The vibe shifts against the right

The vibe shifts against the right

Alex Kaschuta’s podcast, “Subversive,” used to be a node in the network between weird right-wing internet subcultures and mainstream conservatism. She hosted men’s rights activists and purveyors of “scientific” racism, neo-reactionary online personalities with handles like “Raw Egg Nationalist” and the Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters. Curtis Yarvin, a court philosopher of the MAGA movement who wants to replace democracy with techno-mon…

'Vibe is shifitng' as even some right-wing advocates turn on Trump 'disaster': analysis

The cracks within some right-wing subcultures are starting to show as they fray with President Trump’s agenda, according to a new analysis in the New York Times by columnist Michelle Goldberg.In her column, Goldberg made her case by singling out recent comments by right-wing podcast host Alex Kaschu...

The Vibe Shifts Against the Right – The New York Times, Michelle Goldberg

«When liberalism was firmly entrenched, its discontents could treat authoritarian ideas as interesting avant-garde provocations. Authoritarianism in power, however, was always going to be crude and stupid.» … «For all her [Alex Kaschuta’s] mounting disgust, however, the tariffs seemed to push her over the edge. When she looks back on the milieu she was once a part of, she said, she sees no solid ideas for a post-liberal society — it was all jus…

The Vibe Shifts Against the Right

People who once found right-wing ideas scintillating are having second thoughts as they watch Trump put those ideas into practice.