The Mongols and their Wanton destruction and ends justify the means attitude towards life. Their fast paced life. Extermination of life. Is a testament against art and humanity. Or well it offers up a different view of humanity. Contrary to western ideas of humanism and rationality. Where life is stripped to its bear. And the mind is used to take everything. This stands against the contemporaries of the Mongols that i hold in esteem such as the Venetians and Byzantines. But the Mongols are the single largest contiguous empire in human history. What does that say about who we could be? better should we be like that? Is that simple life without art, culture, politics what we need? If we have exercise and horses and life lived on the edge without materialism. Do we need anything else. If we are all returning eternal ash then why not be like them. Why have museums and libraries. Why defend our way of life? If we can all be timeless historyless nomads. And live a life unburdened by anything but our desires.
Why have morality, empathy, dignity? if so much is possible when we give it up. For me the mongols lived a life that is closest to reality. A sort of Rosseau esque return to a "natural" state.
Why do we live in the world we live in if we can clearly be these people. Live as a nomad. Live without history. Unburdened with extreme lightness in our actions. Is history just a narcissism? Is that the realest and most authentic life that is possible?
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