By *more on why*, do you mean why I think these are areas most people are brainwashed about?
Discussion
Yes sir
Sure, so each one is a substantial topic of discussion in itself but they actually all overlap on a number of points. I'll give an overview on each and am happy to zero in further if you have interest.
Atheism/antitheism/materialism:
These are not all the same, to be clear, but all center on a denial of God and spiritual reality (by implication, all of reality as it actually is). Atheism is fundamentally a poisonous worldview and no civilization that embraces it stays healthy/in tact for long.
Feminism/egalitarianism:
This arose in the aftermath of the Industrial Revolution as a result of the removal of men from the home and, ultimately, a fragmentation of the whole family. I can sympathize with some of the reasons for the first wave but ultimately it is a distorted anthropological framework that leads to competition between the sexes, the eradication of the things that distinguish the sexes, flattens hierarchies God intentionally designed, caused the slaughter of millions of unborn children, made men effeminate, and made women bitter.
Post-War Consensus:
Tough one to sum up but ultimately after WWII and the rise of globalism, the narratives around the war itself as well as around what constituted a nation and a citizen changed pretty dramatically. As did the ideas and ideals around money, international diplomacy, and peace relations. I'm not of the mind as of now that it is all bad, but that it is a tightly held dogmatic narrative of modern history that should be scrutinized much more than it has been.
Crusades:
History is complicated and people are messy, but overall there has been a very long running smear and propaganda campaign against the crusades. The Christians were, we are told, the aggressors and the Mohammedans were largely a peaceful religious group. In reality the jihadist atrocities the Mohammedans committed against the Christians, particularly in the east and near east, were unspeakably wicked. The Christians crusaded in a desperate response to defend their people. Those that went to war, especially in the first crusade, were not power hungry zealots but wealthy nobility who, in many cases, gave up everything to go and fight because they were the only ones who could afford to do so. Many of the crusaders were faithful, honorable, and based Christian heroes.
Puritans/colonial America:
Post-industrial and postwar perspectives grew more and more hostile to heritage America, teaching that the Puritans were cold, joyless, legalistic, and rigid people who subscribed to a fire and brimstone theology and were obsessed with witch hunts. In reality they laid the cultural and spiritual foundations of what would eventually become America. And that spiritual foundation was one of joy, perseverance, faithfulness, reverence, and humility. As with the Crusaders, we have become a people too quick to disavow and repudiate our fathers, when in reality we have become squandered, undisciplined, and unworthy sons.
TL; DR:
Atheism frees us, in our minds, from submitting to Christ.
Feminism frees us, in our minds, from patriarchy and hierarchies.
Postwar consensus frees us, in the globalists minds, from love of nation and a true sense of personhood which undermines their goals.
Propaganda against the Crusades makes us hate our fathers.
Propaganda against the Puritans makes us hate our heritage.
Loved reading that.
Which one is most dear to your heart?
Here is an article I wrote on the western American church. I’d be interested in your thoughts on it. If you prefer to listen, there is audio imbedded.
Good question. I think feminism/egalitarianism. But more so because of the larger issue it is couched within, that if the fragmentation of the household.
Everything else I listed is, in some sense, downstream of healthy, in tact, integrated, faithful, and productive households. Households have, until the industrial revolution, been the economic and cultural engines of civilization. They are, as many Puritans saw them, little churches. They are the primary place where life, work, and education happened for ages. They are the lifeblood of local communities.
Feminism didn't cause the fragmentation and degradation of the home, and by extension, the rest of society, but it has perpetuated and accelerated it.
As goes the household, so goes the world.
If I can read the article, I'll share some thoughts. Thanks for posting.
What are some things you think people are brainwashed about?
Many of those issues you mentioned.
Particularly the destruction of the greater family unit. The Clan, the Great House.
The ruling class has long feared their own banner-men; they needed and feared the different Clans in their own territory. They feared the Great Houses in their own lands. They feared the people living in real community. Most of all, they feared those communities uniting together.
Before they tore apart the immediate family, they planned to keep grandparents away. Before they removed the Matriarch and Patriarch, they tore apart our affiliation with like-minded friends and family who possessed the ability to effectively collectively bargain and stand against edicts from above.
Now they, the state, the ruling elite, have the only banner; they are the only clan, there is but one house sigil, THEIRS. They can inflate the money, put a diaper on our face, fire us for not getting a shot, take us to court for nothing, and so on. No one really has our back. We are alone. We haven’t a house; we have no banners to call, the clan is gone, and its stronghold has crumbled.