What Is Causing The Attacks?

Analysis of manifestos reveals discredited Malthusian economic theory is core motivation behind Nazified Christian Terrorism

The moral arc of the universe bends towards justice but it does not trace a straight line to the summit. The history of humanity moves between periodic cycles of progressing, retarding, and regressing. Some of us, who were born at the top of the progressive cycle, are only now realizing the inter-generational struggle between democracy and fascism remains real. In the hope of a swifter and more certain victory, then, let us inquire into the fascist’s values and beliefs, so that we may better understand how to defeat him.

Malthusian Theory

Malthusianism holds that growth of human population may be exponential while the growth of the food-supply is linear. A Malthusian catastrophe occurs when population grows to the point where food becomes too scarce to sustain the population.

Inherent in the theory is the idea that death from poverty is a natural consequence of the material limits of our world. Malthus’ ideas proved popular with landowners in the 18th century for that very reason. Under a common interpretation of Malthusianism, injustice in the world was not caused by the laws of distribution, which are created by human choice, but by the laws of the physical world, actually determined by God and Nature.

While the theory served adequately as panacea for the collective cognitive dissonance of the ruling class, its underlying axioms have not met the test of time. The catastrophe of scarcity predicted to occur when global population reached 250m never materialized; nor did it materialize at 500m; nor at one billion or seven billion (and counting).

The theory has disproven itself every day for the better part of four centuries, and yet its intuitive appeal has become entrenched in the public mind. The average person, after all, is not studied in economics and, if they are, then probably in one of the seemingly-infinite inaccuracies spanning the discipline from capitalism to communism.

But anyone can understand the simple fact that our ability to extract wealth from the Earth and use it for our own needs has not grown linearly, as the Malthusian theory hypothesizes. As human population intensifies in a space, the market place of ideas becomes richer, the division of labor becomes more specialized, distances between buyer and seller become shorter, and technological advances are made more quickly. When harmoniously arranged with just laws of distribution, these forces create a virtuous cycle, so that the rate of increase in productivity and output grows with increase in human population.

Further, population is no longer growing exponentially as was once thought. Population growth rates have slowed consistently over the last 60 years.

UN projections for human population show a clear tappering. The upper estimate is 16 billion by 2100.

In truth, more workers should mean more output and more opportunities for all, not fewer jobs for those already living in America. Immigrants are not to blame for poor economic opportunities in America; the real culprit is a domestic enemy: the rich unAmericans who usurp the democratic political process to rewrite laws of distribution for their own benefit. The result is inefficiency, poverty, and anger.

The rich then deflect anger from workers onto immigrants using mainstream media propaganda (e.g. “the caravan”). It is a relatively simple matter considering the average person has not had the life or educational opportunities to recognize and address their prejudicial thinking. When someone is suffering, it is all too tempting to project pain onto others who are in a weaker position; such is the dark ego of human nature.

Some might think the Malthusian theory has new gravitas in the context of climate change. However, it is important to note the problems posed by climate change relate to the quantity and quality of land available to sustain human life—in economic terms, the productive capacity and return to land. The Malthusian theory incorrectly suggests an entirely different problem—not that there is a lack of quality land—but that the human ability to produce resources is linear. If that proposition were true, however, it would take some mental acrobatics rivaling Cirque du Soleil to explain how the largest company in the world is built on services provided through an exponential, renewable resource; Amazon and the Internet.

For a full deconstruction of the Malthusian theory, see Progress and Poverty, Book II, “Population and Subsistence,” by Henry George [page 91]. Suffice it to say, the Good Earth can provide for all, if only we could get our act together and distribute her gifts and opportunities in a just manner.

Origins in Oklahoma City

A website tracks the number of murders committed by mass-killers. Killers are ranked against the ‘high-score’ of 168 murders committed by the Oklahoma City bomber in 1995. He is an icon for some.

In discussing the sources of social problems, the bomber references the Malthusian theory in explaining his concern about excessive density of population. In his view, the natural cap on population was raised by technological progress, which in turn had consequences for traditional values.

