A horde of millennials are running for office

In my speech I explained that I liked meritocracy for much the same
reason. I regard inequality as an inevitable by-product of limited
government, which history teaches us is preferable to excessive state
power. In common with many utopian socialists, my father believed the
state would just ‘wither away’ once it had overseen a massive
redistribution of wealth and power, but I’ve always been sceptical. Such
optimism is contingent on a conception of human nature that is belied
by science, particularly evolutionary psychology: that man is a
peace-loving, altruistic creature who can be depended upon not to engage
in predation, cruelty, warfare, sexual enslavement and homicidal
violence once the workers’ paradise has been created.

Both books make the point that it isn’t just lack of opportunities that
have alienated the poorly educated in Britain and the US. It’s also the
elite’s callous disregard for their anxieties about the erosion of
their communities. When the white working-class — and non-whites, too —
express their concerns about mass immigration, they’re dismissed as
‘-racist’ and ‘xenophobic’.

I like the idea of meritocracy as much as my father hated it | The Spectator

Can Harsh Words Lead to Violent Deeds?

Don Lemon Said What About White Men?

The strange thing is that these wild swings in civilization are at their
bases psychological: decline is one of choice rather than necessity.
Plague or lead poisoning or famine did not destroy Rome. We could
balance our budget tomorrow without a great deal of sacrifice; we could
eliminate 10% worth of government spending that is not essential; we
could create our own energy with massive nuclear power investment, and
more extraction of gas, oil, and coal. We could instill a tragic rather
than therapeutic world view that would mean more responsibilities rather
than endlessly more rights. We could do this all right — but too many
feel such medicine is worse than the malady, and so we probably won’t
and can’t. An enjoyable slow decline is apparently  preferable to a
short, but painful rethinking and rebirth.

Why Did Rome Fall—And Why Does It Matter Now?

When Laws Aren’t Enforced, Anarchy Follows | National Review

Here
are some questions for America’s bashers.  What would happen if, as
once common, people could manage with fewer lawyers, advocates, drugs,
and therapists?  Could they live with safe schools and neighborhoods,
entertainment free of sex and “politically correct” warp?  What would
happen if more people worked at useful jobs?  Could there be a problem
with schools, churches, and media not pushing Marxist propaganda?  What
would Americans do with an America-loving president?  Could they bear up to all such oppression?

The
connection between today’s rampant disorder and leftist machinations
against American society should be plain to all who really care about
America.  Unfortunately, it’s hard for many to see what has been going
on without their knowledge; brainwash is difficult to detect.  You could
read the papers, watch the news, listen to lectures, sermons,
speeches, and not know that you were being brainwashed.  Being
“reformed” while being “informed” or “entertained” is, for most, harder
to detect than the smell of gas leaking into a room.  It is why so many
in the mainstream are clueless about what has happened to them and to
our country.  It is why so many continually cast votes that
incrementally dismantle their own society while honestly believing they
are doing the right thing.

Progress Down a Slope