German Mystical Altruism
Russian-American author Ayn Rand, like Friedrich Nietzsche, wrote about how mystical altruism was killing Europe ( link ) The German newscast , DW.com is my favorite source of European news and I highly recommend it.( link ) Yet soaked into the fibers of their worldview (and the American worldview as well) are assumptions of mystical altruism. Before the USA made a mission of interfering with Germany’s pharmaceutical industry, nearly all Germans then believed in invisible gods and devils –beliefs reinforced by the Gutenberg Bible at the close of the Hundred Years’ War. “The spirit of the Lord has descended upon me, because I am Emperor of the Germans! I am the instrument of the Most High. I am His sword, His representative. Woe and death to all those who resist my will! Woe and death to those who do not believe in my mission! ” ( link ) The above quote from Kaiser Wilhelm was business as usual in 1914, when Americans (and Germany’s competitors), using the Hague ...