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M.a.w. heel de discussie komt neer op een referentie naar o.a. het ''Archeofuturism'' van Guillaume Faye. Ook ''Futurist Traditionalism'' genoemd. Of een variante daarvan (vermits enkel de grote lijnen min of meer vast liggen op dit moment en men een grote beweging met tal van varianten daarbinnen voorlopig aanduidt met ''Traditionalisme''). Die beweging wint enorm aan aanhangers (waaronder ikzelf).

However, despite the fact that things seem bleak at the moment, human civilization is being given a second chance by those, who, under the banner of Traditionalism, are becoming to vanguards of the next millennium. Although the new movement has yet to be given a name, and in fact, might have many different manifestations throughout the world, there are people who are beginning to see the “writing on the wall,” so to speak, and realizing that liberalism, democracy, and egalitarianism have committed the greatest crimes against humanity in the history of the world. Such people, rejecting the degenerate spirit of the modern world have begun to advocate a rebirth of Traditional ideas.

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De beweging is zowel reactionair als revolutionair van aard, en d.i. geen contradictie zoals hoger in de draad gesuggereerd werd.

This approach must at once be both revolutionary and reactionary. It must be revolutionary out of necessity – because neither democracy nor the following sort of tyranny will be defeated through slogans or through peace; it must be reactionary by choice – because it will oppose the excesses of modernity.

Een paar hoekstenen:

◦A rejection of the materialistic way of thinking. That is to say, an embrace of “quality” rather than quantity. To put this succinctly, this means putting matters of the soul and of the mind first. Leaders should create a spiritual and moral atmosphere, in which the heroic man may be born and on which he can thrive. This hero will lead our people on the road of its greatness. While the economy will still be significant, it will not be the sole focus for the existence of government.

◦A balance of duty as well as rights. In the modern world, the notion of “human rights” has been used to make nearly every degenerate thing permissible by law. While a Traditional state also believes that human beings are worth treating with dignity, those rights must also come with responsibility. The people who are outside of the cultural and traditional norms of the State need not be given sanctuary.

◦A focus on families, communities, and hierarchies. Aldous Huxley duly noted that in the final days of democracy, in the age of standardization, As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual “freedom” tends compensatingly to increase alongside the decrease of other freedoms. Modern society is obsessed with a breakdown of the family and community solidarity. What we need is to the Freudo-Marxist idea and return to those which respects the traditional roles of men, women and children, as well as that which recognizes the roles of family and community within society.

◦The protection of identity and culture. Classical liberalism says that ideas must be allowed to compete on the free market. Its ugly cousin, Cultural Marxism deliberately co-opts culture to corrupt a people. We must realize that culture is the birthright of a people, and that the State has the right to safeguard it. There must be a complete opposition to all forms of degenerate and decadent art, music, fashion, literature, and architecture.

◦A rejection of the unipolar geopolitical view, particularly that which is centered along the Anglo-American/Atlanticist alignment. For a number of reasons, America and its allies cannot be allowed to continue to hold the world ransom to their imperialist designs. Conversely, this implies a shift towards a multipolar world, as suggested by Xi Jinping earlier this year.

◦A rejection of a majority of the “developments” from the French and American revolutions. That is to say, in particularly a rejection of the excesses of liberalism (including a rejection of the false “libertarian” idea), as well as that of unbounded egalitarianism. In their place, and re-enforcing anti-imperialist themes, we propose an integral and organic idea: Volksgemeinschaft, that is to say, a hierarchy with co-operation between social classes.

◦A respect for the conservation of ecology. Living in harmony with nature is part of a long-term survival strategy. Furthermore, man is the master of his environment, and the guardian of this Earth. Nature can no longer be viewed only as an inconvenience or a commodity.

En toch ook even benadrukken - voor diegenen die Traditionalisme willen reduceren tot ''identitair doen rond een kampvuur'' etc ...

Futurism. We should devote our time and energy to pushing barriers in technology and exploration. We need to explore the stars, develop faster computers, make even more discoveries in science. We must push back against the forces, both religious and humanistic, that want to limit science. We need smart, moral and far-thinking people in charge of our science.

Nationalism. Throughout history, diversity has been a failure; in the longer view, nationalism or the unity of a civilization based on shared ethnic heritage, language, values, customs and culture has been a success. We switched from nationalism in 1789, with the French Revolution, and turned to the “nation-state,” or an ideological state unified by political and economic system. This has brought an unending series of large-scale wars, in contrast to the limited wars of nationalists.