- 26 Aug 2021 00:37
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@Potemkin , @Political Interest , @Verv , and others;
You might appreciate this post, let's see, maybe I can spin a good conversation off of this.
It is for whatever reason, rare to encounter someone on the Right, even the ''Far Right'', who is quite educated, intelligent, and has a coherent world view that is logical, even if I happen to disagree with them.
On the other hand, it is easy to encounter someone on the Left, even the ''Far Left'', who is educated and intelligent and has a coherent logical worldview even if I disagree with what they're saying.
But my post here is more about the former, not the latter. What I discover, quite frequently with genuine Right Wing Intellectuals, is that they subscribe to what is practically an esoteric doctrine and an exoteric doctrine. And the outer expressed beliefs (while explained by the genuine hidden ones)seem to be not exactly in full synchronicity with the observable truth and known facts. They will talk about the Pillow Guy and the 2020 stolen election, and somewhere in there there will be a coded reference to something Juilus Evola wrote, for example. I was briefly submerged in the Far Right, so I know. But it's the distinction between inner and outer doctrines which is interesting to me.
On the Left, they will say; ''well, the people can't see the truth, but maybe someday perhaps they will'', and the doctrine is open to see for all.
On the Right, the attitude seems to be; ''well, they can't handle the truth, but this is something which we need to proceed with regardless of popularity or not". And the ''Truth'', told in strict confidence, turns out to be something like ''You know, the Holocaust didn't happen, at least like they say it did'', or '' I think we both understand that some races are inferior to others, it's obvious''. That kind of talk.
I could be wrong, but to me it appears that the outer beliefs are just a kind of tactical arrangement, which may or may not bear any relation to reality, to the truth and the known facts, while the inner and more hidden beliefs are the ones which are static and unyielding and provide a foundation to build the rest upon. Or is this a feature not just of the Right, but all across the modern political spectrum?
I ask this because frequently Right-Wingers project this very esoteric and exoteric belief arrangement onto the Left, making almost every Liberal out to be a secret Communist or Socialist of some kind. Or is that sort of the truth also, maybe not so much affiliation but in sympathies?
Of course, I do understand that most people on the political fringes know that their views are not too acceptable with most people, and that to be politically active at all means that at least publically they have to present a more ''moderate'' political front. But-I think-I'm trying to hit on something a little deeper than that...
You might appreciate this post, let's see, maybe I can spin a good conversation off of this.
It is for whatever reason, rare to encounter someone on the Right, even the ''Far Right'', who is quite educated, intelligent, and has a coherent world view that is logical, even if I happen to disagree with them.
On the other hand, it is easy to encounter someone on the Left, even the ''Far Left'', who is educated and intelligent and has a coherent logical worldview even if I disagree with what they're saying.
But my post here is more about the former, not the latter. What I discover, quite frequently with genuine Right Wing Intellectuals, is that they subscribe to what is practically an esoteric doctrine and an exoteric doctrine. And the outer expressed beliefs (while explained by the genuine hidden ones)seem to be not exactly in full synchronicity with the observable truth and known facts. They will talk about the Pillow Guy and the 2020 stolen election, and somewhere in there there will be a coded reference to something Juilus Evola wrote, for example. I was briefly submerged in the Far Right, so I know. But it's the distinction between inner and outer doctrines which is interesting to me.
On the Left, they will say; ''well, the people can't see the truth, but maybe someday perhaps they will'', and the doctrine is open to see for all.
On the Right, the attitude seems to be; ''well, they can't handle the truth, but this is something which we need to proceed with regardless of popularity or not". And the ''Truth'', told in strict confidence, turns out to be something like ''You know, the Holocaust didn't happen, at least like they say it did'', or '' I think we both understand that some races are inferior to others, it's obvious''. That kind of talk.
I could be wrong, but to me it appears that the outer beliefs are just a kind of tactical arrangement, which may or may not bear any relation to reality, to the truth and the known facts, while the inner and more hidden beliefs are the ones which are static and unyielding and provide a foundation to build the rest upon. Or is this a feature not just of the Right, but all across the modern political spectrum?
I ask this because frequently Right-Wingers project this very esoteric and exoteric belief arrangement onto the Left, making almost every Liberal out to be a secret Communist or Socialist of some kind. Or is that sort of the truth also, maybe not so much affiliation but in sympathies?
Of course, I do understand that most people on the political fringes know that their views are not too acceptable with most people, and that to be politically active at all means that at least publically they have to present a more ''moderate'' political front. But-I think-I'm trying to hit on something a little deeper than that...