Liberalism is the core of a snowball. Its one concept is that the individual is equal, therefore can do whatever they want independent of shared cultural values or reality itself. As a result, liberalism takes on any value that is compatible with a rejection of allegiance larger than the self. It can for example embrace [...]
Posts Tagged ‘individualism’
Tailgating as shortsightedness
Pick any major American city these days, as well as its suburbs, and you’ll see (or feel) tailgating as a prevalent part of the driving experience. Road rage, specifically tailgating, is mostly due to the shortsightedness of individuals given the free reign to operate a heavy mass of machinery at whatever speed they choose. Give [...]
Getting back on track
I reckon that many reading this blog are children of Baby Boomers. That’s one of the reasons the Boomers are such an easy target here. The Boomers have problems of their own, such as the the Social Security bill finally coming due. But what about their children? Baby Boomer children have grown up and become [...]
Rethinking individualism
Say you walk into a building at which you’re employed. You feel businesslike – coat, computer bag over shoulder, maybe a cup of coffee or tea in hand. Others look similar and climb into the elevator with you. Buttons are pressed. Your eyes venture, but never into other eyes. Stainless steel walls in this contraption [...]
The meaningless life of a pet
Everywhere in modern civilization we find our societies getting drunk on all kinds of useless freedoms; one of the most useless is that of owning pets which neatly follows from the undeniable ‘human rights’. The reason why many people buy pets these days may be familiar to what Ted Kackzynski called the power process. In this it [...]
Defensiveness
Most people read something they don’t like about consumerism or social reality and immediately dismiss it so they can continue living in fantasyland. When these same people have convinced themselves that they are actually doing good for society by living in this manner, questioning them becomes a mortal sin and worthy of shouting things like [...]
Why New Right? Part One
Part One in the Why New Right? series attempts to distinguish some New Right understanding from all the others and point to its unapologetic Darwinian basis.
Entitlement: The most obvious sign of civilization decay
Much has been said about civilization’s decay in this blog, focusing mainly on social reality and how we view ourselves first and then the goals of our society second. There is no more obvious a place to look for this phenomenon than in the idea of entitlement. Wealth is a touchy subject, because wealthy people [...]
Shredded Wheat Ad Mocks “Progress”
To maintain irony, the people selling Shredded Wheat cereal decided to mock progress. After all, some foods are eternal. What else can we do to shredded wheat, besides ruin it by adding marshmallows? This mockery of the modern notion of “progress” also mocks the idea of adding unnecessary complexity to products just to make them [...]
Belief in more than the self makes life less neurotic
Believing in God can help block anxiety and minimize stress, according to new University of Toronto research that shows distinct brain differences between believers and non-believers. Compared to non-believers, the religious participants showed significantly less activity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a portion of the brain that helps modify behavior by signaling when attention [...]
