Britain, the ‘last man’ and MAGA

Alas, the time of the most despicable man is coming, he that is no longer able to despise himself. The earth has become small, and on it hops the last man, who makes everything small. -Thus Spake Zarathustra Frederich Nietzsche

There was once a country led by strong men (shaped by strong women) who welcomed the opportunity to be taken out of mundane pursuits to serve God, king, country, the family name and the regiment. Vigor, moral fiber and sheer cultural fitness justified a world empire that would forever shape global notions of nationhood, democracy and the rule of law.

Now that country sends rather bitchy cops into the homes of old men who adhere to old conceptions of their national heritage online or in publicly overheard conversations. Searches are made to find items with British flag insignia, or otherwise seem “Brexity,” and thus offensive to official sensibilities.

The British surrender to Muslim invaders is less a triumph of multiculturalism than a conscious effort not to make the inconvenient effort to disrupt social fictions and the convenient inertia of a life free of the tiresome demands of anything resembling patriotism or membership in an entity with a history and a heritage. Pushing back against an inherently vile, misogynistic, anti-democratic, imperialistic and violent religious cult would require an uncomfortable effort to first resurrect one’s own culture and values, to then push back and ignore the kneejerk claims of “racism” or “islamophobia” to which a soulless people have been trained to defer. Being affirmatively British carries some moral obligations and risks of conflict, and is contrary to an ethos of mere comfort and the anesthetized mindset that requires.

The opposite of Nietzsche’s Übermensch (one living a life of creativity and experimentation freed from the false certainties and false pieties of “slave morality”) is the “last man”, the complacent man, obsessed with comfort and security who has no use for challenges, making discoveries or pursuing anything with passion.

European elite culture is now largely a celebration of the “last man.” A quiet, comfortable, slow surrender to death. Growth and innovation are bad for the planet. The planet’s most advanced civilizations are themselves bad for the planet and injurious to everyone else. No future, no reason to make babies within a comfortable, guaranteed, if increasingly limited, life.

The "last man" hates freedom of speech and rapid innovation. Anything that threatens the bubble, that might shatter the illusion of being comfortably above struggle and immune from the kinds of moral demands that history and larger community memberships tend to impose. The "last man" secretly identifies with the wealthy elite in Soylent Green, Dune, Rollerball, The Expanse or in every SciFi story about rebellion against a wealthy tyranny. Pontius Pilate did not take personally the alleged political crimes of Jesus. In contrast, the "last man" deeply resents and loathes Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage, who are just the sort who would try to blow up an imperial death star.

Here in the USA, from the cheery Life of Julia to the voter replacement project of open borders, to the end of law enforcement in cities, to a fully empowered administrative state, all supported by the mandatory contempt for America’s history and meaning in all curricula, this country was being terraformed into a habitat for the "last man." Hopefully, for the good of Western Civilization, the efforts to destroy that entire pernicious project will persist and expand and even become contagious. The "last man" hates MAGA for good reason--they are natural enemies.