I think all of this is very true but I think Amanda Palmer & Neil Gaiman cultivated their parasocial fanbase before the algorithm took over so much of social life. Sandman has been around for a long time - and in the 1990’s he also sort of had this famous friendship with Tori Amos where they would reference each other all the time in their work (undoubtedly where some of his female fanbase took root as well), etc. Amanda Palmer did indeed have roots in a “DIY theater kid” kind of independent sc…
D.E.I. is just one part of the Democrats problem:
A laundry list of things for Democrats to keep and to dump if they ever want to win again nationwide.
Keep a woman’s right to choose for the first trimester. Dump abortion until birth unless the mother’s health is at risk.
Keep a concern for climate change and grow nuclear power. Dump intermittent, unreliable renewable energy.
Keep and develop new effective vaccines. Dump vaccine mandates.
Keep equality of opportunity for all. Dump equity of results …
The election of Barrack Obama as president in 2008 marked the beginning of a new era in American politics. The Democratic Party became the anti-white party in 2008 and most normal whites figured it out. By accident, the Republicans became the normal white person party. This intensified with the 2010 Republican route of the Democrats and the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016.
The Democratic Party escalated its hatred of normal whites with its reaction to the George Floyd death in 2020…
Yarvin is interesting and I get the allure of dispensing with democracy since the system we have regularly ignores public opinion (illegal immigration, DEI) and busies itself with things completely unrelated to the welfare of the public but which are very important to various contractors that live off of federal largesse and offer lucrative post ‘public service’ employment. But I am not sure that I have seen any good explanation of how his alternative would avoid the same problem.