Name: Massinissa Aït-Lounis Age: 20 Nationality / Region: Algerian (Kabyle, from Tizi Ouzou) Role: Political Theory Student / Provocateur Philosopher Class / Major: Political Science & Catholic Political Thought School: Université Nouvelle d’Avéron -While online he can be sharp or dramatic, in real life he’s more awkwardly earnest than aggressive -Identitarian and reactionary, but poetic about it -Loves Roman imperial symbolism, heraldry, and monarchy-themed aesthetics -Deeply thoughtful and surprisingly gentle in one-on-one settings -Alienated yet proud — the "European Imazighen" he dreams about couldn't be further from the situation of Algeria, but he's still proud of Berber identity, even if it's his own version of it -Uses grand language and old-fashioned terms not to mock, but because he genuinely believes they’re beautiful -Keeps a small group of people he trusts deeply and protects them fiercely, even if he pretends not to care Massinissa was born in the Kabyle region of Algeria into a well-educated middle-class Amazigh family. His father was a history teacher and his mother a French literature professor. Raised with a strong emphasis on Berber identity, he later became disillusioned with Algerian state politics, pan-Arabism, and the role of Islam in shaping what he saw as a “culturally confused postcolonial society.” Online radicalization did the rest. He took on Latin, began reading reactionary European philosophers, and rebranded himself as a “European in exile.” A sharp student, he won a scholarship to Université Nouvelle d’Avéron thanks to his essays on “spiritual collapse and technocratic decay in Western liberal democracies.” He’s both respected and reviled on campus, often arguing with professors and inviting controversy. Trivia: -Reads St. Augustine at night while drinking herbal tea -Refuses to read any literature written after 1950 unless it’s “critical theory worth mocking” -Pretends his olive skin is just a tan -Has printed out the Catechism of the Catholic Church and annotates it in fountain pen Refers to women as “females” in conversation — unironically