Thanks to a decision made more than 400 years ago, not all Christians observe the holiday on December 25. BYERIN BLAKEMORE “Christmas is over, so why are 12 percent of the world’s Christians waiting until January 7 to celebrate? Orthodox… Read More ›
Western History
Future Fuel Shortages in Europe?
An important conclusion from The Work-Standard (2nd Ed.) has been proven valid recently as there are now news reports coming out of the EU/NATO that Europe may face fuel shortages in the next several months. The high standard of living… Read More ›
Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. VI of VII)
Just as Technology is an art requiring creativity and ingenuity, so it too does it pave the way for political-economic change. The conditions of Total Mobilization compel the need to alter the conception of the nation-state as a Western polity…. Read More ›
Oswald Spengler’s Prussianism and Socialism (Part IV of IV)
The Spenglerian association of Prussia with Socialism, as paradoxical as it may seem to most people, does have an historical basis. The history surrounding this association is unfortunately too obscure, even though a Prussian origin can be discerned in the… Read More ›
Oswald Spengler’s Prussianism and Socialism (Part III of IV)
A large portion of Prussianism and Socialism was devoted to the “English instinct,” the term Spengler chose to describe Liberal Capitalism. Spengler specifically chose this term, just as he had also identified Socialism as being the “Prussian instinct,” because he… Read More ›
Oswald Spengler’s Prussianism and Socialism (Part II of IV)
Prussia, as a political entity in the world, was dissolved by the Allied Powers in the opening stages of the Cold War. Its territorial claims by West Germany ceased in what can only be described as the Faustian bargain. Prussia… Read More ›
Oswald Spengler’s Prussianism and Socialism (Part I of IV)
The proliferation of differing interpretations of Socialism after 1945 is indicative of a lack of awareness about its historical origins. Yes, there is the commonly-known association of the “Socialist Mode of Production” to “Scientific Socialism,” the interpretation of Karl Marx… Read More ›
Prelude to Capitalism and Socialism: The Renaissance, Printing Press, and Double-Entry Bookkeeping
The Renaissance in Western history began in the wake of the Black Death which ravaged Europe in the mid-14th Century (1346–1353). The Black Death sparked the decline of Feudalism, which was originally the Economic system of choice in the West… Read More ›
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