I like Dugin. He’s one of the major reasons I subscribed to Substack/Arktos. Unfortunately, he often writes in the style of the old Soviets. This is especially noticeable here.
While I personally am committed to the Atlantean worldview, with its materialism, logic, and individualism, I agree with Dugin’s point about multiculturalism/multipolarism. Russians, Islamicists, and that whoever else participates in a different culture, should be free to live lives according to their beliefs. After all, they may be right as much as I am wrong.
So I plan to keep reading Dugin, with a personal exemption.
I think Dugin adapts his speaking and writing to his audience. This is maybe what good philosophers generally do. Sometimes he is primarily speaking as Russian patriot, sometimes as Traditionalist influenced by Evola and Guenon, sometimes as Orthodox Christian, etc. He also grew up in Soviet Union, so he probably cannot get rid of that spirit entirely. Soviet spirit is better than the Liberal USA Empire spirit.
Do you disagree that (private) individualism (and/or greed and extreme selfishness) is one of the factors most contributing to the decline of the West, if not the greatest?
The complete disassociation with basic humanistic principles, changed for extreme competition leading implacably to hedonism and extreme materialism and consumption - from whence can only ensue the complete absence of social cohesion that we see?
Currently on my 27th year of living in Europe, this is something that is resoundingly clear to me.
A. Dugin is absolutely right in the spirit of what he wrote here.
My deep gratitude goes out to him and all other patriot humanists who are sacrificing so much and battling so hard for these truly sacred values.
I absolutely agree with you. The main culprits? Education for MBA, education in general, and the overall culture, which in the USA is very hostile to the basic teachings of the Enlightenment.
Also, the currency is corrupted. Reality distorted.
As soon as the West and in particular America stop being able to create new currency units, in other words, to put everything on their credit card, their days of extraordinary mass consumerism end.
All of the changes which have started to boil up kick up into the highest gear.
I like Dugin. He’s one of the major reasons I subscribed to Substack/Arktos. Unfortunately, he often writes in the style of the old Soviets. This is especially noticeable here.
While I personally am committed to the Atlantean worldview, with its materialism, logic, and individualism, I agree with Dugin’s point about multiculturalism/multipolarism. Russians, Islamicists, and that whoever else participates in a different culture, should be free to live lives according to their beliefs. After all, they may be right as much as I am wrong.
So I plan to keep reading Dugin, with a personal exemption.
I think Dugin adapts his speaking and writing to his audience. This is maybe what good philosophers generally do. Sometimes he is primarily speaking as Russian patriot, sometimes as Traditionalist influenced by Evola and Guenon, sometimes as Orthodox Christian, etc. He also grew up in Soviet Union, so he probably cannot get rid of that spirit entirely. Soviet spirit is better than the Liberal USA Empire spirit.
Do you disagree that (private) individualism (and/or greed and extreme selfishness) is one of the factors most contributing to the decline of the West, if not the greatest?
The complete disassociation with basic humanistic principles, changed for extreme competition leading implacably to hedonism and extreme materialism and consumption - from whence can only ensue the complete absence of social cohesion that we see?
Currently on my 27th year of living in Europe, this is something that is resoundingly clear to me.
A. Dugin is absolutely right in the spirit of what he wrote here.
My deep gratitude goes out to him and all other patriot humanists who are sacrificing so much and battling so hard for these truly sacred values.
Thank you very much, and please don't give up.
I absolutely agree with you. The main culprits? Education for MBA, education in general, and the overall culture, which in the USA is very hostile to the basic teachings of the Enlightenment.
I’m astonished that the currency is still relatively strong. If you haven’t read Carol Roth’s “You Will Own Nothing, you might want to take a look
Definitely, Myron.
Also, the currency is corrupted. Reality distorted.
As soon as the West and in particular America stop being able to create new currency units, in other words, to put everything on their credit card, their days of extraordinary mass consumerism end.
All of the changes which have started to boil up kick up into the highest gear.