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Blueprints For The Individualist Era We're Creating

Three interviews, three angles on what a post-identity politics culture could be.

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Salomé Sibonex
Jan 31, 2025
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I’ve been bored lately. Everywhere I turn, whether it’s “alternative” media or legacy media, I see ideas and behavior that leave me disenchanted. So much of alternative media has turned into its own version of what it sought to replace: curating drama for views and pushing one-sided narratives while demonizing dissent. What’s a determined idealist to do?

Build it yourself, as always.

Despite running a publication dedicated to forging your own path, I admit, I secretly harbored hope that the herd would get its shit together and start moving forward with me. I hoped that the people I once respected as advocates against illiberalism and identity politics would recognize that Zionism—you know, Jewish nationalism—was another form of identity politics that would lead to tribalism, division, and backlash. Since October 7th did a 9/11 on people’s brains, we’ve seen all these outcomes except for the part where people recognize what’s happening.

I’ve realized that I differ from these people in a…

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