We all know
Many theories abound. Some say it’s about money – lucrative corporate contracts and euros-for-oil deals with Middle Eastern despots.
Money surely plays a role. Yet the hatred many Europeans harbor toward America appears to transcend greed. Its roots lie deep in the fascist ideology which, in large measure, seems to drive the European Union.
With no America to hate, Europeans would have few compelling reasons to unite. And so the lords of Brussels must keep the bonfires of anti-Americanism burning – just as their predecessors, Hitler and Mussolini, did.
The writings of Baron Julius Evola (1898 - 1974) lay bare the resentments smoldering in many European hearts. An Italian Fascist and one of Mussolini's leading intellectual defenders, Evola called for a united Europe in his 1972 book, "Men Among the Ruins." He stated plainly what many Europeans feel but dare not say.
Evola lamented the fact that the fortunes of war had reduced Europe "from its role as a great subject in world politics" to a mere "object conditioned by foreign interests and influences." (1)
"Today Europe has to live between two superpowers struggling for control of the world [USA and USSR]," wrote Evola – a condition he likened to "slavery." (2)
Evola looked back fondly on the days when Hitler's Third Reich united Europe in a common cause.
"Before 1945," he wrote, "we could at least witness the wonderful sight of the principle of a supernational European Army, and the legionary spirit of volunteers from many nations who, having been organized in several divisions, fought on the Eastern front against the Soviets; at that time the foundation was the Third Reich." (3)
Only through unification could Europe recover its former glory, said Evola. He prescribed the following steps – many of which will look eerily familiar to those who have followed the march toward European unification.
Evola recommended forming "an Order, whose members would act in the various nations, doing what they can to promote an eventual European unity. ..." This Order would be built around "members of ancient European families" who still possessed "something in the blood" that lent them a "warrior character," wrote Evola. (4)
"One must first get rid of the political class, which holds the power in almost all European countries in this time of interregnum and European slavery," Evola wrote. (5)
Evola called upon Europeans to cultivate an "inner readiness" to put aside their own national loyalties and embrace the superstate of Europe – to cross "from the national level to the supernational," as Evola put it. (6)
The "nationalist hubris" or "pride of nations" must be broken, Evola declared. (7) In the process, European peoples would have to abandon many aspects of their individual cultures and embrace a new "common European culture." (8) Evola called explicitly for the abolition of "nationalism," "imperialism" and "chauvinism." (9)
Europe should then be united "into a single bloc," wrote Evola. (10) Paradoxically, while Evola denounced "imperialism," he called for the formation of a "European Empire" in which peoples and nations would be "arranged hierarchically," with superior nations lording it over inferior ones. (11)
The European Empire would be ruled by aristocratic elites, who would replace the bickering parliaments of yesteryear. Evola called for a "general anti-democratic cleansing." (12)
The New Europe would need a spiritual belief system. But Christianity would not do. Modern Christianity had degenerated into something "weak, insubstantial and formless," Evola complained. Worse, it was "not specifically European and not liable to be monopolized for European civilization alone: after all, even American blacks are Christians," Evola wrote. (13)
Ultimately, Europeans would be called upon to make their move – to confront Europe's foreign oppressors and, in Evola's words, "to become emancipated in every aspect and in equal measure from both the United States and the USSR." (14)
Many and varied are the partisans of European unification, among whom communists lie down with capitalists. Few would recognize Evola’s name and fewer still would praise him. Yet, when Europeans close their eyes at night, it is Evola’s dream they dream. When they burn with hatred for America, it is Evola’s hate that possesses their souls.
1. Julius Evola, “Men Among the Ruins: Post-War Reflections of a Radical Traditionalist,” (trans. Guido Stucco, ed. Michael Moynihan), Inner Traditions, Rochester, Vermont, 2002 (first edition, Edizioni Mediteranee, 1972), page 274.
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