The National Myth

04-11-2020 Hits:390 President's Corner Rob Bracken

Violent revolutions of the 20th century, collectively resulting in the untimely deaths of perhaps 150,000,000 innocent people, had a couple things in common:  1) they were all fundamentally socialist¹, and 2) their respective countries were each deceived through a national myth.  Each implementation of the national myth was tailored for its particular target population, and Georges Sorel describes it as “artificial combinations invented to give the appearance of reality to hopes that inspire men in their present activity.” ²