Dear Friends,
It seems to me, societies are like people, in that a person often needs to hit rock bottom before he or she will come to their senses, and stop drinking, shooting up, gambling, etc… Some never change, even once at rock bottom, they just bump along the bottom like chum. Societies, nations and cultures are the same. History proves this better than I could argue it. From Ur through Sparta, Rome and Ottoman Empire to now, every society, culture and nation state that has risen in virtue has fallen in vice. The theme is universal. Once a people abandon their societal myth, ethos, philosophy, whatever you want to call it, their place in history is set. Because once abandoned they have never been returned to. Let’s pray and strive to make the West in general, and the US in particular, the exception to this rule. Because our elite have abandoned our founding principles. Setting our place in history.
The founding principles our elite have led us to abandon, are Christian ethics, and the Enlightenment ideals. The Enlightenment gave us the ability to rationally work out how the world works, Christianity gave us the ethics to allow a free enterprise system to function, families to thrive and society to be safe. First the elite got rid of the Christian morality because it stood in their way. Using Christian morality to blame Christianity for the things it exterminated, out of moral indignation, and would still be with us lacking the Christian ethos, was warped… moreover, are coming back in its absence. Then they went after Constitutional principles by claiming they run afoul of Constitutional requirements. Albeit perverted requirements, that make a mockery of logic, but since they control education as well…
Look at how far American and European cities have fallen in the last twenty years. In 2000 NYC was a safe, clean and prosperous city that you could bring your children to. Not so much today. Watch an episode of Monk to see how San Francisco used to be. Today it is right out of a dystopian sci fi movie. Paris France was once a gorgeous city. It still is for the most part… in pictures. The same goes for London England. While the architecture is mostly still there, the culture has changed. I wouldn’t walk down the streets of either city wearing a yamaka, cross or picture of Mohamed on my shirt. There are places natives don’t go anymore because they are not safe. Today, hearing about a random stabbing in London, is more common than a shootout in Juarez Mexico.
Some places have fallen faster and harder than others. Washington, Vermont and Oregon for example. They were once bastions of freedom, prosperity and safety. Then the progressive faction became hegemonic in them. After twenty years of progressive rule, abandoning Christian morality for Lucifarian immorality, and Enlightenment principles for progressive pretense, they are open sewers. The prosperity is gone, crime is rampant, and Heaven help you if a progressive splinter group sets up an autonomous zone in your neighborhood. Vermont used to be a safe place. Now, after several decades of progressive rule, Vermont is a hell hole of crime, shootings and overdoses. There are more shootings in VT than Mogadishu. The gap between rich in Stowe, and poor in Orange, has never been so huge.
Most lives go downhill slow at first, then all of a sudden. Over time they burn bridges, alienate friends and turn family against them. Then, once their drinking has hollowed out their reservoir of support, the first breeze blows them over. Drunk, and with no one to catch them, they fall hard. We are seeing this in the West. The elite have alienated God, burned bridges and turned us against them with their lies, crimes and malfeasance. Their regulations have obliterated our economy, energy sector and the middle class, while empowering our international mortal enemies. The elite are in the penthouse of a crumbling skyscraper. From there, rock bottom seems far away, but soon it will not… all of a sudden.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
