According to Hegel, in order for Man to transcend himself as he is currently, he must act on (negate) the given world around him. In simpler language man must consume the world around him and incorporate said world into himself or be consumed. In the words of an Austrian Painter: Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.

The implication of this philosophical position is severe. Any activity that is not negating (destroying/transforming/assimilating) into oneself is pseudo-activity. It is a waste of time and energy as it does not have a transformative effect on oneself. A neutral orientation towards the world makes one an NPC. The natural world does not exist in homeostasis. Nature is a constant struggle over limited resources. Man is subject to the same ugly laws of nature as every other creature and must struggle to exist. Technology might have put a layer of gloss over this harsh reality, but this truth remains operative nonetheless.

Eat Or Be Eaten

When one is confronted with another's Desire, one must negate or be negated. Kill or be killed. Eat or be eaten. Conquer or be conquered. This Desire can take many forms: your girlfriend’s Desire for you to watch sitcoms with her every night instead of going to the gym, your boss’s Desire for you to make minimum wage with no benefits, your parents’ Desire for you to stay in your small town and marry a girl from your community instead of leaving. People will force their Desire upon you so that you stay in your lane and do as you are told.

For example, [REDACTED] more so than any other group have an insatiable lust for self-negation. Whether through antidepressants, drugs, alcohol or debasing sexual acts. Collectively they have chosen: not to be. They race toward annihilation like a moth to a burning flame. Nobody knows why and nobody can stop them.

For Hegel, the basis of human survival is the Desire to negate the given rather than be negated. Purely cognitive, passive contemplation is necessary, but insufficient. Thinking is not enough; you need to change reality through your actions in the world. Again, this means that no amount of "knowledge" gathering will change you substantially unless it gives your Desires the fuel necessary to come into action. Man is defined through his actions, not his intentions.

Neutrality and the Master-Slave Dialectic

Assuming a neutral position is a failure to go beyond the given. A man who is benign and neutral is no different than an animal. What do a beta male and a plow horse have in common? They both stay in their lane. Mind their own business. Do as they’re told. Only to be negated by those who lord over them and sent to the glue factory once they no longer provide any value.

To act on one's Desire is to put one’s own Desire over mere survival, over life itself. He who does not risk his life in pursuit of his goals is not living, he is merely following. Never abandon your Desire, for if you do, your life is not your own.

In Hegel’s [in]famous Master-Slave dialectic, the Master wins the primal fight because his creed is "victory or death," to come back with his shield or on it. The Slave convinced himself that the fight wasn’t worth the effort, saying "fuck that, I don't want to die." The Slave’s fear of action begets a neutral disposition. Neutrality is synonymous with having been subjugated by the Master. That’s why every Beta male NPC has a neutral benign disposition.

From that point on, the Slave works to fulfill the Desire of the Master. The Master, however, is incapable of attaining fulfillment by the Slave’s recognition because he views the Slave as less than human. The Master is content with the status quo. He would rather die than give up his position as Master.

The Slave’s only hope of transcending the situation is to use the skills he developed servicing the Master in order to overcome the Master. Today’s elite are incapable of generating real value. This makes them degenerate. The Master doesn't want things to change substantially, whereas the Slave does—both are discontent, but the Master is doomed to be stuck with his discontent for as long as he lives, and the Slave has the potential to overcome his discontent.

From the position of radical determinism, potential doesn't amount to much. Speaking in terms of potential is how slaves delude themselves out of action. Could I do X if I really wanted to? The slaves retreats into an internal position and imagine himself doing all sorts of things he does not have the strength to do. He takes satisfaction in his imagination as means of avoiding action.

Either a Slave overcomes or he does not; however, the first step in overcoming slavery is to stop being neutral. The first step in overcoming the Master-Slave dialectic is overcoming neutrality. When a man is negating the given, he is anything but neutral.

Conflict

The difference between a substantive negation and an insubstantial one is conflict. By remaining neutral and avoiding conflict, you allow your Desires to be subsumed by another. Conflict is inescapable. Avoiding conflict is not noble, as it only reinforces the status quo. Men who fail to act are forced to submit to men of action.

Hegel gave us the philosophical justification for slavery, colonialism, revolution, rebellion and totalitarianism. In short, Hegel provided the world with the justification for becoming a domineering Alpha Male. The world belongs to those who act upon the world. Those who fail to act doom themselves to be acted upon.

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