Early Nietzsche believed (“The
Republic of Genius” by Quentin Taylor) that the Ancient Greeks
sublimated war into their incomparable culture and when they stopped
doing this, due to the takeover of fatal political instincts which
arose in fighting the Persians, it brought an end to Hellenic
greatness in culture.
Nietzsche assessed political goals in
relation to the goals of culture and the creation of genius. Not
hating religion as Nietzsche did, we think that evolutionary religion
has to be the main sublimation of aggression and war---culture and genius are only means to the great end of evolving to Godhood.
We can reach beyond the superman
as we evolve toward Godhood, which we see as the fulfillment
of the exclusively inward God of the great religions, this is not a
rejection of religion, it includes the inward God in outward Godhood, with an Ordered Evolution, and not revolution.
This is also not affirming a one-race supremacy
or imperialistic exclusivity as seen in Nietzsche's political
followers, this is a universal goal within particular
states and regions, with all groups evolving at their own pace, in
accord with real human nature and group ethics.
Like the Greeks
we can affirm competition as highly valuable in the creation of
cultural excellence, but we need cooperative competition to
sublimate raw aggression and overly imperialistic sociopathic
behavior. Competition keeps things changing and evolving and helps
avoid the stagnation of a single totalitarian culture or leader.
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