John Doyle is right to sound the alarm: accelerationism is not an abstract intellectual exercise, it’s a dangerous, nihilistic strategy that some online corners of the Right have flirted with as an excuse to abandon fighting in the political arena. Doyle’s recent commentary pushes back on the idea that conservatives should simply opt out, cheer chaos, and hope history hands them the country on a silver platter. Hardworking Americans deserve leaders who defend institutions, not dream up shortcuts through ruin.
Make no mistake: accelerationism has been weaponized by violent extremists and is not a harmless theory to be debated over beers. The Anti-Defamation League and other analysts have documented how accelerationist rhetoric openly urges destabilization and glorifies acts meant to provoke wider conflict. When an ideology openly celebrates the breakdown of civil society, it becomes less philosophy and more a playbook for terror.
We’ve seen the deadly consequences. The Christchurch mosque attacker explicitly wrote about “destabilization and accelerationism,” and subsequent mass killers have cited him or echoed those themes, turning online nihilism into real-world carnage. These are not hypothetical dangers; they are documented chains of influence from manifesto to massacre that should chill every patriot to the bone.
Some on the internet try to dress up this madness as a clever tactical retreat—declare the system irredeemable, stop voting, and wait for collapse to clear the field. Doyle calls that what it is: delusional and dangerous. Conservatives who believe in the rule of law, the dignity of work, and the value of ordered liberty must reject defeatist cults that preach surrender and celebrate violence.
This isn’t merely a matter of rhetoric; national security experts have flagged accelerationism as a growing driver of domestic terror plots and violent extremism. Authorities and analysts warn that accelerationist thinking motivates actors to seek high-impact attacks that will provoke overreaction and broader unrest—exactly the recipe for tyranny and bloodshed, not for the preservation of freedom. We should trust sober intelligence, not online fever dreams.
The FBI and DHS have likewise noted the role of themes like gamification and accelerationism in inspiring violence, underscoring that this is a tangible threat to communities and families across America. Law enforcement and citizens alike must be clear-eyed: romanticizing collapse endangers neighbors, undermines conservative goals, and invites harsh crackdowns that will strip liberties from everyone. We won’t save liberty by cheering its destruction.
Patriotism means building, organizing, and winning within the system we have while repairing its flaws—not gambling on a chaotic reboot that would wreck lives and hand power to the worst actors. Get involved in your town, support honest prosecutors and juries, back school boards that teach truth, and ballot-box the woke elites who have hollowed out institutions. That is how real conservatives win and protect the American dream.
If you love this country, you must reject accelerationism outright and call out anyone flirting with it, no matter how “edgy” they pretend to be. We are the party of ordered liberty, family, and work; our duty is to defend civilization, not cheer its collapse. Patriots act with courage and purpose—vote, build, and fight for the future we want, and defeat this delusion before it destroys more lives.
