Where Have The Great Ones Gone?
We are led by spineless, weak-willed people who lack principles. They will roll over and bark like a dog if you cut them a check large enough. They stand for nothing, believe in nothing, and live for nothing. Their lives are devoid of truth, they sit on a paper throne casting down lies to those who want someone to look up to. Someone who can help them make sense of this vapid world we find ourselves in.
What the world needs is great men and women of every age, race, and background who can stand for something other than money, power, and fame. Those who won’t immediately roll over or compromise on their values at the first offer from someone looking to buy them.
How do we achieve this, why have we been led astray and why is this important?
The answer to why this is important is obvious, we live in what appears to be a rapidly declining society; people are less happy, political division is at its highest level ever, American dominance is fading, and more. If our goal is an American Renaissance it is now or never. I do not intend to sound like a doomer but the reality is the next 20 years look like they are full of pain unless we adjust course.
But how did we get here?
There have been a lot of influences that have led to our current situation, however, the most recent and most extreme has been the vacuum of influence not being filled by the best possible people. Let me explain. If you go on virtually any social media, you will be bombarded with synthetic influencers, rented Lambos, false narratives, and get-rich-quick schemes. Everyone seems rich, everyone looks perfect, everyone seems happy, the news is about ad revenue, not the truth, the product your favorite influencer is sharing they got paid to promote, politicians are corrupt, and nothing is real. This influencer-iffication has affected the younger generation disproportionally. Kids today spend more time with social media than they spend with their parents (an average 11-14-year-old spends 9 hours per day on a device). They are products of their parents but raised by the internet. When kids are asked what they want to be when they grow up the most common answer is “YouTuber.” Where we are at is we have an entire generation of children addicted to short-form content, addicted to constant stimulation, and devoid of true role models. We essentially have a “Children of The Corn” generation.
Okay, so how do we achieve this goal of reversing this tide?
What we are facing is a hydra. We must aim for the heart of the issue.
Acknowledge that most of what you see on the internet is a farce.
Reject those who can be bought. See a celebrity in a commercial promoting a mortgage company? Awesome, they have no values, now ignore everything they do. Follow an influencer that is promoting a shitty product? Unfollow them. Your news channel is pushing untrue or clickbait news? Stop tuning in. Until we take away the rewards there will be no change. Voting with your feet will make the changes we need to happen.
Be cautious of what you consume. In the same sense where you avoid unhealthy foods with synthetic ingredients, we must be weary of what information we allow into our brain.
Be the change you want to see in the world. Be open when talking to people about this topic. Spread the word. Be a champion for the fight against the fake that exists in the world.
Stand for something.