The modern booboise
Scott Locklin has a thoughtful and provocative essay on modern codes and the problems that accompany them:
"The modern booboisie belief system is presently self-reinforcing, in that it creates social problems that booboisie experts will claim to have solutions for. Once the booboisie did away with traditional sexual morality and gender roles, for example, it created a need for an entire class of jobs and expertise. Legions of social workers, professional feminists, jailers, policemen, doctors, and psychologists are now needed to deal with the consequences of the sensible, ancient moral imprecations against passing yourself around like a tray of tea biscuits. People who espouse such things gain status with their moral codpiece people, and they gain status in training legions of lesser experts needed to deal with this sort of idiocy. Once the booboisie did away with the sensible puritan values of thrift and self-control, thus cementing their place among the anointed cool ones, legions of financial engineers, social workers, debt counselors, lawyers, and other professionals become necessary to deal with the national consequences of acting foolishly."
Thanks, David.
Excellent post! Thanks.
I've thought this way for a long time, but this guy wrote it with excellent flair.
The part that bothers me is that all of the folks cleaning up the mess from our "enlightened" lifestyles, they're not producing anything. An Army of professionals are removed from anything that moves us forward while they mop up the mess.
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