@zohariel7: "I was edified by his (i.e. Evola’s) insight into the meaning of the crusades as failure. In the eyes of the majority of course failure is bad but it all depends on what counts as failure – or as success. Why should a cause necessarily be invalidated by the end results, conceived on the earthly, materialistic plane alone? Pious [...] Muslims would never say that Husseyn’s defeat at the battle of Karbala meant that the Imam’s noble side was not just and righteous. Brute force won at Karbala, not true justice. The experience of bitter martyrdom purified and inspired the followers of [Husseyn Ibn] Ali for all time to come. Their triumph was in their defeat. Even the historical victors come close to admitting something similar. If England and America had been defeated militarily in WWI, would the fans of democracy concede that the Axis had been right? Of course not. Therefore military success cannot be the ultimate proof of the intrinsic value of a cause. To me that seems to validate Evola’s point." —— Frank Gelli

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