Technique, Propaganda and the Left Liberal Nature of the West

To be a true "conservative" would mean being opposed to the West itself, at least the West since the Enlightenment. Why is this? Because the operating system of the West is Technique and Progress.

Introduction to Technique

Once you read Jacques Ellul, it is impossible to escape the conclusion that reforming the systems and mechanisms that govern our society, both in the public and private spheres, is never going to fix the problems of our society. We are, down to the very core mythology of our culture, a technological society. It colors how we look at the world, how we approach problems and it fuels our constant desire for “solutions.” Humans have always been tool using and technological, but at some point a shift occurred. Once we were the masters of our tools. They were a means to express our skill, creativity and humanity. We have since become mastered by them, such that we are ruled, not just by technology and machines, but by technical systems and technical thinking, such that we see all problems as essentially technical in nature and they depend not on us as human beings being better, but rather on the perfection of the technical system. Ellul helps us to understand this t…