"A Cultural State is Born in the
Mind"
by Richard D. Whitmore
Copyright © 2005 by Edelweiss Media, All rights
reserved
Many lament the loss of
our cultural heritage and feel defenseless in the face of
increasing fundamentalist revivalist tendencies. Yet
today, in modern Western society, there are few adherents
to cultural beliefs--much less practitioners of cultural
rites as opposed to popular trends and practices in the
Third World.
The problem stems from a rejection of Western
conformism on the one hand, to something aching a
multi-cultural identity crisis in the global village. Yet
if our culture is showing signs of sickness in these
times of crisis the answer may be to nurture it back to
its former revitalized state.
We need to understand why this culture, in particular a
modern Western cultural forum no longer fulfills its
basic invigorating functions as it did say only a few
decades ago.
What typified particular epochs, when looking back to
past decades from the 20s thru 70s, are myriads of
habits, customs and traditions: people thrived giving
themselves and others labels; folks readily discriminated
status and ranks of specific classes and personal
background; cultured minds and intellectuals then
willingly adopted the norms and characteristics that
typified popular individual expressions marking style,
fashion, language and behavior of a particular era.
However, upon the dawning of the new millennium, what
is apparent is an obvious cultural nonconformism, a loss
of popular self-determination, a declining sense of
cultural self-awareness and inclination toward cultural
relativism.
The problem began when the politically-correct started
banning stereotypes, this was the relativist blow that
forced us to see in rich cultural expressions nothing
else but vulgar forms of popular cliches. Yet these
vulgar 'cliches' and deemed loathed 'stereotypes' have
not completely disappeared from society, for even the
most politically-corrected, multi-cultured and
global-minded still use them readily--for example in
attacking the views offered by counter-movements or as a
force of mediatic habit.
As a result we now find ourselves in the realm of a
mediatic war campaign--a frenetic war of cliches to
determine an era of popular expression toward
self-empowerment.
Shall the majority be compelled once more to bow,
accept and perpetuate the multi-cultural,
de-Westernization of our culture or be inclined toward
Western cultural revivalism?
Speaking as a convinced Westerner, I believe the
campaign is not lost, for if you are reading these
passages it means they have failed to assimilate all. The
will to resist worldist militancy stems from a simple
resolve: to defend ideals of cultural separatism until
our compatriots, once again, have the freedom to openly
express their views publicly.
Our objectives are simple:
1.
Rejecting the status-quo.
For "laws are not made to be broken, they are made to be
rewritten". This should be our motto for it has been the
crux of the Liberal-Marxist agenda for centuries. During
this time our enemies have managed to contest all other
popular ideologies by never accepting, as given, any
other form of rule. We must, likewise, become cultural
counter-revolutionaries by never accepting any other
version of society as a reliable alternative.
2.
Adherence to cultural
norms. Norms should not be appropriated by the enemy, we
too must establish a standard of behaviour to be shared
by members of our social group--to which each member is
then expected to conform and adhere to, thereby
strengthening our unity.
3.
Restoring our societal
values. We must fight for the moral principles, beliefs
and collective accepted standards of our social group. A
culture cannot be viable for its members if it ceases to
protect the most basic fundamental principles of life and
self-preservation. We must never accept in silent
resilience the deterioration of our way of life, we must
empower ourselves with a sense of duty and obligation to
save our country and people from slavery and perpetual
intellectual servitude.
Most effective would be to regain our sense of
humanism, social consciousness, aesthetics and moral
rectitude.
We should not accept the stereotypical view of
non-culture as professed by the nihilists (before
9/11).
Cultured-bound patriots need to reassert their own brand
of stereotypical, social and dogmatic political
uniformity, i.e., adopt models of behavior encompassing
ritualized activities that reinforce doctrinal adherence
to their cause. These important cultural aspects need to
be emphasized in every activity such as: language, music,
fashion, style, clothes, decoration, food, hobbies,
sports, aso.
As a minimum effort a successful counter-cultural
movement need to continually reassess the circumstances
of their citizen's misgivings and highlight the causes of
everyone's misfortunes. Here a critical-theorethical
approach (not unlike the one Marxists have used to
further their cause in the past) must continuously be
promoted in all writings and conversations. There is no
need for a concise manifesto or common clear political
agenda, for the voice of the people must be heard when
the foundations of the establishment are rocked to the
core.
Perhaps the most important consideration is the
following: "we have nothing else to loose when all that
represented the greatness of our country has already been
either destroyed or invaded by foreign elements". Wars,
in the past, were waged by citizens to thwart foreign
territorial invasion and cultural assimilation--up until
the attacks of 9/11 this practice was encouraged as
modern signs of progress by advancing nations of the
civilized world--in the form of open immigration, lax
border controls, loose visa control procedures, aso. The
point is that cultural differences for some, and the
erosion of cultural roots for others, has become the most
important topic in this new millennia--and we, the
Western civilization, are sadly unable to match the level
of zeal and fanaticism we once could in times of
crisis.
The clash of civilizations is occurring, and we must
now do our part to mobilize our collective efforts to
reinforce our national unity.
Firstly, since our
national survival depends on it, we need to forsake this
infective, inarticulate, inefficient, corrupt and
uncaring form of governance. At least until leaders begin
readopting the type of policies needed to counter the
cultural threat now menacing the Western world.
Secondly, as a measure
of survival, we fall back on the previous system of rule
that has demonstrated an uncanny ability to combat both
the depression and was able to restore the might of
empires and nations prior to a world conflict.
Thirdly, we reestablish
a rightful, thoughtful, intelligent and reciprocal
balance of power between nations of the world. We abolish
the incapable, incompetent and dangerous bureaucratically
administered institution of the United Nations (sic) that
has come to symbolize the failings of a new era due to
global conflict.
If these measures are applied--when they will be--I
just hope there will still be a culture, or Western
civilization left to save.
As it stands our clocks have been turned back to a
previous era:
5 MINUTES TO TWELVE
Air defenses down and out.
Nation's war industry smashed.
Invaders threatening the capital. The end in sight.
5 MINUTES TO TWELVE
And so nobody wants to be killed in these last five
minutes.
That's common sense. Watch your step!
These may well be the last cries of our dying
civilization.