Came across this lasts night in C.S. Lewis's "The Abolition of Man" (copyright 1944; p. 73 in my edition), and wanted to share:
"We have been trying, like Lear, to have it both ways: to lay down our human prerogative and yet at the same time to retain it. It is impossible. Either we are rational spirit obliged for ever to obey the absolute values of the Tao, or else we are mere nature to be kneaded and cut into new shapes for the pleasures of masters who must, by hypothesis, have no motive but their own 'natural' impulses. Only the Tao provides a common human law of action which can overarch rulers and ruled alike. A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not slavery."
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Our very own @YayRain (after having imbibed some golden nectar), shares with us yet one more problem with CRT....
I am posting this comment in its entirety. It is from a link I found through the hollymathnerd link. Will post link in the comment section.
When I really began to look into "wokeism/woke-stroking" attending my grad-program in 2022, it was pretty immediately clear that it was an example of the religious environment I was raised in. At that time, I began to say that there is a "woke-left" and a "woke-right". I mentioned in some groups this week how I would state this with people I was having conversations with and it seemed to have a leveling force or that I was inured in some way.
For me, any religion that portends a better place and the ways to get there is a purity trap and, thus, authoritarian.
So, for me, that's why it's funny for me to hear about the new discussions of woke-right being a new concept.
That said, it was nice to read this comment as it validates my actions.
"Here is another perspective from a student of medieval literary tradition. So, last week, I was reading my...
