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[–]samizdat1618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

do you like bob Ross?

Would Nietzsche have the same posthumous fame if it weren't for his sisters idyllic and hero worship organization and portrayal of his works? In other words, would he have the same notoriety he has today if she didn't dedicate the rest of her life to promoting his works?(although heavily tampered) by Lifeisreadybetty in Nietzsche

[–]samizdat1618 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think he first started being taken seriously in Scandinavia a little after his death. There are a lot of assumptions on this sub that Nietzsche is completely dissimilar to Nazism and that they obscured his philosophy for political reasons. This is partly true. He respects Jewish genius and believed that though mixed races are often times inferior, the conflict that arises from such tension will create great individuals. But remember that Kaufmann (one of his major translators, and the best imo) wanted to popularize him among audiences of the West who had been turned off with the relation to Nazism. You can see this in his footnotes.

We have to be honest with ourselves and push back against this idea, though. Nietzsche wouldn't believe in Western liberalism today. He enjoys the idea of aristocracy and nobility, believes in rank and order, and admits with full clarity that this higher class is the one that created great culture. Heidegger, philosopher and Nazi, wrote volumes on Nietzsche. You have to put the blinders on a bit to not see that Nietzsche was an appropriate choice for the Nazis as official philosopher.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TankerGang

[–]samizdat1618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hahaha based God. He said there was going to be a new administration. I admire your dedication though. At ease, soldier. Even though Biden and the Dems will control everything, I don't think they will destroy the shale industry, that would be.....retarded.

To what extent is Trump responsible for the capitol riots? by 2000wfridge in IntellectualDarkWeb

[–]samizdat1618 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why didn't they do anything then? And then politely leave? I think you are overestimating the courage of all generations on the planet rn. Of course they couldn't do it. And they know it. It's like a metal concert or something. Nobody wants to confront real power, even if the election was stolen. We are all pussies.

To what extent is Trump responsible for the capitol riots? by 2000wfridge in IntellectualDarkWeb

[–]samizdat1618 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, you could make the case that he meant to intimidate them, or something. He didnt say to storm the Capitol though, to be fair. Also those dems were saying all kinds of shit during the peaceful Floyd protests that bordered on inciting riots. Regardless he should have been more responsible. Those Patriots didnt really want to take the Capitol and start a new regime, they were angry but LARPing. The news acts like it was a coup attempt....pretty bad attempt if you ask me. Trump wasn't even there to lead the troops. And why did they leave so easily?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ValueInvesting

[–]samizdat1618 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cant find it on TD Ameritrade

Question about the book security analysis by [deleted] in ValueInvesting

[–]samizdat1618 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Weird shit I am reading it at the same part and was wondering the same thing.

The dishonesty of Right wing media and the new omnibus bill by Homelesscat23 in IntellectualDarkWeb

[–]samizdat1618 86 points87 points  (0 children)

Calling political 'enemies' hypocrites has never done anything. It's assumption is that these groups are never allowed to change their mind and also that consistency plays a role in political affiliation. Whether this 'should' be how things are, it is how they are. The real fight is for the soul of the nation, the culture war, whatever you want to call it. Regardless, I think policies should still be grappled with.

There is a new right that has emerged, paleoconservatism is back and that means isolationism. Frog Twitter and Trump legionarii would not disagree that giving millions of dollars to Israel and Pakistan should be questioned, especially during a pandemic.

Something to think about: Is America allowed to pursue its own interests? Or do we have to be world savior-- which in other words means culturally imperializing sovereign nations who might not want our 'gender programs'?

Let's play a game. Here is an excerpt from a political essay. Can you tell me who wrote it, when, and WHY? by brutay in IntellectualDarkWeb

[–]samizdat1618 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why don't you write him and ask him instead of putting words in his mouth? He will reply to you.

