I think there is an underlying question here in terms of Serbia. Is what is glorified of Serbia an expression of its violent resistance to NATO in 1990s and/or is it an actual preservation of a separate Orthodox/Slavic identity contra NATO. The other question is how is this romanticized or idealized conception of the ethnos representative of the present day Serbia.
If it is merely this violent resistance to NATO why not look to New Russia or Syria as more contemporary expressions of this resistance. If it is a question of the preservation of a separate identity contra NATO why not look to direct adversaries of NATO that have actually preserved an ethnic consciousness like Japan has.
When I read Mishima I’d like to imagine this is the cultural expression of the telos (direction) of the Japanese ethnos, but I know it’s not. Unfortunately the same can be said for many Serbs and their depiction in media though I have not met a Serb that I didn’t like. Haha.
1) Serbia is not developed, its tfr is bad, no innovation, its young people are leaving and there is no grand civilizational or national project besides claiming some mountain that they recently lost. Japan is much more grand on almost any metric.
2) Japan is probably the most unique and « based » (art, culture, immigration policies etc…) developed western-adjacent country. Hard to see what Japan has really lost that it could have retained when we compare it to other east-Asian countries. South Korea is more westernized and fucked, North Korea is shithole, China is China and Taiwan is basically a less cool mini Japan for all I can tell
Good post, I'm also very fond of Serbia. However, they are still filling their nation with third worlders, and for that they appear no different to the rest.
First thing Japan and all non-western nations need to do is abandon the practice of wearing western business suits. Why are they wearing Anglo clothing at state functions or business meetings. Where your thawb, kaftan, kimono or Hànfú, be authentic to your own culture.
> The Western state evolved along a unique path: from city-states to nation-states. Because of this narrow evolutionary trajectory, Western institutions are structurally incapable of sustaining the kind of broad civilizational order valued by continental civilizations. Concepts fundamental to non-Western worlds—empire, dynasty, tribal confederation, religious community—are not based on “state = territory and contract,” but on “civilization = space and order.”
Western state had plenty of empire-states: Rome, both ancient and Medieval as center of universalistic civilizational Christendom. Evola says the later nation based European order was a degeneration from dynasties in a universal joint Christianity. Japan is part of the East Asian civilization that stretches from Hokkaido to Vietnam, which features Sinodonty, centralized - decentralized oscillator dynamic.
It was the Eastern Roman Empire, which was "written out" of western consciousness as Rex Grecos or Byzantium in order to claim the lineage and inheritance of Classical Rome.
Using Serbia and “refusal” as a guide for Japan would not appear to be the best advice . I would suggest many other better examples for the world’s third largest economy - Switzerland , for its organisational efficiency and neutrality , for one .
Thanks for the post !!! 👍👍👍
Self-reflection is a virtue which apparently Mr. Hayashida masters ...
Something most of the current European politicians have no idea it even exists.
I think there is an underlying question here in terms of Serbia. Is what is glorified of Serbia an expression of its violent resistance to NATO in 1990s and/or is it an actual preservation of a separate Orthodox/Slavic identity contra NATO. The other question is how is this romanticized or idealized conception of the ethnos representative of the present day Serbia.
If it is merely this violent resistance to NATO why not look to New Russia or Syria as more contemporary expressions of this resistance. If it is a question of the preservation of a separate identity contra NATO why not look to direct adversaries of NATO that have actually preserved an ethnic consciousness like Japan has.
When I read Mishima I’d like to imagine this is the cultural expression of the telos (direction) of the Japanese ethnos, but I know it’s not. Unfortunately the same can be said for many Serbs and their depiction in media though I have not met a Serb that I didn’t like. Haha.
1) Serbia is not developed, its tfr is bad, no innovation, its young people are leaving and there is no grand civilizational or national project besides claiming some mountain that they recently lost. Japan is much more grand on almost any metric.
2) Japan is probably the most unique and « based » (art, culture, immigration policies etc…) developed western-adjacent country. Hard to see what Japan has really lost that it could have retained when we compare it to other east-Asian countries. South Korea is more westernized and fucked, North Korea is shithole, China is China and Taiwan is basically a less cool mini Japan for all I can tell
Good post, I'm also very fond of Serbia. However, they are still filling their nation with third worlders, and for that they appear no different to the rest.
First thing Japan and all non-western nations need to do is abandon the practice of wearing western business suits. Why are they wearing Anglo clothing at state functions or business meetings. Where your thawb, kaftan, kimono or Hànfú, be authentic to your own culture.
> The Western state evolved along a unique path: from city-states to nation-states. Because of this narrow evolutionary trajectory, Western institutions are structurally incapable of sustaining the kind of broad civilizational order valued by continental civilizations. Concepts fundamental to non-Western worlds—empire, dynasty, tribal confederation, religious community—are not based on “state = territory and contract,” but on “civilization = space and order.”
Western state had plenty of empire-states: Rome, both ancient and Medieval as center of universalistic civilizational Christendom. Evola says the later nation based European order was a degeneration from dynasties in a universal joint Christianity. Japan is part of the East Asian civilization that stretches from Hokkaido to Vietnam, which features Sinodonty, centralized - decentralized oscillator dynamic.
Medieval Rome was a tiny state, aka the Papal States.
It commanded the elite behavior of the clergy, directed knights to crusades and openly opposed HRE emperor.
It was the Eastern Roman Empire, which was "written out" of western consciousness as Rex Grecos or Byzantium in order to claim the lineage and inheritance of Classical Rome.
Using Serbia and “refusal” as a guide for Japan would not appear to be the best advice . I would suggest many other better examples for the world’s third largest economy - Switzerland , for its organisational efficiency and neutrality , for one .
Young people are leaving Serbia, and their modern 'culture' is every bit as niggerfied as any western nation's.
Thanks for your great work!
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