The ultimate insult to our active duty military, Trump takes from their BAQ, and puts in a lump sum check, and calls it a bonus from him! #TotalPropaganda

https://youtu.be/wx7MCfqQ8-0?si=3h-39MTyiJrg3cWC

Got a new article up at totalpropaganda.net. It's part one of a three-part essay about the deep roots of what I've started calling "replacement ideology," which is to say a fear of demographic replacement and the attendant belief that aggressive measures are necessary to rid the national community of outsiders.

That way of thinking didn't start with the term "The Great Replacement," which has only been in widespread usage for the past 15 years or so, but to get the discussion started, this post looks at the guy who coined the term, what he meant by it, and how his explanation functions as "constitutive rhetoric."

I'll hold off on a detailed explanation here, but suffice to say that constitutive rhetoric doesn't try to convince people to change their minds so much as it tells people who they are and that they should act accordingly. It's something that comes up a lot in nationalist movements, go figure.

At any rate, I (a giant nerd) think it's interesting stuff, but I wouldn't bother writing it all out like this if I didn't think it could also help people understand just how racist, xenophobic, and, yes, fascist ideas spread and motivate action. Regardless of what that gazillionaire author says, where there is violence, violent language is never far away.

https://totalpropaganda.net/2025/09/18/is-there-a-great-replacement-if-you-cant-read-french/

#GreatReplacement #RenaudCamus #Camus #ConstitutiveRhetoric #TotalPropaganda #xenophobia #fascism #identitarianism #Althusser #KennethBurke #MauriceCharland