American exceptionalism, or
Americanism as we will call it here, will never be at peace with its
traditional neighbors. Any hierarchical,
divinely founded system undermines its main tenets, threatens its very existence. Thus, it must eradicate all such systems
before the people living under the heavy yoke of the falsehood of the American
system realize their error, repent of their mistake, and return to the
God-given system of hierarchy (people-nobility-king, laymen-monks-angels,
deacon-priest-bishop, etc.).
An examination of the key
text of Americanism, the Declaration of
Independence (1776), confirms this, especially the second paragraph, so
rich in the defining theological content of Americanism. The first claim tries to strike a mortal blow
against hierarchy of any kind: ‘We hold
these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal’. This is not simply an attack on established
orders in society, but on a hierarchy of knowledge and/or wisdom. Typically, traditional cultures have taught
that insight is acquired with an increase in virtue. Americanism rejects even this, stating baldly
that the understanding of a young, undisciplined student is equal to that of a
holy ascetic elder in the matter of political philosophy (because Truth is
self-evident, requiring no effort to perceive it).
‘ . . . that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness’:
The war against traditional morality is not difficult to discern in this
passage. For instance, the ‘liberty’ and
‘pursuit of happiness’ so much lauded by them is used as a pretext to snuff out
‘life’ under the name of euthanasia/ assisted suicide; suffering prevents me
from enjoying liberty as I am entitled to do (says the American), so I am free
to end that suffering if I want to, no matter what anyone else thinks. Likewise, the ‘liberty’ and ‘pursuit of
happiness’ of a pregnant woman give rise to the ‘right’ of abortion, allowing
her to override the ‘right to life’ of her unborn baby by murdering him if she
deems the child an inconvenience. These
kinds of contradictions that arise from the ‘self-evident Truths’ of the
Declaration are fatal to maintaining a healthy society, one that values people
as made in the image of God.
‘ . . . That to secure these
Rights, Governments are instituted among Men’:
This reasoning debases government, making it a tool simply to satisfy
the worldly desires of mankind, taking away from it any divine purpose or
sanction. Metropolitan Hierotheos of
Nafpaktos offers
a healthy rebuke, explaining that there is only one ‘right’ mankind should
be concerned about, that their governments should secure for them, and it is
specifically religious in nature – the ‘right’ to deification through union
with the energies of the All-Holy Trinity:
‘The Church sees things
differently, because it sets the foundations of "rights" not simply
in the satisfaction of physical desires connected with the intellect and
various passions, but in the observance of God's requirements, God's commandments,
as we chant: "Teach me Your requirements". The basic human right is
the development of noetic energy. This "right" is a free gift of God
and is given to all people. When this noetic energy is activated, then all the
other special characteristics of the human being are surpassed, without being
abolished.’
. . .
The may be read here:
https://www.geopolitika.ru/en/article/americanism-will-always-be-war-traditional-peoples
Or here in Russian:
https://katehon.com/ru/article/pochemu-amerikancy-vsegda-budut-voevat-s-narodami-tradicii
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Holy
Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema
to the Union!
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