| | | Might Is Right, or The Survival of the Fittest, is a book by pseudonymous author Ragnar Redbeard. First published in 1890, it heavily advocates egoist anarchism, amorality, consequentialism and psychological hedonism. In Might Is Right, Redbeard rejects conventional ideas of human and natural rights and argues that only strength or physical might can establish moral right (à la Callicles or Thrasymachus). The book also attacks Christianity and Democracy. Friedrich Nietzsche's theories of master–slave morality and herd mentality serve as a clear inspiration for Redbeard's book written contemporaneously. [1]
Individualist anarchist historian James J. Martin called it "surely one of the most incendiary works ever to be published anywhere." [2]This refers to the controversial content such as the viewpoint that weakness should be regarded with hatred and the strong and forceful presence of Social Darwinism in the text. There are also controversial parts of the book that deal with race and male–female relations, claiming that the woman and the family as a whole are the property of the man and proclaiming the innate superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race. [3] The book also contains many strong anti-Semitic statements. [3]
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"This book is a reasoned negation of the Ten Commandments–the Golden Rule–the Sermon on the Mount–Republican Principles– Christian Principles–and "Principles" in general. It proclaims upon scientific evolutionary grounds, the unlimited absolutism of Might, and asserts that cut-and-dried moral codes are crude and immoral inventions, promotive of vice and vassalage."
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IOW if Trump were a philospher and could write, he could've have written it.
“He who turns the other cheek is a cowardly dog -- a Christian dog.”
? Ragnar Redbeard, Might is Right
“Govenment is founded on property
Property is founded on conquest
Conquest is founded on power
All power is founded on brain and brawn.”
? Ragnar Redbeard, Might is Right
“If a man smite you on one cheek, smash him down; smite him hip and thigh, for self-preservation is the highest law.”
? Ragnar Redbeard, Might is Right
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