I was listening to the ZMan today and he was talking about Russia which is an interesting topic but the thing that got me thinking was the end of the hour where he discussed a type of society not based on ideology or even national identity but instead based on civilizational commonality. So instead of talking about democracy or communism or British or French nationality we think about the civilization we adhere to. So, countries with nationalities as different as Arabs, Persians, Afghans and Berbers all recognize a civilization based on the traditional Moslem world view. And similarly, parts of the world with a long history of common culture like medieval Europe or Latin America have a similar ability to interact naturally under the same system.
Now the ZMan said an interesting thing. He said North America was such a place. It was different from a national identity such as exists in European countries but rather is a sort of generic society based on the common customs and stable institutions that exist in both Canada and the United States. His point was that the liberal democratic system in place in the United States was not the only type of governance that could work here. In fact, in a sense it really isn’t a democratic system currently. But it masquerades as one. Another system that provided continuity for most of the services and functions of modern life would serve just as well, maybe better. After all, the current system is actively disrupting things like families, religion and communities.
He was comparing this situation with what exists in Russia which is a society that incorporates about 20% non-Russian peoples in its society but manages to maintain the Russian cultural and civil activities for the whole of the society. The idea was that a similar condition could exist here based on the common culture that currently exists but without the liberal democracy running things.
Well, all of that is fine. But I think what’s going on is already a civilizational system. The order that runs North America is also the one that runs Europe. The Global American Empire is a civilization. It intends to infiltrate all areas of the globe and it has a very definite culture and ethos. And it is doing a very thorough job of indoctrinating people of European descent and also the people that live with them in the countries where they are in control. So, clawing control away from the people currently controlling the empire is much, much harder to do than to say.
Now maybe certain areas have a culture that can successfully resist infiltration. Sub-Saharan Africa seems to be one and the Moslem world has so far been another. But Europeans and their descendants are absorbed by it effortlessly. If some competing culture is going to wrench away the Left’s grip on America it will require a call to action that can motivate the younger generations out of their lethargy. I have to admit I can’t imagine how this can be done other than to say that it will require a charismatic man of their own generation to come forward and inspire their imaginations with a vision of the future that overshadows the woke orthodoxy of self-hate and decline.
But I see no indication that anyone like that exists or might even appear. But we are living in an age where things seem to be coming to a head. Eventually the times will make the man.
“Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.”
“The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?”