Master and slave morality is not well understood
Especially in relation to Christianity…
So I will explain…
But this isnt about LARPing as a master
We’ve all been “slave moralists” in our lives from time to time
Both outlooks have value
Especially in relation to Christianity…
So I will explain…
But this isnt about LARPing as a master
We’ve all been “slave moralists” in our lives from time to time
Both outlooks have value
The trick here is to know how to spot the difference between PERSPECTIVES
What is typical about how a champion views the world versus how a losers sees it?
How do each of them interpret the shared reality?
What is typical about how a champion views the world versus how a losers sees it?
How do each of them interpret the shared reality?
The losers will think the champion is an abusive tyrant who is arrogant and psychotically wants to hurt the poor little loser for no reason…
Yet, the champion will see himself as having a grand vision and will see the loser as nothing but a petty obstacle in the way
Yet, the champion will see himself as having a grand vision and will see the loser as nothing but a petty obstacle in the way
Example:
McGregor during his early rise was asserting a powerful vision for his career
His opponents were “faceless bodies” who were simply in the way
Yet, the whole UFC roster was reactive to him, complaining about his arrogance and ego
Many resented him
McGregor during his early rise was asserting a powerful vision for his career
His opponents were “faceless bodies” who were simply in the way
Yet, the whole UFC roster was reactive to him, complaining about his arrogance and ego
Many resented him
Do you understand?
These two different ways of seeing reality are dramatically different
The champion is visionary
The losers is stuck reacting to the winners assertive action and is only inspired to act because of being abused
Think about this in films:
These two different ways of seeing reality are dramatically different
The champion is visionary
The losers is stuck reacting to the winners assertive action and is only inspired to act because of being abused
Think about this in films:
The Scottish in Braveheart are reacting to the English
King Edward is presented an arrogant Sauron hellbent on crushing freedom
But, you could see Edward as an ambitious organiser who had a brilliant creative vision for England
The petty Scottish highlanders needed to be tamed
King Edward is presented an arrogant Sauron hellbent on crushing freedom
But, you could see Edward as an ambitious organiser who had a brilliant creative vision for England
The petty Scottish highlanders needed to be tamed
The Spartans were reacting to Xerxes
Xerses is portrayed as arrogant and driven by aimless power
Or, were the Persians in the process of shaping the first great civilisation in history?
Later, it was visionary Alexander, not Spartans, who conquered them
Xerses is portrayed as arrogant and driven by aimless power
Or, were the Persians in the process of shaping the first great civilisation in history?
Later, it was visionary Alexander, not Spartans, who conquered them
Ancient Judea lived for centuries as the loser - their entire story (religion) was a manifestation of this experience
They were reacting to the conquerors all around them and wishing that “the world would change” and the conquerors would stop acting so “evil”
They were reacting to the conquerors all around them and wishing that “the world would change” and the conquerors would stop acting so “evil”
Of course, these conquerors all saw themselves as being visionary, noble, and brave
They saw these Judeans as petty nobodies who could be intergrated into their Empires
They saw these Judeans as petty nobodies who could be intergrated into their Empires
Nietzsche himself pointed out that the Old Testament had a strong “conqueror” worldview in its early days
Joshua, the invader, asserting himself on Jericho to claim the holy land
But constant slavery changed that story…
Joshua, the invader, asserting himself on Jericho to claim the holy land
But constant slavery changed that story…
The Christian story - born within this context - is the ultimate manifestation of this story
Christianity views the world from the perspective of the victim
In Christianity, the focus is on poor Jose Aldo not victorious McGregor
Christianity views the world from the perspective of the victim
In Christianity, the focus is on poor Jose Aldo not victorious McGregor
There’s nothing “wrong” with this, to a victim or loser (and we’ve all been there) something as beautiful as Christianity can be redemptive
In many ways Christianity stands alone as
In many ways Christianity stands alone as
But Christianity fails to account for the worldview of the conqueror
It’s at odds with many of their instincts
Pagan religions had Achilles, Hercules, Thor
History has figures like Napoleon, Caesar
No man in the New Testament is like this
It’s at odds with many of their instincts
Pagan religions had Achilles, Hercules, Thor
History has figures like Napoleon, Caesar
No man in the New Testament is like this
As a consequence, Christianity is very heavy AGAINST visionary thinking and trusting your own pride
Built into it is a distrust and disrespect for conquerors
Because of a blend of its ancient Judean roots and catalysing circumstances
Built into it is a distrust and disrespect for conquerors
Because of a blend of its ancient Judean roots and catalysing circumstances
Imagine forcing Conor McGregor to get therapy where he was told his Visionary instincts and self belief were all deeply pathological
He would be told to relinquish the competition to Jose Aldo and be ashamed of his “tyrannical instincts”
What would that have done to his Life?
He would be told to relinquish the competition to Jose Aldo and be ashamed of his “tyrannical instincts”
What would that have done to his Life?
The victim or losers worldview is not suitable for a conqueror
It castrates them spirituality and destroys them
Hence Nietzsche’s critique of Christianity; “we must not deck out and adorn Christianity, it has gone to war against higher men”
It castrates them spirituality and destroys them
Hence Nietzsche’s critique of Christianity; “we must not deck out and adorn Christianity, it has gone to war against higher men”
Christianity “winning” in Rome does not make it a “master morality” anymore than Communism became one for winning in Russia
These were clearly asserting the downtrodden victims perspectives as superordinate to the “established”
Just like our modern Western Liberal “perspective”
These were clearly asserting the downtrodden victims perspectives as superordinate to the “established”
Just like our modern Western Liberal “perspective”
Nonetheless, both of these have there place
But, Nietzsche was simply clear that empowering visionary creators matter more right now than the wallowing in guilt over hurt feelings
This is the great mental shift Western man needs to go through
All else is noise
But, Nietzsche was simply clear that empowering visionary creators matter more right now than the wallowing in guilt over hurt feelings
This is the great mental shift Western man needs to go through
All else is noise
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