Coronavirus and the Atomisation of Man

Julius Evola and to a certain extent Edred Thorsson (Stephen Edred Flowers, PhD) refer to the process of atomisation in many of their works. In this modern age man is no longer viewed as a member of a community but as an individual. Of course we are all individuals but we all exist as members of a larger collective. The atomisation of man in Europe has its origins in the period of Christianisation where the Indo-European caste systems began to disintegrate and this process was completed with start of the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution overturned what was left of the caste system in rural areas and we see the beginning of the polarisation of society between the capitalist factory owner and the proletariat. This polarisation then led to the emergence of capitalism and Marxism.

Anyone who wishes to gain insight into polarisation at its most extreme need look no further than the United States of America, a country which lacks caste and race and is the epitome of degeneracy (the term used primarily but not exclusively in an Evolian sense). I would refer my readers to Evola's essay American "Civilization" (published in Hitler and the Secret Societies. A Collection of Writings, 2019, Artemis Press). The North 'American' is the ultimate example of the democratised and atomised man and this is the form of man which is now developing in western Europe. This atomisation helps to explain why the United States is beginning to implode.

My observations of the behaviour of a large minority of people during the lockdown here in England confirms my conclusions that atomisation of the average Englishman is well underway. We have seen large gatherings of demonstrators in London last weekend protesting over the death of an African-American at the hands of a police officer. Any outpouring of anger concerning that death should be exhibited in the United States, where the incident happened, not in England, a country whose capital is 4,009 miles away from Minneapolis, where the deed occurred! Indeed any such protest should not have occurred during a pandemic lockdown which has already cost over 40,000, probably over 50,000 lives! What is even more incredulous is that the police allowed the demonstration to go ahead. Instead people should have been charged with breaking the lockdown rules.


The very fact that covidiots feel that they could and should have congregated on beaches, held street parties and secret 'raves' during the pandemic demonstrates two things to me: 1. the general level of intellectual ability of the population is quite low (which can be seen by the poor grammar and diction of most Coronavirus deniers posting comments on Youtube) and 2. the complete lack of regard for the health of others. By breaking the lockdown rules people are willfully disregarding public health and potentially spreading a virus. They may feel relatively immune to the disease if they are under 50 and have no health problems but that demonstrates their ignorance (the virus can kill anyone) and utter contempt for the health and lives of other people. This latter point demonstrates my thesis that the average Englishman is now almost completely atomised, a law unto himself with no feelings of responsibility towards his fellow man.