A Call to Subversion
From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Thu, 2005-08-04 12:22
A quote from Baron Bodissey on
gatesofvienna.blogspot.com, 3 August 2005
Communism was defeated empirically, in the real world, by democratic capitalism. But in the marketplace of ideas — in the media and academia, among the mandarins of pop culture, and in the permanent federal bureaucracy — the Soviets won. Capitalism has to be tolerated, since the engine of modernity will not run without it, but it will never be respectable, and its associated virtues — hard work, thrift, religious values, and civic culture — have been permanently discredited.
[...]The socialist left may be a spent force on the political scene, but its legacy is still with us. [...] Each of us has witnessed the telltale glance over the shoulder and lowered voice whenever an un-PC thought is uttered. This suppression of meaningful discussion has allowed the Great Jihad to enjoy success within our midst. Because dissent on such issues is not allowed.
Communism was defeated empirically, in the real world, by democratic capitalism. But in the marketplace of ideas — in the media and academia, among the mandarins of pop culture, and in the permanent federal bureaucracy — the Soviets won. Capitalism has to be tolerated, since the engine of modernity will not run without it, but it will never be respectable, and its associated virtues — hard work, thrift, religious values, and civic culture — have been permanently discredited.
[...]The socialist left may be a spent force on the political scene, but its legacy is still with us. [...] Each of us has witnessed the telltale glance over the shoulder and lowered voice whenever an un-PC thought is uttered. This suppression of meaningful discussion has allowed the Great Jihad to enjoy success within our midst. Because dissent on such issues is not allowed.