The Christian Ghetto Ep.1 "The Threat of Materialism"

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1. The Christian Ghetto: "The Threat of Materialism"

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1. The Christian Ghetto: "The Threat of Materialism"

Recently, several members of a Twitter discussion group organized around the idea of being distinctly Christian members of the "dissident right" hosted a Twitter Space to discuss "materialism."

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Jul 03, 2023

A while back, a widely circulated Twitter thread by Zero HP Lovecraft @0x49fa98 talking about Twitter’s back rooms spurred a discussion among a few of us, all whom maintain an open Christian stance on Twitter, even if their posting is not specifically theological, their worldview is distinctly Christian. It was agreed that we would go through our lists of mutuals and begin sending out invitations. The group has grown since then. We are all of the mind that the Christian faith is the only western belief system which can offer a coherent, fully orbed alternative to the ideology of the regime. It was given the name “The Christian Ghetto” after an observation made by Oswald Spengler which I talk about here in this piece:

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The idea was to create a space where we could talk about events, hash out ideas and disagreements and support each other in disseminating quality content from Christian writers and thinkers helping understand the current moment and lay out a path forward. It was recently suggested within the group that we should do a podcast in order to let people listen in on some of our discussions. We bounced around ideas and decided to begin with a Twitter Space. This is the recorded version of that discussion. Hopefully we will introduce more members of the group in the future and enlighten you with more engaging discussions.

The main participants were myself and:

Sanfedisti of the Position and Decision Substack:

Santiago Pliego of New Founding

Stephen W. Carson of the YouTube channel: Radical Liberation

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