**** NIHILISM & JACOBITISM - THE MISUNDERSTANDING. ****

*** "In my item on NIHILISM & JACOBITISM Iwill try to explain why terms of all kinds of 'Nihilism', Introduced by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Are a gross misunderstanding of the Real, original meaning of NIHILISM." *** CULTURE OR SUBCULTURE. NIHILISM is.not only a political doctrine and philosophy, but also a CULTURE, and also a SUBCULTURE. Since the mid-1990s I have noticed that this van regularly lead to friction, onflict or a tense relationship with the environment with the society As such, which is predominantly Liberal-Conservative. LIBERALISM & CONSERVATISM have traditionally been at gteat ofds with NIHILISM (& JACOBITISM).I still have this ambivalent, love-hate relationship with my immediate environment and with society to this day!" *** CULTURAL ANARCHISM. *** "The red and black is politically-ideologically a symbol of certain movements, although it is generally used by Anarchists (including Nihilists), Communists, Socialists and other Far-Left people. The black represents Anarchism and the red represents Far Left and Socialist ideals. In my opinion, if you really want to make a statement in public, you can only wear the red-black colours if you know the 'true' meaning, politically-ideologically (or religiously!), and in some way have Anarchist roots. This is often in combination with a (sub)cultural identity, belonging to an alternative culture that exists outside or on the edge of the mainstream, popular and predominant culture(s) in society. Compare it with the more politically charged term 'countercultures'." "NIHILISM AS A COUNTERCULTURE." "Countercultures are cultures whose values and norms of behaviour differ substantially from those of regular society, sometimes in direct opposition to mainstream cultural mores. Countercultural movements such as Nihilism, especially from the 19th century, express the ethos and aspirations of a specific group at the time. The problem with Nihilism as a form of Anarchism was that it always remained a very small oppositional force, coming out of the social class of the petty bourgeoisie, that kept its distance from the other critical social group, the landed gentry, and that there was a deep social divide between them (the NIHILISTS) and the 'ordinary' people, the peasants - on whom they focused socially and politically - and the emerging working-class proletariat. As a result, Nihilism as a counterculture couldn’t bring about dramatic cultural or social changes in Russian or Dutch East Indies society, which ultimately – unfortunately! – worked to the advantage of the rapidly emerging Marxism and Social Democracy, both of which focused on the new working class. Today, we, NIHILISTS, are still a separate group or subculture within Anarchism." __________________________________________________________________________________________________