We have a culture which has prized cynicism, radical rejection of norms and values, and transgression. Ironically, many of the people who promote these qualities ASSUMKE that there will be some reservoir of decency and common sense to play off of. "OF COURSE kids aren't going to be taught about polycules and BDSM! That would be crazy and…
We have a culture which has prized cynicism, radical rejection of norms and values, and transgression. Ironically, many of the people who promote these qualities ASSUMKE that there will be some reservoir of decency and common sense to play off of. "OF COURSE kids aren't going to be taught about polycules and BDSM! That would be crazy and indecent." But it's only indecent according to traditional ideas, which they're busily working to delegitimize and marginalize.
A culture built on transgression and cynicism is a very unhappy and unhealthy culture indeed, and not long for this world.
Reminds me of Philip Rieff and the toxic, oxymoronic idea of crafting a "transgressive order".
The purpose of higher education has become taking a sledgehammer to the load-bearing walls of our societies (culture, history, norms, civics, rituals etc), which is why they seem to be collapsing.
We have a culture which has prized cynicism, radical rejection of norms and values, and transgression. Ironically, many of the people who promote these qualities ASSUMKE that there will be some reservoir of decency and common sense to play off of. "OF COURSE kids aren't going to be taught about polycules and BDSM! That would be crazy and indecent." But it's only indecent according to traditional ideas, which they're busily working to delegitimize and marginalize.
A culture built on transgression and cynicism is a very unhappy and unhealthy culture indeed, and not long for this world.
https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-poverty-of-transgressive-allegiance
Reminds me of Philip Rieff and the toxic, oxymoronic idea of crafting a "transgressive order".
The purpose of higher education has become taking a sledgehammer to the load-bearing walls of our societies (culture, history, norms, civics, rituals etc), which is why they seem to be collapsing.