Progression to Death

Modernism is fundamentally flawed, severing humanity's connection to nature, community, and self, according to geographer-farmer Péter Balogh. In an interview with Mandiner weekly, Balogh described the "square-grid, sterilized modern 'order'" as a destructive force that dismantles nature, transforms it into profit, and enslaves people.

Balogh contends that modernism has expelled God from the system and creation from nature. He believes it fights against natural processes, destroys original functions, drains water, and kills soil, attempting to compensate with artificial fertilizers and irrigation. This perspective frames progress as a dangerous path leading to destruction.

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The essence of modernism is the detachment from original nature, our original communities, and our original selves. This square-grid, sterilized modern 'order' is actually destructive disorder, the destruction of nature, its transformation into profit, and the enslavement of people.

The article also highlights the appointment of István Bart as deputy state secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Bart, who previously worked in the economic ministry under SZDSZ leadership from 2002 to 2005, has expressed concerning views on depopulation and Hungarian villages.

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The Earth will benefit if we find a way to gradually reduce our population. And we here in Hungary can lead in this.

Bart reportedly suggested that a gradual decrease in global population would benefit the Earth and that Hungary could lead this trend. Regarding villages, he concluded that significant funds are spent maintaining a settlement structure that residents no longer desire. He criticized the government for investing in village life without building rental housing where people actually want to live.

The author counters that people living in villages are not merely residing but actively living and cherish this lifestyle, contrasting it with temporary, unattached living in rental apartments. The piece concludes by referencing painter, farmer, environmentalist, and local patriot Győző Somogyi, who stated that modern European man has detached from God, creating a profane, artificial, scientific-technological worldview that leads to the destruction of the created world. The author echoes this sentiment, warning that "we will die in this progression."

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In modern times, European man has detached himself from God and developed his own profane, artificial, scientific-technical worldview, which leads to the increasing destruction of the created world. According to this, history is nothing more than a history of technical development from the 'primitive' old towards an ever-better modern world.