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I repeat here the comment I offered at that site: Loss of civilizational will is a very real phenomenon. This and other aspects of the decline of the West were beautifully summarized by Alexander Solzhenitsyn in his 1978 address to the Harvard University graduating class. Consider this excerpt from that speech:

A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. The Western world has lost its civic courage, both as a whole and separately, in each country, in each government, in each political party, and, of course, in the United Nations. Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling and intellectual elites, causing an impression of a loss of courage by the entire society. There remain many courageous individuals, but they have no determining influence on public life. Political and intellectual functionaries exhibit this depression, passivity, and perplexity in their actions and in their statements, and even more so in their self-serving rationales as to how realistic, reasonable, and intellectually and even morally justified it is to base state policies on weakness and cowardice. And the decline in courage, at times attaining what could be termed a lack of manhood, is ironically emphasized by occasional outbursts of boldness and inflexibility on the part of those same functionaries when dealing with weak governments and with countries that lack support, or with doomed currents which clearly cannot offer any resistance. But they get tongue-tied and paralyzed when they deal with powerful governments and threatening forces, with aggressors and international terrorists.

Must one point out that from ancient times a decline in courage has been considered the first symptom of the end?

If we fail to find our courage, we simply don’t deserve our civilization. There must be a reckoning, a retribution, a retaliation so grim, so dire that it will resonate through the next millennium. The Gramscian, Machiavellian Left have removed any last iota of concern, care or compassion for their fate that I might have once had.

1 posted on 11/18/2021 8:18:32 PM PST by Noumenon
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To: Noumenon

This thread has nothing to do with Jackson Browne?


2 posted on 11/18/2021 8:22:14 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken t hat's for sure.)
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To: Noumenon

It looks to me like you’re equating the incredibly grim state of our political state with the parts of the culture we actually care about. The two are thankfully very different.

Looking for a solution? Several have already suggested some form of cultural separation. A divorce if you will. They’re right, and it’s actually already happening although most folks don’t identify it as such. But you’ll notice it if you’re looking to buy a house in Idaho or renting a uhaul headed for Texas.

In the end, there is free choice. People who want a culture of death badly enough will get their wish.


4 posted on 11/18/2021 8:55:58 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Culture, culture, culture. Not partisan politics. )
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To: Noumenon

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5 posted on 11/18/2021 8:59:02 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Noumenon

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6 posted on 11/18/2021 9:01:04 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Noumenon

Going Galt becomes a more viable option every day. All I need to do is find Galt’s Gulch.


9 posted on 11/18/2021 9:35:42 PM PST by rllngrk33 (It seems the soap box and ballot box have failed, it might be time for the bullet box.)
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To: Noumenon

as a 69 year old reading this, where the heck were you in 1993?

i’ll have my bucket of movie style popcorn with extra butter,please.

i”m a senior citizen tthat is out to pasture sucking up all those social security dollars. to the ones making decisions, i’m in the way.

good luck for y’all trying to do something, now.


11 posted on 11/19/2021 12:38:10 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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