Mediocracy – the imposition of mediocrity

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by Stephen Tafra

The imposition of mediocrity |
Sunday – January 18, 2026

Inherent in this materialist order is what I'd like to call "mediocracy", or really the rule of, in the form of that egalitarian imposition, the mediocre and the "average", and this seems to stem from the fact that materialism in it's infinite ability to divide and create multiplicity in that division tends towards the mean; or in other words materialism tends necessarily towards decline, at least when it starts from a higher principle. This does mean that there may be temporary room for certain qualities to ascend, but in the end since there is no overriding governing principle beyond the merely material, everything will eventually enter into a state of dilapidation, and the only solution to this seems to be the multiplication of division, which is the only path one can take without a proper understanding of the world; yes without skillful means everything has to deteriorate. Of course, this analysis, if you will, seems to hold true: even when it comes to merely and purely material aspects, it seems that everything gets worse as a function of time, and that even the most material aspects of the temporal domain lose their quality, even if this be merely a material quality, over time and that the efficacy of so-called ideas only have one solution in mind, namely the continual perpetuation of the thing that set that decline in motion, and this can be thought of as this vague concept of "progress" that modern people cling onto; everything is always in a continual and unending process of change and of evolution, yes of becoming something different and something new, and nothing can ever belong to the particular and provincial or be anchored to the eternal, read "The end of history". Is this progress, if that word should actually carry any meaning? No, this is decline and because of modern men's refusal and ability to see straight, they have become confined only to the most expressed and outwardly aspects of the world and this means that solutions can only be materialistic and superficial in nature, really this is a form of functional nihilism. In the end, because of this regression towards the mean, and because materialism always lowers the mean, the world can only find itself in a continual state of decline, with temporary oases of ascension, and some of these are scattered throughout history, but overall this continual decline fits the pattern, the Kali Yuga, and it may be construed that the mean has reached the lowest and darkest level, and therefore there can no longer be room for any temporary realignment with the source and the primordial traditions of man, and this is as I have stated earlier particularly the case in the west, where the current metaphysical commotion finds its source. Essentially, what has transpired throughout recorded history, or really throughout the era in which modern men regard history to be discernible, is a process of continual and non-decreasing decline: this means essentially that the world, western civilization in particular, has tended towards dilapidation but never in a strict sense, which has carried with it some temporary episodes of metaphysical restoration but always from lower levels up, essentially periods in which the regression towards the mean has come from below, but since it can be fairly safely asserted that the bottom has been reached, no such temporary realignment is possible, and thus the close of the Kali Yuga seems at hand. I think describing the effects of this materialistic tendency as a form of "mediocracy", certainly as opposed to "democracy", is the best way to conceptualize the Kali Yuga, in an albeit completely materialistic and almost mathematical way. But I do want to qualify my assertion of a "mediocracy" a little bit further, because mediocracy implies some form of stability or another, but the effects of the Kali Yuga could also better be described as stagnation without a floor, and in this description the mediocre part is basically the average person's tendency to embrace ever lower modes of being, the beast, and without a floor the only resolution to this metaphysical crisis has to be a complete rupture in the form of a great cataclysm, read destruction.

    Indeed, I think that most of my descriptions hold true, even from a materialistic point of view alone, because most people that have any sense can see that quality is lost and dispersed over time and that the only solution to the modern worlds lack of color and quality is the multiplication of division, an ever greater emphasis on quantity, mobilization, and large scale enterprise, until any and all aspect of even the most materialistic quality has been lost, lost to this great and metaphysical monstrosity that is the modern world, and really this can be described as the man that loses himself to his own idolatry and his own hubris. What has become of that man, but a tragic figure and a false prophet? For instance: the family unit, and even the entire concept of a family has gradually become less and less about the sacred qualities of life and more and more about material mobilization and instrumentation, and the fact that I even described the concept of family using the word unit, should in itself show this. But much more can be said about family and all other aspects of life that once anchored men in the world, but it would simply not do anyone justice for me to even begin to list the atrophy of these qualities in an almost mechanical manner, which again could only prove the confusion inherent in this very enterprise to oppose and describe the ways of the materialist world, which is why any attempt at mass mobilization against the material order must necessarily fail, read "Why I'm not conservative". The saying by the most inveterate parts of the revolutionary elite, that "You will own nothing and be happy" should come to mind here; it's simply not possible or even desirable to lower yourself to the most primitive and brutish level in order to fight the beast, a fight that you are destined to lose anyways. But remember this: beyond the temporal domain what matters is not the laws of matter, and this means that the restoration of the scales of the celestial order requires no large numbers, no great quantities, and no mass mobilization; these are only laws of the material order, but they carry no weight on the scales of real knowledge and real justice.

Reginald Drax – January 18, 2026.