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| The reality of horror. Humanity should not hope for a happy ending |
| 2023-10-17 |
| [Regnum. Google Translate] Many images of the Palestinian attack on Israel (killing civilians, mocking hostages, mocking corpses) are real horror. You may ask: haven’t we seen a lot of this kind of horror before from a variety of war zones or performed by a variety of terrorists? We saw it. But this goes on and on, the thicker it gets. Before our eyes, the so-called world stability is collapsing, which, as it seemed to many, will only become even more stable in the future. But this was an ordinary illusion of the human consciousness, trying to fix the positive and not part with it, even in the face of a real threat. Moreover, modern psychotherapeutic practices are mostly based on this. But such a departure from reality can be costly for both individuals and entire communities. Because the reality is that the belief that humanity has made incredible moral progress since the Middle Ages is a dangerous delusion. Just look on the average college graduate. ...The period that began after World War II, and especially in the early 90s, seemed to be a new era in human history. Various kinds of humanists imagined that people were about to finally mature into mutually beneficial cooperation and consumer "paradise." But it was precisely at this time that the popularity of horror as a cinematic genre was growing sharply, which should be read as a warning that evil lurks in the depths of the human soul, and not at all in some structures of external suppression. At the same time, terrorism as a phenomenon is becoming truly widespread. After all, terrorism is the other side of humanism. Terror by representatives of "oppressed peoples" is always not only inhumanity, but deliberate meanness. They do not expect in response the total destruction of all their fellow tribesmen, as Genghis Khan or even, perhaps, Oliver Cromwell would have done in response. On the other hand, they proceed from the fact that the "oppressors" value the lives of each of their people, and therefore, according to the logic of terrorists, must retreat. Innocent women and children of Gaza, anyone? And this does not mean that humanism is bad, it just needs to be sighted and not blinded by illusions. The English words terror and horror are practically synonymous (the difference is in the shades of meaning) and mean horror. What is the main genre feature of horror? If we are dealing with a real, unalloyed example, then there is no happy ending in it. The most striking example of recent days, just a pure plot for horror, is an electronic music festival in Israel, the participants of which are attacked by terrorists and the very horror and "ultra-violence" begins, the threat of which its participants naively and even quite idiotically intended to "displace" with their dancing . For some reason, since the 60s of the last century, such people have never understood that the slogan "make love not war" is by no means universal. There are those who cannot be pacified by dancing. It's a joy for them to dance at your funeral. And horror films are about them, by the way. ...Regardless of our desires, ideas, hopes, we are entering a new era. It will no longer be possible to live in it (or rather, survive) in the inertia of old meanings. The time is coming for liberation from the illusions of stability and security. Horror leaves no choice. There should not be a single chance for a happy ending for those who are living bearers of horror, for those who immerse women and children in it. Regardless of the personal and collective psychological trauma of terrorists, their declared intentions and justifications that the left-liberal public, on the one hand, and some statesmen, on the other, always find for them. This has already been tested more than once: humanists who deny reality themselves often become victims of agents of Horror. And geos - and just politicians who believe that they can use them as a tool, regularly find themselves in the role of a failed magician who managed to summon a demon, but failed to control it. |
| Posted by:Grom the Reflective |
| #4 Not all cultures are created equal; not all cultures deserve to exist. Rape Culture has no place on the planet. Hence, humanity is denied the happy ending: "They do not expect in response the total destruction of all their fellow tribesmen." |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-10-17 13:09 |
| #3 Yes. Putting executions behind prison walls, hidden from the public eye, sure seems to have diminished the deterrent factor. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-17 10:54 |
| #2 With any luck the age of strategic war, strategic targeting, and limited war will be over. Ony the horror of total war keeps adversaries at bay. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2023-10-17 10:46 |
| #1 Once you embrace the fuckedness of the ending, the trip gets easier. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-10-17 08:16 |