Accelerationism is the same error that all westerners make, thinking that humanity is the same as western civilization.So, they assume a collapse of the west is a collapse of humanity.When the west is just one of many human civilizations.Also, Nick forgets that human civilizations or nations have things like religion that has diferent egregores that can cause effects in reality, like magic.This nigga literally can't think outside of the framework of western materialism.Like most materailist frameworks, can only understand reality and humanity throught the lenses of capitalism.By example, muslims and hindus doesn't operate throught materialism.
>>25622803These days he identifies as a “gnostic calvinist” and spends all day tweeting about Elohiem and angels. When he’s not glazing maga, that is.What makes you think he’s still a nihilist?
>>25622803>le genius pivot man that is revered by pseuds is a retardnobody could have seen this coming
>>25622813I am talking from the shit he wrote younger.>>25622816He still identifies the issues, but his solution seems to be placebo to me.
Making a Land thread should result in an immediate range ban.
muslims and hindoos do operate through materialism THOUGH. any time one of them gets some money he immediately acts nigger rich and spends it on cars and gold. the non-matelialist larp is just coping that they actually dont want to be successful like the west and their 80iq cultures arent getting in the way of their desires. not defending land btw, im just tired of browns having internet access.
>>25622803The modern world is different. Capital and technology economically connect the entire world, while the internet connects it socially and culturally.The concept of distinct civilizations is gradually fading, just as the concepts of German, Spanish, and Anglo civilizations faded with the Industrial Revolution, which helped give rise to the broader concept of Western civilization. The remaining civilizational differences we see today will gradually diminish as a result of economic and political changes.
>>25622863>>25622869Okay, but there still cultures that reject western capitalism.Amish, Iranians, afghans, operate on a rejection of american and european values.
>>25622901they restrict themselves but are still consumed by material considerations. people talk about ideologies, spiritualism, idealism etc. but in the end people all act the same, different groups just place a slightly higher or lower value on certain things. the amish compromise their independence and separation in order to do online business and have vans drive them around to jobsites. the iranians are part of the world bank and imf, and the afghans want to be. they both want to have oil-driven market economies and not get regime changed, exactly like the saudis and turks.
>>25623006and how will capitalism survive the fact we only have 15 years of natural resources and the ROI of renevables energies is like 0.1% of oil, which will we just peaked in the 70s?Do finance makes Energy sources have magically more ROI than diesel?
>>25623017new natural resource discoveries (remember "peak oil" in the 70s/80s, what happened to that doomsday?), recycling/reclamation, more efficient use of resources, new markets. markets will look slightly different than they do today but overall the combination of a regulated market and investment has been here since before capitalism was a concept and will be here long after it stops being called capitalism.
>>25622863You're not a materialistic, if you enjoy your wealth. You are, if you put your wealth over anything else. If you do not have any value higher than what you possess, then and only then are you a materialist.
do we really need daily threads on this funny lil guy
>>25623420materialist as an insult vs materialist as a neutral descriptor. show me a civilization where large, long lasting changes in material conditions didnt lead to behavioral adaptation.
>>25622803He's a base materialist via Bataille. He sees religion as a levy against the tidal flood of (in)human desire. Capitalism is the mecha roll-out and mobilisation of this excess.
>>25622863>NO THERE IS NOTHING OUTSIDE OF BURGER KING AND MALLS>EVERYONE WHO LIVES OUTSIDE MY CONSUMERIST HELLSCAPE IS COPING
>>25623517>he thinks people only participate in the market when Big Capitalism(tm) is involvedtouch grass, go to a local market, ask old people in your community how to live your life. i guarantee all of them will mention living within your means, budgeting, preparing for a rainy day etc.
>>25622863>>25623006>>25623400>>25623479>>25623561Post nose
>>25622803>Nick is just a nihilist materialistshe's a has-been podcaster pundit. Thats literally what he is now.
>>25623627>absolutely scathing of leftists on xitter>goes on a theory podcast with two retarded leftists>is immaculately polite and even goes so far as to glaze their banal talking points as “really interesting”Seriously, why does he do this?
>>25622803He's materialists, plural? You are just retards faggots.
>>25622803He is just going through the normaling phase, like all intellectual extremists do. GK Chesterton noted the same behaviour from HG Wells a century ago.
>>25622803>By example, muslims and hindus doesn't operate throught materialism.Is this a Guenonian? You're basically a materialist religion hopper so it can't be expected for you to know anything about whatever religion you're talking about.>Islam>doesn't deny the existence of matterDisputes in Islam over materialism usually are the result of where it is being placed in importance. The Quran even comments on the enjoyment of worldy life, but it's never to take precedence over spiritual affairs. Moderation is usually the resulting agreement for most Muslims. Asceticism isn't mandatory for Muslims but it's definitely encouraged.>Hinduism>has at least 2 materialist schools of thoughtBoth school reject features of the religion like Kharma, Gods, reincarnation, etc. One of them only accepts perception as epistemological, and also rejects testimonial claims of any sort (if you didn't perceive it then it's just garbage).What was your point?
>>25622803Everything useful in Land's work is already pre-figured in Marx, Camatte, Neue Marx-Lektüre, etc. The thing that he got right was the normative belief that capitalism is good and we should in fact all be coerced into expanding capital endlessly.
>>25623561LMAO do europeans really? Old people are fucking retards: "Just go to a place of business and ask for a job; that's how I got my job for the last forty years" Nigger
>>25622803the west? spook
