Mark Wauck, Meaning in History: Data Points: The State Of American Society
It would be nice to say that the good news is that parents control local school boards, but we all know that the awakening among parents remains a mixed bag. Yes, there has been pushback on the part of concerned normals, but the reality is that normals are an embattled minority in many to most areas. Many parents wish things were different, but lack the life convictions to formulate and push a coherent rebuild of the culture that could provide their children with a credible trajectory toward a normal human adulthood.
Here in IL the Dems are cruising towards re-election, despite widespread discontent. That’s a warning sign in itself—the fact that, rightly or wrongly—so many of the educated professionals in suburban areas of metro Chicago do not see Republican candicates as viable alternatives. Bear in mind, that many of the current crop of GOP candidates in IL are solid people, Trump endorsed, unabashed conservatives. Thus, the polling probably reflects more about the cultural degradation of the educated professional classes than about the current GOP candidates.
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Establishment Republicans, over the years, did little to reform the system. On the other hand, the rapid spread of woke indoctrination to government schools virtually everywhere across the country shows that the the problem is bigger than what can be solved on the local level. Even if that were the case, the fact that supposedly concerned parents—”poll after poll show parents want more choices outside of the status quo”—continue to vote for the worst abusers of their children.
This is a cultural problem on a national scale. The real solution at this point is probably to withdraw from the top down from DC system of education and rebuild outside that system, an alternative system. Easier said than done, but it is happening at an increasing pace—even if the scale is small. Time was, back in the latter part of the 20th century, that there were still viable alternative, from K through professional schools, in the form of religious run educational systems, most prominently the Catholic system. Mainline religion, including Catholic, has fallen victim to the Gramscian Long March through all societal institutions—religious as well as secular. Those religious institutions have voluntarily self-destructed or are in the process of doing so. They have gone over to the other side.
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