The Post-IDW World | Auron Macintyre - Ideas Sleep Furiously Podcast E37

Auron Macintyre is a columnist and host at The Blaze. He also writes on Substack. Auron rose to prominence as a “dissident right” thinker, making popular YouTube videos on topics from what’s come to be called elite theory. Timestamps: 1:17 Auron introduces himself 3:20 Racial imposter syndrome 6:03 Whites looking for valid status 8:27 "Nonsense as a uniform” 12:42 The failure of the Intellectual Dark Web 16:18 Steelmanning the popularity of Jordan Peterson 18:40 The Overton Window of Intellectuals 22:40 Controlled opposition without a controller 24:31 What does victory look like in the face of total institutional capture? 27:53 Secessionism, federalism, and societal breakdown 30:40 Cultural decline vs material progress 36:12 Right-wing tensions 40:00 Our role in the cycle of civilisation 43:03 Reconciling theology and techno-optimism 52:36 Can biotech be deployed responsibly in our current political climate? 55:15 What will post-liberalism look like? 57:30 If Auron could only undo one aspect of post-60s culture, what would it be?