The Subversion Process
A helpful reader has provided a clean copy of one of the slides from the previous column:
THE SUBVERSION PROCESS
| AREAS | METHODS | RESULTS |
| DEMORALIZATION (15 TO 20 YEARS) | ||
| IDEAS | ||
| 1. RELIGION | POLITICIZE, COMMERCIALIZE, ENTERTAINMENT | DEATH WISH |
| 2. EDUCATION | PERMISSIVENESS, RELATIVITY | IGNORANCE |
| 3. MEDIA | MONOPOLIZE, MANIPULATE, DISCREDIT, NON-ISSUES | UNINFORMED MYOPIA |
| 4. CULTURE | FALSE HEROES AND ROLE MODELS | ADDICTIVE FADS, “MASS” |
| STRUCTURE | ||
| 1. LAW AND ORDER | LEGISLATIVE, NOT MORAL | MISTRUST “JUSTICE” |
| 2. SOCIAL RELATIONS | RIGHTS VS. OBLIGATIONS | LESS INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE |
| 3. SECURITY | INTELLIGENCE, POLICE, MILITARY | DEFENSELESSNESS |
| 4. INTERNAL POLITICS | PARTY, ANTAGONISMS | DISUNITY |
| 5. FOREIGN | SALT…FRIENDS | ISOLATION |
| LIFE | ||
| 1. FAMILY, SOCIETY | BREAK UP | NO LOYALTY (STATE) |
| 2. HEALTH | SPORTS, MEDICARE, JUNK FOOD | ENFEEBLED MASSES |
| 3. RACE | LOWER THE UPPERS, BIBLE? GENETICS VS. ENVIRONMENT | HATRED, DIVISION |
| 4. POPULATION | DE-LAND, URBANIZE | ALIENATION |
| 5. LABOR | UNIONS VS. SOCIETY | VICTIMIZATION |
| DESTABILIZATION (2 TO 5 YEARS) | ||
| 1. POWER STRUGGLE | POPULISM, IRRESPONSIBLE, POWER STRUGGLE | BIG BROTHER |
| 2. ECONOMY | DESTRUCTION OF BARGAINING PROCESS | YIELD TO BIG BROTHER |
| 3. SOCIETY FIBER, LAW | GRASS ROOTS PARTICIPATION | MOBOCRACY |
| 4. FOREIGN | ISOLATION, MULTI-NATIONS, AND CENTRAL COMM. | PRESTIGE, BELLIGERENT ENCIRCLEMENT |
| CRISIS (2 TO 6 MONTHS) | ||
| NORMALIZATION |
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
August 24, 2020 @ 4:36 pm
