>>78005
i am having a really hard time parsing out what the Protomen song has to do with your post. Looking up Universalistm, I see more references to the idea of universal salvation than the political struggle you seem to be talking about.

Define your terms, please.

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>>78007


the music is simply to illustrate the theme i outline in the beginning viscerally, and how the sentiments evoked do not cohere with the problem in question. we have many examples of such tropes in media, but the problem cannot be faced in such a manner (would you engage people of your own thede as if they were the enemy? would that even solve the issue?).

in chief, it is a problem with no name, which is why it is a chief problem. naming the nameless is an act of black magic [nydwracu.wordpress.com]. an ideology with no name is the dominant ideology, but only certain kinds of ideology are capable of this, they do so because they take advantage of certain kinds of thinking, for good or ill.

the problem is better thought of as a dynamic, and it is not new in essence. ultimately it is itself an expression of certain kinds of thinking, and has expressed itself in various guises throughout history. eric voeglin called it gnosticism, pointing to a tendency towards ultimately futile revolts against reality through clinging too self-satisfying conceits, with late antiquity gnostics as prototype. julius evola deemed it modernity, pointing to the socio-historical developments of modernity being ideal for its own development; mass media, mass politics, with the jacobin revolt of 1789 as prototype. mencius moldbug calls it universalism, pointing to the dominant political orthodoxies cladistic descent from mainline protestantism, whos essential doctrines have remained functionally the same, changing only terminology and theological window-dressing, with new england puritans, from mayflower to harvard, as prototype.

the latter part is perhaps surprising, christianity is likely not the first thing the average man on the street thinks of when he hears 'left wing' or 'liberal' (the obfuscation of such history of course working in their favor). but as you will recall, this is a dynamic we are dealing with here, more specifically, certain qualities (or lack thereof) of beings. near any idea system faces the risk of such memetic compromising, and all face the pressure, to a greater or lesser degree. what else was protestantism after all, but a typical expression of solipsistic modes of thought; 'by faith alone you shall be saved', 'all have equal power to interpret the word'. the ideological development of modernity finds many roots in the nominalist theologians.

be mindful that fundamentalist christians were only one side of a schism. of course the descendants of that side has been as decisively routed as possible today, but the religious war continues regardless, eternal revolution keeps the party in place. and it is indeed an eternal revolution, when you can cast aspects of being itself as mere contingencies to be overcome, the party will live aslong as belief does.

>>78008
Oh, now I understand why I'm having such difficulty following you; you're writing in dense 'dark enlightenment' jargon. If you worked through your premises rather than just publicly assuming them to be correct, I think we would both see this attempt to justify neo-tribalism for what it is; a thin veil of argument to make you more comfortable in dismissing the needs of other people, and the possible harm your actions may cause them.

Let's use the rock opera as a metaphor for this discussion. What should people do when they are being ruled by violence and fear?

Are we reading a lot of nietzsche these days OP?

>>78068
He's a neo-reactionary. If you want to get a handle on what he's talking about, this is a good place to start. http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/03/03/reactionary-philosophy-in-an-enormous-planet-sized-nutshell/

>>78069
It.. reminds me a bit of satire.

>>78010


thats a bit of a red herring, since people are not being ruled by violence or fear (at least, overt violence), but by the threat of social consequences or ostracism, information filtering (less effective with the rise of internet and fall of mass media), and simple peer pressure (more effective than ever with social media, now every would-be inquisitor has a platform).