The Auron MacIntyre Show - December 08, 2023


Don’t Conserve Institutions That Hate You ｜ 12⧸8⧸23

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Auron MacIntyre
Mentioned
Russell Kirk Chris Ruffo Rocky
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Episode Stats


Length

10 minutes

Words per minute

146.95

Word count

1,500

Sentence count

100

Harmful content

Misogyny

2

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Summary

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In this episode, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) argues that conservative institutions have been hijacked by the left, and that the right should not be so hard to win back control of the institutions that have been taken over by the Left.

Transcript

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00:00:30.000 At their founding, the institutions of the civilization are created to serve the needs
00:00:43.200 of its citizens and perpetuate their way of life.
00:00:47.060 These organizations transmit and safeguard the values of the culture from which they arise.
00:00:53.720 As civilization grows and the scale of its operation increases,
00:00:57.660 the people rely more and more on these institutions,
00:01:01.360 which bind an ever-expanding population together and ensure their well-being.
00:01:06.620 Conservatives naturally seek to defend and preserve these institutions.
00:01:10.860 But during a cultural revolution, this impulse can be turned against them.
00:01:16.100 The right needs to rethink how it approaches institutions that have been captured by those
00:01:21.520 who seek to radically alter the character of the nation.
00:01:24.480 The FBI now tracks and monitors traditional Catholics as enemies of the state.
00:01:30.640 The justice system delivers comically inflated prison sentences to January 6th protesters while handing out free passes to violent leftists.
00:01:38.980 Illegal aliens get public assistance in housing while drug-addicted vagrants form encampments in major American cities.
00:01:46.840 The sitting president can funnel tens of millions of dollars through his drug-addicted son without penalty
00:01:53.640 while his main political rival is indicted on flimsy charges designed to influence the next election.
00:01:59.760 America's institutions certainly have an agenda, but it's clear that they no longer serve the interests of American citizens.
00:02:08.720 It's entirely understandable that conservatives would want to defend and preserve our ruling institutions.
00:02:15.140 It's just our natural disposition.
00:02:17.600 In a healthy civilization, conservation is an important instinct that protects the culture and traditions
00:02:24.000 that have served the people well and made them who they are.
00:02:27.340 But it's critical for conservatives to understand that these organizations have been re-engineered over decades
00:02:34.280 to destroy the very things they once held sacred.
00:02:37.860 The Department of Education simply indoctrinates.
00:02:41.660 The Department of Defense only defends the borders of foreign nations.
00:02:45.760 The Department of Justice ensures that we live under anarcho-tyranny.
00:02:50.120 While these institutions were originally founded with the good of the people in mind,
00:02:54.500 they now exist primarily to transfer wealth to the client classes of the Democratic Party
00:02:59.500 and dismantle American tradition.
00:03:02.500 By now, everyone is familiar with the strategy of the long march through the institutions that the left used
00:03:08.500 over decades to take control of everything from academia to the corporate boardroom.
00:03:12.500 This constant ideological corrosion allowed leftists to capture America's ruling institutions
00:03:19.500 and turn them into vehicles for cultural revolution.
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00:03:54.740 Understandably, many conservatives would like to take the same approach
00:03:58.400 to recapture these critical nodes of culture and political power.
00:04:02.700 But this misses a fundamental difference between the left and the right.
00:04:08.380 The left is a force of chaos that wins through deception and decay,
00:04:13.120 gaining power by breaking the bonds of nature and tradition.
00:04:16.520 Conservatives can't slowly infiltrate existing institutions the way the left did
00:04:22.180 because conservatism is not a form of civilizational entropy.
00:04:26.920 The mechanics are not the same.
00:04:30.220 When the right brings order, it does so through creation.
00:04:33.800 New things are built, existing things are maintained, corrupt things are replaced.
00:04:38.720 Conservatives were told that their way of life would be preserved by politically neutral institutions,
00:04:45.380 but that's not how the world works.
00:04:48.900 That which is not actively maintained will inevitably decay.
00:04:53.960 G.K. Chesterton described the dynamic accurately when he said,
00:04:57.500 If you particularly want it to be white, you must be always painting it again.
00:05:19.560 That is, you must always be having a revolution.
00:05:23.460 Briefly, if you want the old white post, you must have a new white post.
00:05:28.360 End quote.
00:05:29.540 Universities today aren't just neglecting real education.
00:05:32.520 They're actively undermining it, and we can't let them get away with it.
00:05:35.540 America was made for an educated and engaged citizenry.
00:05:39.080 The Intercollegiate Studies Institute is here to help.
00:05:41.900 ISI offers programs and opportunities for conservative students across the country.
00:05:46.540 ISI understands that conservatives and right-of-center students feel isolated on college campuses
00:05:52.180 and that you're often fighting for your own reputation, dignity, and future.
00:05:57.080 Through ISI, you can learn about what Russell Kirk called the permanent things,
00:06:01.260 the philosophical and political teachings that shaped and made Western civilization great.
00:06:06.180 ISI offers many opportunities to jumpstart your career.
00:06:09.300 They have fellowships at some of the nation's top conservative publications
00:06:12.400 like National Review, The American Conservative, and The College Thinker.
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00:06:52.720 That's ISI.org.
00:06:54.920 When it comes to American institutions, there's no longer a post to paint.
00:06:59.980 The wood has been thoroughly rotted, and the only path to restoration is to build anew.
00:07:04.680 It's not simply a matter of appointing a new FBI director or replacing a few cabinet members.
00:07:11.880 It's about stripping these organizations down to the foundations
00:07:15.100 and removing the poisonous ideology that has planted itself there root and branch.
00:07:20.900 Many conservative politicians would shrink from the immensity of this undertaking,
00:07:25.200 but it must be the standard to which the right holds its would-be leaders.
00:07:30.660 The mild reform of the institutions that have led the culture war is insufficient,
00:07:36.020 and conservatives will need to shift their perspective if they intend to restore American greatness.
00:07:41.360 This task can seem overwhelming, and some problems can only be addressed at the highest levels of power,
00:07:48.000 but in the meantime, we might take some practical steps.
00:07:50.980 The right can begin with the development of alternative institutions,
00:07:56.280 or, even better, by reimagining the way a critical system works.
00:08:01.760 Currently, the left has a stranglehold on employment due to its control of the university system,
00:08:07.520 which most employers use as a credential to filter potential employees.
00:08:12.300 Conservative alternatives such as Hillsdale College are great,
00:08:16.220 but they leave the larger leftist system in place.
00:08:19.360 Establishing an alternative credentialing process that circumvents the college system,
00:08:24.940 like the certifications that exist for many jobs in the technology sector,
00:08:29.440 would be a great place to start.
00:08:32.000 Most employers embrace the college degree credential as a proxy for IQ tests,
00:08:37.180 which civil rights laws and the courts barred companies from using.
00:08:41.440 Overturning a case like Griggs v. Duke Power Company
00:08:44.560 and the disparate impact standard introduced would also deliver a critical blow
00:08:49.660 to the social power progressives wield through both the colleges
00:08:53.160 and corporate human resource departments.
00:08:55.880 These changes wouldn't recapture old and dying institutions,
00:09:00.400 but they serve as examples of how conservatives can shift their focus and change the game.
00:09:06.320 They're moves that would free the right from the shackles of the old system
00:09:10.980 and allow them space to grow and build.
00:09:14.540 The right can't serve as an agent of chaos, infiltrating and corrupting the left.
00:09:20.300 Instead, it must restore order through the creation of great works
00:09:25.020 that will inspire and guide future generations.
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