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Return of the Strong Gods

Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West

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Return of the Strong Gods

By: R.R. Reno
Narrated by: Rick Adamson
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After the staggering slaughter of back-to-back world wars, the West embraced the ideal of the "open society". The promise: By liberating ourselves from the old attachments to nation, clan, and religion that had fueled centuries of violence, we could build a prosperous world without borders, freed from dogmas and managed by experts.  

But the populism and nationalism that are upending politics in America and Europe are a sign that after three generations, the postwar consensus is breaking down. With compelling insight, R. R. Reno argues that we are witnessing the return of the "strong gods" - the powerful loyalties that bind men to their homeland and to one another.  

Reacting to the calamitous first half of the 20th century, our political, cultural, and financial elites promoted open borders, open markets, and open minds. But this never-ending project of openness has hardened into a set of anti-dogmatic dogmas that destroy the social solidarity rooted in family, faith, and nation. While they worry about the return of fascism, our societies are dissolving.

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I have listen to talks and books talking around this subject but here it is in all its splendor. The world building after ww2. Great book for anyone looking to know yourself and your world more.

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This framing of reality seems to fit well with geopolitical events and thus is an engaging journey through the warped ideas and reasoning among elites and institutions in the West, and the current state in which we find ourselves under the wing of their establishment.

view of current events through a post WWII consensus lens.

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