“Before you begin to lecture me about animal instincts, can you please prepare a comprehensive inventory of everything a ding-dong puppy doesn’t know?”
All three of those branches of authority, plus many others, used to invest a great deal of effort in defending their reputations for probity. Science, in particular, wanted you to know all about the incorruptibility of the scientific method – long since supplanted by the popularity contests known as peer review.
Nobody does that any longer – stands up for probity – and we all know that any particular exponent of authority easily could be and very probably is corrupted – if not by lucre then by ideology. To expect integrity from anyone in a position to betray you for advantage by now just seems naive.
What’s changed? I can give you the answer in one brutal question:
Is there really no one in your life who would be ashamed to see you behaving this way?
We are inducted into the cult of lifelong trustworthy behavior, if ever we are, by the moral exemplars around us in our toddler years. It’s typically dad’s approval we’re living up to, but it could be mom or a grandparent – the person who was gracious enough not to buy your shit when you were still a very poor liar.
Why is no one in authority worthy of trust? Why are young people mutilating their genitals? Same answer to both questions – and to all questions about the discontents of modernity: No fathers, no families, no future. No exceptions.
In other news:
Rob Hahn: The Biggest Flaw in NAR’s Defense of Commissions.
The New York Post: Los Angeles agency votes for $36M police funding boost as crime surges.
Zero Hedge: Where Manhattanites Fled During The Pandemic May Surprise You.
Townhall: Losing the Language, Losing the Argument.
Brad Polumbo: We need to stop overlooking one politically incorrect COVID-19 death factor.
