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Thread #96069 Message #1874298
Posted By: GUEST
01-Nov-06 - 07:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: Democrats move to Right
Subject: RE: BS: Democrats move to Right
So you make a joke of it? Both parties are moving to tyrannical govt and you're going to continue playing with the fake left/right political view?
Strauss was a believer in the Uberman, like Hitler was. They both subscribed to Friedrich Nietzsche's view that some people are born to rule. It is their 'destiny' to rule, and if they can't rule, then they need to destroy what they can of the species in order to make it stronger.
"All three of them were convinced that liberal economics would turn life into entertainment and destroy politics; all three understood politics as a conflict between mutually hostile groups willing to fight each other to the death. In short, they all thought that man's humanity depended on his willingness to rush naked into battle and headlong to his death. Only perpetual war can overturn the modern project, with its emphasis on self-preservation and "creature comforts." Life can be politicised once more, and man's humanity can be restored.
This terrifying vision fits perfectly well with the desire for honour and glory that the neo-conservative gentlemen covet. It also fits very well with the religious sensibilities of gentlemen. The combination of religion and nationalism is the elixir that Strauss advocates as the way to turn natural, relaxed, hedonistic men into devout nationalists willing to fight and die for their God and country.
I never imagined when I wrote my first book on Strauss that the unscrupulous elite that he elevates would ever come so close to political power, nor that the ominous tyranny of the wise would ever come so close to being realised in the political life of a great nation like the United States. But fear is the greatest ally of tyranny."