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Showing posts with label European culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label European culture. Show all posts

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Why White Nationalism Is Stupid

Yeah, I'm going there:) 

Reason n1. Because white is not a nation, it's a race. Outside of the USA people tend to think of themselves in terms of ethnicity first. Like being Dutch, German, French, etc. Identifying themselves by racial categories first and foremost is more of an American thing really.

n2. Especially American WNs have this romantic notion of "white unity". Well, this white unity doesn't exist. One look at European history through the ages is enough to disabuse one of any such illusions, as nations which are practically cousins like the German and the French kept fighting each other for centuries. In fact, imo if European nationalists ever come to power again and kick out all non-whites, they will just go back to hating their "white brothers" from a different country as usual.

n3. "White race is  great! We created civilisation! All non-whites are stupid and barbaric!"

Ever heard of this? The truth is, human civilisation as we know it was born in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, and those folks aren't exactly "white'' the way WNs understand it. This brings me to the next claim

n4. "Whites used to be great! Christianity made them weak! We should all go back to the Viking times!" 

Great Pyramid of Giza, built around 2600 BC

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 Viking Long House about 800 A.D.https://skjalden.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/viking-house-longhouse-farm-village-vikingage-vikings-1.jpg 

Vikings also used to raid countries like Ireland and sell their white brothers and especially sisters into slavery in the Middle East.

Christianity is what made Whites great. Now that Christianity in Europe is dying, people are reverting to the mean in rapid tempo.

n5. Used a lot on American "conservative" resources: "Europe is full of non-white immigrants! They are dying out!" The truth is that every European country is still considerably whiter that the USA. But Europeans are dying out because they refuse to reproduce, even when bribed by the government money. The most superior race on Earth has yet to figure out replacement fertility.

n6. "Whites are superior to everyone else, it's just that they are heavily brainwashed." Now, I'll be the last to deny that there is a lot of brainwashing going around, that many Western governments are downright malicious and that there are certain "nefarious agents" who are pushing their depopulation agenda very heavily. But what happened to personal responsibility? You can't be superior to everyone else and so easily duped at the same time.

n7 "All crime in White countries is only done by non-whites! White people never ever do anything wrong! Look at this immigrant, e.g!"

What happened is obviously horrible, there is no denying it. But how about this case? 

No race has monopoly on evil people. And btw, concerning the 1st case which is used by American conservative outlets yet again to attack Great Britain. This man was not an illegal immigrant, he had French nationality. Individuals with European passports have the right to stay in UK up to 6 months at a time. May be ask France, why did they decide to naturalise him? Also with a name like Kevin he is most definitely not Muslim. But then I noticed that for many American "conservatives" all foreign criminals are always Muslim, and non-whites which identify as Christians are often magically counted as Whites.

Because all Muslims are brown, right? Like this Turkish guy:

https://www.tremglobal.com/uploads/blog/trem-blog-9739.jpg

And Islam doesn't belong in Europe, because Albania and Bosnia are obviously in Africa.

n8 and this will be the last for today. "No country outside White Western Europe ever had a civilisation! White people went everywhere and civilised everyone." Like the Germans in Namibia, for instance...And let's not even talk about the British in India.

 To sum it up, every race has good and bad people and has done good and bad things. And it is Christianity which created Western Europe and later the USA and made the Western civilisation great, despite all our drawbacks. That's all for today...

Sunday, December 21, 2025

The Fourth Sunday Of Advent

It's time to rejoice:

 Now we return to December and Christmastide, when during the darkest days, we rejoice in the promise of the one true Light who has come into the world. This great wonder is pondered each year across the 12 days of Christmas, from Dec. 25 through Epiphany on Jan. 6.

Before this great feast arrives, however, there is a great season of preparation. Advent is not just for baking, caroling or gift-giving, but also for holding back the fullness of Christmas joy until the Nativity itself.

