Some Stuff I Think You Might Like: August 2025
“Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.” -Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Colombian philosopher (1913-1994)
As a general though far from steadfast rule, I’m really not much of a drinker anymore. Sure, I still enjoy the slightly-more-than-occasional Black Butte Porter or a well-mixed Manhattan; however, biological (and indeed financial) reality being what it is, the arrival of my otherwise temperate mid-thirties has ensured that even modest overindulgence is now guaranteed to precipitate at least a couple days of sickness, self-loathing, and some quite literally crippling heartburn. I’d made precisely this argument prior to Labor Day weekend and a camping expedition with several self-professed rednecks—friends, for want of a better word, who seem to think it possible to expedite my cultural conversation to an American with a sufficiency of bowfishing, Merle Haggard, and straight-from-the-bottle Wild Turkey.
It is for this reason that I’m a little behind schedule with this month’s instalment of Some Stuff I Think You Might Like. In truth, pitiful as it may sound, I could probably still do with a lie down and another round of Pepto-Bismol, leaving you to instead enjoy all the best articles I’ve read on Substack this August.
The Great Replacement
Punjabi and the Bandit - In the wake of several high-profile accidents involving immigrant drivers,
and expose how demographic shifts and intrusive AI monitoring systems have bled the trucking trade of both safety and tradition, insisting that only through political will can order be restored to the roads.The Incoherence of Postmodern Identity -
draws striking parallels between Rome’s universal citizenship and the modern deracinated West, warning that cultural relativism and mass migration have left nations fragmented, destabilized, and bereft of a discernible center.Heraclitus and Our Mixed Society - By combining Greek wisdom, historical insights, and even chemical metaphors,
reflects on the unraveling fabric of America, contrasting past eras of assimilation with today’s listless stagnation.Rome and the West in Transition Through Mass Migration - Using Roman history as a civilizational mirror,
illustrates how tolerance unmoored from cultural confidence breeds only dissolution and decline, asserting that today’s West, much like late Republican Rome, risks fracturing under the weight of mass migration and cosmopolitan dogma.Brain Drain as Geopolitical Strategy - This article from
critiques the age-old cliché that “immigration is America’s superpower,” arguing that it instead dilutes the country’s technological advantage and opens the door to possible espionage, all while undermining significant reserves of domestic talent.America Unraveling
Return to the Land - In a hopeful and tentatively uplifting account,
highlights how Eric Aarwoll’s Whites-only homesteading project in the Ozarks is building a resilient, culturally rooted community, offering in the process, a blueprint for parallel institutions to thrive in spite of predictable establishment hostility.Why Jaquavious Kills - This provocative and impassioned essay by
contends that the state-sanctioned narrative of “systemic racism” serves only to obscure the deeper crisis of fatherlessness and maternal incompetence which the author believes are the true roots of Black dysfunction.Exposing the Fraud of Black Athletic "Superiority" - Blending personal anecdotes, reasoned analysis, and verifiable data,
positions his forthcoming book as a defiant challenge to sporting orthodoxy, claiming White athletes face knee-jerk dismissal despite overwhelming evidence of equal (if not superior) talent.Boomers, Zoomers, Doom and Gloomers - With a sharp economic focus,
reframes the generational blame game as little more than an establishment smokescreen, maintaining that debt, financialization, and elite policy are the real culprits behind the collapse of middle-class prosperity.World War III and The West’s Empire of Illusion
"Trad" Globalism - In his characteristically illuminating style,
contrasts imperial nostalgia with more rooted, tangible notions of nationalism, declaring that Europe’s survival depends on continuity of its people rather than sentimental fantasies of empire. shows how Western audiences consume war in much the same way they consume pop culture, framing the conflict in Ukraine as a fandom of heroes and villains—a media-orchestrated morality play which clouds the war’s real geopolitical roots and makes peace all the more difficult to achieve.Starmer, Macron, and Europe’s supposed ‘anti-Israel’ psyop - This essay published by
dissects Macron and Starmer’s carefully stage-managed recognition of Palestinian statehood, examining how such gestures are designed to placate growing Arab constituencies, facilitate broader U.S interests, and whitewash deeper crises confronting Europe.Israel's War on Christians Or How Our "Judeo-Christian" Ally Is Anti-Christian - In this uncompromising reflection,
juxtaposes the systemic harassment experienced by Christians in Israel with the relative tolerance found across much of the region, urging Western believers to rethink their unreciprocated loyalties.What Is Democracy? - This piece by
dismantles “representative democracy” as little more than an oligarchic sham, outlining how elected politicians function as mere useful idiots for the elites while trampling the very rights they claim to uphold.Technocracy, Transhumanism, and Summoning the AI Demon
Router, Bait-and-Switch: A Eulogy for the World Wide Web - Part elegy, part field manual,
mourns the degeneration of the Internet from a free and decentralized space into a corporate mall, surveillance prison, and distraction circus, advocating resistance through privacy, open-source tools, and basic discernment.Can we cure AI demoralization syndrome? -
diagnoses “AI demoralization syndrome” as a creeping malaise among creative professionals who feel sidelined by content which mimics human ingenuity without any of the attendent integrity, proposing a “flourishing minority” that embraces intentional living, human connection, and selective use of technology.ChatGPT as a Narcissus Mirror - This article by
portrays ChatGPT as nothing more than a flattering reflection of users’ pre-existing worldviews, subtly aligning them with establishment norms and ultimately, stifling both spiritual autonomy as well as the emergence of the Self.The only thing worse than the “AI revolution” is no “AI revolution” -
