Politics on DELI ISLAND

The Personification of Nations

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 01:32:33 -0500

There is much confusion today about the nature of the state, as well as the nation, especially as social consciousness continues to grow regarding the various geopolitical struggles unfolding globally, as well as those which have preceded. This confusion has been exploited by malicious actors in service of the trampling of morality and the violation of individual rights, peddling arguments which seem convincing to one who does not understand the meaning of a state or nation, but quickly fall apart as absurd under the slightest scrutiny.

European Disneyland

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:37:16 +0000

The perception of Europe in the United States has, over the past few decades, shifted and evolved into some jarringly disfigured homunculus. This is, of course, in response to the question of a “white identity” within America, specifically in attempt to find (or invent) a cultural distinction between white Americans and their non-white cocitizens.

For the white identitarian in America, it is difficult to distinguish themselves culturally from non-white Americans. No white American can claim to be indigenous to the American continent, and if they do it’s through virtue of some non-white heritage. Culturally, a white American goes to the same schools as non-whites, eats the same foods at the same restaurants, lives under the same laws, speaks the same language, and even lives on the same street. There is nothing unique to them in America, and so the “white identity” within America becomes fundamentally meaningless, an empty clause, with meager social or cultural weight.

The Buddhas of Bamiyan

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan is often cited as a modern catastrophe, an unforgivable destruction of invaluable cultural heritage by machine gun toting Luddite savages. How could these psychopathic extremists destroy such a culturally significant site, one which was protected under international status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site? Could they not see that it had a special place in the heritage of the world as a whole? What horrid drivel, what feigned outrage.

The French (Lack of) Republican Ideals

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I wrote this in October of 2023 and left it unfinished. Due to the victory of the National Rally in the French European Parliament election, I will publish this in its unfinished state, as I feel that the current events make further analysis trite, it can be seen clearly in what has occurred.

I recently read Shlomo Sand’s The Invention of the Jewish People, which I greatly enjoyed, and was quite taken with his presentation of the genesis of nationalism. It is important to distinguish that this is not necessarily in the sense of ideological nationalism, but moreso in the fundamental issue of how to define one’s nation and the boundaries as such. Fundamentally, the question of nationalism in this sense is that of defining the in-group.

Racialist Delusion

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Racism fundamentally attracts the lowest dregs of human society, insecure and ineffectual rejects who find solace in their caustic views. Racism itself differs from other forms of discrimination, as the social concept of race is formulated such that it is believed to be individually unchangeable, a physical characteristic determined by genetics, deterministic and devoid of human agency. Ethnic discrimination as a whole, though still deeply rooted in insecurity and a fear of the other, is not necessarily tied to ones inherent physical characteristics, but focuses on the other’s cultural practices, such as their language or dress, which can be altered to some extent by individual action. One of an “inferior” culture could assimilate, adopt the practices and customs of the prevailing group, and potentially find some acceptance among bigots. Racism, on the other hand, is the further belief that one’s ethnicity, culture, and even individual behavior is inherently tied to unalterable physical characteristics, usually genetics, and that any attempt to change one’s behavior is futile. That, by virtue of belonging to some race, one must hold certain characteristics, inferior or superior to one another.

Visualization of Asymmetric Warfare

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In attempting to visualize the state of warfare on the grand scale, we generally use maps, and thus symbolic markers along these maps, in signifying troop movements, front lines, etc. The symbols used in our visualizations have changed in accordance with the difference in grand strategies of the times. In wars prior to the conventional concept of front line warfare, which came to full fruition with the first World War, the military situation is best shown not with front line control, but with troop movement and fort control.