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Reactionary Modernism
"There is no such thing as modernity in general. There are only national societies, each of which becomes modern in its own fashion."
Basic Information
Aliases	Anti-Enlightenment Modernism Technological Romanticism Soyjak.party Model
Alignment(s)	NonQuad Culturally Reactionary Religious Reactionary Esoteric (sometimes)
Ideological Information
Influenced by:	Anti-Liberalism Conservative Revolution Industrialism Jüngerism Reactionaryism mh:philosophyball:Romanticism Schmittianism Spenglerism Volkism
Influenced	Nazism
Notable people	Jeffrey Herf (1947-) Germany (coined the term)
Character Information
Likes	Technology Modernism without Enlightenment Engineering Spiritualism
Dislikes	Rationalism The Enlighenment When someone says Reactionarism and Modernism are incompatible
Song	'Dr. Fauci, Give Us Vaccines remix'

Reactionary Modernism is a culturally right-wing, pro-technology and in other aspects mostly varied ideology that is the son of Reactionaryism. Reactionary Modernism believes that the rejection of culturally liberal enlightenment values and the support of technological advancement are not contradictory and sometimes can even be complementary.

History

Reactionary Modernism in Europe

Jeffrey Herf coined the term Reactionary Modernism in order to discuss the paradoxical European enthusiasm for Totalitarianism & Völkish nationalism, yet also wanted new technological and political innovations.

Reactionary Modernism has been explored as a theme in both literature and in broader political culture in places like Great Britain, Romania, Greece, Sweden, and Spain. It has also been used to acknowledge the European philosophical, cultural & political thought during the time in which Fascism was on the rise.

They are also often very spiritual, believing in many belief systems ranging from deism/pantheism to paganism to any of the Abrahamic religions, which they believe to be necessary for building a harmonious and strong society. They additionally emphasize on everyone abiding to the laws of nature.

Modern Reactionary Modernism

Herf believes that Reactionary Modernism can be seen in the current governments of Iran under the Ayatollahs and Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Extremist Islamist groups such as Al Qaeda also display elements of Reactionary Modernism.

Ideas

WIP

Criticism

The term Reactionary Modernism was criticized by Thomas Rohkrämer who was quoted for saying "It is simply not strange, or 'paradoxical' to reject the Enlightenment & embrace technology at the same time', but a common practice in nineteenth- & twentieth-century Germany as well as in many other countries. Instrumental reason and technology are available for an endless number of different purposes, many of which are not humane, or enlightened"

Roger Griffin also criticized the term by arguing that " Fascism as an ideology and movement can be seen as proposing a radical alternative to Liberal & Socialist visions of what form modernity ideally should take. It represents an uncompromising rejection both of thorough-going liberalism and extreme 'modernism', whose logical culmination it sees as relativism, anomie, subjectivism, and the loss of definitive meaning and 'eternal' values. It is an attempt to re-anchor modern human beings within that highly modern phenomenon, the Totalitarian state through consciously manipulated historical, national & racist myth".

Personality and Behaviour

• He enjoys cooperating with Nazism for cultural and economic reasons
• He is passionate about STEM and rejecting postmodern art
• Enjoys modern aesthetics
• Supporter of the Military Industrial Comlex
• Likes to complain about degeneracy.
• Avid player of Paradox Interactive games like Crusader Kings
• Shitposter
• Erratic speech and use of internet jargon

How to Draw

Flag of Reactionary Modernism

1. Draw a ball,
2. Fill it dark grey
3. Inside the ball draw a grey gear
4. Inside the gear draw a gold sword
5. Draw the eyes, and you're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Dark Grey	#2D2D2D	45, 45, 45
	Grey	#7F7F7F	127, 127, 127
	Gold	#FFC90E	255, 201, 14

Relationships

Friends

• Transhumanism - Robot arms and healing cancer are cool. Maybe a side dish of eugenics as well.
• Neoreactionarism - My internet friends.
• Industrialism - Technology is good & so is tradition. Reminds me of those good ol' Prussian days.
• Archeofuturism - Reject postmodernity embrace modernity.
• Corporatism - Corporations working together to make our nation strong makes me happy.
• Crusadism - I bet cyborg crusaders armed with plasma cannons and lightsabers can take back the holy land from lower-tech heathens!
• Fascism - The least bad modernist.
• Jihadism - So they say that you're a reactionary modernist huh? I never envisioned you that way but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.
• Francoism - A technocracy that committed white terror sounds good.

Frenemies

• Nazism & Showa Statism - We're good friends but can you cool it with the eugenics and human experiments? We gotta keep good PR.
• Nazi Transhumanism - You're taking things in the wrong direction.
• Reactionary Socialism - I like your critiques of the Enlightenment but for the love of god, technology isn't THAT bad.
• Fourth Theory - Meta-modernism is great but I don't understand the hate for transhumanism, if nothing else we must advance technology to maintain advantage over our enemies.
• Reactionary Liberalism - Would be based if it weren't for your awful economics. But Japan is a based place indeed.
• Neoconservatism - I like the Military Industrial Complex, I like the aesthetic, in theory you're perfect, but no you're barely conservative.
• Progressive Conservatism - Vvhen vvill yuo vnderstand zhat zhere is no social progress,,,?
• Alt-Right - He has some good ideas but he's usually a degenerate.
• Catholic Theocracy - You are based, I like Catholicism, but why do you always look at me with that confused face? Yes, I may or may not be addicted to ck2.
• Manosphere - Your one-sided views on relationships and toxicity are disgusting, though I admit some of your factions and ideas are good.
• Scientocracy - TRVST THE SCIENCISM, HAIL FVVCI! SEND THE SUPERSPREADER FAIRIES TO PERMA-QUARANTINE!

Enemies

• Enlightenment Thought - There is no such thing as the progression of society you self-aggrandizing mongrel... excuse me, I meant to say KILL YO-
• Kakistocracy - The reason people still deny technology has helped society.
• Liberalism - You ruined the name of Modernism.
• Soulism - Snap back to reality, you don't have advanced tech and are currently suffocating on your own vomit!
• Revolutionary Progressivism - You look like this, and say this.

Further Information

Literature

• Reactionary Modernism: Technology, culture, and politics in Weimar and the Third Reich

Wikipedia

• Reactionary Modernism

Videos

• Germany 2.4: Technology as German in the Interwar Period

Gallery

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