By Lewis Loflin
The roots of multiculturalism—a secular-leftist ideology—lie in Nazi philosophy through Martin Heidegger’s influence, as argued by Emmanuel Faye in his book cited by the Yale Alumni Magazine (November 10, 2009). Heidegger, a fervent Nazi, shaped existentialism, postmodernism, and deconstructionism—intellectual currents that fed into multiculturalism. National Socialism was a race-based collectivist system, and I contend multiculturalism inverts this, turning identity politics into its extreme endgame: a philosophical gas chamber where reason dies.
Heidegger’s ideas, tainted by his Nazi allegiance, flowed into deconstructionism via Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), who coined the term. This framework rejects facts for subjective interpretation, much like Nazism’s disdain for rational proof. Multiculturalism, I argue, mirrors this by sacrificing the individual to collective identities—race, class, gender—controlled by power elites.
Unlike Nazism’s majority-driven hatred of minorities, multiculturalism fosters a minority’s resentment of the majority, often within liberal ranks. Progressive whites decry “whiteness”—Western culture, white Americans—as inherently evil, reducing all value to identity markers. This pervades academia, arts, education, entertainment, and government.
College-educated Jews and liberal Protestants, steeped in this ideology from European imports, often lead the charge. It’s a self-loathing creed, hating the system that benefits them. Dennis Prager labels it Leftism; I see it as a mental trap, with “self-hating Jews” and “self-hating whites” as apt descriptors.
How did this arise among the West’s elite? The Enlightenment dismantled superstition and Christianity, leaving a cultural void by the late 19th century. Among the educated, faith faded, and attacks on the Church eroded its moral framework. Instead of reason filling the gap, rage against the old order blossomed, birthing ideologies like Nazism and, I argue, multiculturalism.
From answers.com, deconstructionism is:
A philosophical movement and theory of literary criticism that questions traditional assumptions about certainty, identity, and truth; asserts that words can only refer to other words; and attempts to demonstrate how statements about any text subvert their own meanings: “In deconstruction, the critic claims there is no meaning to be found in the actual text, but only in the various, often mutually irreconcilable, ‘virtual texts’ constructed by readers in their search for meaning.”
Double standards thrive. One writer observes:
Multiculturalists teach colonialism was evil, ignoring its boosts to living conditions and life expectancy. They spotlight Western colonialism, not Third World variants. Black slavery in white America is emphasized; Arab, African, and Asian slavery—or white enslavement—is skipped. White “racism” is condemned; non-white racism is glossed over. Minority advocacy is “pride”; white advocacy is “racist.” Discrimination against non-whites is “terrible”; against whites, it’s “affirmative action”—ask poor whites denied jobs.
Arab enslavement of Europeans drove Jefferson’s war on the Barbary Pirates. European control of Muslim lands often followed centuries of their attacks—rarely taught facts.
Multiculturalism distorts history in elite universities. Friedrich Nietzsche, a forerunner of deconstruction per Wikipedia, also influenced Nazism via his sister. Both he and Derrida flirt with nihilism—life without meaning or value—echoing Heidegger’s shadow.
The Yale Alumni Magazine (November 10, 2009) states:
The German philosopher’s work—which provided the underpinnings of existentialism, postmodernism, and deconstructionism—reeks of another ism: Nazism. Emmanuel Faye’s book, translated by Yale University Press, argues it’s impossible to separate Heidegger’s work—“hate speech,” per the New York Times—from his Nazi allegiance.
From An Ethical Question: Does a Nazi Deserve a Place Among Philosophers? (New York Times, November 8, 2009):
Heidegger’s critique of Western thought and technology inspired 20th-century movements. Yet he was a fervent Nazi. Faye’s “Heidegger: The Introduction of Nazism Into Philosophy” claims fascist and racist ideas permeate his theories, unfit for philosophy. It urges treating his works as hate speech under Nazism’s history, lest they poison modern thought as Nazism did lives.
Nazism sought to shred Judeo-Christian culture; multiculturalism, via deconstruction, targets the West, obsessed with identity. Heidegger joined the Nazis in 1933, axing Jewish professors as Freiburg rector. Banned from teaching post-war, his critique of technology aligns with eco-anti-humanism and moral relativism.
Read more at www.nytimes.com. This internal assault, allied with Islamists, demands resistance. France, blinded by multiculturalism, misses the forest for the trees.
By 2016, “homegrown” Muslim terrorists exposed multiculturalism’s cracks. David Cameron in 2011:
“We’ve encouraged separate lives, apart from the mainstream. We’ve failed to offer a society they want to join.”
Angela Merkel in 2010:
“The multicultural concept—live happily side by side—has failed, utterly failed.”
Yet in 2017, Merkel welcomed Muslims, downplaying violence and costs. Sarkozy and Dutch leaders, post-Theo van Gogh’s murder, agree it’s flawed.
The left clings to multiculturalism, eyeing Muslims to topple the West for power. Socialism predicts capitalism’s fall—it hasn’t. Muslims may not be pawns. See Multiculturalism and the Self-Liquidation of Europe.
Seattle Public Schools redefined “racism” as:
The systematic subordination of less-powerful racial groups (Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians) by Whites. Society attributes value to Whiteness, devaluing people of color as “other.” Examples: white skin as “nude,” individualism over collectivism, one English as standard, Whites as sole greats.
Press exposure forced its removal, with claims it fostered “dialogue on racism.” This is identity politics at its peak—swap “Jews” for “whites,” and it’s the gas chamber’s logic: collectives over individuals, reason be damned.
