"Tribes, and the bands that make up those tribes are—historically and
prehistorically—composed of a physical and spiritual extension of the
family. In European cultures this is referred to with some derivation of
the Germanic term “folk.” To use another traditional European term (I
am after all, of very European descent), your folk are your “kith and
kin.” While it will undoubtedly incite the angst of the white power
organizations, despite my use of Euro-centric terminology, this is not
about race, contrary to their blatherings otherwise.
“Kin,” as anyone raised in the Southern Highlands as I was, can tell
you, means “family.” These are—obviously—those people related to you by
blood. “Kith” on the other hand, is somewhat more complicated, because
it is so often misused by those with a political agenda. According to
the Merrian-Webster dictionary, kith refers to “familiar friends and
neighbors.” It is Middle English, cognate of the Old English, or
Anglo-Saxon, word cythth, meaning “known.”
Thus, your tribe composed of your “kith and kin,” has nothing to do
with everyone who shares your national heritage, or even your race. It
is your known friends, neighbors, and family. This is critically
important, as we discuss neo-tribalism, in the sense of building and
forging self-reliant communities. Most native English speakers will be
familiar with the proverb, “blood is thicker than water.” The problem
is, the common, contemporary understanding of that term is completely
inverted. The original verbiage of the proverb was “the blood of the
oath is thicker than the water of the womb.” It actually meant the EXACT
OPPOSITE of what we commonly use it to reference."
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