Brian Blackwell
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That movement made inroads, but got overpowered by people with more focus, stronger unity of agenda, and most importantly, a better understanding of eternal principles and human psychology. People's minds are scattered to the four winds, and blown about accordingly. They don't "believe" in natural law, though they'd be hard-pressed to even tell you what it is. They don't want to hear about ancient knowledge, they think it's woo-woo religious nonsense. They throw the stone of "conspiracy" at anyone who mentions the words "secret societies". Complete failure on the first step of the Trivium - open-minded reception of knowledge such that it may be processed by sound critical analysis before casting judgement. They bounce all this stuff at the door.
The masses are completely out-classed. All their passion and effort is redirected toward materialistic goals. All their revolutionary fervor is vented by a futile political process that creates the illusion of personal power. The only way out - education, critical thinking, the uplift of consciousness - is frowned upon. People put their head in their hands and whine if anyone goes more than in inch deep on any topic. They have a keen sense for the odor of philosophy, and the second they get a whiff of it, they're looking for the door. "Oh thank God, beer and sports and tits (or chocolate, jewelry, and hot guys), now I feel better... that lunatic over there was trying to get me to think about something, i don't know what it was, but it sucked."