Among the abnormal conditions present in modern industrial society are excessive density of population, isolation of man from nature, excessive rapidity of social change and the breakdown of natural and small-scale communities such as the extended family, the village or the tribe. It is well known that crowding increases stress and aggression. The degree of crowding that exists today and the isolation of man from nature are consequences of technological progress. All pre-industrial societies were predominantly rural. The Industrial Revolution vastly increased the size of cities and the proportion of the population that lives in them, and modern agricultural technology has made it possible for the Earth to support a far denser population than it did before.

For the bomber, the problems with modern society were inextricably linked to technology. Traditional values were relegated in the new socioeconomic paradigm.

The breakdown of traditional values to some extent implies the breakdown of the bonds that hold together traditional small-scale social groups. The disintegration of small-scale social groups is also promoted by the fact that modern conditions often require or tempt individuals to move to new locations, separating themselves from their communities.

The bomber argues the ultimate result is a loss of individual liberty. Although the bomber frames his manifesto in the language of libertarianism, it is clear that the Malthusian theory is the underpinning rationale behind his worldview. In relation to human suffering, he relies on the theory in developing his strategy.

If the breakdown [of the status quo] is sudden, many people will die, since the world’s population has become so overblown that it cannot even feed itself any longer without advanced technology.

The bomber killed because, in his arrogance, he believed in the validity of an economic theory that had been dead for centuries. His work, which is held up by fascists as the prototypical manifesto, is nothing more than amoral ignorance parading as revolutionary intellect.

Internet Radicalization

Yet the bomber’s work is relevant insofar as it marks a clear beginning point of the analysis. From the totality of the work, it is clear that other, more conservative values permeated his thinking: Loyalty to his in-group based in part on prejudicial biases, respect for authority, and notions of purity and sanctity. Understanding the confluence of liberal, conservative, libertarian, and fascist values is critical to stopping the present radicalization of fascists; because no one is born a fascist. A person’s values must evolve through concerted manipulation for them to become a fascist.

Robert Evans has meticulously documented the online radicalization process of fascists in his excellent article, From Memes to Infowars: How 75 Fascist Activists Were ‘Red-Pilled’, among others. Although the paths to the abyss are myriad, we can delineate, denote, and destroy avenues towards fascism by learning from case-studies of individual nazis. In one piece, Evans highlights the following description of the “libertarian-to-far-right pipeline,” which, by the Tree of Life terrorist’s own account, turned him into a fascist.

Source: “How the MAGAbomber and Synagogue Shooter Were Likely Radicalized,” by Robert Evans for bellingcat.com, Oct. 31, 2018.”

Evans notes other personal accounts of people who went through the libertarian-fascist pipeline.

At least three of the fascists we previously studied noted holding libertarian beliefs immediately before descending into outright fascism. There are numerous other cases among those archived Discord logs of fascists discussing their so-called “libertarian phase.”

There is a clear link between the libertarian ideology, which drove the bomber to violence, and the fascist ideology, which drove the shooter to the same. As we will see, the common thread permeating both ideologies is the presumption that there are not enough natural resources to go around; that increasing our population will lead to a smaller share for Americans presently. Critically, this presumption is the ‘reason’ why fascists believe in their own minds that they are thinking in a rational way; insecurity, fear, and hatred of the other logically follow from its acceptance, feelings which directly motivate violence.

However, it is important to realize that people from all sides of the political spectrum are susceptible to fascism, supposedly even self-identified ex-feminists. Evans’ analysis of 75 fascists shows that a number were ‘red-pilled’ into fascism despite their liberal backgrounds.

In later posts barD claims the “gradual red-pilling” of Sargon’s videos stopped him from being a feminist. He also praises Sargon as an “easier step” away from liberal views than outright Nazism. Once he’d taken that step and gotten used to Sargon’s rhetoric, it was easier for him to get used to the more extreme atmosphere of /pol/.

User “barD” describes how they converted to fascism from feminism on 4chan’s /pol/ board.

The Great Reviling

Just as individuals undergo change in their ideologies, fascism itself may be evolving. The New Zealand terrorist self-identified as an eco-fascist in his question-and-answer manifesto.

