The well’s been dry this week, so here’s some Kipling:
Now, this is the cup the White Men drink
When they go to right a wrong,
And that is the cup of the old world’s hate–
Cruel and strained and strong.
We have drunk that cup–and a bitter, bitter cup–
And tossed the dregs away.
But well for the world when the White Men drink
To the dawn of the White Man’s day!
Now, this is the road that the White Men tread
When they go to clean a land–
Iron underfoot and levin overhead
And the deep on either hand.
We have trod that road–and a wet and windy road–
Our chosen star for guide.
Oh, well for the world when the White Men tread
Their highway side by side!
Now, this is the faith that the White Men hold–
When they build their homes afar–
“Freedom for ourselves and freedom for our sons
And, failing freedom, War.”
We have proved our faith–bear witness to our faith,
Dear souls of freemen slain!
Oh, well for the world when the White Men join
To prove their faith again!
Never knew he wrote this one. Thanks!
Iron underfoot and levin overhead
And the deep on either hand.
Never seen that before, had to google it. Awesome.
Reminds me of this song:
This shows rather poignantly how lost White Men are without tribal supremacy. This new white tribalism that’s emerging from the combination of white revisionist history, NRx triumphalism and manospherian separatism, is a mystic glimpse of a re-legion of White Men. But make no mistake, it’s coherent only because of the people the tribe seeks to dominate.
The White Man is inherently narcissistic, and needs constant affirmation of his beauty. That’s why this poem seems inspirational when its really just a profession of racial self-love. Kipling was like that. I’d like to say a more committed racial Anglophile is hard to find but the fact is they were everywhere…but not in England, in India. Narcissism needs its magic affirming mirror.
The truth is, the white tribe Kipling is wriiting about has no coherence on its own any more. It only became a nation in the first place because it was an island and had no other choice but to carve out a way of surviving. Even then, it’s history is one bot of civilising the world, but beating it into a form that conforms to its own body.
The white man has struggled in every way beyond the confines of his ancestral lands, succeeding far more often by armed subjugation, pillage and slavery than wise and just rule. Modern civilisation has emerged from a realisation that dominance is the only thing that keeps the white man from consuming everything in sight. Without the submission of deeper, wiser and more humble races, the White Man falls easily into fear and despair, his faith weak without a sense of his own superiority.
This new white supremacy kick is dead in the water. No-one’s going to let that beast out of its cage. Kipling’s insights show, however, that the White Man is civilised and governable when he’s given others to lead. So I say let him lead. His challenge is not a racial one but in taking the pants back from his women. Can he do it?
@FREE NORTHERNER:
Just wanted to thank you for the curatorial service you’re providing. I look forward to each of the Lightning Round posts and there is always a great deal that I’d miss otherwise. So thanks for the service you do for us. -Curt