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Why are we in Decline - Cultural Marxism

The West isn't in decline. Also, the closest thing to decline the West has come to is the recession and that was caused by capitalist greed.
 
One thing I take away from the video

Around the 11 minute mark to the 15 minute mark

First they are talking about the change in culture, the advent of XXX rated films, the removal of prayer in school. Basically the removal of religion as a major definer of morality in society. Next the video is discussing individuality vs collectivism. Which to me is quite ironic. Organized religion is extremely collective in nature, extremely conformist. The presence of school prayer, forcing all children to pray the same prayer, in essence believe the same religion is not individualism in nature, but very conformist, collective in nature

In essence in this section of the video the author is stating the collectivism of cultural Marxism is the issue, and that it is promoting collectivism, all the while ignoring the general aspect of religion on enforcing conformist ideals on society.

One thing I will have to say is

In comparison, the US always prides itself on promoting the individual over the collective, in comparison to say the UK, but when a person is unique (eccentric) the US is typically more hostile to that person then the UK has tended to be. I might be wrong in that observation of course
 
Sorry, but the doomsday patrol that whines about how horrible everything has gotten are usually religious zealots who define morality as being part of their religion. The fact of that matter is that violent crime per capita is at an all time low, the standard of living for the average person has never been higher in human history, and more minorities have equal rights than ever before. We have access to all of the world's information at our fingertips and we have more culture because everyone can take part in the process of making it. 40 years ago we just had TV and newspapers which were one-way streams of information.

Our culture is not in decline, it just seems that way because the ignorant people in this country spend their time paying attention to idiot celebrities and gobbling up media news without fact checking it. There's always bad with the good.
 
"Cultural Marxism"

The rallying cry of white nationalists everywhere:

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ThePlayDrive said:
The West isn't in decline.
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Well, I think that's a bold statement to make since all relevant evidence suggests otherwise. Whether we're talking about material success, projection of military power, dominance of trade, or influence at global forums, the West is certainly in decline in both absolute terms and relative to the emerging powers of the East.

Internally, self-confidence hasn't been lower. Feelings of unity and patriotism have waned, as has the influence of religion in public and private life.

Most telling is the view of Westerners towards the future. Most discussions and predictions I hear are overshadowed by pessimism, as well as cynicism about supranational institutions, global elites, and even their own governments.

ThePlayDrive said:
Also, the closest thing to decline the West has come to is the recession and that was caused by capitalist greed
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The global recession was a consequence of the ironclad 'global economic integration' peddled by the 'greedy capitalists' of whom you speak, which has worked to strip away the national sovereignty of all those under its wrath. Amoral greed is certainly their fuel, and their shifting of operations to the East only underlines that we've reached the twilight of Western dominance.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Sorry, but the doomsday patrol that whines about how horrible everything has gotten are usually religious zealots who define morality as being part of their religion. The fact of that matter is that violent crime per capita is at an all time low, the standard of living for the average person has never been higher in human history, and more minorities have equal rights than ever before. We have access to all of the world's information at our fingertips and we have more culture because everyone can take part in the process of making it. 40 years ago we just had TV and newspapers which were one-way streams of information.

Our culture is not in decline, it just seems that way because the ignorant people in this country spend their time paying attention to idiot celebrities and gobbling up media news without fact checking it. There's always bad with the good.
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It isn't a question of whining about devolopments but to understand what the consequences are. And though I do not think cultural Marxism is a well chosen term, the changes are indeed having some unhappy consequences.
 
Jetboogieman said:
"Cultural Marxism"

The rallying cry of white nationalists everywhere:

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you would think nazis would change their propaganda even a little bit after all these years, but I guess not
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ThePlayDrive said:
The West isn't in decline. Also, the closest thing to decline the West has come to is the recession and that was caused by capitalist greed.
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That is a very sad demonstration of what the video is commenting on.
 
A few points regarding the video around 1:16:05 (just before)

Being a Canadian, I had no idea I was speaking American, nor driving on the American side of the road

The narrator is a little confused on facts, the distinct American language is in fact English, and Americans drive on the same side of the road as the vast majority of Europeans, only Ireland and the UK drive on the left side of the road
 
The west is only in decline in the minds and hearts Christians who do not like the progress taking place in Human Freedoms. Between increased scientific understanding of our world, women being allowed to express themselves and escape the cultural bondage imposed for centuries by church dogma, and the sexual freedom seen as a result...the "God" they created (and continue to revise) has been put in a corner.
The rest of society sits back, enjoys the show, and giggles at the mental suffering.
 
