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Geeks For Monarchy: The Rise of the Neoreactionaries

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-wish-to-subscribe-to-your-newsletter dept.

Third Position writes "Many of us yearn for a return to one golden age or another. But there's a community of bloggers taking the idea to an extreme: they want to turn the dial way back to the days before the French Revolution. Neoreactionaries believe that while technology and capitalism have advanced humanity over the past couple centuries, democracy has actually done more harm than good. They propose a return to old-fashioned gender roles, social order and monarchy."

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  1. First sandwich by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Get in the kitchen, wench!

    1. Re:First sandwich by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Or a grammar Nazi, such as myself. Then YOU're screwed.

  2. hrm by Aryden · · Score: 4, Funny

    I always liked the title Jarl, I think I would be a good Jarl.

    1. Re:hrm by SJHillman · · Score: 5, Funny

      I want to be Doctor. Or Captain. Or Captain Doctor. Captain Doctor James T. Who.

  3. Not too surprising by Scareduck · · Score: 4, Funny

    Contemporary political thought seems to be about electing the right king.

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  4. Winter is Coming by invid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I blame Game of Thrones. Although you'd think Joffrey would be example enough to discourage monarchy.

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    1. Re:Winter is Coming by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Funny

      I blame Game of Thrones.

      That was something on TV, right? I wouldn't know because I don't have a TV. My life improved 110x when I stopped watching TV.

      And imagine how much better all of our lives would be if you also stopped posting on /.

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  5. Cue the countercultural feminazi resistance regime by nctritech · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...in 3, 2, 1...

  6. Re:no thank you by Vanderhoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone mark the parent insightful. Undead don't make good Kings, they often end up eating all of their subjects and that's no way to run a kingdom.