radicalism: the true ideology of the west  many people on here complain about radical leftists and at the same time song praises to the glorious west. but the west is radical. its history since ancient greece has been that of radicalism.  in ancient greece the man said to be the father of philosophy, socrates was a radical. he was compelled to question every aspect of athenian culture that didnt make sense to him. he could not accept it as it was, it had to fit his idea of a logical society. the philosophers after him followed socrates in this western mindset of constantly questioning everything that is normal. this way of thinking helped western culture in science due to this compulsion to know everything but it also led to political radicalism. communism was for marx and engels a solution to a society that did not make sense. they thought they solved the questions socrates had started when he first criticized society. and in the west fascism and nazism were the counter to communism and they were just as radical.  and in the modern day the west only has radical options when it comes to politics. whether its the liberal progressive left or the social darwinist right. and then you even have the libertarian technophiles that want to live forever as transhumanist beings. any normal ideology in the west will be ignored for more radical ideas.
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