David Strom:
The radical ideologies floating out there could be described as a swing of the pendulum, but the embrace of violence and destruction coupled with the open hatred for our society is a threat to the very existence of our culture. As it is intended to be.
What makes this outbreak of barbarianism fundamentally different from the 1960s, where we saw a similar descent into madness that wasn’t fully rejected until well into the Reagan years, is the fact that our major institutions are now owned by the barbarians themselves.
Western resilience in the 1980s was buttressed by the fact that our education system, Hollywood, and the media were not fundamentally corrupted in the way they are today. Each of these institutions leaned left, but not Left. They were dominated by people who thought America could be better, not that it must be destroyed.
That is no longer the case. Your average college professor is either a radical or is so intimidated by them that they remain quiet. Your average college student has already been exposed to over a decade of propaganda and is then thrown into a hothouse of political nihilism that it is a miracle if they come out sane.
# posted by Ranger @ 6:44 PM
