The Futurism Manifesto

Reading the Futurism Manifesto and writing this blog post is ironic. If we followed the Futurism Manifesto, the younger generation of stronger men would have destroyed Marinetti's work when he turned 40. In his manifesto, Marinetti wants to destroy the past and claims that studying history is harmful and poison to human kind. The study of the past can affect the way someone sees the world. As humans we learn from previous generations and mimicry of people around us, then we pass on that knowledge to the next generation. If we think of the lack of knowledge as innocence and knowledge as experience, as soon as we are born that innocence is lost. Even Marinetti says "we are the revival and extension of our ancestors," which is unescapable. Even if Marinetti could successfully destroy all of the past written works, people would pass on history and knowledge through word of mouth. The only way that this manifesto could be practiced without bias is if a person was isolated from all human contact and had no knowledge of that past generations, which is impossible. Marinetti also promotes violence and chaos and even claims that "art is nothing but violence, cruelty, and injustice." The Futurism Manifesto is more of a political movement that promotes war and hatred,  than an art movement. Marinetti claims that war cleanses the earth and he supports militarism, patriotism, and scorn for woman. He promotes the destruction of "museums, libraries, academies of every kind, will fight moralism, feminism, every opportunistic or utilitarian cowardice." Marinetti's commentary on the past in the Futurist Manifesto is interesting but in the end it is just the thoughts of a violent man who wants to be rebel against the norm.