service, while nominally apolitical, is very much a "deep state". The BBC is very much a Big Brother. And finally, the UK is... longhoused. Advertising, public announcements, signage, etc is all very feminized.
There are a few aspects of Brexit many people overlook. One major issue with the EU was the UK having a common law system, while most of continental Europe has civil law systems. Long story short, the EU would adopt symbolic cultural signaling policies that would never be expected to be fully implemented in, say, Italy. But in the UK, someone could take the government to court to enforce the policy. So the UK was left "gold plating" whatever policies were adapted in Brussels, while courts in other countries wouldn't touch them.
Another is the European Convention on Human Rights, under the Council of Europe. The UK implemented this convention in national law through the Human Rights Act. Activist judges then read into innocuous terms like a "right to a private and family life" that certain dangerous migrants couldn't be deported.
For mentioning the Ugandan Asians and Florida Cubans together, the connection always seemed clear. The accidental way to get a more right-wing minority group is to get the refugees of communism, but Black Nationalism or Islamism can make a similar impression. The story of fleeing the resentful hordes and their revolutionary government will stick with a family.
It's true Americans are lucky our largest immigrant group is culturally adjacent and integrating as we speak but the number of them is hard to exaggerate in a place like Texas, where my general impression of them is blue-collar and not very political. There seem to be more Hispanic kids than NH White ones.
Wow, a lot of ground is covered in this one despite it getting cut short. I lived in the UK for a bit, so found it extra interesting.
In the UK, a government can win an election on just over 35% of the vote. Local / regional government has far less power there than in the US, so the central government is effectively an "elected dictatorship". The UK elite is also highly centralized, with most people going to the same few universities. Many of Boris Johnson and David Cameron's colleagues knew each other back in the day at Oxford. Media can be just as insular, and can quickly turn on a dime to whatever the "current thing" is through groupthink.
The UK is also very big on funding left-leaning NGOs and think tanks, furthering a left wing echo chamber. Yes, the UK civil service, while nominally apolitical, is very much a "deep state". The BBC is very much a Big Brother. And finally, the UK is... longhoused. Advertising, public announcements, signage, etc is all very feminized.
There are a few aspects of Brexit many people overlook. One major issue with the EU was the UK having a common law system, while most of continental Europe has civil law systems. Long story short, the EU would adopt symbolic cultural signaling policies that would never be expected to be fully implemented in, say, Italy. But in the UK, someone could take the government to court to enforce the policy. So the UK was left "gold plating" whatever policies were adapted in Brussels, while courts in other countries wouldn't touch them.
Another is the European Convention on Human Rights, under the Council of Europe. The UK implemented this convention in national law through the Human Rights Act. Activist judges then read into innocuous terms like a "right to a private and family life" that certain dangerous migrants couldn't be deported.
Interesting convo!
For mentioning the Ugandan Asians and Florida Cubans together, the connection always seemed clear. The accidental way to get a more right-wing minority group is to get the refugees of communism, but Black Nationalism or Islamism can make a similar impression. The story of fleeing the resentful hordes and their revolutionary government will stick with a family.
It's true Americans are lucky our largest immigrant group is culturally adjacent and integrating as we speak but the number of them is hard to exaggerate in a place like Texas, where my general impression of them is blue-collar and not very political. There seem to be more Hispanic kids than NH White ones.
U guys spouting off on law and SCOTUS zero knowledge
Surprisingly milquetoast.