Tuesday, October 28, 2014
We seem to have cycles of human nature reflected in human cultures
We seem to have cycles of human nature reflected in human cultures, with long-lasting cultures better affirming basic
human nature than shorter-term cultures which move away from human
nature. Long-lasting human cultures are kin-centered, gender defined,
age-grading, heterosexual marriage-making, hierarchical,
ethnocentric, even xenophobic, and religious-making, among other
things, with group-selection as the primary unit of selection.
Conservative traditions and institutions tend to reflect real human
nature more than cultures which try to force human nature to fit cultures that don't much reflect basic real human nature, such as Marxism,
or the modern cultural Marxism of political correctness.
Ethnopluralism can best affirm basic
human nature, where regions and states are devoted to distinctly
ethnic cultures, usually held together and protected by some kind of
federalism. Human history seems to return to ethnopluralism following
various forms of imperialism which move away from basic human nature. Diverse ethnic groups artificially jammed in one territory simply do not assimilate well with one another, leading to civil disorder, and the return to ethnopluralism. This is common practical knowledge often overlooked in various intellectual schemes of equality, etc. which usually disguise one groups will-to-power. We are all in these cycles of human nature, human cultures, and ethnopluralism together.
The hope is that the basic separation of powers and states in the
United States can reaffirm this direction toward more independent
states and regions---this can even harmonize with the original
Constitution. Evolution not revolution is the better way to proceed
toward a return to human nature reflected in our cultures. The one inclusion
not emphasized enough in conservatism which needs to be emphasized is
the natural changes of biological evolution, which retains basic
human nature and its traditions, or the best of the past, but includes slow biological improvements
brought about through natural positive mutations, and our conscious involvement in own evolution.
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