Would that it were true. Fact is, we have all but lost the cultural battle to incessant busybodies who think their highest calling in life is advising others how to conduct their lives; all the while striving to eliminate competition of every type, at every level. Think about that and the ramifications. What happens to the achievers? The ones that can move the culture forward instead of backward.
These busybodies are latter day marxists who applied Gramscii's principles to a fault. Maybe it's because we didn't see it coming; that we thought we were invulnerable to the seduction of socialism. The notion that we were safe from "attack" from abroad left us with a false sense of security? So it would seem "The Long March Through the Culture"(Institutions) has probably succeeded beyond their wildest dreams and very likely, ahead of schedule. Gramscii, you'll recall, offerd this alternative to communism's brute force style, when he correctly noted that America could not be beaten by conventional means. And so, "The March" began...
I've said it before, and I believe it moreso today, the cultural busybodies have the upper hand when dealing with their enemies -- us. The nature of do-gooders is such that they feel compelled to run the show; conservatives, on the other hand and for the most part,just want to be left alone to go about their lives without interference from government.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -C. S. Lewis
How to beat 'em? IMO, it's unlikely they can be beaten at their own game, which leaves few alternatives. If fact, maybe just one -- they have to be eliminated. But will conservatives take up arms to eliminate the threat? Or is it possibly too late for that even?
Bump for review