Now one thing that motivates me these days is the study of Psychology, which Carl Jung would say is a form of "Libido". want to know why? well sit back and listen.
In the early days of the dissident right, I saw psychology as something inherently jewish, which while many psychologists in the early days were in fact Jewish (one only needs to look towards Sigmund Freud at this juncture to see why). Now philosophy and psychology have crossed paths many times. Schopenhauer saw this as the "Will", whereas Sigmund Freud was the first to categorize it as "Libido", where Jung and Freud disagreed was where they applied it. Freud only applied it to sexual desires and the "the drive to reproduce", Jung felt that the libido was not only our sexual drives but our needs to sleep, get up, play sports, drive a car, go to work, earn money, make friends and connections, he saw as as the all giving lifeforce that permeated living in-itself. this included, but was not limited to procreation. the limits of Freud's view was first proposed by Schopenhauer as a "will" a driving force to get what one wanted out of life. Of course, Schopenhauer saw a pessimistic view of this as no "will" could be satisfied without another appearing, thus leading to Freud's conclusion that our wills are in fact our libido, our desire to procreate, whether sexual or in an idealistic sense of giving life to another being or idea. This can be seen in Eduard Von Hartmann, a little known German philosopher who bridged the gap between Schopenhauer and Freud and was really only known for one book, The Philosophy Of The Unconscious, he even felt as if our intelligence increased, our drive towards death would as well. ouch. I explained in one of my videos about this, in an inverted manner of the "Worst possible worlds" argument would essentially prove better for humanity, a low IQ, high trust brutal environment, sort of echoing anarcho-primitivism.
But back to Jung. everything in our lives is permeated to "Libido", a lifeforce that drives us to do things to accomplish civilization. Libido can be seen as something that drives societal progress. A greater world is possible if we put our minds to this concept. however, its also reflected in the mundane, such as a drive to eat, a drive to sleep, or a drive to eat or anything that you do in everyday make the world go around. Seemingly he was a very optimistic man and it would come to be known that he objected to Schopenhauer's endless willing proposition as Schopenhauer didn't see much value in the world and felt that asceticism was the only escape from this predicament, one psychological luminary, Ernest Becker, saw all action as an avoidance of death, known as "Terror Management Theory", both these theories would seem like oil and water to Jung, who essentially saw life as worth living and worth pursuing and anything, even the smallest thing gave creedence to this "Libido", a life force that brings more life and the continuation of life itself on this planet we call Earth. though you would probably see me reading Lacan (a very confusing man) or Freud but one man sticks out as someone I cannot stand in psychology: Alfred Alder. I don't think I need to elaborate on that one. very negative to psychology. Hell I would read Becker before him.
- J./Adolf Stalin
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