Including the recipe for mincemeat pies;)

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Hi Everyone

 So that you don't forget how I look like:


 


 Here is me celebrating Summer Solstice by running around the May Pole. It was 8 p.m. and 32*C so I didn't keep it up for a long time;)

I'll try to post more soon. See you later


Saturday, June 21, 2025

Summer Solstice 2025

 I woke up at 5 a.m. today. The sun was already up and shining. The last several days it didn't get completely dark till after 11.30 p.m. We've had a lot of sun so far this year. It's warm all the time and today it's going to be around 32*C and the summer has just started. I did go back to sleep later though, but there are actually people, including foreigners, who come to Stonehenge every year to celebrate. Us, we are going to a Midsummer festival this afternoon.

Sunday, June 8, 2025

Pentecost Weekend

 Have a blessed Pentecost Weekend everyone!

Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday which takes place on the 49th day (50th day when inclusive counting is used) after Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles of Jesus while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1–31).

It's a long weekend over here so we are going away for a couple of days, as usual;)

Friday, May 23, 2025

No, Proverbs 31 Woman Didn't Have A Career

 Those who claim it either have malicious intentions or demonstrate utter ignorance of the Ancient world.

Women were pretty much segregated in most of the pre-Christian societies. In Athene, for instance, women from good families weren't expected to leave their homes unless accompanied by a male relative. Poor women leaving their homes by necessity was seen as a problem. Yet, it doesn't mean they were unimportant. It means that they had their own female sphere of influence as described here:


Women were responsible for ensuring that food was prepared, supplies were maintained, and that servants or slaves efficiently carried out their tasks.

 

In wealthier households, although slaves performed much of the manual labor, the mistress of the house still managed and supervised their work.

 

As a result, the smooth functioning of the home depended on the woman’s ability to manage resources and labor effectively. 

Weaving also held a central place in the daily routine of Athenian women, who were expected to produce clothing and textiles for their household. 

 

Women spent long hours at the loom, weaving garments for their family members, a practice seen as a reflection of their diligence and moral virtue.

 

Additionally, the production of cloth had economic value, as surplus textiles could be sold or used in trade.

 

As a result, weaving became one of the few ways in which women directly contributed to the economic stability of their families. 

However, despite their confinement to the private sphere, Athenian women influenced public life indirectly through their roles in managing the household and raising future citizens.

 

By raising sons who would later serve in the Assembly and perform military duties, women contributed to the political future of the city.


That is exactly what the Proverbs 31 passage describes. And btw, speaking about "selling". Most of the trade at this period was natural exchange, money was hardly used. Textiles would often be exchanged for luxury goods. 

And now about that field (no, the lady wasn't a real estate agent):

In wealthier families, wives often had additional responsibilities, including overseeing agricultural production and handling the household’s finances.

 I doubt those who tell women to get a job outside home because "Proverbs 31 lady did" would really enjoy living in that type of society (as opposed to a feminist caricature of it):

 

Public spaces, particularly those connected to politics and intellectual life, were reserved for men.

 

As a result, women rarely appeared in public, except during religious festivals or funerary rites, which allowed them to step briefly outside their prescribed private roles.

  By managing your household well and taking wise financial decisions (a penny saved is a penny earned) you are following in the footsteps of the Proverbs 31 lady much better than by mixing with strange men in the modern workplace or even working from home for a different boss than your own husband.

 

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Greeks, Etruscans And Phoenicians

 visited us some time ago:


















There are two things I'd like to point out. First, the difference between Southern and Northern Europeans. There was not one woman warrior. And second, Etruscan women were supposedly very feminist. And yet, even they knew better than to run around half naked or to put on men's clothes, unlike many modern born again Christian women;)

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Another Conspiracy Theory

 Sorry couldn't resist this one as I have been re-reading some of his works:

Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays? 

Well and what do you think? 

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Good Wives Scarcity

 It's not a new problem;)

Bicorn and Chichevache are fabulous beasts that appear in European satirical works of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Bicorn is a creature—part panther, part cow, with a human-like face[1]—that devours kind-hearted and devoted husbands and (because of their abundance) is plump and well fed. Chichevache, on the other hand, devours obedient wives and (because of their scarcity) is thin and starving. 

