Very well put, there's a definitive drought of fresh and brave perspectives within conservative circles. It goes beyond just the absence of public intellectuals; for the last few decades, conservatism has been overly engrossed in its own taxonomy and diagnosis. This model is exhausted; we've dissected every way in which we're different from others, and every single reason why we are losing the cultural war. Meanwhile, the world is moving on being fed a steady diet of progressive daydreams.
We need to recapture fiction, imagination, and the reject the trap of the materialistic mindset that underpins anodyne secular humanism. Think about it: when was the last time you watched a movie or read a book that conveyed a conservative message? Most likely, it was a documentary ('What is a Woman?'), or something based on real-life events ('Sound of Freedom'), or a socio-political analysis (Douglas Murray) or self-improvement book (Jordan Peterson). They are all doing a great job, but that's not nearly enough. We, as conservatives, are failing to envision and shape the future. We need to offer a vision to the younger generations, or we risk evaporating amidst our self-actualisation fog.
Very well put, there's a definitive drought of fresh and brave perspectives within conservative circles. It goes beyond just the absence of public intellectuals; for the last few decades, conservatism has been overly engrossed in its own taxonomy and diagnosis. This model is exhausted; we've dissected every way in which we're different from others, and every single reason why we are losing the cultural war. Meanwhile, the world is moving on being fed a steady diet of progressive daydreams.
We need to recapture fiction, imagination, and the reject the trap of the materialistic mindset that underpins anodyne secular humanism. Think about it: when was the last time you watched a movie or read a book that conveyed a conservative message? Most likely, it was a documentary ('What is a Woman?'), or something based on real-life events ('Sound of Freedom'), or a socio-political analysis (Douglas Murray) or self-improvement book (Jordan Peterson). They are all doing a great job, but that's not nearly enough. We, as conservatives, are failing to envision and shape the future. We need to offer a vision to the younger generations, or we risk evaporating amidst our self-actualisation fog.