[a / b / c / d / e / f / g / gif / h / hr / k / m / o / p / s / t / u / v / vg / vm / vmg / vr / vrpg / vst / w / wg] [i / ic] [r9k / s4s / vip] [cm / hm / lgbt / y] [3 / aco / adv / an / bant / biz / cgl / ck / co / diy / fa / fit / gd / hc / his / int / jp / lit / mlp / mu / n / news / out / po / pol / pw / qst / sci / soc / sp / tg / toy / trv / tv / vp / vt / wsg / wsr / x / xs] [Settings] [Search] [Mobile] [Home]
Board
Settings Mobile Home
/lit/ - Literature

Name
Spoiler?[]
Options
Comment
Verification
4chan Pass users can bypass this verification. [Learn More] [Login]
File[]
  • Please read the Rules and FAQ before posting.

08/21/20New boards added: /vrpg/, /vmg/, /vst/ and /vm/
05/04/17New trial board added: /bant/ - International/Random
10/04/16New board for 4chan Pass users: /vip/ - Very Important Posts
[Hide] [Show All]


[Advertise on 4chan]


File: 801754.jpg (40 KB, 263x400)
40 KB JPG
Can anyone explain why this book has become such an essential component of the "chud canon"? It doesn't seem particularly relevant to issues like race, sex, nationalism etc. in the slightest bit.
>>
>>25468700
Only highly intelligent men of Gothic soul can fully grasp and understand this timeless masterpiece. Not for everyone, safe to skip if you're just interested in the internet chud movement
>>
>>25468700
They read the title. Thats literally it.
>>
>>25468700
Also fuck abridged editions, if he wanted the book to be shorter, he would write it like this. Midwittery
>>
>>25468700
because ROME and WESTERN CIVILIZATION and le DECLINE
>>
>>25468700

it validates their thesis that culture is in terminal decline and adds a pseudo-mystical philosophical theory to back it up. instead of saying "the modern world is shit" they can reference spengler and say it is an inevitable terminal cycle specific to empires and that we are at a stage of aging, a frail state of bedridden senescence, and nothing can be done about it without a caesarian revolt to seize power (which justifies authoritarianism)
>>
>>25468743
He didn't masturbate over Rome, would have known if you actually read it
>>
>>25468744
Name three culturally significant products of 21st century. You can't. If you closed all of the art schools of today, nothing of value is lost
>>
>>25468700
Spengler shits on liberalism, and that's enough
>>
It comprehensibly defines "the Occident" as a unique culture worth defending.
It's essential chudcore
>>
>>25468753
Avengers Endgame
The Sopranos
Mario Kart
>>
>>25468744
You’re right. It does validate the thesis. Well put anon.
>>
the west has fallen, Faustian spirit bussin ong
>>
Essential chudcore:
https://xcancel.com/oldspeak_books/status/2088175046539739479
>>
>>25468753
Half Life 2
The Possibility of an Island
Bible Black
>>
>>25468757
That's more or less what mainstream media and politicians in Europe do, going on about European Values, which are all about feminism, democracy and tolerance towards imported brown people, and which have to be defended from evil right-wingers and sometimes left-wing extremists and some islamists that smuggled themselves in with the refugees that are fleeing from them.
>>
>>25468744
But Spengler doesn't believe Caesarism will save the West. He says the West is doomed to collapse regardless because it had reached the end of its preset timespan and that Caesarism is a vain attempt at preserving it.
>>
>>25468753
Naruto
Jujutsu Kaisen
One Piece

Easy
>>
They use parts of the framework but miss the
nuance.
>>
File: morgan-hes-right.gif (139 KB, 640x478)
139 KB GIF
>>25468753
FutaDomWorld: Binding Sim
Smog - Supper
David Foster Wallace - Consider the Lobster and Other Essays



[Advertise on 4chan]

Delete Post: [File Only] Style:
[Disable Mobile View / Use Desktop Site]

[Enable Mobile View / Use Mobile Site]

All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective parties. Images uploaded are the responsibility of the Poster. Comments are owned by the Poster.