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An Alt-left?

Nicholas Gruen
June 24, 2022June 25, 2022
https://youtu.be/gYKPWkvTRIg I What is it with James Burnham? I associate him — via Curtis Yarvin — with the alt-right. And Burnham is the founding text...

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