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Monday Jan 04, 2021
Ep 37. Is Moldbug's Ultracalvinism theory right?
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
The mindcrime liberty show discusses the work of Curtis Yarvin (also known as Moldbug) and whether his Ultracalvinism/super protestant theory is right. The super protestant or ultracalvinism theory states that a certain form of Christianity which began in the reformation in parts of continental Europe then was transferred to England and then finally to the US is behind much of the social revolutions and change one has seen for better or worse. Did Christianity cause all the social reform movements and revolutions which at times some conservatives and reactionaries dislike? Did a certain form of Christianity cause/create the anti-slavery movement, feminism or even forms of communism/socialism. Its worth pointing out that Engels was raised in a strict Calvinist family and Hegel and Kant had huge Christian influences or are outright Christians. Cornel West (who is probably the English speaking worlds most famous "mainstream" public christian intellectual ) clearly is an example par excellence of what a modern day ultracalvinists looks like. Even Slavoj Zizek considers himself a "Christian atheist." Now West and Zizek of course would reject Moldbug grand theory to explain it because of Moldbug's tone and some other views which won't be mentioned but nonetheless plenty of somewhat normie Christian evanglicals including NT Wright don't really differ that much in terms of social theory then say the then radical George Fox's Quakers when it comes to marriage or the then radical social democrats when it comes to politics or increasingly on theology. Rothbard and Gary North for the most part agree with much of the moldbug framework of the ultracalvinists pipeline in there earlier writings.
Finally are conservatives, from NT Wright to William Buckley, that "conservative." What does NT Wright, William Buckley, and Barack Obama/Dave Cameron actually disagree about? What does a modern evangelical actually disagree about compared to a liberal Christian 30 or 50 years ago. Now it could be that these groups or persons aren't "true" Christians in the same way the Stalinists aren't "true" communists but nonetheless for better or worse certain forms of Protestantism has had a huge influence on topics ranging from democracy to family life. Is Moldbug theory of social change being caused by certain forms of Protestantism which have spread indirectly or directly for better or worse almost everywhere right?
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