cautions that the economic promise of artificial intelligence has been vastly overstated, and that governments betting on AI as a fiscal savior could trigger a brutal reckoning across already-fragile systems.Anarcho-Tyranny in the Yookay
The Last Englishman - As eloquent and rousing as ever,
recounts Enoch Powell’s journey from classicist prodigy and soldier-scholar to prophetic albeit oft-maligned statesman, depicting him as both sentinel and an exile who has been vindicated and betrayed in equal measure.Father, Master, Leader, Judge - Through the lens of Kojève’s archetypes,
characterizes Britain’s ongoing disarray as the collapse of authority itself, clinging nonetheless to the prospect of a renewed order which is grounded in justice, restraint, and the national character.How Britain Became a Hellhole - With caustic precision,
charts the UK’s decline all the way back to the 1911 Parliament Act, chronicling how mass democracy and left-leaning bureaucracy have corroded national standards and left the state morally inverted. laments England’s spiritual collapse through stark images of shuttered churches and violated innocence, yet insists renewal is still possible, so long as the nation finds the resolve to revive its once-lauded saints and heroes.The Left is Done - Sweeping in its finality, this piece by
declares Britain’s Left spiritually and politically spent, predicting a rightward drift of disillusioned adherents toward a nationalist opposition that exudes vigor and authenticity.The Civil War Beginning in Britain and Europe - In a grim account of the ethnic tensions gripping the UK,
envisions the country sliding into low-level civil conflict, where migrant violence and police betrayal give rise to a nationalist champion who comes wielding moral and even mythic legitimacy.Moral and Societal Decay
The Hollow Men - Employing examples from both politics and celebrity culture,
delves into the pretenses and performativity that define modern life, analyzing how such figures project values so disconnected from reality that society increasingly resembles a stage populated by actors lost inside their own delusion.The Apostates They Deserve - In this expansive critique,
contends that American Christianity has willingly abetted liberal modernity, proposing instead a secular right that honors faith while grounding national renewal in order and vitality.Mass Media and the Center of the World - This brilliant, imaginative essay from
, one of the best new writers I’ve found on Substack, uses Mircea Eliade’s concept of the “sacred center” to explain modern rootlessness, showing, with elegant clarity, how fandoms and festivals act as improvised altars capable of re-orienting an otherwise anchorless people.History, Philosophy, and Other Assorted Good Stuff
Why We No Longer Have Heroes - This essay by
celebrates Thomas D’Arcy McGee’s remarkable journey from fiery Irish republican to visionary Canadian Father of Confederation—highlighting his courage, eloquence, and nation-shaping devotion to “Peace, Order, and Good Government” while at once asserting that such heroism has been obscured by postwar universalism.The plunder lie about Western wealth -
comprehensively demolishes the simplistic ‘wealth via plunder’ thesis, arguing that while such practices were human universals, Western prosperity instead arose from technological innovation, high-capacity institutions, and efficient coordination of capital and labor.Ich Dien - Through the life of Viscount Lymington,
explores a distinct strain of English Neo-Toryism, one that exalted service, soil, and kinship over liberal modernity, offering a revealing portrait of an aristocrat’s fight to conserve land and tradition.Gardens of Grief and of Joy - A powerful and heartfelt piece written at the intersection of death and new life, as
mourns his mother’s passing while awaiting the birth of his first child. A genuinely beautiful meditation on grief, renewal, and the grace which sustains us.Some Shameless Self-Promotion
LATEST ARTICLE: This, it seems fair to say, is one of my most ambitious articles to date, illustrating how the traits of trust and altruism were forged in Europe’s harsh prehistory, cultivated through Greece and Rome, refined by Christianity, and at last expanded into Enlightenment universalism. I examine how these same impulses, once the source of civilizational strength, have since been transformed, in the wake of World War II, into a self-destructive doctrine of guilt and atonement—leaving the West profoundly and uniquely vulnerable to exploitation.
On White Altruism and the Origins of Our Suicidal Empathy
Up and down the length of the UK, in towns and cities once characterized by their mines, mills, and soot-streaked pubs (and later by their desolate high streets, needle-strewn playgrounds, yet still fastidiously maintained war memorials), a long-suppressed fury is bubbling to the surface. From
FROM THE ARCHIVES: In this essay, first published a couple of years ago, I take aim at the glossy rhetoric of the “15-minute city,” exposing how a scheme marketed as sustainable, humane, and even cultured, is in fact a bid for elite-led surveillance and control. By tracing its intellectual origins in Carlos Moreno’s urbanism through to the WEF’s global rollout, I show how promises of convenience conceal an agenda intended to strip away our freedom, our property rights, and ultimately, our personal autonomy.
Carlos Moreno: The Man Behind the 15-Minute City
By now, the reader is presumably aware – if only after watching the video above – of the WEF’s intention to transform Paris, once lauded as the pinnacle of cultural excellence and highbrow European discernment, into a showpiece for its current flagship proposal: the 15-minute city.
VIDEO ESSAY: What began as a worldwide spectacle of fear and compliance has now long since faded, leaving behind only a faint recollection of lockdowns, masks, and shuttered (often shattered) lives. In my most recent video, I trace how repression, shame, and elite-led denial have conspired to push all memory of the COVID ordeal from public consciousness, even as the lessons of that grotesque, demeaning period grow ever more urgent. Original article is also available.
Carson, are you an Ulsterman in the US?
Amazing work