Have you ever seen a dog race up to the boundary of a yard, and abruptly stop? It looks very odd, until you realize that the dog is wearing a fancy
collar. You surmise that there is an invisible electric “fence” embedded in the yard. The dog has been shocked so often that it stops itself
before it actually touches the invisible fence line. This image flashed in my mind as I was reading “Home Economics: The Consequences of Changing Family Structure,” by
Nick Schulz. Mr. Schulz does a fine job laying out the harmful effects of the deconstruction of the family, both to individuals and to the larger project
of the free society. This nice little book lays out the economic consequences of family breakdown. But he studiously avoids anything that might
have even the remotest chance of getting him tagged with the label of “moralizing.” Or perhaps I should say, anything that would “zap” him with
such a label.
He throw out the obligatory protective covering right at the beginning of this small paperback by promising to refrain from “passing judgment about divorce
or out-of-wedlock births.” I think this is rather an odd position to take while describing such socially destructive trends. But
that is where we are as a culture, due to the systematic strategy of the Life Style Left of zapping anyone who dares to challenge their Orthodoxy.
You know the Orthodoxy, don’t you?
- The kids will be fine as long as their parents are happy.
- Marriage is an outdated, oppressive institution that we are well rid of.
- No self-respecting woman should depend on her husband financially or any other way.
- A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.
- There are no genuine differences between men and women. All the things that seem like sex differences are really socially constructed.
- The ability to get married is essential to the well-being of Gays and Lesbians.
And so on. It is very important that you not look too closely at any of these ideas or analyze them carefully. If you do, you will see that they
are exaggerations or falsehoods or mutually contradictory. Hence, the need for the electric fence around them. Or, around you. All You Thinking People,
stay in the yard. Leave our lovely toxic ideas alone, so they can run their destructive course through the culture. Nick Schultz’s book
is a good little book. You should get it and read. But do take off your shock collar so you can get out of the yard and think about the moral implications
of what he is saying. I’m just saying.