Modernity promised that Universal schooling would bring Shakespeare and Milton to every child so that no child would be left behind in English Literature. Instead, what it made accessible to the brightest was literature like the Twilight series, Harry Potter, and Lemony Snicket. Modernity has given us integration downward into the void.
Modernity promised single women that they would be emancipated from the “drudgery” of home, children, and husband. The reality is the career woman who is chained to her salaried job and daily hearing the “tick-tock” of her biological clock. Modernity has given us integration downward into the void.
Modernity promised married women that divorce would be a better life than working on a troubled marriage. The reality is three marriages later and now the most recent marriage is still troubled. Modernity has given us integration downward into the void.
Modernity promised that sex without marriage would be “win-win” for everybody. The reality is 50 million babies who didn’t win, single mothers who didn’t win and a generation of men who understandably refuse to marry. Why buy the cow when you get milk for free? Modernity has given us integration downward into the void.
Modernity said that Christianity was old fashion and “legalistic.” The reality is that lives without borders turns out to be “nasty, brutish, and short.” Modernity has given us integration downward into the void.
Modernity is a lying wench and it’s about time someone put her in her grave.
