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My guest is a 22 year old Neoreactionary. He was a Bernie supporter in 2016 and self educated on sites like 4chan, Instagram and Youtube. Listen to our podcast interview here: My Political Journey: J.

Cyber_Reactionx
age 22
North Carolina
Instagram, Facebook

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How would you describe your politics or ideology?

i’d say i am a reactionary but a fairly socially liberal personally but with emphasis on environmental design and technological advancement

Who are your biggest influences?

Mencius Moldbug, Here Be Dragons - book on Biogeography, Veer Savarkar - Indian Freedom Fighter, Kautilya’s Arthashastra - Book written about statesmanship by Chanakya during the Mauryan Empire’s rise, Patron Theory of Politics - Journal of Neoabsolutism and also to a large extent the New Atheist movement embarrassingly

When did you first learn about or start visiting online political communities?

Back in early 2017.

What was your ideology before entering these spaces?
Or how have your views evolved since you started participating?

I started off as a simple Bernie supporter and then felt my attitude towards islam change which brought me to new atheism and anarcho capitalism. For a long time i was a libertarian and then as of early 2018 i became staunchly against it and turned more reactionary. I am much more moderate now even though i hold reactionary views i lean more towards pragmatic realpolitik. New atheists don’t understand the idea of how populations work

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