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Weaponizing Modernist Ideology

 

The desire to uncover and understand as much about the most profound levels of the universe and human existence has always served as the guiding impetus of science. However, it has only been within the last hundred and fifty years that such a potentiality has finally become imaginable, with the exception of one small caveat. That is, this can only be assumed true within a context of Western European ideology. More specifically, the Sacred Geometry of Kemet, the Asian philosophy of Moksha and Namaste, culminating with the Sacred Heart of the Indigenous Americas, may yet be shown to have uncovered the most essential secrets of our universe and human existence thousands of years prior to the quest of contemporary scientific inquiry in the modernist traditions of Western civilization.

 

To bring forth our thesis from within the iron cage of science itself, let us seek to better understand the reasons leading to its collapse and the basis for the current strides being made in the field of Quantum Physics. Thus, we must give due consideration to the evolution of scientific discoveries which have led to the fertile ground of contemporary science and its' current theoretical and methodological foundation. It is within this context that we can fully understand the paradigmatic, epistemological and ontological break experienced from within the hallways and laboratories of academia itself.

 

As a way of understanding the significance of Modernist ideology, I propose that we begin our considerations with the notion of truth. In the many battlefronts throughout Western Europe during the end of the Enlightenment, truth was believed to be under the providence of religious deities, kings or military leaders. If you were a pious individual, you were likely to believe that truth is what is stated in your religious faith. If you saw yourself to be a loyal subject of a monarchy, your understanding of truth would simply be to assent to the notion of truth consistent with the will of the King. If you are not interested in knowing what others believe to be the truth and simply take from others whatever you desire or believe is yours by brute force, then your resolution to knowing or understanding what constitutes truth is completely undermined by the use of military force.

 

In consideration of the fact that the above mentioned battlefronts represented a mutual state of affairs for Europeans of all regions and territories, the people of Europe, during the latter part of the Enlightenment, were being presented with the idea that a scientific methodology would be capable of establishing a notion of truth that is verifiable under the exact same circumstances anywhere in the world. Thus, it was believed by the vast majority of the European intellectual elite that by following the  fundamental tenets of scientific methodology as a universal matrix for producing what is actually true for all, we would be able to use this new methodological matrix to bring about a much needed peace and understanding to the entire continent. However, identifying scientific methodology would not, in and of itself, be able to provide the scattered battlefronts of the European Continent with the peace that they so desperately desired. That is, it would first be necessary to identify the parameters of our first principles that would serve as the ideological foundation for the people of Europe to rally around and strive to achieve.

 

At this point in European history, modernist ideology consisted in a set of scientifically unverifiable propositions that were designed to cease or eliminate many of the voices of opposition to the implementation of scientific methodology as an absolute guiding structure. In other words, the opponents of modernist ideology were preemptively dismissed. Thus, anything that could not be proven scientifically, aside from the propositions of modernist ideology itself, were to be ignored as nonsense, mystery or pure fabrication. This one proposition not only eliminated all religious points of view in Europe, it also meant that differing beliefs such as those found beyond the European homeland, were to be summarily dismissed as well. This sort of treatment exemplified how others from faraway lands were ravished by colonization. Also, this was the aspect of modernist ideology that Friedrich Nietzsche had in mind when he announced that "God is dead."

 

Modernist ideology provided the objectives that, when brought together to form a belief system or common set of principles, also represented a common structure capable of cutting across the many ideological differences that existed among the various battlefronts of Europe. However, in its' initial phase, all of the existing battlefronts would need to be transformed in terms of having to change the reasons for their confrontation to a new and different understanding of personal and social interactions. Obviously, many of the existing differences would need to be raised and resolved locally for the process of Modernism to fully emerge. In this context, the battlefronts of Europe would need to undergo a series of concomitant changes and transformations. Once accomplished however, the stage would be set for the new paradigm to be realized throughout Europe. In this way, Europeans would be properly prepared to engage in a mutual process of nation building through the use of scientific methodology.

 

Aside from the significance of modernist ideology in its service to the development of our nation states, there is also the impact that it has produced in the mindset and will of the people living under its ideological structure. Considering the fact that  Europeans as a whole were accustomed to dealing solely with disputed truths, exemplified by the many battlefronts across the land, modernist ideology did indeed hold the promise of bringing peace to Europe. However, this does not account for the mindset of Europeans themselves and modernist ideology yet remained an exclusive notion for the intellectual elite. As brute force was a key ingredient of all battlefronts across Europe, transitioning away from pre-modernist ideology also required brute force in many of the existing battlefronts.

 

Consider, if you will, an additional factor that must be taken into account. Specifically, the fact that the many monarchies across Europe were necessarily being dethroned to make way for the nation building process. As all monarchies were accustomed to engaging in battle, the transition was not an easy one. It was often necessary to engage in extreme violence against the subjects of a monarchy. For example, in France we bore witness to Maximilien Robespierre who was known for the "Reign of Terror" in France immediately after the first French Republic was created. All in all, we must conclude that of all the people and ideologies of the world at the time, Europeans could be seen as a blood thirsty people, ready to do battle to the death for their own interests. Thus, while it may be possible to point to many periods in European history where culture and refinement were center stage, these occurrences were exclusive to the nobility and the commoners were very much accustomed to all the negativity and death associated with popular European culture.