[Menydh]

Originally Posted by Der

Yes, the only way to fight the modern world is to return to more traditional ways of life yet what worries me are those factors that you've mentioned above, especially these ones:

• Trade (and even production) is already highly dependable on a globalized structure.
• Industry delocalization is already at a much advanced stage.
• Agriculture, cattle farming and other food produce industries have been largely cut to force a dependance on outside countries.

Wouldn't these make it much harder for us to return to that traditional way of life, since at present we are totally dependent on outside countries, there is barely any local production, so hunger and the lack of basic needs should be expected during the transition years, a transition that would have not hit us very hard 30 years ago but which will become harder and harder as we move into the future.

Yes, that's correct. And the problem is much more complex than just that.

When we speak of a return to a traditional society we often neglect much of the real world that surrounds us. There is an unbalance between idealism and realism. That's how I see too Nationalism and Europeanism, in terms of idealism and realism respectively. It would be the ideal not to have to bother with those annoying neighbours, and to live in your own island of isolation. However, a reality check will soon tell you that there is a whole world in constant competition around you, and that you are a part of it whether you like it or not. Your precious ideal society can be a means to leave you with no defenses.

And so, when speaking of a wish for a return to traditional ways of life, this should not be one of those naïve volkish ideas. At every step, there must be a perfect balance between what is ideal and what is real. How much of the one can be achieved, without losing contact with the other. And vice versa.

A part of what has been destroyed can be reversed, especially under certain circumstances that force the need to reversal. Much more than what's been materially lost, I would worry with what's been spiritually lost. Because that is a lost strength much needed to start re-building.