Q: Were/are you a fascist? A: Yes. For once, the person that will be called a fascist, is an actual fascist. I am sure the journalists will love that. I mostly agree with Sir Oswald Mosley’s views and consider myself an Eco-fascist by nature. The nation with the closest political and social values to my own is the People’s Republic of China.

There you have it in their own words: The modern eco-fascist cares about climate change so much they want to turn America into China. In reality, if America does not rediscover that immigration, by increasing the laboring power of a nation, is a fundamental driver of national prosperity and security, we will sleep-walk into the next century with no effective geopolitical counterweight to China’s huge population. We simply need more Americans to advance democracy into the 21st century and beyond. There is no other strategic solution to ensure our long-term national security other than greatly expanding the American population through immigration.

Returning to the manifesto, environmentalism was even given a keystone slot in the wheel-of-fascism on the cover.

Perhaps the overlapping of environmental concerns with fascist beliefs points to a new variation in the ideology. On the other hand, the ideas may have long been complimentary; consider, for example, the OKC bomber’s complaint that the individual’s closeness with nature was eroded by modern society.

As Evans notes in his work, the modern online fascist radicalization process emerged from a parody of the refugee crisis. “Kekistan” and “Kekfugees” first became prominent memes after being promoted by fascist YouTuber Sargon of Akkand. In 2017, the YouTuber tried to register Kekistani as an official ethnic group for the 2020 U.K. census.

Racial immigration is of course also a theme of numerous white supremacist propaganda videos on YouTube.

It is important to note, however, that concern with immigration is not the cause of fascism, but rather the symptom of a worldview based on the mistaken fear that the white race does not have all the resources it needs to provide for its people. The fear expressed by the OKC bomber was that technology would erode individual liberty and small communities in rural America. With the passage of a few more decades of immigration and demographic changes, the exaggerated fear is now that the white race will be replaced altogether.

The relationship between concerns for resources and for immigration is readily seen in various manifestos. The New Zealand terrorist describes his objective as follows.

Ethnic autonomy for all peoples with a focus on the preservation of nature, and the natural order. To ensure the existence of our people and a future for white children.

The terrorist explicitly links preservation of nature with the survival of the white race. In an echo of the Malthusian theory’s ‘natural order’ of inequality between landowners and peasants, the terrorist calls for natural order between the races (viz. the subjugation of people of color and their exclusion from ‘white lands’). Even more revealing is the terrorist’s explanation for rejecting free trade.

If an ethnocentric European future is to be achieved global free markets and the trade of goods is to be discouraged at all costs. An environmentally conscious and moral society will never be able to economically compete with a society based on ever increasing industrialization, urbanization, industrial output and population increase. The cheaper labour and ignorance of environmental health will always result in cheaper goods produced with less effort and inevitably result in control of the market. A Europe of nature, culture and sustainable living practicing will not be able to ever compete in the global market.

In response, we can summon the immortal words of Henry George, Protection or Free Trade [page 13]:

Protection has always found an effective ally in those national prejudices and hatreds which are in part the cause and in part the result of the wars that have made the annals of mankind a record of bloodshed and devastation—prejudices and hatreds which have everywhere been the means by which the masses have been induced to use their own power for their own enslavement.

While amateurishly masquerading protection as a pro-labor policy, the unspoken premise advanced by the terrorist is that whites cannot achieve sustainable living in a multi-cultural society. This is apparent from the terrorist’s call to withhold taxes from the government because they are disenfranchising whites by allowing immigration.

Until our nations are run by men and women loyal to our cause taxation should be considered theft, and refusal to pay taxes a sign of racial loyalty. Giving your own earned wealth, which you received through your own labour, to a person or group that despises you, places laws in effect that disenfranchises your people and seeks to ethnically replace you is utterly foolish.

Elsewhere the terrorist predicts that demographic changes caused by immigration will cause a second civil war.

