What do you mean by ‘reactionary’? On my definition of that term—roughly, ‘extreme conservatism or authoritarianism’—Yvain is definitely not a reactionary blogger.
Making an argument critical of democracy or some aspect of personal freedom =/= making a “reactionary” argument. The missing ingridient is, IMO, following up on that criticism with a suggestion that the related policy systems were better in such-and-such authoritarian/feudal society. I can’t recall Yvain ever suggesting that!
(E.g. he appears to think that a too-democratic country would be bad, but that the current Western arrangement of joint rule by corporate oligarchy and Cathedral elite is pretty decent, ceteris paribus. I can’t say I disagree.)
What do you mean by ‘reactionary’? On my definition of that term—roughly, ‘extreme conservatism or authoritarianism’—Yvain is definitely not a reactionary blogger.
Being a reactionary blogger =/= making reactionary argument occasionally
Making an argument critical of democracy or some aspect of personal freedom =/= making a “reactionary” argument. The missing ingridient is, IMO, following up on that criticism with a suggestion that the related policy systems were better in such-and-such authoritarian/feudal society. I can’t recall Yvain ever suggesting that!
(E.g. he appears to think that a too-democratic country would be bad, but that the current Western arrangement of joint rule by corporate oligarchy and Cathedral elite is pretty decent, ceteris paribus. I can’t say I disagree.)