tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post1518270672990795986..comments2024-03-28T13:47:00.644+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: This abstract world... Identity politics and the destruction of the individual, immortal soulBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-88320761020182366662021-04-13T22:16:12.237+01:002021-04-13T22:16:12.237+01:00What I don't understand particularly is why th...What I don't understand particularly is why the loudest of these people intent on tossing their individualism to the ditch are the ones with the least grievances. Don't even try to point out any of the goodness and righteousness of modern society because it has really only served white males. They offer no resolution, no plan, no point of light, they only see destruction of what the white culture has built worldwide. I speak of the many self-hating and wealthy whites of course. Ughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267287853892482870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-59419587697080782262021-04-13T16:24:00.615+01:002021-04-13T16:24:00.615+01:00Thanks again as usual, Bruce.
Some years ago, I wa...Thanks again as usual, Bruce.<br />Some years ago, I was really attracted to and into the alternative/dissident right, because I saw the insanity of what the left was doing, and as the exact demographic most hated (white, Christian male) I was bearing the brunt of the leftist offensive.<br />More recently, I no longer have any attraction to the focus of the dissident right on participating in identity politics in a pro-European or pro-white manner.<br />I am totally against being anti-white/anti-European, and will state my view on this to leftists. I do not at all support anti-white indoctrination, and I would not allow my child to be terrorized by such things. But I no longer am attracted to the inverted version of anti-white politics: pro-white identity politics. I have healthy pride in the attainments of my Scandinavian ancestors, but it's not a primary focus. My primary focus is now (or at least I'm trying to make it) spiritual. My relationship with God, and how that elucidates the beautiful aspects of my life in nature and with family and other people. Thus, I'm trying to negate and reject resentment, and focus on the positive and true/beautiful aspects of my life in this world. I can love my people, culture, traditions without hating others and feeling resentment. I can see the beauty in the way that our ancestors have historically created lived traditions and music and buildings and art, without reifying these things into a false idol to be worshiped while hating other versions of human life on earth.Jacob Gitteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10559764359800682222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-41936489303368982132021-04-13T16:00:05.537+01:002021-04-13T16:00:05.537+01:00@RJC - Yes - although these early writers were not...@RJC - Yes - although these early writers were not focused on the salvation aspect of 'individualism', as part of the supernatural spiritual war; which is primary. <br /><br />@Fo - Any church needs to be evaluated about whether it does overall more spiritual good than harm - if more harm, one needs to be prepared to forgo its benefits. And either try to find something better, or go it alone. <br /><br />@William. Thanks. Of course we all feel this in a general sense, but sometimes it helps to be able to be more specific about what is going-on. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-60487596538108811702021-04-13T15:23:13.345+01:002021-04-13T15:23:13.345+01:00Very interesting. Much of this in my view is due ...Very interesting. Much of this in my view is due to the transformation of society into a society of employees(which the birdemic hastens). I think Drucker pointed out that in the U.S. at say 1900 only 10% or so of people worked in large organizations, not its 80%+. This makes more accute the issue pointed out by Whyte back in the 1950's. To wit:<br /><br />βIn further institutionalizing the great power of the majority, we are making the individual come to distrust himself. We are giving him a rationalization for the unconscious urging to find an authority that would resolve the burdens of free choice. We are tempting him to reinterpret the group pressures as a release, authority as freedom, and that this quest assumes a moral guise makes it only the more poignant.β<br />β William H. Whyte, The Organization Man <br /><br />R.J.Cavazoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12450048633891439382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-48937753536169859412021-04-13T11:42:38.060+01:002021-04-13T11:42:38.060+01:00Another superb analysis of the reality that lies b...Another superb analysis of the reality that lies beneath the smooth surface appearance of the modern world. Everything and everyone is increasingly just a statistic on a spreadsheet. They really want to mechanise consciousness and reduce the human soul to data. The reign of quantity is now in full swing.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-76492566277939223802021-04-13T10:01:27.238+01:002021-04-13T10:01:27.238+01:00Thanks for that perspective. As a member of the Ep...Thanks for that perspective. As a member of the Episcopal Church, I am observing, and experiencing in first person, this very type of attitude and behavior, from folks in the pews next to me, right through to those who carry the Crozier. It is very disheartening. Fo4Ho1https://www.blogger.com/profile/05165074586598193187noreply@blogger.com