“Dissident Right” is objectively a worse term than “Alternative Right.” “Alternative” has a resonance of hopeful legitimacy - i.e., “a better alternative.”
A dissident, by contrast, has no future. He is disconnected, powerless, and ultimately useless.
Semantics do matter.
There’s a reason the trans movement seems to represent the end point of “wokeness.” This is just inherently unsympathetic in a way that previous causes were not.
Tobacco LARPing among those not suited to it is one of the most painful things to witness.
It’s like the fat dork posing with a katana and thinking he looks badass.
Tucker brought on some obese holy man on his show, where they agreed that technology must come from spirits, human sacrifices must work, and blood must be magic because different primitive cultures agree on this.
Natalie Portman recalls meeting King Charles III on the red carpet for The Phantom Menace
“He asked me if I was in the original films ... I was like, ‘No... I’m 18”
It hits different when these games are played by men in collared shirts, ties, and cardigans, though.
A Rick and Morty graphic tee is just not the same thing.