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Without access to a tradition, man is left to his own devices. He must forge a new path without the benefits of a community, a language, a metaphysic, or a philosophy of life—without any of the things he needs to make it in this world. Man needs myth and parable as much as (if not more than) he needs food and drink
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we see these feelings of superiority manifesting largely in people who feel that “their time has come”, perceiving systemic oppression as the only rational explanation for why their obvious greatness (and that of their peoples) was not recognized sooner. In this case, their original feeling finds its resolution through a psychology of retribution
— Dec 30, 2024 04:02PM
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Here we find a level of rage which burns with a revolutionary intensity: “I may be nothing, but there is still something I can do about it”. That “something” of course, is the erosion of the social order. The AEL, particularly of the lower variety, never successfully compensates for this feeling of inferiority, but rather resigns himself to it entirely. His identity is inexorably defined by the inability to perform
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Ideophilic academics expand our semantic network by continually elaborating new characteristics of Nazism, connecting it to increasingly implausible features which are then reinforced through the visual media of television, cinema, and the various social media networks
— Dec 30, 2024 03:51PM
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we are confronted by the theological nature of the neurotic AEL. Standing in flagrant contrast to his identity as a scientific and open-minded thinker, there are, in fact, no-go zones in his mind, lest thinking about these ideas in any way that does not result in a swift moral condemnation cause some unknown and unpredictable calamity to befall him and his fellow man
— Dec 30, 2024 03:45PM
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American left, having successfully claimed ownership of science, rational thought, independence, and culture... as self-aggrandizing ego defenses in accordance with Adler’s theory of organ inferiority. Theirs is not a belief in enlightenment humanism or transcendence but rather an expression of performative supremacy
— Dec 30, 2024 01:45PM
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the American left has evolved into a coalition of otherwise alienated and incompatible groups for the purpose of creating a diverse polity capable of confronting—and defeating—heritage America across all political battlefields
— Dec 30, 2024 01:43PM
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any problem created by neoliberal economic policy and its resultant extremist individualistic solipsism can be turned around and repurposed as a device of further subjugation
— Dec 30, 2024 12:56PM
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