1st let's list some symptoms, maybe people think those symptoms are the reason but no as I will show they are just symptoms and auxiliary reasons
- secularization
- women voting rights
- birth controll
- pop culture
- LGBT/etc. prominence
- zionism(behind the curtains)
yes all of them undermine us and chip away at our foundations but none of them is the true primal cause for what we are experiencing now
The True cause of our failing is that we have lost our "Will to Power"(™) of Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche explained that it's not enough to have a will to survive or a will to live or a will to be happy, no.. he said that the purpose of existence is not simple survival but it's the "Will to Power" that gives our lives meaning and without it we have no purpose and I think he was right.
Your religion, economic model, ethnicity etc. don't matter as much in your struggle for survival and dominance as much as the strength of your "Will to Power" if you have none than you are little more then a walking corpse.
Look at it this way, who's got the "Will to Power"?
- Muslims, yes
- Chinese, yes
- Africans, yes
- Americans, partially yes
- Evropeans, no
and look who is succeeding and who is failing in the World right now, do you see a pattern?
Existence is not about mere survival and hedonism without a higher purpose it is meaningless, religion can be a vehicle for the "Will to Power" as christians used to have it but so did the atheistic Soviets and so did the Pagan Mongols under Genghis Khan and so did the Roman Empire and so did Alexander the Great and his army they all did have the "Will to Power" not simply the will to survive which is not enough to give your life meaning.
I hope you understand where I am going with this.. this is why "Civic Nationalism" cannot ever succeed as it has no "Will to Power" it at best has will to survive and get along with everybody but without this crucial component it has no future.
The essence of existence is to strive forward for dominance and constantly assert your position among your allies and enemies if you fail to expand and conquer you will be crushed and conquered your self.
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[–] NeoGoat 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
I would add it is also, as the name of this sub states, a sense of identity, a sense self, of knowing who you are. Knowing that you are different, and taking pride in it. The loss of traditions, and in Europe of much national identities by merging into the EU, weakens this sense of self. For instance, as part of natural, healthy, psychological development, teenagers can feel lost & not know who they are. However, when this happens to a culture, it can die. I live in a libtard center; one person said "I'm a citizen of the world."; another said "All paths[meaning religions] are valid." These fools have no idea who they are, nor any appreciation for the culture that has nourished them.
With the caveat that I've not studied Nietzsche, I will say one wants a healthy level of self-interest at a national level, much like at a personal level. Constantly picking fights is not healthy. One needs a balance between aggression and passivity. I'm not seeing that nations need to expand and conquer to survive at this point in history. However,both individuals and nations need to act in their self-interest, and to strengthen themselves. (It was not that long ago, that Britain had enough pride to defend the Falklands; that Britain is gone.)
[–] Othmar_Regin [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The Will to Power does not always have to be expressed in violence and war but if all other options fail it is certainly allowed to be brutal