The Auron MacIntyre Show Nick Land vs. Aleksandr Dugin Debate | Guests: Nick Land and Aleksandr Dugin | 10/6/25
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Oct 6, 2025 
Philosophers Nick Land, known for his accelerationist thought, and Aleksandr Dugin, author of the Fourth Political Theory, engage in a fiery discussion on liberalism's Anglo-Protestant roots. They explore the cultural limits of individualism, question the foundations of capitalist liberalism, and discuss the nature of time across various civilizations. Delving into concepts of pluralism and the tension between freedom and necessity, they also reflect on modernity's metaphysical implications and the resurgence of theological discourse. A debate not to be missed!
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Paleoliberalism Versus Global Liberalism
- Nick Land argues paleoliberalism is distinct from modern global liberalism and can be healthy within its ethnic context.
- He links Anglo-Protestant culture, invisible-hand theology, and decentralized social technologies as core to that older liberalism.
Genealogy Of Liberal Individualism
- Aleksandr Dugin traces liberalism to nominalism and Protestant individualism, which Anglo culture amplified into capitalism.
- He warns that globalized mass liberalism distorted the original aristocratic, localized English form into a parody.
Culture, Family Structure, And Liberal Tech
- Land highlights family-structure research (Emmanuel Todd) to explain cultural roots of liberal tendencies.
- He views decentralizing technologies (Internet, crypto, ML) as continuations of paleoliberal social tech.