From Wikipedia

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Christmas In The Highlands

 A review of sorts. It will be short though. Yesterday we watched a very nice Hallmark Christmas movie called Christmas In The Highlands. We all enjoyed it very much. It's kind of modern interpretation of a Cinderella story, with a simple working gal from New York meeting her Prince Charming in the Scottish Highlands. It's pretty traditional, too, and family friendly. 

There is no nudity, no profanity, no s8xual content of any kind, no violence and little multiculturalism. There is beautiful Scottish scenery, Christmas markets, a traditional ball, rather decent acting and a fairy tale atmosphere. 

You can watch the whole of it over here. Suitable for all ages.

Saturday, August 24, 2024

What Is A Chaste Woman?

 According to a classical definition, it's really very simple. A chaste woman is one who doesn't have s8x outside of marriage. If she does, the solution is to get married which then makes her chaste again, hence the expression "he made an honest woman out of her" that is he married her. If she then commits adultery and her husband divorces her, she is in unchaste category again unless some man decides to marry her.

In the times past the main reason for marriage was not procreation as some suggest. Many people had either no kids or their kids died or they were too old anyway but even older widows/widowers remarried because it was the only way to have legitimate s8x. Having children was just the natural consequence of s8x, unless you were royalty and really had to have a heir, in which case you were allowed to divorce for this reason alone. 

It didn't work exactly the same way for men though promiscuous men were branded "wh8re-mongers" and one could be killed for seducing a married woman, because it used to be an honour culture and while women's honour is chastity, men's honour is courage. Thus the requirements were different.

Nowadays we have a dishonour culture so all this doesn't matter anyway.

Monday, June 17, 2024

Happy Belated Father's Day!

 Sorry I didn't congratulate you yesterday but we were away the whole day:)

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Reasonable Clothes For Women

 Though much of what I'm going to say applies to men as well:)

I get a lot of topics to write about from YouTube videos and discussions. Recently YouTube by some reason pushed some episodes of a Nigerien (that is made in Niger) soap opera about life in a village. It is in some French dialect so I couldn't understand much at all, but I was impressed by the clothes the ladies wore. Now you should keep in mind that in Niger the majority of population are Moslem. However, women don't wear the traditional black stile garment we often associate with that faith, but rather something which I would describe as very reasonable, especially considering the climate.

They wore long colourful skirts with long leggins underneath and long sleeved denim/dark coloured blouses, turbans on their heads and lots of gold/jewellery. They looked feminine and dignified, and their clothes while cool offered protection against the sun.  

When we visit an archeological museum we see women wearing European medieval costumes. They consist of long colourful robes, head-coverings and sometimes hats worn on top of it (depending on the period they are portraying). And while Roman soldiers were known for their short tunics, female clothes were still long and covered the entire body + hair unless she was a slave. Slave girls were more undressed because their modesty and chastity were not protected by the law. 

Traditional clothes women wore in the West until recently were of the same type, though obviously of different styles. Hats and headcoverings by women were still worn till 1960s at the least, though dresses became much shorter. Men still wore long trousers and often hats. Then everything changed. Hats and wearing clothes in general was declared the tool of oppression/patriarchy and to emancipate oneself you have to prance around as undressed as the weather allows.

The funny thing is that while "they" definitely promote it, "they" in this case aren't the government officials but rather the MSM, the fashion world and (female) popstars whose skimpy clothes are eagerly copied by the young girls hoping to become just as popular by being "cool and s8xy".

Various Western governments, on the other hand, keep warning people about the dangers of the sun exposure and urge them to put on what could only be described as "modest clothing", like in this article.

 While they don't mention skirts/dresses (that would be too patriarchal, I guess) their educational video shows a girl wearing a dark knee-length dress. The stores are full of long summer skirts, btw, which offer even better protection since they cover more of your legs. And don't forget your feet. Open sandals are more risky than more traditional foot wear, or sport shoes which one usually wears with socks. 

Isn't it rather funny that all traditional cultures and religions expected folks to cover their nakedness, especially women and that it perfectly coincides with modern medical/scientific advice??? By the way, keep in mind that even when the UV index is low there are still UVA type rays present which normally don't cause sunburn, but they contribute to premature skin aging and are thought to suppress immunity. In fact, this article claims that just using a sunscreen regularly is comparable to botox in making you look younger. 

