Reading this and following along with some of the resources you posted on Instagram reminds me of the resources Rod Dreher has been pulling together but from a more right wing perspective. I'm wondering what it says about our moment that each side of the spectrum sees some of what you are talking about here.
When I wrote the book, this was 100 percent true of the Woke Left. Now we are starting to see the same thing manifest on the Woke Right. Don’t be deceived: a totalitarian spirit, and its concrete manifestation, could come from either side. It is not the case that only left-wing people are susceptible to it. All of us live in the kind of society and culture identified by Arendt in 1951 as vulnerable to the appeal of totalitarianism.
That's Dreher today continuing to extend these themes. What I find frustrating is the lack of people willing to look at excesses of both sides.
He's right. Polarization and tribalism only criticize in one direction, but totalitarianism arises on both the left and the right, both historically and today.
I had a similar journey to yours, but with trail running. I find myself standing at a similar inflection point once again, looking for the beauty and wonder.
Reading this and following along with some of the resources you posted on Instagram reminds me of the resources Rod Dreher has been pulling together but from a more right wing perspective. I'm wondering what it says about our moment that each side of the spectrum sees some of what you are talking about here.
When I wrote the book, this was 100 percent true of the Woke Left. Now we are starting to see the same thing manifest on the Woke Right. Don’t be deceived: a totalitarian spirit, and its concrete manifestation, could come from either side. It is not the case that only left-wing people are susceptible to it. All of us live in the kind of society and culture identified by Arendt in 1951 as vulnerable to the appeal of totalitarianism.
That's Dreher today continuing to extend these themes. What I find frustrating is the lack of people willing to look at excesses of both sides.
He's right. Polarization and tribalism only criticize in one direction, but totalitarianism arises on both the left and the right, both historically and today.
I had a similar journey to yours, but with trail running. I find myself standing at a similar inflection point once again, looking for the beauty and wonder.
That’s awesome. Awe is medicine.