Some manage to go against the flow. I think of Ronald Reagan. I think of Thomas Sowell. I think of Donald Trump. How did they end up more conservative as they grew older? One indicator might be that they were liberals when they were young but smart enough to grow out of it. You may have heard the saying that if you are under 30 and not a liberal, you have no heart and if you are over 30 and still a liberal, you have no brain.
I think that it might also be a matter of inner integrity. Integrity demands that you confront truth and respond to it. If you are ignorant then that explains some of your confusion but if you keep seeking truth then sooner or later you have to acknowledge if a change must be made. Integrity also has an element of being your own man (sorry ladies, just a figure of speech). Real integrity demands the courage to stand with truth instead of going with the flow. Donald Trump comes to mind. I only voted for him because he was not Hillary. I admit it. I was wrong in my analysis even if I was right in my goals. He has surprised all of us. On the integrity issue I think that you need to keep in mind that he has endured a two year witch hunt financed by unlimited resources taken from our tax dollars and they have come up with nothing. I mean absolutely nothing. Nothing on him. Nothing on his children. This is a man who worked in the building trade in New York. And they found nothing.
Are there any organizations that are resisting the rot? The one that comes to mind is the Salvation Army. I still feel that they are fulfilling their original calling of taking the Gospel of Jesus to the poor. I don’t think they have any executives that make seven figure salaries. They are still on track.
What about you? What about me? Ultimately that is the only point we will have any power to change or monitor. If enough of us stay on the high road and keep on track them maybe we can pull the culture back. Each of us has to do our part even if it doesn’t work. That means a series of daily choices. It might mean finding a way to pass on any family wealth in a way that does not destroy the next generation. It definitely means how we treat our neighbors.
homo unius libri
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