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Joe Smith affirms a criticism of a popular view that sees Nietzsche as a right-on revolutionary.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/134/Dangerous_Minds_Nietzsche_Heidegger_and_the_Return_of_the_Far_Right_by_Ronald_Beiner

Philosophy Now wrote: ↑Sun Oct 27, 2019 1:38 pm Joe Smith affirms a criticism of a popular view that sees Nietzsche as a right-on revolutionary.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/134/Da ... ald_Beiner

I suspect we will see more of these things as disaster rules the news and truth remains obscured. diminishing trusts that have been abused time and again from leaders of all walks of life. Truth has become an opinion to almost everyone I speak to in Tennessee. My state is loaded with far right thinkers. for them, there is a war against their beliefs, and in absence of unity on ideas and principles of their religions and societies they all make up their own rules in small communities. Those communities all agree with the other communities in a fatalistic world view in which their frustration and dissatisfaction of global leadership and education and health to name a few, leave them vulnerable to latch on to those who agree the system should be 'blown up'. So even if Tennessee christian conservatives reject the whole of Nietzsche's arguments or beliefs, they will cheer on the destruction of the Leaders they no longer trust.

The Left share some of the far rights frustration and again, even if they do not agree with the majority (That they will not dig deep to examine, or read past the headline) they agree the leaders have failed them and are untrustworthy.

Bottom line, everyone wants a leader, and no leaders have yet came out that enough of the population trusts.

We are in a new age of ideological warfare between the left and the right--and both apparently want to burn down the house. So how does knowing that help?

knowing how to load a gun will help

-Imp

p.s. ...and calling the author of Beyond Good and Evil an evil man is revealing...

For most people it is not an either/or question; we all have both evil and good in our mind. Nietzsche struggled hard to maintain his individual outlook which was severely critical of the world he lived in, and I see him trying to ward off the mass barbarian mentality that was growing in Germany. F. Nietzsche had spiritual links to Buddhism which he mentions on occasion, and he knew the ancient Sanskrit language of India. The common rumours of F. Nietzsche links to far right thinking come from shallow thinkers looking to attract an audience; to say Putin and Trump have been influenced by F. Nietzsche is like saying modern nuclear armament can be blamed on A. Einstein or I. Newton. Their is NO association or affiliation between F. Nietzsche and Heidegger, in thought or attitude. Heidegger was a Nazis to earn his pay as a philosopher under their government, NOT because of his belief system; well, anyone call fall for cowardice when it comes to survival. The ongoing character assassination of F. Nietzsche is based much on the envy of NOT understanding him, and in associating to political propaganda. Other deep thinkers such as C. Jung, and I think S. Freud also had high opinions of F. Nietzsche. Heidegger has ongoing importance to phenomenology, if you can throw any of his links to the Nazis under the table.