Show me that movement in actual politics. Is any NRx-er running for office? Do they have an influential PAC? A think tank in Washington, some lobbyists, maybe?
Oh, I think we’re using the phrase “political movement” in different senses. I meant something more like “group of people who define themselves as a group in terms of a relatively stable platform of shared political beliefs, which are sufficiently different from the political beliefs of any other group or movement”. Other examples might be libertarianism, anarcho-primitivism, internet social justice, etc.
I guess this is a non-standard usage, so I’m open to recommendations for a better term.
Yep, looks like we are using different terminology. The distinction between political philosophy and political movement that I drew is precisely the difference between staying in the ideas/information/talking/discussing realm and moving out into the realm of real-world power and power relationships. What matches your definition I’d probably call a line of political thought.
Mencius Moldbug is a political philosopher. Tea Party is a political movement.
As far as I can see it evolved into mostly smart people writing dense texts about political philosophy. That’s a bit different :-)
That would describe quite a few political movements, actually—it’s hardly exclusive to NRx.
Nope, political movements and political philosophy belong to different categories.
Some political movements evolve out of political philosophy texts, but not all political philosophy texts evolve into political movements.
I think that at this point it would be fair to say that a movement has developed out of NRx political philosophy.
Show me that movement in actual politics. Is any NRx-er running for office? Do they have an influential PAC? A think tank in Washington, some lobbyists, maybe?
Nah, man. Once you get to that level of politics, you’re already pozzed.
Oh, I think we’re using the phrase “political movement” in different senses. I meant something more like “group of people who define themselves as a group in terms of a relatively stable platform of shared political beliefs, which are sufficiently different from the political beliefs of any other group or movement”. Other examples might be libertarianism, anarcho-primitivism, internet social justice, etc.
I guess this is a non-standard usage, so I’m open to recommendations for a better term.
Yep, looks like we are using different terminology. The distinction between political philosophy and political movement that I drew is precisely the difference between staying in the ideas/information/talking/discussing realm and moving out into the realm of real-world power and power relationships. What matches your definition I’d probably call a line of political thought.
Mencius Moldbug is a political philosopher. Tea Party is a political movement.