True North

The World is not a safe place. Anne Rice, author of many novels including the Vampire Chronicles had one of her characters call it “The Savage Garden”. A certain talk radio superstar has as one of his undeniable truths this obvious fact: “The World is governed by the aggressive use of force.” Nature is replete with examples of this rule, as the strong overpower and consume the weak. Survival is the paramount law which governs the natural world.

Why do these facts seem to be missing from the world view of so many Americans today? Why do so many seem to think that Man has somehow extricated himself from the natural world and is no longer governed by it’s laws?

I suspect it is an unforeseen consequence of the Feminization of America.

Far better writers than I have observed this societal trend in Western culture. This influence reaches every corner of life, from popular media, to education to our political institutions. Men are mocked by television programs, made into cartoons by most major films, ridiculed by elitists as “Neanderthals”.

The tragic trend towards single parent, fatherless households exacerbates this imbalance in societal chakras. When boys have only thuggish gangster rappers, diamond encrusted sports figures or effeminate Hollywood “stars” for examples, how do they form identities?

Our Public School system is equally to blame for this degradation. They just don’t want boys to be boys. The fear of trial lawyers and idiot parents is a major reason. One wrong, hormone-laced move and they are suspended. God forbid they get into a good old-fashioned punching match. We need “Conflict Resolution” and “Sensitivity Training”. Nowhere is this more obvious than here in Minnesota.

This brings us to Nature. Nature abhors a vacuum, and this paucity of manliness will be filled, somehow. When we have a bunch of candy-ass Senators trying to tell a four-star general his business, sanity has fled. We need a kinder, gentler military that can answer the needs of inevitable adversaries. Never mind those needs are our destruction.

People around the World are watching us right now. As the putative “lone superpower” they realize that Nature dictates they must try to be stronger. It’s not just the Islamists who want their Global Caliphate. It’s also the Russians, the Chinese, the Indians, and other power blocks yet to arise. One unavoidable fact of nature: when an Alpha Male gets too old another dog tears it to pieces.