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| -Great Cultural Revolution |
| The Collapse of Credible Authority-In the last couple of decades, almost all of our institutions have failed. |
| 2023-12-15 |
| [AmericanThinker] I grew up in a world in which most authorities could be trusted most of the time. True, it was already a cliché that Washington, D.C. was full of liars. And yes, everyone knew about medical malpractice. Even people who weren’t Marxists understood that corporations, from time to time, were guilty of committing genuine wrongs against the public. Still, overall, the people who were running things were usually accountable. There was an ingrained, unspoken sense of decency and social responsibility long before the current twisted understanding of social justice (i.e., revenge) had a chance to muscle it out. People in authority may have seen themselves as a bit better than the common run of humanity, but they didn’t quite see themselves as an entirely different species. They were the best and brightest of us, but not yet an utterly alien aristocracy. Read the rest at the link |
| Posted by:NoMoreBS |
| #4 almost all of our institutions have failed. Oh, I don't know... my local gas station/grocery/grill/post office is as good as it ever was. Reminds me of my youth with a Nehi orange soda and a moon pie for lunch. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-12-15 14:55 |
| #3 There was an ingrained, unspoken sense of decency and social responsibility long before the current twisted understanding of social justice Oh, that's when you had a foundation of Judaeo-Christian culture, as imperfect as you view it. You allowed the Marxists to replace that. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-12-15 07:31 |
| #2 House Votes to Formalize Impeachment Inquiry into Joe Biden |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-12-15 06:24 |
| #1 Tony Fauci immolated the last vestige of credible authority. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-12-15 05:46 |