The Benedict Opt-Out: Creating a principled parallel society
Good evening, Patriots!
OK, so I read this the other day, but I just now got a chance to share it with you all. This is a really great article written by Meriam Matthews over at The American Thinker.
Matthews argues that as conservatives, we need to make a "strategic withdrawal from society personified by St. Benedict, a 6th-century monk, who responded to Roman civilization's collapse by founding his own monastic order. Benedict recognized that people of decency, honor, and virtue could not fully participate in society if they wanted to maintain their virtuous lifestyle."
Now, I've not often thought of modeling my life after that of a 6th-century monk, but given the times we live in, I can't help but think that the idea has merit. Perhaps we don't have to eschew all the trappings of modern society, but one thing that we can still do is to avoid platforms and businesses who don't approve of us, nor our values or traditions. Below is a snippet from this article, but you really should read the whole thing. The link is at the bottom.
SNIPPET: It is clear that Americans who love liberty and the Founding Principles are on defense in preventing this country from falling into systemic Marxism, socialism, or communism. Education, entertainment, government, medicine, banking, news media, the military, courts, technology, science, and even rogue churches get sweaty palms every time someone or something reveals a malignant agenda to squash free speech.
Incoherently, they bray on about there being freedom in collectivism. They are not so much insane as catastrophically malevolent, which is the main reason to avoid their world if at all possible. Things have gone too far, and the pendulum is stuck on the left side. These leftists cannot be reasoned with, especially when they pontificate that hard work, being on time, delayed gratification, merit-based success are examples of "white privilege" and "systemic racism."
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Google censor members who speak out against the Wokerati. People have been shoved off platforms, demonetized, and denied publication simply for expressing contrary views to the left's search-and-destroy mission against conservatives and White people.
But in the wings, waiting to serve homeless conservatives, are Rumble, Locals, Truth Social, and myriad long-form blogs and podcasts by Dave Rubin, Jordan Peterson, Dan Bongino, Ben Shapiro, Joe Rogan (no liberal, he), and others. They offer an uncensored platform to conservative thinkers and players in the intellectual dark web who are denied a voice on the blue channels.
The most sensible recourse sane conservatives of all colors possess is to fight leftists by forming a parallel economy. Remove your dollars and your patronage from organizations or businesses that adopt as part of their business model CRT (Critical Race Theory), SEL (Social Emotional Learning), DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion), or ESG (Environmental Social Governance).
This putrefying alphabet soup of social deconstruction is what the left is relying on to destroy the traditional values that formed this nation. Leftists are making headway. If America is to survive as a free nation under God, we must deny them their corrosive passion for totalitarianism, and Dreher provides the answer: opt out and cripple their structures, both economic and cultural.
LINK TO ARTICLE: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/03/the_benedict_optout_creating_a_principled_parallel_society.html
