/lit/ - Literature

I personally have a theory I play with in my mind that western culture since the ancient Greeks has been radical. Reading platos the republic I see these radical ideas. Plato is willing to go so far as to ban certain musical melodies. I see this as the western mind that will want to radically change society to fit into an ideal society. This is in contrast to the East which never really had similar philosophy like the west. The western mind is not content to simply accept life but it must try to solve every question even if it means deconstructing everything that is normal. The western mind will decide to radically alter society if it finds an inconsistency with society that does not match up with their framework they have philosophically thought up. While the East is concerned largely with social harmony instead. For the East, the individual should strive to adapt to society, while for the west society should adapt to the individual. We can see this with things like the transgender issue. The left wing had this new philosophical idea of gender and demands that society change to adapt to these individuals.

I generally see this as a left wing sort of mindset but it can also be seen as a right wing mindset as well. The concept of “purity spiraling” known very well in far right wing circles comes to mind. This sort of group will focus heavily on race to the point where they will demand complete purity in their message. They will dream up these utopian ideas of bringing back the Roman Empire. The concept of a normal society is distasteful to them. They would rather try and fail to achieve their utopian dreams.