The Pendulum in Full Swing

Things may look bad, but there is much reason for hope. The pendulum is in full swing. Let’s do a score card.

Transgenderism is dead. “Gender-affirming care” is dead.

Multiculturalism is dead. “Diversity” is dead. Mass immigration is dead.

Atheism is dead. Scientism is dead.

Feminism is dead. “Affirmative action” is dead. Men are being listened to. Women are no longer given free passes.

Censorship is dead. Political correctness is dead.

The legacy media is dead. The gatekeepers no longer have a gate.

Xi is reputedly in trouble in China; rumours persist and grow. Putin is reputedly in trouble in Russia; evidence grows that Ukraine is winning that war, incredibly, against mighty Russia. Lukashenko is reputedly in trouble in Belarus. Cuba and Venezuela are reportedly struggling to keep the lights on. Japan has just elected a Trumpian “far right” leader, joining Argentina, Italy, and the US. 

Left-wing or centrist parties in power are doing poorly in the polls. Macron is in trouble in France. Starmer in Britain has record low poll numbers. The government of the Netherlands has collapsed. The government of Germany is barely hanging on, in grand coalition, and unpopular. In each case, this is at the hands of some new “populist” party, not the traditional opposition.

Major figures are abandoning the left and moving right day by day and month by month: Joe Rogan, RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, John Fetterman, Elon Musk, Jordan Peterson, Tim Pool, and on and on. Being on the new right is becoming the cool place to be.

The grand trend is clear. An old order is passing.

Bad as things have gotten, it is often necessary to hit bottom in order to see the need for change. The world is waking, like a recovering alcoholic, from its destructive delusions. Many things may soon be possible. We may see a period of great creative ferment.