Blind anger and passion do nothing to threaten establishment and authority but rather validate it. Those such as Nietzsche who by default rejected anything accepted by culture norms or those that accept nonconformity for the simple sake of nonconformity, only confirm authority and the status quo. The oppressors simply state “ You see! the opposite of obedience is insanity!” It simply confirms the age old lie that the only alternative to masochism is sadism.
The issue is not conformity vs. nonconformity but rather conformity vs. integrity, conformity vs. self respect, conformity vs. the truth. If your “nonconformity” is held simply by default of what most people currently believe because of some unnamed and unexamined contempt for the status quo then your beliefs are just as subjective and unfounded as those you passionately oppose.
The true radical’s hatred of the status quo is rooted in his/her love of the truth, not some mindless nonconformity. Mindless anger, passion and contempt achieve nothing but your own frustration and tint the reputation of those that actually have something to say. But when our beliefs are rooted in first principles, when passion is put along side of cool logical consistency it is then unstoppable.
We hate the ugly because we love the beautiful, we hate the state because we love freedom, we hate authority because we love ourselves, we reject falsehood because we love the truth. Don’t let your passion be driven by simple minded contempt, but rather a deep love of everything that makes like beautiful and honest.
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I agree. I never really understood the compulsion to label people a "sellout" because they became popular. It's very much true that some people sell out in order to gain popularity, but the simple fact that they are popular doesn't mean they sold out. Running around denouncing anything other people like isn't rebellious.
Yeah, it seems to me that wanting a certain goal but whenever it becomes popular abandoning it is a little masochistic.
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