i read this recently by Rod Dreher:
"It's like the West is some kind of Oedipus figure, one that blinded itself once it became aware of its own complicity in the abuse of others. The rest of the world does not operate like this. The death wish of the West is overwhelmingly powerful. We are desperate to be delivered from ourselves, to be …
"It's like the West is some kind of Oedipus figure, one that blinded itself once it became aware of its own complicity in the abuse of others. The rest of the world does not operate like this. The death wish of the West is overwhelmingly powerful. We are desperate to be delivered from ourselves, to be released into the servitude of reclaimed innocence."
I think he was referring to race/immigration (or maybe child castrations) but it holds for the climate cult too...
I've always felt the Wormtongue/Theoden symbolism is the most appropriate. It's not so much that we became aware of the abuse of others, as that we've been hypnotized into thinking that abuse is the only thing of consequence that we've ever done.
i read this recently by Rod Dreher:
"It's like the West is some kind of Oedipus figure, one that blinded itself once it became aware of its own complicity in the abuse of others. The rest of the world does not operate like this. The death wish of the West is overwhelmingly powerful. We are desperate to be delivered from ourselves, to be released into the servitude of reclaimed innocence."
I think he was referring to race/immigration (or maybe child castrations) but it holds for the climate cult too...
I've always felt the Wormtongue/Theoden symbolism is the most appropriate. It's not so much that we became aware of the abuse of others, as that we've been hypnotized into thinking that abuse is the only thing of consequence that we've ever done.