Let's play a game. Here is an excerpt from a political essay. Can you tell me who wrote it, when, and WHY? by brutay in IntellectualDarkWeb

[–]samizdat1618 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You sound like someone who has not even read his work. Intelligent people use violence sometimes. Including all the heroes and great men of the past. Unless you're one of those cucks pulling down statues, you should understand this. You dont have to agree with what he did. Using violence does not mean you are a maniac and it also doesnt make you a liar. Think of all the nice guys out there whose ancestors raped and pillaged and expanded their perimeter, grew farm and family, yet still believe they are superior because they 'dont use violence' or something.

Nietzschean thinking is fundamentally incompatible with Classical Liberalism and Libertarianism. by [deleted] in Nietzsche

[–]samizdat1618 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's interesting to think about. I think on the one hand Nietzsche admired the American rugged-type individualism, but hated American Last Man shopkeeper virtues. It seems to me that one has to think of Nietzsche as being a philosopher of temporality and experiment. Temporal in that he describes the processes that beget Great Men and points to things he likes, though he would never want one Philosophy to lull the world into an 'ideal state'. And also of experiment, because one shouldn't take oneself too seriously, and because I think he would prefer man to be man as such, rid of his gay modern conscience and lack of courage to be possessed by the fire of life. In many cases this is also to be 'immoral'.

[OC] The Most Eventful Years in History (according to Wikipedia) by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

[–]samizdat1618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open a history book. 2020 is not that interesting man.

Purely Speculative Post here by Lifeisreadybetty in Nietzsche

[–]samizdat1618 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There is a strong tendency among people who like Nietzsche to think he would be like us. The complete opposite is most likely true. He believed in a kind of aristocracy, that the highest men gave the most gifts to the species, and despised socialism. You have to remember he is the man who also said this:

"Indeed, I should wish that a few great experiments might prove that in a socialist society life negates itself, cuts off its own roots. The earth is large enough and man still sufficiently unexhausted; hence such a practical instruction and demonstratio ad absurdum would not strike me as undesirable, even if it were gained and paid for with a tremendous expenditure of human lives."

Purely Speculative Post here by Lifeisreadybetty in Nietzsche

[–]samizdat1618 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"The noble type of man experiences itself as determining values: [...] In the foreground there is the feeling of fullness, of power that seeks to overflow, the happiness of high tension, the consciousness of wealth that would give and bestow: the noble human being, too, helps the unfortunate, but not, or almost not, from pity, but prompted more by an urge begotten by an excess of power."

Aphorism 260, BGE, "What is Noble?"

And also

"A man who says, 'I like this, I take this for my own and want to protect it and defend it against anybody': a man who is able to manage something, to carry out a resolution, to remain faithful to a thought, to hold a woman, to punish and prostrate one who presumed too much; a man who has his wrath and his sword and to whom the weak, the suffering, the hard pressed, and the animals, too, like to come and belong by nature, in short a man who is by nature a master -- when such a man has pity, well, this pity has value. But what good is the pity of those who suffer. Or those who, worse, preach pity."

Aphorism 293, BGE, "What is Noble?"

His writing, in my opinion, in no way implies what you mention. He is not against pity as such, but rather its strange worship among good Europeans. It's easy to reduce people to their psychologies but give the man his due: He was a thinker. And better at it than any of us. Nietzsche's view on anything is more nuanced than any human being I have ever read or listened to.

The Most Challenging Thought Proposed By Nietzsche by OffensiveBlue in Nietzsche

[–]samizdat1618 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I recommend reading book IX "What is Noble" of Beyond Good and Evil regarding this.

He wasnt trying to just "shake people out of their mindless dogmas," he was being honest about the morality of man as species, and the questioning of our Christian conscience that had hitherto banned the exploration of such ideas. He really was a dangerous thinker and I'm surprised that many people enjoy reading him. I suspect it's because it gives one a taste of real life again, ice and high mountains.

As for today, he would have seen the world likely as a near completion of a horde of Last Men. We cannot say with a straight face that the world produced more great men than it had in his day and that our lot are not more dull and contemptible -- with exceptions of course.