"Queen Elizabeth II passed away hours before Dr Jordan B Peterson would give a public lecture. At this event, he was asked, “How could the death of the Queen affect the boundaries between English communities around the world?” His answer was honest and thought-provoking. He explores the weight and grandeur of the monarchical system, the legacy of its longest-reigning Queen, and the great loss so many have to bear."
Not only was it helpful to hear him explain the role of the monarchy and the weight of symbolism in a political system with four divisions of power, using a story about his experience of Donald Trump at the Kentucky Derby, I also appreciated his close with this ending, which came through to me as an admonition and encouragement for us in our country, as he addressed it to those who are part of another:
"So what do we think? What’s going to happen with the Commonwealth? Well. Maybe we’ll wise up and recognize that we have something absolutely precious to guard, and then maybe we’ll guard it. But to do that we’re going to have to defend ourselves against unwarranted accusations of guilt, not that there’s not something to be guilty about. Because we’re all the beneficiaries of the atrocities of history and we have to atone for that in our personal behavior. But by the same token, man, you’re supposed to separate the wheat from the chaff and not just call it all chaff. And when you look at your own history, you think, we stumbled plenty but we still walked uphill. And you, in your country, you can say that more than most."
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I'd say, after 8 years of Mike and Zippy and BLM, all the guilt's been wrung out of us.
To save the Commonwealth, we may need a version of Cecil Rhodes' Secret Society in reverse.
The Anchoress has another post up with this quote in it:
Aside from authentic grief, there is always a “be here, now” sort of pull to these once-in-a-lifetime sorts of events that helps us recall Rene Girard’s mimetic theory, “Man is the creature who does not know what to desire,” he wrote, “and he turns to others in order to make up his mind. We desire what others desire because we imitate their desires.”
I used to believe it was fear and guilt that drove the left's mindlessness disconnect from reality, but am now leaning toward a huge attachment disorder behind their behavior and beliefs, involving a strong desire to belong and be part of a group rather than self
actualize.
I used to believe it was fear and guilt that drove the left's mindlessness disconnect from reality, but am now leaning toward a huge attachment disorder behind their behavior and beliefs, involving a strong desire to belong and be part of a group rather than self
actualize.
Which is why the left has created its own religion, the sacrament of abortion being one of the highest ideals. Rejecting tradition wasn't enough, they had to wipe it from the face of the planet, yet here they are...empty, depressed, bitter, paranoid, and afraid.
Instead of original sin, the left has white guilt and white privilege. Rather than faith in God and the efficacious sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the left has carbon offsets. They don't need the Spanish Inquisition, they have an army of Karens keeping everyone in line.
The comparisons can go on and on.
It's worth repeating: I used to believe it was fear and guilt that drove the left's mindlessness disconnect from reality, but am now leaning toward a huge attachment disorder behind their behavior and beliefs, involving a strong desire to belong and be part of a group rather than self
actualize.
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