@JamesDueck At least ancient pagans sacrificed their babies in hopes of something good, like a bountiful harvest. Today's women kill their babies so they can sit at a laptop for 8 hours per day and post on LinkedIn about being proud of their work.
I knew people 20 years ago who said, “if I ever have a child, I hope my kid is gay.” According to their logic, a certain percentage of children would be gay, and they wouldn’t want a gay kid to group up in a Republican household with right wing parents. I knew people ten years ago who said, “I hope my kid is trans.” But it was never about caring for the children, just narcissistic validation.
@DrArmageddon7@TRobinsonNewEra I also worked with someone who grew up there. He said the value of human life was a baffling concept to most of his neighbors.
@prolifefrenchie If a man won't protect the unborn, why should a women believe he would protect her? Most feminists secretly loath the men who support their cause.
@FiatLuxGenesis Most victims of public school indoctrination grow up believing their genes are either (1) irrelevant, because every human is born a blank slate or (2) evil, unless you are a racial minority. So they see no point in passing along their genetics.
@FiatLuxGenesis Images of politicians flow seamlessly with images of influencers, food, actors, pundits, cats, and AI slop. The book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman described this nightmare 40 years ago, and it progressively gets worse.
The larger a democracy becomes, the more efficient it gets at selecting for the Dark Tetrad: narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and sadism. The particular forms of democracy don't matter (constitutional republic, pure democracy, and so on). In a country the size of the USA, the democratic processes guarantee that almost every federal official has high degrees of these traits. Nor does it matter whether elections are fair or 100% rigged. No psychologically healthy person can succeed beyond small town politics. Lunatics run our country and most of the world.
You raise an important point: much of the rhetoric in opposition to Feminism portrays women negatively. All popular media platforms are designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator, elevating the most asinine interpretations of everything. So the majority of "right wing" views that most people see are usually the dumbest, the ones that fuel the most rage and self-congratulation.
Theory:
Since Feminism is collectivist and coercive, even after feminists realize they fell for lies, most will stick to the lies for fear of social rejection because, contrary to their self-promotions, they are neither strong nor independent, merely followers chasing trends for approbation, completely unable to think for themselves. Plus, given the prevalence of abortion, they must remain committed to the lies to make the girlboss lifestyle seem worth the price. Feminism will thus long outlive the last true feminist. Perhaps most feminists have already given up on Feminism but are afraid to admit it, with only “rightwing” women keeping Feminism alive in their hearts in its light form.
David Lynch had a unique love for film as an art form. Many popular directors tell stories on the screen that could work just as well or better on the page. But try imagining any of Lynch’s films as novels. Every Lynch film is a meditation on the nature of film and seeing. The point becomes more evident when we look at films noted for their special effects and CGI. What do those movies offer beyond spectacle? What do they make you feel beyond momentary excitement? We need not wonder what they make anyone think. To put a finer point on it: what artistic value does a typical movie provide that another medium could not? With Lynch gone, what other directors will draw out the unique capabilities of film?
Gold and green, illumination and binding worthy of the strangest Christmas feast in Arthurian legend.
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Under this logic, the details are arbitrary:
-Bringing a child into [disability] is more cruel than abortion
-Bringing a child into [Ohio] is more cruel than abortion
-Bringing a child into [Mormonism] is more cruel than abortion
-Bringing a child into [blackness] is more cruel than abortion
-Bringing a child into [July] is more cruel than abortion
By this logic, abortion will always be the humane choice from a certain perspective.
The Church will always be in crisis as long as it proclaims the Gospel against the world because it is always in danger of losing its way, just like each member of the Church. We are born into crisis. Orthodoxy is always wild and dangerous, as Chesterton pointed out. Our current crisis is that we have forgotten the true nature of the eternal crisis.
The pattern has held for over 100 years: the more we automate away, the more bullshit spills in to fill the void. We get more HR, more consultants, more committees, more flunkeys, more boxes to check, more regulatory oversight. Despite the backlash, corporations are still adding ESG managers.