I don't have a Negativity Bias (npub1q8c…02w4) LoliHat (npub1pa6…p7r6) sapphire birch (npub1ec9…5fhr) I keep seeing this rather cringe straw caricature of traditionalism running around all over the place.
Communism is the essence of "progressivism", because it is the myth of "evolution": that change for its own sake is in any way inherently good.
[And on that note, the Whig view of history, or "onward to inevitable progress", is blatantly false, given the historical reality that many great civilizations and empires have risen, hit their peak, then the abundance of luxury paved the way to mass decadence and civilizational collapse.]
The essence of traditionalism isn't simply any sort of maintenance of a status quo. Rather, it is the understanding that not every change is an inherent good, and that certain changes [especially with what we see liberal democrats/communists push for] are objectively harmful and destructive to civilization as a whole, leading the way to inevitable collapse.
Civilizations are very hard to build and maintain. It's necessary to build certain boundaries and keep certain taboos in place in order to ensure that a civilization is able to last for many, many generations.
What's important is to make sure that foundation that makes civilization possible in the first place, and able to last, is preserved intact, and that revolutionaries don't end up destroying the very foundations of healthy civilization in the first place.
More than that, maintaining a civilization also means maintaining the cohesion of the people that live in it, through some means of ritual to build, maintain, and preserve social bonds. This is a small fraction of the role that religion plays in a civilization, and is also one of the functions of holidays and civic festivals and celebrations. The development of local custom helps to build and maintain continuity and inter-reliance in a civilization for generations.
This is the essence of traditionalism. Even traditionalist thinkers would say out right that the tradition isn't simply for its own sake, but for the purpose of preserving and maintaining something of value. And that for such a purpose, if a tradition fails to, or worse, actively hinders the well-being of a people, then such a tradition ought to be abolished and replaced with a tradition that better fosters the well-being of a people.
The thing about change is that in itself it is neither an inherent good, nor an inherent evil, yet it is important to actually evaluate whether the particular changes being considered for making are actually beneficial or harmful.
[Re: the matter of prostitution, given that prostitution is an abomination in the sight of God, it is only right to prohibit it, and to chastise those that engage in such activities.]
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2023-06-06 10:18:01
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