The Based Reads of 2024...so far (Q3)
35 of the best longreads on, about, and adjacent to the new right.
You read this quarter’s Funniest Tweets, but have you done the required reading? Fire up your Kindle, it’s time for the 32 best longreads of 2024: Q3 Edition. The absolute best New Right reads from July, August, and September.
As we said in the last roundup:
In years’ past, august mainstream publications would publish lists of their best writing of the year, and aggregators like Longreads and Longform would curate pieces from around the entire web. And it was glorious. But then, something changed, and just like everything else, those lists became cringe.
Well, this list isn’t cringe. In fact, it’s based.
Check out the first and second quarter’s lists, and if that’s not enough reading for you, we also did this for all of 2023.
Scroll all the way down for our five top favorites.
Vibecamp & Porcfest: An Ethnography of The Internet's Edge
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reviews two of the most bizarre IRL events stemming from dorkier corners of Twitter: VibeCamp and Porcfest. He was impressed by the physiognomy and IQ of the hyper-online hodgepodge of rationalists, techno-optimists, and anons lurking in the area. Although it was more libertarian in terms of people and content, he insisted it may be the new safe haven for right leaning folks who don’t want to be replaced.
We Are the Media Now
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indicted the activist press in a manifesto of sorts for his editorial project. With the decentralization of legacy media, their power has reached a ceiling. When sites like Substack democratized the landscape that NYT and the Washington Post would like to control, it left the news outlets with little time to adapt. Pirate Wires remains an example of media outside that conventional circuit.
The Dissident Right and its Discontents
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gave a very solid rundown of what the New or Dissident Right is all about.
World War 100
> The dreams of tech optimists may be near.
describes the landscape in the event of an AI-orchestrated World War. The faction it would create already exists and some familiar types may welcome its megadeath. If Tree of Woe (and Aristotle) are correct, then AI may only get as far as rationalist philosophers of the past… and we know that ceiling.
Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Nazi Party in my head?
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returned to discuss her POV on the case she recently lost (technically, they both lost). Unhinged critics accusing post-leftists of being closet Nazis may even find something to sympathize with here, if they search their hearts. Let Nina explain how her anon account became a matter of national concern.
The Fall of Pride
> Matthew Schmitz describes the waning support for pride. While that’s expected among older demographics getting woke fatigue, Gen Z may be fed up as well. The conflict between supporting homosexuality or racial ideology may be the undoing of the pride streak.
To Cancel the Cancellers
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isn’t buying the 4D chess strategy of going after proles because of their politics. The Jewish guy behind the counter doesn’t run the bank.
A Knife Twist for Neo-paganism
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notices that our secular climate has been fertile ground for fake and gay neo-paganism. The manifestations of vice, esotericism, and taking the LARP to new extremes have found a home in dissident spaces.
Frontier Cities
> With Musk and Thiel cynical about democracy, where do we escape? Mars? Nick Allen examines a new frontier of urban expansion. The techy right has taken an interest in big federally-funded projects. As we remember those Americans that expanded the nation with purchases, isn’t it appropriate to have venture capitalists as the bold financiers of this century’s frontiersmen?
America Needs a Ray Peat Summer
> At Man’s World, David Gornoski calls for a Peaty Summer.
The Cult Imperialism of New Patronage States
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explains how salons became a recruitment zone for intellectuals to centralize propaganda and how new trends could emerge from public protests. These examples of populism might get rolling on the digital frontier. An IRL revolution could happen with organized minorities, inspired by Italian philosophy, learning from the lessons of the 20th century.
Pwned By Tommy Robinson
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details the strategy of Tommy Robinson as the gatekeeper of UK. While many protest with genuine grievances, Robinson frames the dynamic as a Muslim dilemma rather than a racial concern.
Interview: Beck & Stone co-founder Andrew Beck
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interviews Andrew Beck on creating a new lean, mean fiercely truth-telling alternative to the fat, lazy and ideologically compromised McKinseys of the world. Finally, the adults are back in the room.
Britain’s Foxes are Beset by Wolves
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reviews British unrest with elite theory. As the society resembles anarcho-tyranny, voters become less easily seduced by sweet-talking foxes.
