The Three Philosophical Alternatives

Now that reason has been discovered, and science and philosophy invented, and now that the Enlightenment has passed, Westerners today essentially hold some combination of three, and only three, philosophies: 1) pre-modernism, a.k.a. religion; 2) post-modernism, a.k.a. nihilism; 3) modernism, a.k.a. rationality. These broad intellectual categories can also be usefully referred to as: right-wing conservativism, left-wing progressivism, and straight-wing liberalism. The conservatives base their conquering ideology on monotheism; the progressives base their conquering ideology on collectivism; and the liberals base their liberating philosophy upon individualism.   

There are elements of truth and goodness to be found in the philosophies of the right-wing and left-wing, but the straight-wing is intellectual, moral, and spiritual perfection. Humans were impressively liberal in the Greek and Roman eras, and more so during the Renaissance and Enlightenment eras. But mankind will be far more impressive and stunning once the “pomos” and “premos” die out completely and the cutting-edge liberals take over – probably in less than a century. Reason, science, and philosophy will then be employed to glorious effect!