Multiculturalism Must Die
by
The war over American inheritance.
“I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands, one Nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
Those words were written by Francis Bellamy in 1892 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s voyage. 134 years after Bellamy wrote these words, this pledge, along with Christopher Columbus, seem almost entirely abandoned.
But that’s not all—Americans have begun to abandon the idea of America, and when you abandon an idea, another will force its way into that space. So, what is filling the void, and how do Americans reclaim what so many have foolishly given up?
America is the culmination of thousands of years of passed-down principles, virtues, traditions, and prejudices that have shaped what modern American minds call Western Civilization. To track these ideas down, it would be a travesty to start anywhere other than Greece—a people who recognized the Kosmos as orderly, believing them to be knowable through rational reasoning. The civilization that took the veil off of the purely mythical and began the journey to science, philosophy, and objective truth. This treasure was the Logos. Yet a radical concept emerged from the greatest thinkers of this time, asserting that human beings possess the capacity for self-government. People are capable of making moral choices and having a hand in their destiny. This is the Telos. And then the principle that a higher objective moral order exists in human nature and that this was separate from any government or any king. This is natural law.
One of the defenders of this inheritance was the Roman Empire. Roman jurisprudence and truly landmark documents like the Magna Carta advanced the ideas that the people graciously inherited. The principle that laws must apply equally to all, including rulers, was a gift worth defending. The recognition that human nature is fundamentally flawed and easily corrupted is another stepping stone towards the higher good. The idea of checks and balances can be traced to the Roman Republic, and Montesquieu could never have perfected it without his inheritance being closely guarded and passed down. The idea that to have a flourishing economy, personal liberty, and independence from the government, you needed to be able to own property and your own labor is a cornerstone upon which our nation today rests. The mere idea that government power and legitimacy come strictly from the will and consent of the citizens rather than by conquest of a people is foundational to all of the West.
These ideas were developed and guarded by great men who poured out their blood and the blood of their enemies to pass this inheritance to those alive today. Yet all of these systems and ideas were ultimately found lacking, and the West was not yet complete.
Imago Dei. Image of God. This is the rock upon which the West could be forged into the future. The foundational idea that asserts the individual man is created in the sight of God and possesses a moral equality that transcends all worldly governments and institutions.
The classical virtues that built the West rested upon the pillars of prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.
Unlike all other cultures throughout history, the West did not view history as an endless repeating cycle. Instead, it viewed it as moving towards a purpose and pushed forward toward moral, social, and cultural progress.