Das verlorene Reich wrote: ↑June 5th, 2020, 7:18 am
@Winston Yes I am French (I think I stated it in my first post on this topic).
Das verlorene Reich means in german what can be translated as "the lost Empire". This is a kind of tribute to the II. Reich (the State of Germany between 1871 and 1918) which is a country I am passionate about. It was far from being any close to a paradise on Earth but at least it had strong traditional institutions and a sense of pride and discipline (the latter being something French people have never had), which is why I like its history. Also this was a time when white Europeans were strong men and women and not suicidal cultureless people like they are now. Though militarism technology and colonialism lost Europe as soon as WW1. But I digress. The avatar is what is called the
Kaiserstandarte (the Emperor's banner), in its 1871 version (then the background was changed to yellow instead of red).
I speak decent english because I spent a childhood of social ostracisation so I used my time searching and searching about what was "wrong with me" and it appears a lot of psychology and all that stuff is only in english. In France the litterature about all kinds of mental health is very lacking. Perhaps because back in the days we were not as insane as the US population. And videogames helped too. And well after some years I realised I was being attacked not because I was insane but because others around me couldn't bear that I wasn't as insane as them. This has led me to have an automatic doubt whenever an opinion seems to be trust by the majority. In any case I read and hear english daily because in France there is almost no diversity of opinion.
I do not know Red Ice Radio. I'll maybe give it a try. But I do not belong to any political movement. I have tried in the past to join some kind of alt-right communities but I just don't feel at home there either. Too many have this foolish belief in Christianity being the solution while it's actually (I will offend people here but well I don't like to lie) a big part of the problems we have had for 2000 years. Because it's a religion that denies what makes us human : "free" thought, sexuality, empirism, the body-mind link (I don't buy into the bullshit of the "superior" soul in a "meat cage")... and it's fondamentally totalitarian but that's something we could write entire books about, though that kind of books doesn't seem to exist as people have just believe that thinking a superior being rules everything by its own will is normal. But I digress again (can't help about that). On the other hand, you can use my posts if you quote me for your blog. I'd also need a link to what you publish to see for what you use them. Just please precise that I am
not some political activist of some kind.
Hi DVR (I'll just call you that for short). Wow you know a lot of stuff. You must be an intellectual and truth seeker like us. Is that common or rare in France? I always assumed French were more cultured and intellectual and know how to live? They have national healthcare, more holidays, and spend more time with friends, and eat slowly in cafes, etc. Right? There was a segment about it on Michael Moore's documentary SIcko that showed how happier and better the French life was. Have you been to America to compare?
It's funny you mentioned Germany in pre-WW1. I heard Germany was very prosperous before the first world war, and that only Britain wanted a world war to bring Germany down so that the British Empire can dominate again, because the British do not like any power in Europe competing with them, so they had to eliminate Germany's dominance in international trade and production, by engineering a world war to decimate Germany. Have you heard that? Is it true? There are quotes that support it from historians, from Winston Churchill himself, and from Hitler and Goebbels too. Otherwise, why would the first world war start for no reason and no sense? History has never explained it and only acted like it mysteriously started by itself as part of a chain reaction after some arch duke from Serbia was assassinated by a secret society member. Really lame. It obviously takes a lot of work and planning to start a world war. Yet history acts like it just started by random accident for no good reason. Very weird.
There's a documentary on YouTube called "1932 A True History of the United States" by Lyndon LaRouche where he explains in the last section how Britain engineered WW1 to bring down and decimate the German economy. He says that they originally tried to start it in the 1880s but were not successful, and their plan foiled, so they waited until 1914 and either engineered the assassination of the arch duke or used it to their advantage. You should check it out sometime.
So your avatar is the national flag of Germany before WW1?
I heard that in France, people don't go to see therapists or psychiatrists. It's unheard of. Is that true? Does that mean there's no mental illness in France? If so, you should appreciate how much better it is than America where one third of people have seen a mental health professional. Do French people ever take antidepressants, or only Americans do that?
I also heard that in France, there is no battle of the sexes. Is that so? See this video I uploaded about that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAH7OeFMiw
Yes you are right. If the majority or masses are insane, and you are not, they will think you are insane. There are many great quotes about that from philosophers and writers. See here:
https://www.happierabroad.com/Quotes_Insanity.htm
I agree with you about Christianity, but try to understand that religion is not totally true or false. It's truths are mostly metaphorical, not literal. The problem is that people tend to want their religion to be absolute and literal and authoritative. Only the wisest people and geniuses understand that religion is metaphorical and does contain spiritual truths, but is not absolute or literal or inerrant. And also, that there is a higher power, so fundamentalist atheism is wrong too. I mean geniuses like Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein, Leonardo DaVinci, Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, Socrates, etc. None of them were fundamentalists for religion or atheism. They all believed in a higher power yes, and that materialist science should not be dogma, but religion is not literal or inerrant or absolute truth either. That's what I believe too. What about you?
The problem with Christianity is that they have mixed up the true theme of spiritual rebirth and dying to the egoic nature and rising to higher consciousness (which has always been a theme in religion even long before Christianity) with the institution of Christianity created by the church, by St. Paul, Constantine, and Roman Catholicism. They've also mixed spirituality and metaphor with religious dogma and creeds too, which are man made. If you take the Bible metaphorically it makes much more sense and the contradictions don't matter as much. But Christianity is not all bad either. Many people have had their lives transformed by it for the better. Religion also makes people happier, increases their lifespan (since religious people live longer than atheists generally) and gives them a purpose to help them endure suffering in life. So religion does have value. Just because fundamentalist religion is flawed does not mean that rabid atheism and scientism must be the answer, as fundamentalist atheists like Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss claim. They are wrong too in their extreme views.
Don't you agree? Do you believe in any god or higher power? How do you explain the supernatural, paranormal, answered prayers, and miracles? They cannot all be discounted as atheists and materialists claim. Some of it seems to be true. The trick is to find a belief system or paradigm that takes into account ALL DATA from ALL SIDES, not just selectively choose the evidence you want and ignore the contrary evidence like almost all people do.
Also why are most Western Europeans atheists? Just because it's trendy? I'm sure intelligent people know that life cannot come from non-life, and design/complexity/information cannot come from random forces and chance. So atheism is 100 percent illogical and impossible if you think about it. So why do most educated Europeans believe in something that is impossible? I've never understood that. How would they explain or justify it?
Atheists always claim "there's no proof of God' yet they never look for the proof. Just like thieves never look for policemen. They don't want to. Doesn't mean there is none. Sure there are plenty of good books that contain logical arguments for the existence of God. Some of the arguments are good yes. But atheists prefer to deny and ignore it all and pretend it's not there. I dislike this too. Honest truth seekers do not do that. They examine all the evidence and arguments on both sides and try to come to a conclusion that takes into account everything, including the data that doesn't support their beliefs. But no one is skeptical of their own beliefs, only of the beliefs they don't agree with. That's the core flaw almost every human has, including the most educated ones with Ph D's. I'm one of the few that can transcend that.
Sorry this was so long. What do you think?
Btw, how did you find this site?