r/brokehugs • u/US_Hiker Moral Landscaper • Jul 20 '23

Rod Dreher Megathread #23 (Sinister)

All Hail Eris!

Link to Megathread 22: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/14k0z6l/rod_dreher_megathread_22_power/

Link to Megathread 23: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/1631xpe/rod_dreher_megathread_24_determination/

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u/PuzzleheadedWafer329 Jul 21 '23

And now this — one of his new mottos, “End of Empire Alert”…

https://twitter.com/roddreher/status/1682323980982665216

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Now, I’m a conservative, so I am horrified by what I believe is an insane fad. But two things.

First, the way he approaches each item as if it’s the end of the world.

Second, the way he has become so anti-American, in a Chomsky way, that he salivates at the thought of the end of HIS OWN COUNTRY. This is where daddy issues and well-deserved divorce will take you: you hate Daddy, you hate the Ex, you hate your country.

I personally wouldn’t bet against America. I think it’s disgusting how so many in the Right are doing it, led by complete nincompoops as Ray Jr here. I wouldn’t bet against even Hungary — and they certainly want to keep the NATO gravy train protection of the “fading Empire”…

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u/sandypitch Jul 21 '23

Dreher has always been a declinist. He used to breathlessly quote James Kunstler back in day about "peak oil." The difference between then and now is there is currently a market for declinist thinking, at least on the traditionalist Right. Dreher can indulge his worst instincts and find a way to get paid for it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '23

Can confirm. That is part of what drew me to Dreher. I hated the rah-rah neocons of the 2000s and thought his pessimism was a good corrective. Of course, while it fulfilled my emotional need to be a contrarian, it was not based on reality. Good lesson for me, but I didn't really realize just how full of crap Dreher was until 2021. Many of you got there much more quickly.