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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#23289 Post contents: Strauss and de Benoist are stuck in the same nihilistic tree. Strauss knows he is stuck, so he tries to hide it. De Benoist thinks his bondage is freedom. "The European Right can handle these questions and can embrace Nietzsche." This idea of attaching Nietzsche to conservative politics is a grave disaster, as any passing glance at the history of Germany can tell you. If God is dead and death is annihilation, who cares about future generations? In the end, we are all dead anyway. You can talk until your air runs out about rising above conventional morality and transcending the convention, but the drama of your life will still be interrupted by unsettling annihilation. The reactionary modernist peddles a mythology about Christianity as universalism. So in order to establish a virtuous society, one must demolish the church. He may feel that fighting to save the West has some virtue, but if he is headed toward oblivion anyway, why he bother? An uncreated, random universe could care less if France survives. Sent at: 2008 11 23