Where have the heroes Gone?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 10:55 am
Where the will has expressed itself in a new way then logic becomes the coward. The will to power is life, but what is power? Power is more than might or strength. Power may be the power to inspire, the power to win fame and not least of course power over nature, that is to say the power to change the natural circumstances of our origin and to redirect the course of our development as a species. Issue 5 of this magazine was entitled . Heroes fix a pattern of power, even when, especially when perhaps, they ultimately fail. Scott of the Antarctic.
King Arthur, King Harold, Lawrence of Arabia, were failures in practical terms: they failed to achieve their aims. It is this aspect of heroism which the modern world, the world which measures all value in phone number list monetary terms and only monetary terms, in short the capitalist world, cannot accept. Power and the glory which attends it, is in the capitalist system a question of obtaining power by increasing purchasing power. Money is the badge and the source of glory and esteem today. Even artistic or sporting talents, respected in other cultures, in ours are worthless when not enhanced, flattered and manipulated by Almighty Lucre.
To be sure, tangible wealth is usually considered a desirable reward of power in any culture, but in ours, this "reward" constitutes the source of all power itself. The manner in which such wealth is distributed has little to do with a reward for hard work. Work hard and you will become a millionaire is a myth concocted to maintain the illusion that the system is fundamentally just. It is a question of fortunate circumstances and, above all, the shrewd exploitation of those circumstances. Most random of all is the awarding of wealth to men and women whose sole claim to superiority consists in being particularly.
King Arthur, King Harold, Lawrence of Arabia, were failures in practical terms: they failed to achieve their aims. It is this aspect of heroism which the modern world, the world which measures all value in phone number list monetary terms and only monetary terms, in short the capitalist world, cannot accept. Power and the glory which attends it, is in the capitalist system a question of obtaining power by increasing purchasing power. Money is the badge and the source of glory and esteem today. Even artistic or sporting talents, respected in other cultures, in ours are worthless when not enhanced, flattered and manipulated by Almighty Lucre.
To be sure, tangible wealth is usually considered a desirable reward of power in any culture, but in ours, this "reward" constitutes the source of all power itself. The manner in which such wealth is distributed has little to do with a reward for hard work. Work hard and you will become a millionaire is a myth concocted to maintain the illusion that the system is fundamentally just. It is a question of fortunate circumstances and, above all, the shrewd exploitation of those circumstances. Most random of all is the awarding of wealth to men and women whose sole claim to superiority consists in being particularly.