Traditionalism as Radical: A Critique of Progressive Movements and Elite Power

Young people for a very long time have bought into the idea

that to be radical is to be liberal and progressive and left-wing.

When actually, what a lot of young people don't realize is that

they are buying into ideas and ideologies in the service of power.

It's a revolution brought to you by JPMorgan Chase.

Like, for example, Black Lives Matter, the climate stuff, the LGBT stuff.

These are all elite projects.

These are all things that are bought and paid for by the capitalist class.

Whereas to be traditional and to be patriotic,

proud of your nation and your history, that's what it means to actually be radical.

Because all of the institutions are arrayed against that view.

From the universities, to the NGOs, to the government itself,

the civil service, the corporations, the HR departments.

So I put it to you, actually, that you and your beliefs

and the kind of political faction that you represent are

the unwitting foot soldier of the power structure that currently governs us.

And I am the radical and the dissident here.