Understanding Foundationalism With Charles Haywood

Late July, Josh Buice the head of G3 Ministries took aim at Charles Haywood in a clumsy attempt at going after Nate Fischer. Josh Buice accused him of promoting political violence. I had the pleasure of having Charles Haywood on as a guest to discuss these allegations and to better understand Foundationalism.

James Lindsay, an atheist propped up by Michael O’Fallon (a man who was also involved with the allegations last month) took to labeling Charles Haywood as Shampoo Soros. Haywood explains that his background, in addition to being proudly Hungarian, features his ownership of a shampoo manufacturing facility. He calls the attacks on him “low IQ” particularly those from Buice, O’Fallon, and Lindsay. Previously he was unaware of who Buice and O’Fallon were. Although curious of the Christian Nationalist debate, Haywood himself is not a Christian Nationalist, nor does he dabble in Mid Eva circles.

Haywood is also a big fan of Francisco Franco because he defeated communism so effectively. Unfortunately, Haywood explains, Franco died at the wrong time which enabled the liberals to undo much of his accomplishments. We could have done a whole podcast on history but did not.

So we get into a discussion of the 12 Pillars of Foundationalism which are laid out in the manifesto. The first one is space, which I took to mean people and families needing space to thrive and to increase population. However, Haywood literally means space, as in outer space. Haywood is a big proponent of space faring.

The third pillar is Virtue Politics. Haywood corrects the misconception that the elite class are always decadent pointing out that during the rise of a civilization this is almost never the case.

The Subordination of Economics to Politics is the fifth pillar and it rings so true and there are so many applications of how economies should be subordinate to national and cultural interests.

One misconception about Foundationalism is that it advocates a caste system, yet Haywood believes that class mobility should be available based on merit, where talented men can rise up and degenerate men face social penalty. Virtue, Haywood advocates, is most effectively enforced through social stigma. Haywood’s model of class resembles the Roman patronage system, and he similarly agrees believes that the rich should patron the arts.

Unlike many on the right, Haywood does not idolize agrarianism, instead believing in the optimal use of technology, including but not limited to space faring. He believes atomizing is a choice we make.

Lastly, Haywood believes that Foundationalism is only fit for the west. In what was perhaps the hottest take I’ve heard from a guest on a livestream, Haywood says that without Europeans, humanity would not have gotten past the 1400’s. Noting that although the Chinese discovered gun powder, it was the Europeans who knew how to use it.