Defining the Realm

I've thought a lot about how to mobilize Western people to the defense of their civilization. Right now, it's painfully clear that most Westerners don't care to defend themselves, their individual nations, or their civilization. I think that's partly due to the absense of an awarness of a common identity, the reality that we are, ultimately, one people. The jihadis who want to kill us see us that way. Yes, they will play us against each other and try to divide us, but they really view us as a sinlge enemy. One way to combat that tactic is to cultivate a new sense of civilizational patriotism among the individual Western people and nations.

The Muslims have something they call the 'umma. The 'umma is the entire Muslim population; it comprises ALL Muslims, no matter where they live. It is a supranational and multiracial community of believers. The jihadis are trying to revive commitment to the 'umma and make said commitment higher than patriotism or racial/tribal loyalty. We Westerners need to learn from our enemies and reconnect to our own "'umma", which I call our Realm.

Western civilization is the greatest civilization created by man. It truly is a glorious Realm. It gave mankind its greatest ideas and ideals. Equality, human rights, the rule of law, democracy, scientific progress, religious freedom and a host of other ideas have benefitted countless people in the West and around the world. Why we aren't estactically proud of this accomplishment is beyond me. Instead, we wallow in guilt and self-hatred leading to a frightening unwillingness and inability to defend our home intellectually or politically, let alone militarily. This must change.

Reconnecting to our Realm is a major step in the right direction. Love for the Realm isn't meant to replace patriotism for individual nations. The nations within the Realm each have rich cultures and histories that should certainly be respected, loved, and preserved. We just need to realize that our individual nations make up a whole that also deserves to be respected, loved, preserved--and protected.

The Realm can be called simply the Realm, or it can be called Hesperia, a name I derived from the Greek word for west. Both names sound good to me. Geographically, the Realm is made up of two parts, the Home Realm and the Settler Realm. The Home Realm (HR) is Europe, the home of Western civilization. And by "Europe" I mean every inch of the European continent, not just western Europe. All Europeans--Brits, Germans, Russians, Swedes, Spaniards, Greeks, you name it--are equally Hesperian.

The Settler Realm (SR) is the places where Europeans settled and planted Western cultures. It includes, of course, America, along with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, South Africa, Argentina and possibly other countries. I say "possibly" because not all of the places where Europeans settled remain Western in culture or outlook. That's why I hesitate to include most Latin American countries in the SR. Argentina is pretty Western due to its mostly white population. Other Latin American countries, though, are so culturally mixed that it's hard to determine how Western they are. I will continue to investigate which countries should be included in the SR; I certainly don't want to leave any of my Hesperian brothers out!

The inhabitants of the two Realms I call the Home Folk (HF) and the Settler Folk (SF). They are the two members of the Realm Family or RF. The members of the RF don't always get along. Overcoming our differences will be a hard and ongoing task, but overcome them we must. Our enemies want all of us either converted, subjugated, or dead. We and our Realm will survive only if we're united and willing to fight. I hope this little "lesson" in who we are as Westerners will motivate my fellow Hesperians to love and fight for our Realm.

God bless the Realm! God bless Hesperia! God bless the Hammer Folk!