It's a critique of the Enlightenment idea that man is rational and only needs the proper education to act with "enlightened self-interest" which will create a utopia for everyone.
He's like no, people really hate being told what to do, sometimes they'll do risky/irrational/harmful things just to prove to themselves they're individuals with free will and not cogs in a machine. If we managed to build a utopia we'd eventually get bored, rebel against the "proper education" needed to maintain it and burn it down.
I agree with both of you.
We do desire threats, hardship, challenges.
Without them we would have no way to frame
our inner narrative.
Imagine a kid whose parents always accept whatever they do. Makes any excuse for them. Proactively provides them with justifications for
their behavior.
The kid might embark on an path of escalation
of outrageous behavior. And for every
outrageous action the parents overlooked and justified, the kid would get angrier and angrier.
Until the anger turned into permanent contempt
and hatred for them.
Because the kid deeply wanted to hear the word
NO. Didn't want every effort to be accepted,
wanted to hear "That's unacceptable".
Now I know this need for hardship and
challenge is innate, and part of those are
guaranteed to be in the form of conflict.
So, yes. Being honest, I do desire conflict.
But that could also be satisfied with inner
conflict over the quality of my nature.
In my highest self I seek to peacefully
resolve conflict, and that is satisfying in and
of itself.
But if this conflict is beyond magnanimous
resolution, it must be met as it need be.
So perhaps instead of saying I want conflict,
I will say I welcome it.
It'd be interesting if an invasion occurred actually. I would love to see leftits pulling their typical mental gymnastics about how we deserve it and fighting back would be white supremacy.
We’ve had it good for too long in this country.
Here come the hard times.
Hard times make tough people. Most of us will be able to tough it out and many who struggle will be red-pilled to hell.
Read "Notes from Underground" by Dostoevsky.
It's a critique of the Enlightenment idea that man is rational and only needs the proper education to act with "enlightened self-interest" which will create a utopia for everyone.
He's like no, people really hate being told what to do, sometimes they'll do risky/irrational/harmful things just to prove to themselves they're individuals with free will and not cogs in a machine. If we managed to build a utopia we'd eventually get bored, rebel against the "proper education" needed to maintain it and burn it down.
I agree with both of you. We do desire threats, hardship, challenges. Without them we would have no way to frame our inner narrative. Imagine a kid whose parents always accept whatever they do. Makes any excuse for them. Proactively provides them with justifications for their behavior. The kid might embark on an path of escalation of outrageous behavior. And for every outrageous action the parents overlooked and justified, the kid would get angrier and angrier. Until the anger turned into permanent contempt and hatred for them. Because the kid deeply wanted to hear the word NO. Didn't want every effort to be accepted, wanted to hear "That's unacceptable".
challenge is innate, and part of those are guaranteed to be in the form of conflict. So, yes. Being honest, I do desire conflict. But that could also be satisfied with inner conflict over the quality of my nature. In my highest self I seek to peacefully resolve conflict, and that is satisfying in and of itself. But if this conflict is beyond magnanimous resolution, it must be met as it need be.
So perhaps instead of saying I want conflict, I will say I welcome it.
It'd be interesting if an invasion occurred actually. I would love to see leftits pulling their typical mental gymnastics about how we deserve it and fighting back would be white supremacy.