10/21/2024 / By Lance D Johnson
The American dream does not falter because of an invading army. The destruction of a nation doesn’t begin as a kinetic struggle, with gunfire and bombs. The unraveling of Constitutional principles and the slow decay of a nation begins IDEOLOGICALLY and spreads like cancer through the minds of weak and cowardly people.
The spread of ideological cancer occurs more rapidly today because of social media hysteria, emotional group think and algorithms that are designed to control human behavior and thought. In the essay “What Unifies the Enemies of Civilization?” the authors, Arjun Khemani and Loga Chipkin, critique six modern ideologies that contribute to the destruction of Western civilization.
Their analysis, published at Human Progress, covers a range of modern ideological movements, from radical environmentalism to social justice activism, suggesting that these groups share a fundamental opposition to progress, prosperity and reason.
The essay emphasizes that authoritarian, anti-meritocratic and collectivist ideologies, such as socialism, limit personal freedoms and impede innovation. These socialist movements are underpinned by the ideological rot of extreme environmentalism, scientism, relativism, dogmatism and doomerism. For instance, the push for “Net Zero” emissions represents an illogical, centrally-planned world – an insane utopian fantasy that overlooks the vital relationship between energy production, economic growth and human well-being.
In contrast, the authors advocate for decentralized creativity and realistic ecological stewardship as a pathway to sustained human advancement. To get there, truth must replace moral relativism, and the pursuit of truth must take precedence over dogmatism and scientism.
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