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I thought this was a meme, but there's an hour of it on Bitchute.
I thought this was a meme, but there's an hour of it on Bitchute.
“The fundamental principle underlying all justifications of war, from the point of view of human personality, is ‘heroism’. War, it is said, offers man the opportunity to awaken the hero who sleeps within him. War breaks the routine of comfortable life; by means of its severe ordeals, it offers a transfiguring knowledge of life, life according to death. The moment the individual succeeds in living as a hero, even if it is the final moment of his earthly life, weighs infinitely more on the scale of values than a protracted existence spent consuming monotonously among the trivialities of cities. From a spiritual point of view, these possibilities make up for the negative and destructive tendencies of war, which are one-sidedly and tendentiously highlighted by pacifist materialism. War makes one realize the relativity of human life and therefore also the law of a ‘more-than-life’, and thus war has always an anti-materialist value, a spiritual value.” - Evola, Metaphysics of War
Traditionalists are really into the 'warrior-soul' idea, so I'm not surprised.
I've seen the fascwave memes with Samurai but I hadn't realized that there was an actual strong traditionalist movement in Japan despite it being an obvious place for it to rise.
“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.” - Sun tzu, The Art of War
"Martial art is based on deception, my friend." - Jade Warlord, Forbidden Kingdom
AliceInWonderland said:“The fundamental principle underlying all justifications of war, from the point of view of human personality, is ‘heroism’. War, it is said, offers man the opportunity to awaken the hero who sleeps within him. War breaks the routine of comfortable life; by means of its severe ordeals, it offers a transfiguring knowledge of life, life according to death. The moment the individual succeeds in living as a hero, even if it is the final moment of his earthly life, weighs infinitely more on the scale of values than a protracted existence spent consuming monotonously among the trivialities of cities. From a spiritual point of view, these possibilities make up for the negative and destructive tendencies of war, which are one-sidedly and tendentiously highlighted by pacifist materialism. War makes one realize the relativity of human life and therefore also the law of a ‘more-than-life’, and thus war has always an anti-materialist value, a spiritual value.” - Evola, Metaphysics of War
This is the recipe for an ogre, someone who fights simply for the sake of it until it takes them out.
Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo both touch on this, and the Soul Caliber series covers this with Mitsurugi in spades.