Sunday, July 21, 2013

Political Philosophy of the Future

Since categories such as 'master', 'slave', 'noble', and 'oligarchy' all predate Nietzsche's introduction of the Will to Power, the construction of a 'Political Philosophy of the Future' based on that principle is can proceed independently of all of them.  Now, the obvious fundamental aim of such a doctrine is the maximization of collective Power, which entails the maximum empowerment of each member of the collective.  Hence, the value, according to the principle, of a specific type of system is a function, perhaps contingent on circumstances, of its efficacy in organizing the promotion of those maximums.  Thus, for example, Nietzsche, in Beyond Good and Evil #258, deviates from his own principle, not only by treating an "aristocracy" as an end-in-itself, but by ignoring that the strength of any such over-class is dependent on that of the under-class on which it is propped.  Likewise, systems purportedly following Nietzsche's example--notably National Socialism, Straussianism, Randism--by mistreating or neglecting its members, are too weak to qualify as a Political Philosophy of the Future based on the Will to Power.

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