Editing Infrared (section)

==== Rejection of Liberalism ====
Infrared, in continuation with its rejection of 'Western Marxism,' likewise rejects 'leftist' cultural politics and their universalization across the world. 

Infrared can be broadly regarded as socially conservative in the same sense that Communist states were historically. This does not amount to a one-sided view that all aspects of culture deserve to be preserved, or that there can be no progress in the sphere of culture. 

It amounts to a basic humanist view which rejects the voluntarist liquidation and 'social engineering' of human culture. Infrared regards the development of culture to be based on the objective and total integration of history, and rejects attempts to liquidate the wealth of historical traditions at the disposal of mankind on account of the narrow and superficial view that they are 'unjust' or 'problematic.'

The overall rejection of historical nihilism means that Infrared, while not turning conservatism into an 'ideology,' is socially conservative in the sense that it regards the wisdoms of historical experience to be a fundamental foundation of human culture. This is a 'conservatism' based not on any abstract idea, but on the conservation of the integrity of history.

While culture changes, it does not change according to the whims of 'activists,' 'academics,' and 'social engineers,' but based on an organic receptivity between the people, society, technology and nature. Authentic culture is conducive to the reproduction of civilizations, societies, families, and well-rounded individuals, whereas inauthentic and contrived culture is based on ideas that come at the expense of humanity's modes of existence. Thus Infrared rejects the 'punk rock' and 'romantic' infantilism of 'Western leftists' as social-constructivist and even fascistic, and instead adheres to a political position that respects the integrity of a people's history--i.e., culture--as the essential context for the class struggle to be raised in the first place. Without this, Infrared contends that an appreciation for the class struggle cannot be meaningfully articulated into any relevant political demand. Infrared therefore rejects what is often characterized as "identity politics" and "intersectionality" while also rejecting "class reductionism" and theoretical economism.