But what to do, as in AA's case, where he wants a genuine encounter with something higher, but has none? Personally, if I was in that situation, I would raise my children in a religious environment and hope they can achieve what I cannot.
We are in the reactionary frame because the people that are described in the Machiavellian Frame are the ones who seized power by any means necessary then used those positions to bring society and morality down to their level. This creates a more immoral generation than the one before and the most machiavellian of the new generation take power from the previous then repeats the cycle over again. Without christianity to pull men back up to a higher moral standard the degeneration will continue till and outside force acts upon it to a degree that can break the current rulers backs and strips their power away, thus breaking the cycle.
Once this is done society begins an upward cycle towards as higher morality in a feed back loop until it suffers the same kind corruption the previous society and begins the downward spiral once again. This corruption usually caused by prolonged prosperity (from that societies point of view) which causes men to become soft and morally weak so they seek to unburden themselves of the high standards that thier society places upon them.
It was a disturbing watching the "kook-sphere" maintain not only an audience, but an unquestioning and captive audience, after prophesy after prophesy were blatant lies. Just like the cult members of the Münster Rebellion watching their prophet Jan Matthys get cut down after saying God will allow him and 12 men to ride out and defeat the entire besieging army. The next day John of Leiden took over in Jan's place as if nothing had happened. The cognitive dissonance didn't effect the masses of the city of Münster at all, and they kept believing the prophesies until the city was finally taken and the cult violently put down after a year-long siege.
As with the Münster Rebellion, the Wuhan Coronovirus, James Comey, or who Oceania has always been at war with, the masses will just change what they believe the second an authority figure tells them to. The MAGA crowds are no different.
Instead of dismay, we can view this as a benefit. We don't need to convince the normies, we just have to become the smiling face on the shiny screen and most will just download the latest firmware update. Simple as.
It seems to me that a lot of actors on the right who appear to have some traction (or at least they appear as leaders or influencers of some sort) are fighting in the reactionary frame and trying to push the clock back just a little way. A lot of this is about ridding ourselves of a few 'idea pathogens' eg. identity politics, global warming. Psychologist types go for this. Is the weakness of this frame that it just addresses the symptoms? I can see value in this, without trying to fix the whole traditionalism problem. The early 90s seem like a golden age to me in comparison to 2022.
Also, you should begin a dialogue with some GWOT vets. Some of them have access to a traditional worldview, and they also know power and have wielded it in various situations, with friends and enemies.
I think traditional worldviews can be accessed via religion. A genuine encounter with Jesus will change you, this is not LARP.
But what to do, as in AA's case, where he wants a genuine encounter with something higher, but has none? Personally, if I was in that situation, I would raise my children in a religious environment and hope they can achieve what I cannot.
That, but he could also consider why he believes he can’t. I was an atheist materialist in my 20s and by 32 I came to believe in the reality of Jesus.
I see AA as a modern CS Lewis.....he will be dragged in kicking and screaming....
We are in the reactionary frame because the people that are described in the Machiavellian Frame are the ones who seized power by any means necessary then used those positions to bring society and morality down to their level. This creates a more immoral generation than the one before and the most machiavellian of the new generation take power from the previous then repeats the cycle over again. Without christianity to pull men back up to a higher moral standard the degeneration will continue till and outside force acts upon it to a degree that can break the current rulers backs and strips their power away, thus breaking the cycle.
Once this is done society begins an upward cycle towards as higher morality in a feed back loop until it suffers the same kind corruption the previous society and begins the downward spiral once again. This corruption usually caused by prolonged prosperity (from that societies point of view) which causes men to become soft and morally weak so they seek to unburden themselves of the high standards that thier society places upon them.
It was a disturbing watching the "kook-sphere" maintain not only an audience, but an unquestioning and captive audience, after prophesy after prophesy were blatant lies. Just like the cult members of the Münster Rebellion watching their prophet Jan Matthys get cut down after saying God will allow him and 12 men to ride out and defeat the entire besieging army. The next day John of Leiden took over in Jan's place as if nothing had happened. The cognitive dissonance didn't effect the masses of the city of Münster at all, and they kept believing the prophesies until the city was finally taken and the cult violently put down after a year-long siege.
As with the Münster Rebellion, the Wuhan Coronovirus, James Comey, or who Oceania has always been at war with, the masses will just change what they believe the second an authority figure tells them to. The MAGA crowds are no different.
Instead of dismay, we can view this as a benefit. We don't need to convince the normies, we just have to become the smiling face on the shiny screen and most will just download the latest firmware update. Simple as.
You should check out Peter Zeihan's work especially what he says about demographics https://youtu.be/F2C42p_8XfI
It seems to me that a lot of actors on the right who appear to have some traction (or at least they appear as leaders or influencers of some sort) are fighting in the reactionary frame and trying to push the clock back just a little way. A lot of this is about ridding ourselves of a few 'idea pathogens' eg. identity politics, global warming. Psychologist types go for this. Is the weakness of this frame that it just addresses the symptoms? I can see value in this, without trying to fix the whole traditionalism problem. The early 90s seem like a golden age to me in comparison to 2022.
The problem with rewind is that we still end up here. Without a fundamental shift in either value or economy, we are Back to the Future IRL...
Also, you should begin a dialogue with some GWOT vets. Some of them have access to a traditional worldview, and they also know power and have wielded it in various situations, with friends and enemies.