Standpoint

My standpoint on all things has changed, and with it politics. As a post-war child I knew nothing of the horrors my parents had lived through, but only, over the years, the truth, or, should we say, some of the truth, started appearing. Yet it was their vision, their perceptions of what they were witnesses to, or a reflection of those, that prevailed for a very long time: it was my inheritance. As many others of my generation, I adopted the belief in progress, the good nature of most human beings, and the paraphernalia of social thinking inherited from the 19th century.

Later, far too late I discovered the void of those ideas, as I started the long march towards understanding. While the first world war, which killed my grand father and many millions, was, for me, as a child and later a very young man, in the same category as the napoleonic myth, it took years for me to appreciate that there lied the source of much evil. 

Discovery

I cannot tell how much this discovery, the realisation of the lies that pitted European people against each other, for the great benefit of foreigners, and not just foreigners, the ultimate foreigners, how much this discovery changed my entire vision of the world I was born into. Then, gradually, I discovered first what had been lost.

I rediscovered the values long vilified, the true horror of evil at work, at the very time when we were all told more lies and falsehoods, when history of the real events was obliterated, and substituted by a vast array of parasitic idiocies. Today, when I read Ilyin, Dugin, or Venner and many others, I know that resistance to evil requires force, a lesson that maybe I was prevented to understand earlier, like many others. Classical education was first destroyed, the traditional Christian beliefs, an entire continent’s self confidence. 

Imposed fiction

As for politics it became nigh impossible to distinguish reality from the imposed fiction, the Hollywood version of history. The great men went, and with them an entire sense of morality. It took time but eventually I started pulling the puzzle together, although not entirely yet. But I succeeded, step by step, by recognising the truth: who had really won the second world war and liberated Auschwitz, and at what cost, the reasons for Eisenhower’s farewell speech, why JFK had to die, why De Gaulle had to go, why the banksters are everywhere. And much more. But why did it take so long?

Blindness

This should really be the subject of this post, as blindness affected my whole generation, and few, it seems, have seen the light. In my case, as I read Venner, and Ernst Jünger, and Celine, and understand now the meaning of 1914, I was perhaps lucky that my parents were not dogmatic. Their progressivism, as it were, did not owe anything to the postwar lies, but to the fact they knew, rightly, that it could have been even worse. So it was that part of my inheritance holds a degree of skepticism. This allows to me to read past the trash emanated for the mainstream, and see though the mediocre clowns who succeeded the great men, here and there.

Europe

Today, Europe is “governed”, or, rather, not governed, by the most stupid political class ever, puppets to rotten and soulless evil oligarchs. As much is visible to everyone who wishes to see. A return to traditional values and decency is possible, but by no means guaranteed. That too will take time, and, no doubt, more than token fighting. But at least now we know where we stand, and where this standpoint has to be.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the postwar period marked a profound transformation in European society, leading to the erosion of traditional values that had once shaped its cultural landscape. As nations emerged from the devastation of the Second World War, a collective desire for progress and modernity prompted a reevaluation of history and values. This shift not only undermined longstanding customs and moral frameworks but also facilitated an attempt to rewrite the narrative of the past.

As educators and members of the general public, it is crucial to recognise this historical pivot and its lasting implications on contemporary society. By acknowledging the impact of this era, we can better understand the complexities of our current values and strive to strike a balance between progress and the preservation of meaningful traditions.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address (1961)