Let's hope that this, much needed, revolution is allowed to happen! Our historical 'guardians' are attempting to divide us and take away our liberties. Free speech and the Public House, where that rite is freely expressed, has a proposed Bill which is an attempt to stop us talking. Like lockdown was used in the same way! We couldn't talk to eachother and bust the narrative! Speech went online where government could suppress, censor and publically make examples of 'offenders' further suppressing freedoms. The establishment can see the writing on the wall and will use everything in their power to prevent it! It's going to get ugly!
A very perceptive article. Our culture and education system positively encourage this. Girls are taught about toxic masculinity, how so few engineers are female, how they should focus on work, how abortion is something to be celebrated, etc. Boys see media that increasingly presents female models who are overweight and unattractive, there are very crude ads for sanitary products with none of the subtlety of the Andrex puppy.
If you wanted to drive a wedge between the sexes, to repel rather than attract, you would do pretty much exactly what schools and media do today. Our media culture does not simply reflect where society is now, it drives change and often in a very negative way.
But please don't cheer lead for Nigel Farage. The way he and his cronies treated Rupert Lowe is not a trivial matter. Media smears and politically motivated reports to the police are what we would expect of Starmer and Hate Not Hope. Farage is unfit for political office.
Appreciate your good works Alex. Yes the really toxic combination of our times is the ironic merging of hyper individualism (narcissism if you like!) with identity politics from critical social justice ideology. (Woke)
Let's hope that this, much needed, revolution is allowed to happen! Our historical 'guardians' are attempting to divide us and take away our liberties. Free speech and the Public House, where that rite is freely expressed, has a proposed Bill which is an attempt to stop us talking. Like lockdown was used in the same way! We couldn't talk to eachother and bust the narrative! Speech went online where government could suppress, censor and publically make examples of 'offenders' further suppressing freedoms. The establishment can see the writing on the wall and will use everything in their power to prevent it! It's going to get ugly!
A very perceptive article. Our culture and education system positively encourage this. Girls are taught about toxic masculinity, how so few engineers are female, how they should focus on work, how abortion is something to be celebrated, etc. Boys see media that increasingly presents female models who are overweight and unattractive, there are very crude ads for sanitary products with none of the subtlety of the Andrex puppy.
If you wanted to drive a wedge between the sexes, to repel rather than attract, you would do pretty much exactly what schools and media do today. Our media culture does not simply reflect where society is now, it drives change and often in a very negative way.
But please don't cheer lead for Nigel Farage. The way he and his cronies treated Rupert Lowe is not a trivial matter. Media smears and politically motivated reports to the police are what we would expect of Starmer and Hate Not Hope. Farage is unfit for political office.
Appreciate your good works Alex. Yes the really toxic combination of our times is the ironic merging of hyper individualism (narcissism if you like!) with identity politics from critical social justice ideology. (Woke)
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