Alaric is a writer, Twitter poster, and publisher. He joins me for a broad discussion on his posting career, recent revelations about who’s running Twitter, and his new book, Schizoposting.
To begin, Alaric offers us his origin story. We learn about his threads on the conquistadors, which blew up, earning him the coveted Elon follow. Next, I ask Alaric about the Visigothic king whose name he adopted. What can we learn from the life of Alaric I? Was he based or cringe? We then discuss recent developments on Twitter, including the suspensions of respected patriots and the revelation that leftists are running the platform. I argue that Twitter isn’t doing enough to combat botting and platform manipulation. I then ask Alaric about his book, Schizoposting.
In the second half (available to subscribers), we discuss the bizarre media environment we find ourselves in today. We then talk about the introduction to Alaric’s book, in which he differentiates between historic and essential conceptions of man. What role does deracination play in how we understand ourselves? Shifting gears, Alaric argues that much of the mid-2010s social justice stuff—particularly feminism—was downstream from the Obama administration. I ask him if he thinks that op backfired, given the results of the 2016 election. We then discuss how violence shapes human psychology and colors even non-violent interactions. Toward the end of the show, we discuss the final, more prescriptive part of Schizoposting.
