They abound, I know. Exactly as you say. They chose popularity over personal growth and, due to the intentional & ideological language shifts, critical thinking means “criticize anyone who disagrees”. “Personal growth” means the cult or fad du jour.
The dominant left takes advantage of human herd instinct. Clever and insidious. By now, though, even most of the managerial level *leaders* are simply pawns. Could account for the shift that elected Trump...regression to the mean, and all that. Above that, the real controllers are cynical enough to have seen the need to take over a sufficient portion of the leadership of what used to be bastions of traditionalism. Best examples are the Catholic Church, Protestant clergy, Reform Jewry and the GOPe.
I see no effective means to change them.
The World Council of Churches (I believe I have that title right), has been a very problematic entity. It’s my suspicion that many churches have been led astray by their craven deceptions.
Yes we have Leftists ensconced in our institutions.
Isn’t it interesting that the McCarthy era is resoundingly trashed today, and yet what he and they were trying to prevent is now upon us. It’s undeniable that Leftist ideology flourished, and it’s inception was the Communist party emanating from Soviet Russia.
We address is as Leftist today, but it’s the Communist Party principles put into action.