After reading this piece by LK I think I understand him a little better...
Spirited: We are witnessing the successes of what is really a war of ideas whose ultimate goal is the capture of the mind. The mind is the citadel of the soul; capture the mind, and the soul has been taken as well
Saint Paul wrote about this phenomena in the book of Romans; something about “professing to be wise they became fools and God gave them over to a debased mind..(paraphrasing)