Pure nihilism. The absolute best death is to die peacefully in old age as you sleep after you've lived a life of duty, surrounded by family and loved ones.
>I sure am glad sheeboon nurse is here to wipe my ass twice a week while I rot in my decaying body for years instead of dying glorious death at the height of my physical strength
He was saved
Keep fueling your delusional quixotic whims, moron.
11 months ago
Anonymous
enjoy being a burden and outliving your usefulness because you're afraid of death.
11 months ago
Anonymous
But fearing death is exactly what you're doing when you aestheticize your youth over creating something for your future generations.
11 months ago
Anonymous
he was 40-something and left behind a large body of world-known, award-winning work as well as a literal community of politically active, relevant men, the shield society.
For someone like Mishima to espouse the principles he did and live to a ripe old age and pass peacefully would be hypocrisy. His coup attempt and ritual suicide was a repudiation of the godless, or indeed emperor-less, modern condition; there truly are ideals higher than filthy materialist longevity-maxxing.
No, he died in such a way that made the most sense to him given the circumstances. If, say, a contingent of the Japanese military joined in his coup he and his men would have probably been executed when it inevitably would have failed due to lack of numbers.
>I sure am glad sheeboon nurse is here to wipe my ass twice a week while I rot in my decaying body for years instead of dying glorious death at the height of my physical strength
He was saved
he was a homosexual that tried to repress his homosexualry by adopting japanese nationalism and reactionary beliefs and championed masculinity but was visiting gay bars and probably getting bottomed. he stood no chance.
It would have been interesting to see Mishima react to the Iranian revolution. The mix of nativism, conservatism and spirituality with the New Left radicalism of the 60s, especially with the Shia penchent for sadomasochism and suicidal martyrdom, might have convinced him not to give up. Mishima had this odd relationship with Japan's student left, on the one hand admiring their revolutionary spirit and revolt against the liberal elite but detesting their atheism, disgust of tradition and opposition to the emperor. Khomeini's revolution might have inspired him to synthesize these elements.
Saved from what? He did nothing wrong.
He was a histrionic homosexual.
Yes: by transitioning.
Transitioning is gay erasure.
In the case of men who are attracted to men
Straight men who are transitioning to women are some other kind of thing. Idk. Not my problem
saved from eternal glory? No. He was born to be better than you or I; it was his destiny.
Pure nihilism. The absolute best death is to die peacefully in old age as you sleep after you've lived a life of duty, surrounded by family and loved ones.
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disgraceful and pathetic.
Keep fueling your delusional quixotic whims, moron.
enjoy being a burden and outliving your usefulness because you're afraid of death.
But fearing death is exactly what you're doing when you aestheticize your youth over creating something for your future generations.
he was 40-something and left behind a large body of world-known, award-winning work as well as a literal community of politically active, relevant men, the shield society.
For someone like Mishima to espouse the principles he did and live to a ripe old age and pass peacefully would be hypocrisy. His coup attempt and ritual suicide was a repudiation of the godless, or indeed emperor-less, modern condition; there truly are ideals higher than filthy materialist longevity-maxxing.
I read Sun and Steel and while the circumstances were definitely there for a glorious death one gets to ask if suicide is ever a rational decision
>if suicide is ever a rational decision
Don't equivocate: it wasn't suicide, it was seppeku in response to a failed coup.
No, he died in such a way that made the most sense to him given the circumstances. If, say, a contingent of the Japanese military joined in his coup he and his men would have probably been executed when it inevitably would have failed due to lack of numbers.
>I sure am glad sheeboon nurse is here to wipe my ass twice a week while I rot in my decaying body for years instead of dying glorious death at the height of my physical strength
He was saved
he was a homosexual that tried to repress his homosexualry by adopting japanese nationalism and reactionary beliefs and championed masculinity but was visiting gay bars and probably getting bottomed. he stood no chance.
It would have been interesting to see Mishima react to the Iranian revolution. The mix of nativism, conservatism and spirituality with the New Left radicalism of the 60s, especially with the Shia penchent for sadomasochism and suicidal martyrdom, might have convinced him not to give up. Mishima had this odd relationship with Japan's student left, on the one hand admiring their revolutionary spirit and revolt against the liberal elite but detesting their atheism, disgust of tradition and opposition to the emperor. Khomeini's revolution might have inspired him to synthesize these elements.
He don’t want to be saved
Like my homie Project Pat said fr fr no cap.