Aryan Nations Research Paper
The Aryan Nations was founded by Richard Butler, a young man who was
drafted into the United States Air Force during World War II. He founded Aryan
Nations stemming from the Church of Jesus Christ, with an ideology that is a combination
of Christian identity and Nazism. The foundation and main purpose when Richard
Butler founded Aryan Nations was to overthrow both the American and Canadian
governments in order to create the idea of the “Aryan population”. It was founded
by Butler in 1974 on a twenty acre compound in Hayden Lake, Idaho.
Richard Butler created his idea of the Aryan Nations based off of the ideals of
Reverend Wesley Swift. Swift was the leader of the Church of Jesus Christ, and
was a …show more content…
According to David Myatt, the creator of Ethical- National Socialism, “it is an explication, and evolution, of the National-Socialism of Adolf Hitler.National-Socialism thus represents not only the essence of the National-Socialism of Adolf Hitler, but is also a conscious and ethical development of that particular wide world view, founded upon the ethical principles of honor, loyalty, and duty.” Honor means we have an inner basic instinct within us to act fairly, which presents itself in our personal behavior. Loyalty is being true to the person to whom you have declared an oath. In this situation members of the Aryan Nations declare loyalty, in the form of an oath, to the organization. Duty is an obligation to an individual or comrade in the Aryan Nations. You must do everything that is honorable to serve him or her to the best of your ability. The Aryan Nations members must swear to this code and live it to the best of their abilities. If they do not, they will be expelled from the group. Additionally, there are a number of interesting things about the Aryan Nations with regard to their relationships with other groups, and their sense of being in …show more content…
When watching Youtube clips of the Aryan Nations rallies, you can see that the members believe they are greater and superior to everyone. They have so much confidence in what they are doing that there is not a glimmer of fear in their eyes. For example, there was an immigration rally in Washington D.C. where thousands of Hispanic Americans were rallying for immigration rights, but there were about 30 Aryan Nation members there also, standing in the middle of crowd screaming racist slurs at the Hispanics, waving their Nazi flags and just chanting like there was no one there to stop them. They had this sense of being that they were greater than everyone and they didn’t care about what they said or did while surrounded by thousands of
drafted into the United States Air Force during World War II. He founded Aryan
Nations stemming from the Church of Jesus Christ, with an ideology that is a combination
of Christian identity and Nazism. The foundation and main purpose when Richard
Butler founded Aryan Nations was to overthrow both the American and Canadian
governments in order to create the idea of the “Aryan population”. It was founded
by Butler in 1974 on a twenty acre compound in Hayden Lake, Idaho.
Richard Butler created his idea of the Aryan Nations based off of the ideals of
Reverend Wesley Swift. Swift was the leader of the Church of Jesus Christ, and
was a …show more content…
According to David Myatt, the creator of Ethical- National Socialism, “it is an explication, and evolution, of the National-Socialism of Adolf Hitler.National-Socialism thus represents not only the essence of the National-Socialism of Adolf Hitler, but is also a conscious and ethical development of that particular wide world view, founded upon the ethical principles of honor, loyalty, and duty.” Honor means we have an inner basic instinct within us to act fairly, which presents itself in our personal behavior. Loyalty is being true to the person to whom you have declared an oath. In this situation members of the Aryan Nations declare loyalty, in the form of an oath, to the organization. Duty is an obligation to an individual or comrade in the Aryan Nations. You must do everything that is honorable to serve him or her to the best of your ability. The Aryan Nations members must swear to this code and live it to the best of their abilities. If they do not, they will be expelled from the group. Additionally, there are a number of interesting things about the Aryan Nations with regard to their relationships with other groups, and their sense of being in …show more content…
When watching Youtube clips of the Aryan Nations rallies, you can see that the members believe they are greater and superior to everyone. They have so much confidence in what they are doing that there is not a glimmer of fear in their eyes. For example, there was an immigration rally in Washington D.C. where thousands of Hispanic Americans were rallying for immigration rights, but there were about 30 Aryan Nation members there also, standing in the middle of crowd screaming racist slurs at the Hispanics, waving their Nazi flags and just chanting like there was no one there to stop them. They had this sense of being that they were greater than everyone and they didn’t care about what they said or did while surrounded by thousands of