On Saturday’s show I mentioned a concept I picked up from Carrol Quigley’s Tragedy and Hope: that culture changes when children’s values are disconnected from their parents;’ this can happen in any of a number of ways from technological progress to outside cultural influences. I believe this method is deliberately used in the United States to move us from our individualist past to the “collectivist future.” Specifically I believe childhood education (literally disconnecting us from our parents), higher education (indoctrinating us to the state), high taxes (causing both parents to work), welfare (breaking up families), the drug war (creating outlaw subcultures), immigration policy (deliberately
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An Interesting Passage from Quigley’s Tragedy & Hope
On Saturday’s show I mentioned a concept I picked up from Carrol Quigley’s Tragedy and Hope: that culture changes when children’s values are disconnected from their parents;’ this can happen in any of a number of ways from technological progress to outside cultural influences. I believe this method is deliberately used in the United States to move us from our individualist past to the “collectivist future.” Specifically I believe childhood education (literally disconnecting us from our parents), higher education (indoctrinating us to the state), high taxes (causing both parents to work), welfare (breaking up families), the drug war (creating outlaw subcultures), immigration policy (deliberately
Talk About "In A Nutshell!" The big picture in 75 seconds
This whole thing is worth watching – it’s great – but the BIG PICTURE is distilled down to 75 seconds from 11:34 to 12:49.* A note on political philosophy: From what I can tell by listening to these guys a number of times, they are socialists** who feel that the right role of government is … Read more
Talk About “In A Nutshell!” The big picture in 75 seconds
This whole thing is worth watching – it’s great – but the BIG PICTURE is distilled down to 75 seconds from 11:34 to 12:49.* A note on political philosophy: From what I can tell by listening to these guys a number of times, they are socialists** who feel that the right role of government is … Read more
Shirtless Cheeseball or Class Act?
This video demonstrated something interesting to me about standards, dignity, decorum, etc. My last facebook post was a video (see below) of how ignorant our college kids can be and I think those low standards reach up to the highest levels in our society, certainly in our government–but that’s not true everywhere. Putin really looks … Read more
Human Nature & The Wiki Concept
I stumbled upon this video while trying to look up something depressing on Wikipedia (specifically, what Wikipedia says about MH17). I absent-mindedly typed in “wiki” in the search box and this is what came up… I watched it because the idea of wiki-style shared information appeals to me (see below) and I’m sharing it because … Read more
Human Nature & The Wiki Concept
I stumbled upon this video while trying to look up something depressing on Wikipedia (specifically, what Wikipedia says about MH17). I absent-mindedly typed in “wiki” in the search box and this is what came up… I watched it because the idea of wiki-style shared information appeals to me (see below) and I’m sharing it because … Read more
What Would Make YOU Leave AMERICA? Podcast of July 12, 2014 Show
Hour 1 Hour 2 Hour 3 A few of the references from the show: Complexity & Chaos, Empires on the Edge of Chaos, by Niall Ferguson Neo-conservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea, a review of Irving Kristol’s book.
What's at the bottom of the rabbit hole? The Report from Iron Mountain. Podcast of June 7, 2014 Show
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This is a must read, full stop: The Report from Iron Mountain. (See also, “another update” below.)
What’s at the bottom of the rabbit hole? The Report from Iron Mountain. Podcast of June 7, 2014 Show
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This is a must read, full stop: The Report from Iron Mountain. (See also, “another update” below.)