Meanwhile the 10,000 ton boulder of demographic change rolls ever forward, gaining momentum and possibly destroying all in its path. Eventually, when the white population of the USA realizes the truth of the situation, war will erupt. Soon the replacement of the whites within Texas will hit its apogee and with the non-white political and social control of Texas; and with this control, the electoral college will be heavily stacked in favor of a democratic victory so that every electoral cycle will be a certainty. After an election cycle or two with certain Democratic victory, those remaining, non democratic voting, non brainwashed whites will see the future clear before them, and with this knowledge realize the impossibility of a diplomatic or political victory. Within a short time regular and widespread political, social and racial violence will commence. In this tempest of conflict is where will be strike, a strong, unified, ethnically and culturally focused pro-white, pro-europeans group will be everything the average white family need and long for. With these boosted numbers, and with our unified forces, complete control of the United states will be possible. Above all be ready for violence, and when the times comes, strike hard and fast.

These words resonated with the El Paso shooter who expressed the same fear that Texas would turn blue in the near future in his manifesto.

Due to the death of the baby boomers, the increasingly anti-immigrant rhetoric of the right and the ever increasing Hispanic population, America will soon become a one party-state. The Democrat party will own America and they know it. They have already begun the transition by pandering heavily to the Hispanic voting bloc in the first Democratic Debate. They intend to use open borders, free healthcare for illegals, citizenship, and more to enact a political coup by importing and then legalizing millions of new voters. With policies like these, the Hispanic support for Democrats will likely become nearly unanimous in the future. The heavy Hispanic population in Texas will make us a Democrat stronghold. Losing Texas and a few other states with heavy Hispanic population to the Democrats is all it would take for them to win nearly every presidential election.

In a section on his economic reasons for the attack, the shooter argues that immigration will take jobs from Americans.

In short, immigration can only be detrimental to the future of America. Continued immigration will make one of the biggest issues of our time, automation, so much worse. Some sources say that in under two decades, half of American jobs will be lost to it. Of course some people will be retrained, but most will not. So it makes no sense to keep on letting millions of illegal or legal immigrants flood into the United States, and to keep the tens of millions that are already here. Invaders who also have close to the highest birthrate of all ethnicities in America. In the near future, America will have to initiate a basic universal income to prevent widespread poverty and civil unrest as people lose their jobs Even though new migrants do the dirty work, their kids typically don’t. They want to live the American Dream which is why they get college degrees and fill higher-paying skilled positions.

You may recognize this argument as the wage fund theory, an extension of Malthus, which has also been abandoned.

Although the objectives of the Oklahoma City bombing and NZ and El Paso shootings differ, the motivation for them is the same. The objective of the bombing was to force a return to small-town, rural America, where individual liberty was free from the trappings of technology. Racial prejudice may have been a strong motivator inherent in this ideology, but the ideology was not necessarily mutually exclusive with a melting-pot vision of America, so long as there was room for everyone to keep to themselves and stay connected with nature. The NZ attacker, on the other hand, desired to create an authoritarian, ethno-nationalist new world order. His goal was a Fortress Europe for white people alone to weather the effects of global warming. The El Paso shooter sought to deter immigration to Texas.

All three acts of violence, however, were motivated by the fear of want, either for oneself or one’s town, people, or race. In the context of climate change, it appears as if the white fear of losing small-town America has grown into a fear of losing ‘white America’ to hordes of immigrant invaders fleeing rising sea-levels and starvation. Thus, it appears the Malthusian theory and its progeny are not only the conceptual link between the ideological stepping-stones to fascism, but also the ultimate motivating rationale for Nazified Christian Terrorism.

Solutions

Fortunately, there is a known path to equality of economic opportunity for all that safeguards individual liberty, civil rights, and the environment. We must institute a form of universal basic income funded by a full tax on land values to eliminate global poverty and meet the challenge of climate change head on. Only by breaking the monopolies entrenched in the current privatist system and implementing a geoist economic model will we convince the world that there is a prosperous future in which all will justly share with equal rights.

Our generation holds the future of the species in our collective hands. In one hand, suffering and eventual extinction; in the other, a just world. If you do not act as an individual against fascism, the choice will be made for you—and for us all.