Source: America and ameriKwa
America and ameriKwa are two ideas that represent the various aspects of the same geographical region. The former, in its most literal sense, is a geographical designation which represents the landmass which separates the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. On a different level, it also metaphorically represents a nation which was founded some 200 years ago, when the descendants of British colonists living on the said continent revolted against the Crown and established independence. In other contexts, it refers to a hedgemonic entity which arose from the imperialistic and interventionist nature of the said nation.Culturally, America is synonymous with the evolution of the nation from its inception until the post-WW2 era. It is dominated by a sense of place and of history which is derived from its English ancestors. It is concerned with the protection of property, but not its excess, and it is opposed to the therapeutic welfare state
The notion of “ameriKwa” is something quite different. It does not refer to a place or a nation in the classical sense, but rather, is indicative of a type of civilization whose characteristics Evola termed the “reductio ad absurdum of the negative and the most senile aspects of Western civilization.” While America can be assigned a number of positive traits, there are none to be found in ameriKwa, which is indeed the most recent manifestation of America. Such negative traits of ameriKwa include the rootless nature of its culture, the fusion of consumerism and politics, its rampant egalitarianism and its liberal decadence. Put another way, ameriKwa is the concept of the rejection of the organic society, and the embracing of the artificial anti-culture which is grounded in individualism and decadent modernist thinking.
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