I am skimming through the 1,518 pages of the Breivik terrorist manifesto, 2083 – A European Declaration Of Independence (long PDF). It must be a work of several years and I have no doubt that it is genuine.
There are the usual tips on how to make bombs, a diary of his describing how he prepared his deed, a biography and personal notes on friends and relatives, a political program consisting of a lot of ideological right wing chapters copied from neo-fascist bloggers in Europe, the U.S. and from likudnik zionists, his ideas and regulations for an underground knight order including what medals it will provide for what deeds, ranked lists of enemies and targets and some more detailed political ideas which may be his own.
While Breivik emphasizes on every corner that his stand is anti-nazi and not fascist such statements are then immediately followed by typical nazi and fascist ideas.
There is emphasis of a nordic race, plans of creating a pan-nordic union, detailed "cultural conservatism" pieces (anti-abortion etc.) as the tea party and evangelicals understands it, antisemitism, support for ethnic cleansing by Israel but also elsewhere, calls for crusades to conquer several middle east countries and extreme nationalism. He is quite clear about the "necessity" to kill lots of people to achieve these goals.
It is a wide field and quite a complete agenda for a new praetorian-dictatorial system. A 50 year program to create a bunch of national-socialist states in Europe.
While the outer argument is a fight against a perceived Muslim take over of Europe, the primary targets he lists are not those Muslims but those political forces who, in his mind, allow and further this perceived takeover. His primary target is simply the political left, though he names it differently.
At one point Breivik copies from the Unabomber manifesto without naming him: The original:
20. Notice the masochistic tendency of leftist tactics. Leftists protest by lying down in front of vehicles, they intentionally provoke police or racists to abuse them, etc. These tactics may often be effective, but many leftists use them not as a means to an end but because they PREFER masochistic tactics. Self-hatred is a leftist trait.
Breivik's version:
Notice the masochistic tendency of cultural Marxist tactics. Cultural Marxists protest by lying down in front of vehicles, they intentionally provoke police or racists to abuse them, etc. These tactics may often be effective, but many cultural Marxists use them not as a means to an end but because they PREFER masochistic tactics. Self-hatred is a cultural Marxist trait.
His "cultural marxists" are the left, which to him includes all people who call for tolerant, "multicultural" societies. The target he hit, a youth camp of social-democrats, is exactly what he argues to aim for.
The rightwing blogs, forums and authors in Europe where he posted and copied from are now all busy to distance themselves from him. But there is no denying that they provided the ideas, ground and fertilizer on which Breivik grew.
The manifesto is the program and the killing of over ninety of the Norwegian Labor Youth was the program lauch and the starting point of a marketing campaign to distribute it. Surrendering to the police, staying alive to use the propaganda value of a public trial is part of that campaign. So far all that worked out as planned.
While the Breivik argument is false and neither logical nor intellectual consistent, it will find new followers. Over the next years we can expect smaller amateur copycat attacks of wannabe Breiviks. But there will also be more serious ones by those who will follow the ideological strain he laid out.
The target will be the political left.