What you aren't discerning is that there is an existential threat, not only to free republics, but also to human progress. You correctly identify
regressive ideologies such as Marxism and Islamism as opposed to Western values, yet neither of them have ever been successful. The 20th century
showed that Marxism fails to take into account human motivation, while I do recall that Western culture eclipsed Islam centuries ago.
The elephant in the room which you seem to be pointedly ignoring is the one that truly CAN destroy what we have built, and that is corporate fascism.
1929 was a wakeup call about its economic tactics, largely corrected in the subsequent 15 years, but systematically subverted in the last 35. Ike
warned us about dangers of its combination with our free politics in his farewell speech, but we have ignored it. Neither American neocolonialism nor
our domestic national security police state is sustainable, in a context consistent with the free republic our Founders set up, nor with a human goal
of a better future.
If you wish to speak of moral decadence and destruction, then that is the decadence and destruction that I refer to.
As for humanism, you seem to be confused with what I mean, so I'll give you a working definition:
Humanism - An ethical system that centers on humans and their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity and freedom; especially one which rejects
superstition. |
it will not be anywhere big, just the
tiny town of Fort Bragg the coast. But it's the thought right.
