This text is a mix between sociological analysis and quasi-religious secular humanist manifesto, and has become a part of the cultural milieu for a specific set of internet subcultures. It alternates in style between being paratext to several modern/postmodern works (Particularly the Apocrypha Discordia, Ginsberg’s Moloch, previous works from SSC, and Capturing Gnon, another blog post from a neoreactionary thinker) and its own independent sociological theorizing. These stylistic shifts are matched with tonal shifts, and the author’s metaphor and idiomatic choices generally shift to match the author he is paratexting from. However, the entire piece is marked by a relatively consistent tonal choice of metaphor -- the author clearly cares more about the message and emotions they are trying to convey than particular precision in the content.
This particular image is how an original reader would have viewed this post on the blog.