We Need Moral Direction
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wrote about the degradation of universal morality into the utilitarian individualist concept of personal “boundaries.”
Nectar of the Gods
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pens a short story about big things: life, death, memory, and regret. A must-read for would-be cat ladies. A “MAID in Manhattan” for our age.
Universal Basic Incompetence
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breaks down OpenAI’s study on Universal Basic Income, which found that giving people free money just gave them the permission to dick around all day rather than bettering themselves in any way. So much for that “solution.”
The American Man Is the Problem
> This essay by
about the sad sorry state of the American literary scene argues that it’s in decline because publishing is run by neurotic Liz Lemon types who wear cat-eye glasses and despise men, and this impacts publishing at every level, deciding the types of stories that get written, represented, acquired, promoted.
The Parks and Rec Campaign
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writes at about how Kamala’s empty, feel-good campaign reflects the humor of Parks and Recreation.
Why I am suspending my campaign for President
> RFK explaining why he’s pulling for Trump is something to behold. Yes, he’s a little libtarded, but it does a pretty good job of explaining how the Democratic party has gone to crazy town over the last few decades, especially as it relates to his pet issue of physical health.
Facebook censored, the FBI lied ... and the GOP calls this a win?
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reminds us that we may not want to crow too much about Mark Zuckerberg’s acknowledgement that Facebook censored election-swinging information in 2020. Yeah yeah, he’s “on our side” now, he did that thing with the surfboard and the American flag. He’s down with Trump. He got fit and started wearing a cool chain. But still, someone’s head has to roll for this, right?
Malevolent Anal Distraction
> Remember the regime apparatchik who wants to “queer nuclear weapons”?
dives deep to figure out what that was all about. The full scope of this insidious project may shock you.
To Shatter Men’s Souls
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details the horrors of a communist Romanian prison (riffing on Martyrmade’s work), in case you were thinking about buying into the modern Marvelized version of events. This one should almost come with a content warning.
Vindictive Busybodies
> We want community, but we don’t want busybodies up in our business.
explores the conflicting desires of those who yearn to retvrn.
A Rural/Urban Symbiosis
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is an SS to watch. Alan punches consistently above his weight, like in this essay about the importance of urbanoids collaborating with ruralites through mutually beneficial sharing of goods, services, knowledge, and maybe even friendship.
The Regime's Crisis of Legitimacy is Getting Worse
> Things are falling apart, and the people who are supposed to do something about it are making it worse.
is on the case.
Why Did You Eat The Cat?
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writes a lot of schizoid papist rants that go completely over our Prot Heads, but here he blesses us with a scrutable essay on the inescapability of cultural differences, and immigration’s corrosive effects on the national psyche. If you read one essay about feline cuisine, make it this one.
And now, Dudley’s Top 5 Reads of Q3:
Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record
> Maintaining a free, neutral encyclopedia that anyone can update is a tricky proposition. Its value ultimately rests on the reliability of its sources. But determining “reliability” is ultimately a political decision, which left an opening for one politically enthusiastic editor.
tells an epic tale of a man who convinced himself he was doing the right thing, and poured many thousands of hours into this delusion.
The Death of the Gentleman and the Birth of Bureaucratic Tyranny
> Where have all the gentlemen gone? With a lack of gatekeeping, they were replaced by bean-counters. The post-WASP ruling class has been the best example of a world devoid of gentlemen.
describes men with wealth and land, tied to the local community, as the stewards of pre-deep state America, and the War Between the States cast as a regime change to uproot the historic American elite.
The Medieval Peasant was Smarter Than You
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explains how education has changed since the medieval era. Despite the rumors, men could be educated, disciplined, and happy despite not being part of the gentry. The 13th-century’s young men were given safety nets and purpose, while modern youth wander aimlessly, coddled into adulthood.
It's embarrassing to be a stay-at-home mom
> You’ve heard a million excuses for the fertility crisis by now, but
’s explanation cuts to the bone. It’s simply not cool to be a homemaker, and women want to be cool more than they want to moms.
The Unmade Monster
> Why are people orc-ifying themselves?
examines the body-mod scene, and the urge to twist oneself into a hideous abomination.
That’s it! If you’re looking for more reads, Check out the first and second quarter’s lists, and if that’s not enough, we also did this for all of 2023.
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