Now it has come to pass that a conscript army is in fact a “democratic” army, composed of men who have made adjustment with the “social attitude” of the times. So does the run-of-the-mill draftee console himself when compelled to interrupt his dream of a career. Acceptance of compulsory military service has reached the point of unconscious resignation of personality. The individual, as individual, simply does not exist; he is of the mass.
This is the fulfillment of statism. It is a state of mind that does not recognize any ego but that of the collective. For analogy, one must go to the pagan practice of human sacrifice: when the gods called for it, when the medicine man so insisted, as a condition for prospering the clan, it was incumbent on the individual to throw himself into the sacrificial fire. In point of fact, statism is a form of paganism, for it is worship of an idol, something made by man. Its base is pure dogma. Like all dogmas this one is subject to interpretations and rationales, each with its coterie of devotees. But, whether one calls oneself a Communist, Socialist, New Dealer, or just plain “democrat,” one begins with the premise that the individual is of consequence only as a servant of the mass idol. Its will be done.1
- Frank Chodorov – The Divide Between Society and State [↩]
also jeder für sich und an alle ist gedacht?
Purer Individualismus ist nicht gleichbedeutend mit dem Kampf ‘jeder gegen jeden’, sondern die Abschaffung jeglichen Gruppendenkens. Ich befürworte es ausserordentlich, wenn Leute andern Leuten helfen, doch dieses Helfen funktioniert nur, wenn die Leute als Individuen und nicht als Gruppenzugehörige aufgefasst werden.
Der Staat verkennt notgedrungen die Wichtigkeit des Individuums und operiert einzig mit Begriffen wie “die Bürger”, “das Volk”, “der Feind”.
und er schützt minderheiten.
Manche, andere unterdrückt er bloss. Dazu bestehen auch Minderheiten bloss aus Individuen. Und das Individuum verliert im Staat immer.