/lit/ - Literature

Because the ideas of the right are usually things that arise organically, without any theorizing or intellectual basis. Because of this, the Right appeals to two main groups.
1. The masses who just want to live their lives as they have always lived.
2. Technocrats, fascists, monarchists, amoral psychopaths and all other forms of elitists who believe that hierarchies will never truly disappear, and that any attempt to intellectually construct an alternative is both damaging and futile.
For intellectuals, there isn't much appeal towards the Right, because the core of the Right is that the intellect is severely limited to begin with, and it doesnt permit much in the sense of change. Because, whether the Left wants to admit it or not, its main appeal has always been to intellectuals, not to the masses, with the former not infrequently voicing their disappointment in the masses, who refuse to rise up in the way they want to.

>Wittgenstein cited Spengler as an influence
can someone explain how Spengler was an influence on him? The two seem completely unrelated.

>tfw caught between two fires
>Would feel liberated if i were sure that there is no God, as it would mean i and i alone am the author of my destiny
>Would also feel liberated if i were sure that God is real, as it would mean all my actions and fortunes/unfortunes are part of a Divine plan
>but instead im caught in doubt in between the two
Are there any books that deal with this issue or could resolve it? I know Buddhism somewhat dabbles with it, but Siddharta was mostly silent on the topic.