[ksm1]

I’ve been hearing a lot about Spengler lately, don’t know much about him to be honest. May need to look into him.

[nonsporting]

VDH’s analysis is spot on.

I didn’t know he is a classicist. Most of my old classics faculty are a bunch of raving, leftist lunies. How has he managed?

[proud American in Canada]

That was a great comment piece; it’s worth the read.

Thanks for posting it! VDH always has something interesting and insightful to say.

[ronnie raygun]

All three leagues have suffered terribly during the viral lockdown,and will suffer more because of thier pandering choices

[DrPretorius]

Read Oswald Spengler’s “Decline Of The West.” It was written by him during The Great War even as he saw his beloved Germany collapse around him. He correctly predicted the ensuing unravelling of western civilization and its modes of decline that has occurred over the past hundred years. It was the original apocalyptic porn before it was cool. In fact, Spengler made it cool.

[DrPretorius]

Spengler is famous for his statement “Optimism Is Cowardice” which is just about the most cynical assessment of the future as one could have.

[foreverfree]

bump

[Ouchthatonehurt]

The destruction of public statues, of public art, is cause for concern beyond the apparent. It is a violent attack on what Edmund Burke referred to as “the Moral Imagination.” When this imagination is stripped from a culture, there is no end to the destruction and depravity. A good article on the topic:
https://kirkcenter.org/imagination/the-moral-imagination/

[Pining_4_TX]

Just stop playing the national anthem before games. It just gives these jerks the opportunity to parade their stupidity. It stops people from booing these dolts, because most people wish to remain silent and respectful during the anthem. If the anthem were not played, then what they do to signal their wokeness? If they kneeled in silence, that would give fans (if there are any) the chance to voice their displeasure.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Boycotting Marxists works? Who knew, right?

PING!

[firebrand]

Once elites became pampered and arrogant, they feel exempt from their ancestors' respect for moral and spiritual laws like thrift, moderation, and transcendence.

They also feel immune to leadership, taking the ideals of freedom a bit too far. I see an unnatural reaction to leaders lately. Not every leader is a fascist. Usually, they're the best we got, and always they're all we got.

Combined with oikophobia--the hatred of the familiar, or the desire to always move on to what is novel--this is a dangerous trend. It's loved by anyone trying to sell anything new but has crept into our politics.

Our system is based on rule of law, and elected leadership is part of that law.

It's not all political opposition. When people turn on the ones they themselves voted for, we're in cuckoo territory.

[GOPJ]

Great post. With someone like Victor Davis Hanson it’d be nice to see his name in the headline... then we’d be sure not to miss the post.