Conservative statesmanship is being steadily replaced by political celebrity. Looking around, interspersed among the young people with genuine conviction to constitutional tenets, it wasn't hard to find brazen individuals pursuing acclaim for choosin
Conservatism is going through throes with a debatable outcome.
Surging among millennials is an interest in politics--but a gap in their education raises the question of how well they understand the ideologies to which they are aligning themselves.
Decades of transforming school curricula has turned out graduates lacking fundamental knowledge of history, enabled by teaching them revamped vocabulary littered with twisted definitions. Engineered education that instituted concepts taken directly from the Communist Manifesto1 has resulted in younger generations unable to identify true conservatism, though a growing number of millennials claim to be believers.
"When's the last time you heard anyone talking about the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution?"
No thanks to progressive educators and media, fidelity to constitutional values has been maligned and adherents to America's founding principles are tagged with terms like reactionary to neo-con, neither of which are appropriately applied. Reactionaries are individuals who react according to visceral emotions whereas, to be truthful, it's arguable what 'neo-con' was meant to characterize. It was more an indiscriminate epithet with no precise definition, but then, much of modern language has become equally ambivalent. Is it then any wonder that young people are confused about everything from geography to gender?
In the light of contradictory facts pervading the educational process, college-trained individuals in their twenties and thirties are straddling a fence when it comes to conservative precepts. It's a mixology that has nothing to do with bartending (much as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez might disagree) but it does have something to do with liberalism invading the Republican Party.
Over recent years, the number of youth attending CPAC has seen an uptick. The American Conservative Union's annual conference has a reputation as a showcase for the conservative exchange of ideas. What was evident among the standard discussion of preserving property, First and Second Amendment rights was an underlying strain of liberalism. … Say it's not so!
Mark Levin, during his time on the CPAC stage, made the following comment in reference to prevailing culture, "When's the last time you heard anyone talking about the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution?" Both are mentioned in conversation at a gathering such as CPAC, but full understanding of these founding documents is not expressed with certainty among many youthful attendees.
True conservatism in the United States is being lost along the way
The phenomenon of political celebrity is not new in current culture but it has generated a young crop of libertarians who believe it is compatible to conservatism. Plying the internet to achieve notoriety, social media mavens were a staple crop at CPAC, occupying interview hotseats all along Broadcast Row. They also populated panels nebulously referencing communism, capitalism, conservatism, liberalism and a range of other 'isms' sounding erudite but without providing substance enough to be convincing.
As the name states, this is a conference focusing on conservative philosophy, but with the steady rise of bloggers and social media gurus seeking political stardom comes a growing concern that true conservatism in the United States is being lost along the way.
It's heartening to see that CPAC's influence has crossed oceans, encouraging the growth of conservative movements in countries confronting a rising tide of socialism. Representatives from Australia, Japan, South Korea and Brazil fervently expressed the need to turn the trend in their nations to establish governance reflective of America's founding documents. Sincerity of purpose appeared wanting among a number of young attendees at CPAC, however, their interest more in receiving accolades for embracing conservatism while calling themselves libertarians.
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Conservative statesmanship is being steadily replaced by political celebrity
Conservatism is characterized by charity and acceptance, not the judgmentalism that the liberal media iterates. It does not condone behaviors that are harmful to the individual and the social order. That is libertarianism – turning a blind eye to self-destructive conduct, assuming those actions only affect the individual. Libertarianism is liberal-lite, opening the door to cultural collapse by way of self-indulgence, living by feelings rather than logic. "No man is an island" but neither is he mandated to have the fruits of his labor stolen and distributed to his island neighbors who refuse to be productive.
Among the panderers using the venue to forward their agenda was a tall man dressed in an evening gown adorned with the president's name. Seeking fame by sporting feminine apparel with a MAGA theme, he/she (no, there are no other personal pronouns that will be used here) came specifically to catch media attention. Whether or not he's an actual conservative makes no difference, nor was that important to be in attendance. All comers are encouraged to participate to create an atmosphere where a civil exchange of ideas will ensue. Pathetically, a spotlight was all this fellow was after and, sadly, he got it.
Conservative statesmanship is being steadily replaced by political celebrity. Looking around, interspersed among the young people with genuine conviction to constitutional tenets, it wasn't hard to find brazen individuals pursuing acclaim for choosing conservatism.
The first teachers' union formed in New York in 1857 latched onto Marxism by including language from the Communist Manifesto in its original documents. Until the National Education Association scrubbed their website a few years back, recommended reading for members was Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals."
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Conservatism is going through throes with a debatable outcome.
Surging among millennials is an interest in politics--but a gap in their education raises the question of how well they understand the ideologies to which they are aligning themselves.
Decades of transforming school curricula has turned out graduates lacking fundamental knowledge of history, enabled by teaching them revamped vocabulary littered with twisted definitions. Engineered education that instituted concepts taken directly from the Communist Manifesto1 has resulted in younger generations unable to identify true conservatism, though a growing number of millennials claim to be believers.
