One of the most visible characteristics of an emerging totalitarian state is the early signs of an attack on art, culture and freedom of expression. It is not surprising, therefore, that the malevolent and evil beast that is the European Union has made classical culture and artistic beauty its chief enemy in its cultural war against European nations and minds. In the field of music, two striking examples of this have already occurred in 2008. Scottish Bagpipes and BBC PromsBoth are the result of EU directives that specifically target acceptable decibel levels for musical performances, ostensibly for the “health and safety” of performers.
Then again, in the troubled world of Orwellian sophistry spewing from the cesspit of Brussels corruption, nothing could be further from the truth.
To illustrate this point, where is the comparable regulation of increasingly satanic rock festivals, from Roadie to Alice Cooper, or the wide variety of ugly, phallic and totemic “art” that is popping up all around us with alarming rapidity? And what about the self-destructive glorious culture of alcohol and drug abuse tolerated and almost openly promoted by the laissez-faire attitude towards the celebrity class of increasingly powerless member states' governments? Are these violent, irrational, politically inflexible and Dionysian cultures the ultimate expression of which is a modern version of what the Nazis perfected with their Nuremberg rallies and book burning rituals?
To clearly define these issues, it is important to consider some central questions that philosophers, theologians, and poets have pondered for ages, from ancient Greece to our own day. For example, in Plato's classic The Republic, Socrates engages in a fierce and heated debate with the powerful Thrasymachus, a politician of great renown and skilled oratory.
At the heart of this famous debate is the question of what form of government is best suited to managing the affairs of a nation. Socrates, from a humanistic perspective, argues that the role of government is to promote the highest good, thereby ensuring the long-term prosperity, security, and cultural progress of the polity as a whole. Thrasymachus, on the other hand, takes the opposite view, arguing that government exists only to enforce the will of the ruling oligarchy, and that there is no common good toward which politics should aspire.
And in the Meno dialogue, Socrates makes it clear (through an exercise in square multiplication by an uneducated slave boy) that knowledge is not learned but memorized, and therefore that no human being should be treated as inferior.
So, what's the problem here?
Well, if history has taught us anything, it is that the ongoing epistemological, cultural, political, and ultimately military conflicts within the expanded European civilization are rooted in fundamental disagreements about the nature of man. On the one hand, there are those who maintain that man is an animal, a wild beast that must be controlled and restrained by the all-encompassing “protective” power of the state. On the other hand, there is a philosophical view linked to the Platonists via the Christian apostles St. Augustine, Nicholas of Cusa, St. Thomas More, and others, which insists on the definition of man as made in the image of his Creator, as found in the Book of Genesis.
It is the tyrannical tendencies of those who promote a hypocritical and bestial image of man that constantly create social conditions that, in the form of an ironic self-fulfilling prophecy, are used to justify this malicious and irrational view and everything that ensues from it in the social and political spheres.
Against the background of the above, it is clear that a truly human civilization can only exist in a culture that expresses the opposite principle of man as a creative, scientific, rational creature. Therefore, any form of cultural expression that is in keeping with this positive principle is to be expected to be attacked and ultimately banned in our emerging society. World Socialist UtopiaThere, decadence, corruption, vice and wickedness in all its forms are the “norm” and those who break the “laws” are meted out proportionate, almost ludicrous, punishments.
As an example, here's a small sampling of ugly “art” from around the country: Boab 1, Yalta Memorial, conversation, Stirling, Watcher, column, IDoes anyone else think that these incredible, uplifting and inspiring works of art could be the work of artists supported, promoted and funded by EU grants and Common Purpose? I have no hard evidence to prove it, but given the arguments I have made here, it certainly makes sense.
It is now common knowledge that the Congress for Cultural Freedom was itself heavily funded by the CIA, so there is clear precedent for this kind of social engineering in the arts.
But a word of warning to those who call out this attack on our culture and freedom: the sacred spark of reason is not easily extinguished. rage Suppress it with force and it grows into a bigger fire. All of the greatest horrors in modern history were born of the same tragic force: the inevitable vengeance of natural law on a society that has abandoned its founding principles of faith, family, respect for the rule of law, and common decency among its fellow citizens.
It is no coincidence that the rising tide of violence in this country is erupting now at the end of decades of the barbaric bestialization of our culture. In the midst of ever-deepening social, political and economic crises, we cannot allow the best we can offer our children and our nation to disappear with a meek sob of submission. For in losing what remains of our classical heritage, we would lose with it the soul of the nation we so desperately need to recover, and with it our hopes for a renaissance and a better future for all.
We must not accept this portrayal of Dorian Gray – an unholy catastrophe of cultural intolerance and decay – as the lens through which we view ourselves and the world.
And now is the time to draw the line here and now, and to reclaim our culture, our psyche, and our future with a fierce and sustained rebellion against these invasive and insidious dictates.
Let me tell you truly: if we do not resist them, it will not end here; the dark forces of cultural bestiality will only escalate their attacks until they achieve their goal of corrupting our artistic and cultural life into the most profitable form for the global music cartel and of corrupting to the utmost the morals of our weak youth.
