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title: "If you're a progressive, and you want to understand where the…"
date: 2016-11-15
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# If you're a progressive, and you want to understand where the…

*November 15, 2016 · Facebook*

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[http://www.thedarkenlightenment.com/moldbugs-open-letter/](http://www.thedarkenlightenment.com/moldbugs-open-letter/){target="_blank"}
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If you\'re a progressive, and you want to understand where the alt-right is coming from, I think this is a pretty fair summary of the alt-right landscape:\
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[http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/](http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/29/an-establishment-conservatives-guide-to-the-alt-right/){target="_blank"}\
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Steve Sailor, Mencius Moldbug, and Nick Land are among the more interesting alt-right intellectuals. Here\'s Moldbug\'s attempt to explain his thinking to those with progressive views. (Note: Moldbug is verbose\--his \"open letter\" is any other writer\'s book.)\
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[http://www.thedarkenlightenment.com/moldbugs-open-letter/](http://www.thedarkenlightenment.com/moldbugs-open-letter/){target="_blank"}\
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The Unz Review (National Review-style magazine pieces, often from an alt-right perspective):\
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[http://www.unz.com/](http://www.unz.com/){target="_blank"}\
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Note, I\'m not alt-right (for one, I disagree vehemently with their stance on immigration), but I also I think it\'s important to \"steelman\" the views one disagrees with, rather than engage solely with the caricatures, clowns, and crazies.\
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Any other \"steelman\" sources you\'d recommend? In other words, sources that present the best alt-right arguments from their perspective? Arguments and insulting/inflammatory comments will be deleted.
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