Postmodern Trendoid III
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Nietzsche's description and analysis of slave morality is the most fundamental insight of the (post)modern era. For example, Grey seems to think he's some kind of freedom fighter who holds the key to true justice, yet he is a most reactive person. He reacts against 'power structures' and has little ideas of his own, yet he calls himself the 'good' and the 'just.' He sits, waiting, for someone, somewhere to assert some power, and then he pounces on it and claims to be fighting the good fight.
However, I don't blame Grey and his ilk too much (this includes the whole plethora of slave moralists - feminists, socialists, liberals, reactive conservatives, pessimists). When the dominant ethos of the era tells you that negative freedom, 'freedom from oppression', and equality encapsulate and embody the absolute 'good', then you can't blame the sheep for believing such things. There will always be sheep and herds.
The overcoming, acceptance, and affirmation of pain, suffering, hardship, conflict, and misery is a personal journey, and not a political program.
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