Load-Bearing Fictions
Some ask why I support âload bearingâ & âadult-levelâ fictions over the truth & request examples. Hereâs one: itâs likely structurally important that Supreme Court Justices continue performing in costume to suggest theyâre spiritually superior druids of unfathomable legal genius.
I respectfully disagree. The immigration tale of US is an essential load-bearing national mythology lIke "1 man 1 vote." This is our story. https://x.com/martyrmade/status/826493460786008066
What makes America great *is* in large part our mythology. If we tear all load-bearing myths to shreds (e.g. a 'Free Press') we undo the US.
The U.S. President today didnât ârecognizeâ Jerusalem as Israelâs capital. Rather we finally stood up to those who insist that we pretend it isnât.
My problem is that we are not honest about the cost of these fictions. Further the cost of destroying these fictions may be immense. Do not discount the structural reality of a âload bearing fiction.â
This is a point I have also made in a different form. âWe hold these truths to be SELF-EVIDENT...ALL men...are endowed by their CREATOR with certain UNALIENABLE Rights,â
You can complain all you want but those words are load bearing. Thatâs partly why this atheist says prayers.
Thread: Iâve come to the conclusion that the collapse weâre in now is the inevitable end of what purely secular liberalism looks like. (A sad reality as someone who wrote a book defending liberalism.) The tolerance baked into liberalism is what let Wokeism into the system
If one worships at the altar of pure reason one may also lead a noble life. In fact it is wholly possible that one may lead a better and more moral life than the pious hypocrite down the street. Thatâs not the problem. The problem is secular humanism coordinating and scaling.
When you hit the âwhy questionsâ over & over you have no last line of defense when a sociopath or crazy person openly tells you âWhatâs wrong with my redefinition of human flourishing? Why are you right and Iâm wrong? Who died and made you the arbiter of truth? Why these rules?â
Thatâs bad enough. But the real danger is breakaway factionalism. What if entire groups of citizens find incompatible ideologies irresistible? What unifies them? How do you hold citizens together when multiple groups say âdifferent people have different rights.â You need bedrock.
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