Yesterday, Iowa politician Steve King sparked controversy at the RNC by stating the historical fact that white people created most of Western Civilization. Somehow, somewhere along the way, it became racist to tell the truth about history. Leftists were quick to call King a “white supremacist”, ignoring the fact that he was simply defending himself against an anti-white racist complaining about “old white men”. As Steve Sailor said in his blog, this was an “emperor has no clothes” moment. Everyone on that panel knows what King said was true, yet they acted outraged nonetheless. It still blows my mind that what King said, which was respectful in tone and not derogatory to anyone, is called racist. It just proves the word has no meaning anymore. Using this story as a starting point, I want to explore how radical egalitarianism, or what I call Leftism, has become a religion.
It should be quite alarming to any rational person that historical facts that are positive to white people are called racist. It is undoubtedly true that whites invented practically all modern technology, philosophy, literature, art, and civilization. There is a reason why people all over the world want to migrate to the West. There is a reason why the standard of living is so much higher in the West. It is why the global elite see Western doctors when their sick, and why rich foreigners send their children to American and European universities for education. The Leftists who deny that whites have made the greatest contribution to history always threaten to leave for Canada or Europe if a Republican is elected president, not Africa or the Middle East. Saying that Western Civilization is the best is not racist, it is a fact. It is extremely disturbing that this is somehow controversial today, but when you view egalitarianism as a religion, rather than a belief or a value, it makes sense. Imagine confronting a devout Christian, who believes that the Earth is 5000 years old and denies evolution. It would be practically impossible to convince them otherwise (especially if they were middle-aged or older), and they might accuse you of being a heathen or tell you that you are going to hell. While Christians today tend to be polite and don’t name call, in the past there were Christians who shut down men the truthful voices of men like Galileo and Copernicus. Does this situation ring a bell? Both Christians (and devout people of any faith) and radical Leftists believe in alternate histories. The religious believe in a historical fantasy where men walked the earth with dinosaurs, while the egalitarian believes in a historical fantasy where Africans were developing super-computers in the 2nd century. I am exaggerating the outlandishness of both parties claims, but the claims they make are similar in the detail that they are simply not true!
I think some of the founders and early believers of egalitarianism don’t believe their own revisionist history. They know the truth about human history but they wish to not bring it up to avoid causing discomfort. I understand their logic, even though I don’t agree with it. And I think it is fine for them to think that way. But then they attack white people and expect us not to fire back. Steve King did not just say this for no reason, the other panelist said something completely racist against whites so King defended whites. It would be one thing if King was just trying to be a dick, but he wasn’t, he was defending his, and millions of Americans, race. We used to have a saying that said if you can’t take it don’t dish it out. If your going to actively trash white men for a living, don’t be surprised when the white men defend themselves. But that was a tangent. Back to the point, and a scary point it is, is that I think many in the Millennial generation (the ones who are Leftists) actually believe this revisionist history. Now I haven’t been to many college history lectures (no one has, really, even a history PhD has only taken courses at a few universities at most), but I suspect they teach more like Howard Zinn than Herodotus. I suspect they diminish the accomplishments of whites and boost the accomplishments of non-whites, all subtly in their sophistry to create a generation that believes that what Steve King said was false. And if the Leftists in academia can rewrite history for these kids, they can control them, and that is what is so dangerous about this. If you ask the average, normal person about the American Revolution they will probably tell you about George Washington and the Constitution. But if you ask the average SJW they will tell you about the role of women and slaves in the Revolution. This view of history is Marxist in origin and extremely appealing to entitled people. It says that your insignificant ancestors were just as important as George Washington. But that is bullshit. I am not related to any great historical figures. Most of my ancestors were probably unimportant, poor peasants. And that is okay. Because I am not a narcissist. But a narcissist would be utterly offended if someone made the claim that their great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather was insignificant. And with narcissism being on the rise in our population, one can see why many are adopting this view of history. A narcissist feels good by hearing the slave, or the housewife, or the common man, was just as important as Napoleon or King Henry, but that is simply not true, and believing some crap like that not a good thing.
I am not personally very religious. I identify as a Christian culturally, but religion plays a very minimal role in my life. Nietzsche wrote about God being dead and what would happen after the end of Christianity in the West. I do believe that most people cannot function without a sort of religion and that radical egalitarianism is something that has, in a sad sense, replaced Christianity in the West. I don’t think it will last, because it is so at odds with all human nature and history, but it has acquired many believers. I want to keep exploring this theme of radical egalitarianism as a religion in the future, as more similar events rise in the news cycle! Thanks for reading!
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