Rowson said:
Well, I think that's a bold statement to make since all relevant evidence suggests otherwise. Whether we're talking about material success, projection of military power, dominance of trade, or influence at global forums, the West is certainly in decline in both absolute terms and relative to the emerging powers of the East.

Internally, self-confidence hasn't been lower. Feelings of unity and patriotism have waned, as has the influence of religion in public and private life.

Most telling is the view of Westerners towards the future. Most discussions and predictions I hear are overshadowed by pessimism, as well as cynicism about supranational institutions, global elites, and even their own governments.

The global recession was a consequence of the ironclad 'global economic integration' peddled by the 'greedy capitalists' of whom you speak, which has worked to strip away the national sovereignty of all those under its wrath. Amoral greed is certainly their fuel, and their shifting of operations to the East only underlines that we've reached the twilight of Western dominance.
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Decline relative to the east and decline in general are completely different things.

Is there anything wrong with other countries 'catching up' to the west in terms of material success and dominance of trade? It's a sad state of affairs that we can only consider ourselves great compared to other countries, rather than compared to ourselves 10 years ago. If Cambodias life expectancy or GDP shoots up that does not mean the US is in decline. We're still ascending, but so are other countries, which is a good thing.
 
Nilly said:
Is there anything wrong with other countries 'catching up' to the west in terms of material success and dominance of trade?
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Whether it's 'wrong' or not is irrelevant to the discussion of whether the decline is actually occurring.

Platitudes aside, yes I do think it's a consequential development and almost certainly negative. The global balance of power isn't something that copes well with binary pressure, as we know very well.
 
The Western world is doing just fine, America is recovering, slowly, but it's recovering. There's definitely a rise of everyone else going on though, which is a good thing in most cases.

This kind of fear mongering can only work against us.

And can we stop with this "Cultural Marxism" card? And folks complain about SJW's whipping out nonsense terms and isms.

There's plenty of problems, new and old, to deal with, but our doomsday is not around the corner.
 
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Rowson said:
Whether it's 'wrong' or not is irrelevant to the discussion of whether the decline is actually occurring.

Platitudes aside, yes I do think it's a consequential development and almost certainly negative. The global balance of power isn't something that copes well with binary pressure, as we know very well.
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But decline in comparison to other countries isn't really a decline at all. In absolute terms we are getting better all the time, so are many other countries. Other countries rte of ascent is faster than ours simply because of the nature of globalization means that it is easier for them to do so, we have reached the point of diminishing returns in many areas. For example, substantial improvements in life expectancy in the west will now only be made by significant advances in technology which is difficult. Substantial improvements in life expectancy in many eastern countries can come just from a better water supply or access to healthcare, which is much easier.
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
....the US always prides itself on promoting the individual over the collective, in comparison to say the UK, but when a person is unique (eccentric) the US is typically more hostile to that person then the UK has tended to be. I might be wrong in that observation of course
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We prefer our brave individuals dead. Hell, conservatives now claim that Martin Luther King Jr was one of them, despite the fact that it was conservatives like J. Edgar Hoover, George Wallace and Lester Maddox (and most other southern elected officials at the time, all conservatives) that opposed his efforts.
 
Hard Truth said:
We prefer our brave individuals dead. Hell, conservatives now claim that Martin Luther King Jr was one of them, despite the fact that it was conservatives like J. Edgar Hoover, George Wallace and Lester Maddox (and most other southern elected officials at the time, all conservatives) that opposed his efforts.
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yeah but they also claim abraham lincoln was one of them, as they wave their confederate flag
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Sorry, but the doomsday patrol that whines about how horrible everything has gotten are usually religious zealots who define morality as being part of their religion. The fact of that matter is that violent crime per capita is at an all time low, the standard of living for the average person has never been higher in human history, and more minorities have equal rights than ever before. We have access to all of the world's information at our fingertips and we have more culture because everyone can take part in the process of making it. 40 years ago we just had TV and newspapers which were one-way streams of information.... .
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For many Christian religionists and racists., those developments you listed, which are all positive signs to a rational person with decent ethics, are signs of decline because it means that white Christians are losing some of their power and control over other groups.
 
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