We only experienced the very end of the last great ideological struggle of human societies in terms of a dull awareness of a possible apocalyptic scenario between “freedom” and authoritarian socialism – which did not directly influence our development or early lives other than in a vague and penumbric way.
The end result of this process, absent the total victory of one side over the other, being the synthesis of what was once absolute antagonisms into a permanent stasis of compromise.įor our purposes, briefly and incompletely explained, the great spiritual crisis of the modern age is remote. He was not referring to “genetics” in the naturalist sense, but rather as a course of social and intellectual development that originates through dialectics and cultural (and actual) combat – by which irreconcilable passions, beliefs, ways of life, morals, commitments and ideas through the bearers of these ideas set about to destroy one another in order to guarantee the preeminence of the principles that animate them to action. The German Jewish conservative thinker, Paul Gottfried, a man in the tradition of Karl Lowith and Leo Strauss in many respects, discerned history and historical values as a process characterized essentially by strife – he went as far as to describe the origin and development of political ideas as genetic.
However, ordinary people can discern the existence of an obelisk in the proverbial desert – even if their intimate proximity to it precludes the observation of its shape, depth, and totality from a full vantage point. This contemporary worldview is so monolithic that it cannot be escaped, even by people who assign themselves the role of rallying drummers against “liberalism” or “modernity” and who hold themselves out to their would-be followers as paladins of the “right wing.” The reasons for this are myriad, and in many respects the question is too complicated for ordinary men, such as myself, to properly understand, appreciate, and ultimately extricate from their own prejudices. Recently it’s become increasingly clear to me that even within the confines of the tiny ideological ghettos of “right wing” thought and discourse that there exists an unwillingness, largely couched in morality and stubborn pragmatism, to acknowledge the absolute preeminence of Liberal values as the source of the current cultural malaise and distortion that has infected not just the White, Western world but essentially every social and cultural environment that is in anyway touched and concerned by American political ambition and power activity. If you enjoyed this collection, please make a donation to the above forums.
(Some edits have been made for spelling, formatting, etc.) Strategy, Tactics, and Advancing Our CauseĪ curated set of poasts by forums user “Thomas777” on various topics relating to politics, history, culture, nationalism, and the Right wing.