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Geeks For Monarchy: The Rise of the Neoreactionaries

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. Two highly relevant Churchill quotes by Nutria · · Score: 5, Informative

    "The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter."

    But "democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."

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    "I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1