What do you think of tradition?

I'm... a mix of extremes. Nothing in the middle, as far as I can tell.

On the one hand... fuck tradition. Follow your heart. The only good humans have is their own will freed of external pressure; it's not a coincidence that conservative societies are mostly known for incest and child molestation, and not of the "edgy but romantic art film" variety, either. Try to crush something, you get pathology, when by itself, it is a beautiful flower.

At the other extreme... I'm obsessively devoted to the political and nationalist interests of parts of history which look upon the precursor civilizations of mesopotamia and central america as "newschool shit."

It doesn't help that everyone raging about tradition is (a) talking about some crap that's less than a century old, and (b) is a toxic narcissist. Once - once - I came across a recognizeable descendant of one of the early levantine civilizations (still pretty new, but legit-ish), Mostly, it's a load of horsecrap, and being sold as snake oil.

honoring your ancestors

I have semianimist leanings. It sort of ties in.

traditional dress

This is pretty close to the kind of multiculturalism which starts to interest me.

Traditional values

This is a load of horsecrap.

If someone tries to talk to you about traditional values, and talks about anything other than hunting and in a fashion which assumes these animals (and plants) are intelligent, friends, and the creatures whose respect and friendship they want to maintain, they are lying to you, selling you bullshit for their own gain.

It's just what is.

Additionally, does your political stance impact (or is impacted by) this?

Mostly, never, but every now and then I go all Genghis for "civilizatons you've never head of shall rise again"...

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