F. Roger Devlin

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{{cquote|It is well known to readers of this journal that white birthrates worldwide have [[white extinction scenario|suffered a catastrophic decline in recent decades]].|||First sentence of ''Sexual Utopia in Power'' (and it gets worse)}}
'''Christopher Moore''' (born 1964), known under the pseudonym '''Francis Roger Devlin''', is a [[white nationalism|white nationalist]] and [[men's rights movement|men's rights activist]]. He is a contributing editor for the racist screed ''The Occidental Quarterly''<ref>[https://www.toqonline.com/about/ TOQ Online - About]</ref> and writes for [[VDARE]].<ref>http://www.vdare.com/users/f-roger-devlin</ref> In August 2024, the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] identified Devlin as former academic Christopher Moore of Baltimore, [[Maryland]]. He became a part of white nationalist and [[far right]] movements in the 1990s while a graduate student, joining the [[Council of Conservative Citizens]] and {{w|Sam Francis}}. Moore started using the Devlin pseudonym in 2004, since becoming a part of the [[alt-right]] and has written for a number of alt-right websites such as VDARE, [[Radix Journal]], [[Counter-Currents]] and [[American Renaissance]].<ref name="splc">[https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/white-nationalist-male-supremacist-author-identified/ White nationalist and male supremacist author identified]. Hannah Gais, Megan Squire, Rachael Fugardi. August 29, 2024. SPLC.</ref>

==Sexual Utopia in Power==
Devlin is particularly noteworthy for his essay ''Sexual Utopia in Power'', which is the origin of many MRA subcultural memes, jargon, and special definitions of words. A key argument of the essay was that the [[sexual revolution]] created [[incel]]s. The work was also notable for having no citations whatsoever, reading something like a train-of-thought without concern for [[evidence]]. 

It was originally published in the Occidental Quarterly in 2006 and came to the wider attention of the [[pickup artist]] subculture when [[Chateau Heartiste|Heartiste]] posted effusively about it in 2008.<ref>http://heartiste.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/decivilizing-human-nature-unleashed/</ref> It is now widely advocated in the [[manosphere]], with the /r/redpill sub[[reddit]] listing it in the sidebar as "essential reading".<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/ - listed in the table on the right, under "Theory Reading".</ref>

In a 2021 Edward Dutton podcast, he described the inspiration for the essay as "basically the result of slumming about on the internet, looking at dating sites, pickup sites".<ref name="splc"/>

===Influence===
The book became an explicitly cited cornerstone of the [[MGTOW]] and [[incel]] movements, particularly because the book blamed the decline in marriage in the USA on women. It is common to hear MGTOWs ask one to, "read Sexual Utopia in Power, bro trust me it'll help you see the matrix". He developed a misogynistic definition of [[hypergamy]] which is central these movements.<ref name="splc"/>

==Writing==
Moore has also done academic philosophy, writing ''Alexandre Kojève and the Outcome of Modern Thought'' (University Press of America, 2004) which was based on his PhD dissertation for Tulane University.<ref>''Alexandre Kojeve and the Outcome of Modern Thought'' by Roger F. Devlin (2004) University Press Of America. ISBN  0761829598.</ref><ref name="splc"/>

==Ideology==
Devlin identifies as part of the [[alt-right]],<ref name=occidental>[http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2016/11/23/the-great-hitler-salute-crisis-of-2016/ The Great Hitler Salute Crisis of 2016] Occidental Observer, 23 November 2016</ref> which he describes as a "white advocacy"<ref>[https://radixjournal.com/2017/01/2017-1-11-a-cautionary-tale/ A Cautionary Tale] Radix Journal, 11 January 2017</ref> movement, and is considered among its "most important thought leaders" according to [[VDARE]].<ref>[http://www.vdare.com/posts/national-policy-institute-live-coverage-on-youtube-peter-brimelow-will-be-speaking National Policy Institute Live Coverage On Youtube; Peter Brimelow Will Be Speaking] VDARE, 19 November 2016</ref> Devlin attended the [[National Policy Institute]] conference, which gained national attention after many in attendance performed [[Nazi]] salutes.<ref>[https://antifascistnews.net/2016/11/22/2756/ National Policy Institute is Confronted by Anti-Fascist and Resorts to Sieg Heils] Anti Fascist News, 22 November 2016</ref> Devlin denounced this behaviour,<ref>[https://antifascistnews.net/2016/12/04/lets-watch-as-the-alt-right-implodes/ Let's Watch as the Alt Right Implodes] Anti Fascist News, 4 December 2016</ref> although he believed "there is nothing intrinsically wrong with" Nazi salutes.<ref name=occidental/> Instead, he seemed concerned because such behaviour is too [[politically incorrect]].

In 2022, he registered the Homeland Institute, a white nationalist public policy group under [[Counter-Currents]].<ref name="splc"/>

In 2023, he released the Swedish version of ''Sexual Utopia in Power'' in [[Stockholm]] with the far-right publishing house Logik Förlag which connected with the [[neo-Nazi]] {{w|Party of Swedes}}.<ref name="splc"/>

== External links ==
* [http://dontmarry.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/articles-by-f-roger-devlin/ Articles by F. Roger Devlin], including ''Sexual Utopia in Power''
* [http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2013/05/16/hypergamy-how-the-harebrained-notion-of-white-nationalist-f-roger-devlin-took-the-manosphere-by-storm/ Hypergamy: How the harebrained notions of white nationalist F. Roger Devlin took the Manosphere by storm], [[We Hunted the Mammoth]], May 2013

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