The Crisis of White Identity

From the Greek times, through the enlightenment, through all the incredible breakthroughs of the 20th century, and now the birth of the internet and virtual life, Mr. White Man has been portrayed as the hero and main protagonist of the human story ...

... it’s been an incredible 500 year ride, but now, even to white people, Mr. White Man isn’t looking so great anymore ... there’s a smell of decadence and pithy self-entitlement in the air ...

... we see a bunch of fat, weak willed, spiritually bankrupt nations trying desperately to hang onto their power and predominance ...

... after the prosperous eras of slavery and colonization, Mr. White Man is now betting on a new era of financial pyrotechnics to keep his economic fortunes intact ...

... but it’s not working anymore ... people all over the world are now realizing that individuality and instrumental rationality, the two crown jewels of Western Civilization that have fuelled our journey, have now turned into malignant forces driving us towards climate catastrophe, financial implosion and a new dark age ...

... but if Mr. White Man is a spent force tumbling into the dustbin of history, then it is not at all clear who and what can take his place ...

— Kalle Lasn, Adbusters #133