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Entry: Pagans are devout; Straussians not so much Link: http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/pagans_are_devout_straussians_not_so_much#23240 Post contents: I don't think the gentlemen at GRECE would like to see americans devote themself to the pagan project. According to them (and someone like de Maistre) America was from the beginning on an Enlightment project aimed at destroying anything connected to the old world. To these thinkers it's no surprise America has become the McDonald's-eating-celebrity-worshipping-Botox-nation it is today. Europe is much to sophisticated for such developments, although, the American hegemony is steering is in the same direction. So, Grecistes emphasize the importance to make a distinction between Europe and the US on an existential level. There is no such thing as 'the West' in which Europe and the US are united with common purposes. The West (led on by the US) is a global system of financial and political institutions aimed at de-rooting traditional peoples for the sake of money and power, even though silly leftists may think and argue otherwise. So, traditional/Enlightend Christianity may work for America, and that's okay, but Europe has a much richer tradition. Sent at: 2008 11 23