Well, I guess sticking it to the oppressive patriarchy is worth getting skin cancer and may be even dying. Or is it???


Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Is It "Their" Fault?

 If you are on Gab you know that the front page more often than not consists of memes and slogans, with a couple thought-provoking posts thrown in between. One of the memes spread around today went along the lines that the society is collapsing because "they" made the art ugly (among other things). Now I've seen the variations of this theme going around for ages. 

Who are "they" you will ask. Well, it could be anyone. "Deep State", "Special people", "Liberals," "Communists", "Demonrats", "Bankers" and sometimes, "elites" in general. 

Here is something I have been thinking about recently. The idea behind this type of posts is always that the elites are doing it on purpose, for some nefarious reasons, which is, possibly, at least, partly true. There is, however, an aspect of the problem which nobody seems to consider. Any society, how progressive and liberal it is in theory, has social classes. In traditional Western class system we have  upper class, middle class and lower class. Upper class are ruling elites, middle class are free property owners and craftsmen, while lower class is rather heterogenic. 

Traditionally it would consist out of the descendants of medieval serfs, landless peasants (and in general people too poor to own any kind of property), various vagabonds and antisocial/criminal elements.

European class system has never been very rigid, and there was both upward and downward mobility, however, the upper class still largely consists of those who are called "old blood/money". I read about some Swiss/Italian families which are 1000 years old and all this time have been in top 10% of the income bracket. In UK and Germany there are families who own property such as historical castles for more than a thousand years. Well, you get my point.

Upper class people, whether good or evil, generally have a higher IQ which, together with clannishness and ambition/lust for power is one of the factors which allows them to keep their dominant position in society. It is those people who throughout the centuries have had time to create high culture, works of art, music and literature. Their youngest sons became clergymen and studied theology. They have shaped European culture for more than a thousand years.

It was European nobility who first converted to Christianity, made it the official religion, and sometimes forced it on the peasants, who had kept their old pagan folks-beliefs well into Late Middle Ages. It was upper and upper middle class in Great Britain who created Victorian culture we admire so much.

Lower classes? Well, they did enjoy stuff like gladiator fights, public executions, traveling circus, and fairs where cripples were showing their handicaps for money. In the 19th century, there was an enormous effort by the elites to "enlighten" poor folks and to improve their living conditions. It worked! Even factory workers were reading novels like those of Dickens in Victorian England and visiting opera.

And then, what happened then? Somewhere in the mid-19th century Western elites lost their faith. They put their trust in science and "killed God". Some stayed "Christian in name only", others turned openly atheist. Ironically enough, it was lower middle/lower class who kept to their faith the longest, but now in Europe they chiefly lost it, too. In the USA, many people still identify as Christian, but for far too many of them, their religion is more like belonging to a social/entertainment club. My husband calls it "circus churches". 

Once Western elites stopped being Christian they simply lost their ability to create transcendental works of art. The last one of this kind in English language was probably Lord Of The Rings. Recently I read the preface to a Game of Thrones novel which stated that it is more morally complex than LOTR. The very first page I opened had a sentence that ran approximately like this: She f888ed her father. And later "she needs a good f888" Well, that is modern moral complexity on a display right here. I'm fairly certain that Tolkien could not have written it.

Western elites are currently atheistic nihilists (some think they are downright satanic) or (like some American politicians) use religion cynically to appeal to their voters and manipulate them into obeying the government (how many churches have adopted the alphabet agenda?) Elite sons are not choosing careers in the church which is one of the reasons of the theological stagnation and church having lower status in general. 

Art and culture produced by these elites naturally reflect their essence. "They" probably aren't even doing it on purpose, to corrupt the masses. They simply can't behave otherwise. Modern art and culture simply reflects their core values, on the one hand, while on the other hand, it appeals to the lowest common denominator because it sells better. You know, the types who used to enjoy gladiator's fights and public hangings. 

Until "they" become Christian again, there will be no change for the better.