On the surface, Americans all value the same things. Life, liberty, equality, the rule of law, the pursuit of happiness — these terms form the basis of our shared moral language. If a nation is to forge a shared identity, it must share a moral vision, an understanding of what the people will be as a people. To arrive at that moral vision, a people must speak the same language, not just in the literal sense of speaking English, but they must all mean the same thing when they use specific terms.
Scientism is how this particular manifestation of power legitimizes its authority. All regimes throughout history have claimed to have privileged access to Truth, whether by magic or ability to communicate with deities.
In today’s West the role of mass public education is primarily to foster “faith in science.” Most high school grads (or college grads) can’t articulate a coherent explanation of the theory behind anthropogenic climate change, but they can assure you of their certainty that it is true because the experts say so.
I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on the role of public education in manufacturing consent in this way as a former educator. I’m exploring it myself and have introduced a bit of my thinking here (inevitably in the context of Taylor Swift, because every story in 2024 must refer to Taylor Swift).
With "E pluribus unum" comes great strength, it is then little wonder that those who want to destroy our civilisation have the inverse as their goal. "Out of one Many" the parsing of the one into an infinite amount of in groups and out groups, the creating of an alphabet soup of a nation can only breed weakness, which is of course its design.
No Auron, Putin is not part of the same coin. 1) He is fighting all the evil forces against us (yes for his own country's best interest, of course). 2) Don't you realize that our Deep State, you know, the one that was capable of blowing up Nordstream, killed Navalny? This was right after the Tucker interview and during one of those Deep State (propaganda) summits (I forget the name) and was to give a Big boost to the stalled Ukraine funding. Who benefits? Follow the (Ukraine funding) money.
MacIntyre also lamented the fact that when humankind, and especially its leaders abandon the use of measured/informed use of reason and replaced it with manipulative emotionalism then the polis altogether is doomed. He also pointed out and lamented the fact that the barbarians had been inside the citadel for quite some time.
Meanwhile a culturally and religiously illiterate nihilistic barbarian who specializes in invoking and manipulating the worst aspects of human possibility was once the US President and may indeed be re-elected. He is of course the leader of a zombified cult. His thus zombified MAGA (Make America Grotesque Again) cultic enthusiasts/worshippers apparently thrive on his nihilism!
Scientism is how this particular manifestation of power legitimizes its authority. All regimes throughout history have claimed to have privileged access to Truth, whether by magic or ability to communicate with deities.
In today’s West the role of mass public education is primarily to foster “faith in science.” Most high school grads (or college grads) can’t articulate a coherent explanation of the theory behind anthropogenic climate change, but they can assure you of their certainty that it is true because the experts say so.
I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on the role of public education in manufacturing consent in this way as a former educator. I’m exploring it myself and have introduced a bit of my thinking here (inevitably in the context of Taylor Swift, because every story in 2024 must refer to Taylor Swift).
https://open.substack.com/pub/goodchildren/p/climate-change-for-thee-but-not-for?r=6s869&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
With "E pluribus unum" comes great strength, it is then little wonder that those who want to destroy our civilisation have the inverse as their goal. "Out of one Many" the parsing of the one into an infinite amount of in groups and out groups, the creating of an alphabet soup of a nation can only breed weakness, which is of course its design.
No Auron, Putin is not part of the same coin. 1) He is fighting all the evil forces against us (yes for his own country's best interest, of course). 2) Don't you realize that our Deep State, you know, the one that was capable of blowing up Nordstream, killed Navalny? This was right after the Tucker interview and during one of those Deep State (propaganda) summits (I forget the name) and was to give a Big boost to the stalled Ukraine funding. Who benefits? Follow the (Ukraine funding) money.
MacIntyre also lamented the fact that when humankind, and especially its leaders abandon the use of measured/informed use of reason and replaced it with manipulative emotionalism then the polis altogether is doomed. He also pointed out and lamented the fact that the barbarians had been inside the citadel for quite some time.
Meanwhile a culturally and religiously illiterate nihilistic barbarian who specializes in invoking and manipulating the worst aspects of human possibility was once the US President and may indeed be re-elected. He is of course the leader of a zombified cult. His thus zombified MAGA (Make America Grotesque Again) cultic enthusiasts/worshippers apparently thrive on his nihilism!