I.
There are three types of people in the world: Constructors, Maintainers, and Deconstructors
Constructors build new things. They are innovators, entrepreneurs, and most creatives. Their relationship to the beaten path is to use it as a guide post of where not to tread.
Maintainers keep existing things existing. Most normies are maintainers but plenty of spergs too. Their relationship to the beaten path is to pick one that interest them and to walk it with unwavering commitment.
Deconstructors tear existing things down. They are the critics, activists, and general menaces to the established order. Their relationship to the beaten path is to grab a torch and light it on fire.
Key to understand is that none of these people carefully evaluate whether any given path should be constructed, maintained, or deconstructed. Rather, they apply their temperament and perspective to all paths they see.
To a constructor the solution to all problems is to build something new. To a maintainer the solution to all problems is to protect something existing. To a deconstructor the solution to all problems is to destroy something existing so that something else can form from it’s ashes.
II.
Today there are too many deconstructors
Deconstructors are good and useful. Your own body would die if your old and corrupted cells were not killed off to make room for new and healthy replacements.
But you’d also die if you had too much deconstruction.
A proper balance of all three is necessary for the survival of any organism. And the meta organism that is any human society is no different.
For decades our balance in the west has been very off. There are far too few constructing and far too many deconstructing.
III.
Most of today’s deconstructors are broken constructors or maintainers
Some people are born deconstructors. But they make up a small fraction of its modern population.
How can you tell if one is a natural or unnatural deconstructor?
Simple: How satisfied they are with their life.
Natural deconstructors are low in negative emotion and high in self assurance. They deconstruct not out of resentment and contempt for what they perceive as an unjust world that has harmed them, but out of cold rational calculation and high stress tolerance. They take great joy in conflict, debate, and intellectual battle.
In contrast, if a deconstructor is frequently if not perpetually depressed or angry—high in negative emotion and low in self esteem—they are almost certainly a broken constructor or maintainer instead.
Another telltale sign is how they behave in ideological conflict. True deconstructors are motivated by accuracy and precision. And their demeanor is calm, confident, and rational.
Broken constructors or maintainers in contrast are motivated by fear and anxiety. And their demeanor is histrionic, emotional, and aggressive.
IV.
Unnatural deconstructors join anti-civilization death cults
The recent explosion in unnatural deconstructors comes primarily from abundance making us all spoiled and soft. Perpetual abundance tricks us into perpetual consumerism which then leads to self loathing at our repeated inability to defer gratification.
In the weak minded, this resentment is suppressed and projected onto civilization. “The problem is not my lack of self control but ‘capitalism’ (left) or ‘globalism’ (right) forcing ‘consumerism’ down my throat”.
This eventually leads to an unconscious desire to destroy the abundance that is “making” them miserable. But to destroy abundance is to destroy civilization. And those too mentally weak to confront their own self loathing are also too weak to accept that they wish to destroy the world.
So they join one of the many popular modern death cults which claim to seek an increase in abundance but in practice destroy it. Communism and Nazism—or their hip face lifts, Progressivism and White Nationalism—are the most popular choices today.
Has it ever confused you why Communism refuses to die despite it’s utter failure every time it’s been tried? Despite the tens of millions of people it has killed?
It’s because getting everyone killed is actually the point.
V.
If you do not wish to send us all to hell, you must go where you belong
If you are not a natural deconstructor but spend your days deconstructing, you will have a terrible life.
And when thousands if not millions are doing this, it leads everyone in the civilization to having terrible lives.
Your obsession with politics and the “culture war” is not a product of you being intelligent and informed. It is a product of you being cringe and gay.
You tell yourself you’re a hero fighting for a better world. But deep down you know you’re a loser in a death cult punishing the world for your own inadequacy.
You can become a hero. But you must first accept that you are presently a coward.
You can become a hero. But you must first renounce your obsession with vanquishing evil.
You can become a hero. But you must first orient yourself toward what is good and beautiful, and take personal daily action to cultivate and grow it in your own life.
You can become a hero. But you must first put down the torch and go for a walk.
Natural deconstructor -> Destiny
Unnatural deconstructor -> *insert average insane tiktok lib*
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