I used the picture of Alain de Benoist because he has long supported the main ideas in this post. He is a key figure in the French New Right and has spent decades saying that we shouldn’t just copy old National Socialist or interwar models from the past. Those ideas belonged to their own time. Instead, we need to think fresh and create something new for the challenges we face today.
De Benoist rejects living in the past and the constant guilt trip pushed on Europeans. He pushes for updating our nationalism, learning from history without repeating it, and defending our peoples’ right to keep their own identities. His approach matches exactly what this post is about: adapt, move forward, and build something better.