After reading "Archeofuturism" I am shocked by how much this book fails on every front the previous one succeeded on. Everything wrong about the previous book is cranked up to 11: points are asserted as correct without the slightest attempt at arguing them, and the book's first quarter hits the reader with this gem: "Truth does not depend on the modernist crutches of reason and evidence, but on the coalescence of the proofs of history and metapolitical valuation".
I showed the book as much patience as I could, but absolutely nothing of value was being brought forward. "Neoliberals caused the downfall of great Europa" can only be said so many times before it becomes tiring. The previous book had a lot more self-awareness about extracting value from the ideas of times long past, but this one straight-up accepts reactionism without batting an eye.
At the 65% mark, I dropped the book and looked to something else. Read "Archeofuturism" instead and avoid this book - Faye must've had a stroke in the time between the publishing of the two books.
2/10