Aleksa's Book Review: Bronze Age Mindset

Once in a while, a book comes out of the aether and knocks you square in the jaw so hard, you don't know which way is up. This is one of those books. It's not a self-improvement book, and it's not a work of philosophy or politics, but something else entirely. I guess the closest word to explain it would be "treatise" but that would be like calling a supertanker a "boat".

Naturally, a lot of the stuff in this book is straight-up unfounded and untrue - I didn't trust it for a second. However, it brings some excellent sophistic points, which is quite rare in right-wing literature. For example, the comparison of the "slavish bug-man" of China who lives in an orderly and oppressive system to the "wild and free, but clever" barbarians of western Europe, and the careful balance achieved by the men of Greece.

Also interesting is the reactionary and somewhat primitivist view espoused in the book, and the deification of the male form and power as opposed to wisdom or virtue - which are dismissed as "shit nerds do". I definitely think the book has massive inspirational vigour (which is a subject weaved throughout the book) but is hardly applicable in any real sense.

More strangeness abounds: The book is written without articles (a/an/the) and sounds like it was written by a caveman or Rorschach from Watchmen. This book is definitely 100% horse and 0% rider, and I have no idea what to make of it, but now I feel like lifting weights and hunting boar.

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