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Opening section far too long[edit]

@Johns since you were editing this, I would suggest the following rewrite:

Anatoly Karlin (Анатолий Карлин) (1988–) known as powerfultakes,[1][2] is a Russian white nationalist, anti-vegan activist and former writer (2015-2021) for the anti-Semitic The Unz Review. Karlin has a long history of posting racism, white supremacy and misogyny online — to the extent he admitted, in 2019, to being a "racist and very happy with that".[3] In 2016-2018 he was a poster boy for the neo-Nazi Richard Spencer, who he attended at least one white nationalist conference with and set up an alt-right podcast named ROGRP, promoting Spencer's white ethno-state.[4][5][6] Karlin has said he agrees with "about 70%" of the alt-right. He supported the Unite the Right rally.[7]

In December 2023, Karlin wrote series of articles titled "Intellectual Structuring" saying he had repudiated his former racist and nationalist beliefs, distanced himself from Spencer and is now a self-described anti-racist and liberal who supports "open borders" and globalisation.[8] Critics point out, similar to Richard Hanania there is no evidence, Karlin has genuinely abandoned his far-right views but is rebranding them to make them appear more palatable. For example, in his articles supposedly renouncing his racism — Karlin continues to defend race and intelligence pseudoscience and eugenics while still associates with far-right figures including Emil Kirkegaard, Steve Sailer and Noah Carl.

Karlin has criticised veganism for over a decade, likes to eat beef, has praised the Atkins diet and describes vegetarianism as based on "misplaced empathy".[9] On his blog he has also promoted an animal-based ketogenic diet while oddly boasting he eats insects.[10][11]

Polygraph.infoWikipedia describes him as a "Russian white nationalist blogger".[12] In a 2021 study published in Review of General Psychology, Karlin is described as "a similar figure [to Steve Sailer] who promotes antisemitic conspiracy theories and associates with alt-right political activist Richard Spencer."[13] 159.65.93.2 (talk) 16:50, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

  1. https://twitter.com/powerfultakes
  2. https://akarlin.substack.com/
  3. Anatoly Karlin on Reddit. "I am quite happy that few Blacks associate with Russia, considering the type of violence-ridden underclasses they tend to create in countries that open their doors to them. Not to mention the extreme chutzpah and aggressive sense of racial grievance they tend to act out towards their host countries. So yes, I'm racist and very happy with that."
  4. Open Thread, 05/28/2016 - Alt Right Safe Space in Berkeley by Anatoly Karlin (May 28, 2016) The Unz Review (archived from 17 Jun 2019 21:47:29 UTC).
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20170523052336/http://rogpr.com:80/
  6. As general rule, all whites from the high-IQ European & Anglosphere countries would be welcome given a willingness to culturally Russify. But it's not an absolute rule, individual exceptions can be made, for instance, I happily accept Benes Ayo as Russian. by @akarlin88 (3:10 PM - 22 Jun 2020) Twitter (archived from June 22, 2020).
  7. https://www.unz.com/akarlin/cville-war/
  8. https://akarlin.com/intellectual-restructuring/
  9. Are You A Social Contrarian? "Low-carb diet: The typical US high carb diet has greatly contributed to huge obesity rates; paleo, Atkins, 4HB-type diets are the way to go. Lazy fat people who want to rationalize and excuse their own obesity tend to hate it, as do many vegetarians with their misplaced empathy."
  10. Anatoly Karlin on the Ketogenic diet
  11. I was eating bugs before it was "cool" and woke (ordered freeze dried crickets from Amazon & experimented with various recipes a few times). Now a onetime eccentrism has been ruined and annulled by virtue signaling Western psychopaths like everything else. Twitter.
  12. Russian State TV Calls Video Game Metro Exodus "Russophobic" by William Echols (February 21, 2019) Polygraph.info.
  13. Jackson Jr, J. P., & Winston, A. S. (2021). "The mythical taboo on race and intelligence". Review of General Psychology, 25(1), 3-26 (see page 9).
Sometimes leads are too long and this may backfire as a user may employ TLTR. I have updated the lead to make it more suitable, little to no content has been lost. I merely moved old excessive content in the lead to correct sections on the article. Johns (talk) 19:39, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
This reads as an obvious parody to me [1]. When Hanania wrote his article about changing his views he got millions of views. Karlin has no media coverage about his alleged recantation and only a few hundred views on social media. I doubt anyone takes this guy seriously. Johns (talk) 19:45, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Bronze Age Pervert[edit]

To add to this discussion note that as recent as last month, Anatoly Karlin was still supporting the fascist and misogynist Bronze Age Pervert. In 2022, Karlin also posted he wanted BAP's social media accounts to be reinstated after they were banned. Hard to take serious his claim he has "renounced" racism and given up his alt right views when he is supporting fascists still.142.93.35.202 (talk) 18:14, 20 April 2024 (UTC)