I have long taken an interest in revolutionary ideologies. Do they have anything in common? That�s a question I have been asking myself and which has led to a self-study of politically or socially radical movements. I have now come up with an answer to the question and the answer is: yes!

There is no common ground for the revolutionaries as far as practical political propositions go but their revolutionary activism largely has a common origin: They are all in opposition to the materialism of modern society. There is a longing for higher, immaterial values that transcends all of the thoughts of the revolutionaries whether they are National-Socialists, anarchists, revolutionary nationalists, radical feminists or whatever.

This doesn�t mean that there are no differences in ideology between these "angry youths" - because there definitely is. But their revolutionary involvement is rooted in the very same dissatisfaction: a common longing for a society that satisfies more than just material needs.

Today we have a society that overflows of material wealth. Hunger is seldom and we even have the economical surplus to build huge our own glory. In turns, however, we have forgotten to handle the immaterial needs of the people, namely: The need for a sense of community, the need to matter, the need for love and - last, but not least - the need for adventure and mystique.

These are things that it is hard to find in modern society. The cities are built of grey boxes of concrete and steel. The only decoration is the cold neon light of commercial billboards. In newer cities the streets are even laid out in a "nice" rectangular pattern. The soft darkness is being driven away by artificial lightning - The seasons by air -conditioning. So the modern city provides housing for people, but love and friendship (things which grow from beauty) are hard to find in the hectic everyday life in the shadows of grey concrete boxes. As far as mystique and adventure goes the modern city is completely hopeless in providing these two things. In days of old there were scrolled streets inhabited by mysterious alchemists and the inns and taverns of the city provided meeting places for hooded secret societies and colourful personalities.

In that way the old cities were filled with places that would tickle people�s imagination and thus satisfy their needs for mystique and excitement. Its not so anymore�. There is not much mystique or excitement to find in the modern city. There is lots of entertainment but not much fun. Lots of danger, but not much excitement. Lots of pubs and bars, but no taverns or inns. Lots of ghettoes, but not many sinister or mysterious neighbourhoods�. Know what I mean???

In the country situation is not much better. There is hardly anything to satisfy immaterial needs. The great forests that once tickled people�s imagination and provided space for thoughtfulness has disappeared. The small and tame public forests are but a reminder of ancient glory.

And the farms? They have been turned into food-factories. As someone once said there are no farmers left - only agriculturalists.

In short: Modern society satisfies only material needs. The western world has become a completely materialistic society where the dominant value is the numbers at the bottom line of the company balance sheet. This order of things makes for a system that creates immense wealth but disbands, even counteracts, the satisfaction of spiritual needs. No wonder people have a hard time finding sense in a society where only a few are employed with work of life importance. Even those who have jobs where the quality of their craft can mean the difference between life and death are being forced to work faster and faster. Quantity not quality is what counts in modern society.

There was a time when all articles of everyday life, tools and armaments was given names and embedded with inscriptions and engravings. The process of creating tools was surrounded by the outmost respect and things weren�t just� yeah� things� but valued symbols of mans creativity and craftsmanship. In that way tools brought mystique into the triviality of everyday life.

These days however we mass-produce heaps of identical tools. If you wish to see art you have to go to the museum. In this way we have hackneyed both the tools and the art. The tools are just things and the art is just entertainment.

Hackneying is the single worst threat here at the beginning of the 21-century. This hackneying the alienation and the longing for something else it creates is the background for most revolutionary movements in the industrialised world today and as such it is the real perpetrator of a heap of terrorist attacks and criminal activity. That alone should call for every single decent person to work to overcome it.

Of course it is not a coincidence whether a young revolutionary ends up in neo-nazi, anarchist or other radical circles. I am not trying to say that these ideologies are all the same, because they certainly are not. Nonetheless, resistance against the hackneying is the background for the revolutionary involvement for most angry youths in the first place.

So what can be done to halt or even put an end to the process of hackneying and, thus, further alienation?

We must create a society that satisfies spiritual values! We must build houses that not only provides habitat for people but which are also nice and beautiful. Houses that do not shut out nature but in fact gives us access to it while, at the same time, eliminating its unpleasant sides. The ideal house is like a window! The window allows you to see and hear the rain but assures you from becoming wet.

Consider the castle� Is there not something about castles and manors that gives them a special poetic power? We must create houses that each posses the same poetic power�.
We must create cities that reflect all of human emotion. There must be areas where one can come to have fun, places to seek calm and relaxation, when that is needed, and sinister quarters with scrolled streets and unusual shops. Instead of building ghetto-like apartment complexes and endless rows of terrace houses we must create cities where every quarter and every house is different. In one quarter the houses can be decorated with flowers, in another with lithographic paintings and in a third with the statues of strange, heraldic creatures.

In the country we must preserve what we have left of nature and even allow for some of the forests to develop untouched by human hands instead of having them bend to our will by an army of forest workers.

After all�. what need do we have for economic welfare if, instead, we die from boredom and loneliness?
 

By Darksphere