Surprising & impressive that an episode of a TV show accurately portrayed the dynamics of leftism & weak & strong conservativism.
I can't help but notice that the failure to acknowledge & properly react to subversives is itself a form of pacifism & surrender. Optimism that everything will just magically work itself out is both a dereliction of duty & a virtue signal used to justify escapism from reality. The implicit message is that its more moral to let subversives destroy your society than add…
Very interesting piece. I was reminded of the diner scene in Twin Peaks, where Major Briggs is trying to have a serious chat with his son Bobby, Bobby sneeringly pulls out a cigarette and Major Briggs promptly slaps him hard across the face, before commencing to give a great father to son speech. In real life, I suspect men like Penn would be as it were "reset" with gruelling physical chores and/or punishment beatings. There's a lot to be said for physical pain in restoring a man to right manly…
I’m not saying Americans should copy the NHS exactly, the system does indeed have many problems. I’d in fact like to see each state develop its own system.
But, for the sake of ordinary Americans, I do wish they could have something better than what they have now.
I also wish Britain could have the first and second amendments.