Social Capital vs. Social Justice
| Jonah Goldberg | May 9, 2020 | 17 | 27 |
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It’s that time again: on this weekend Ruminant, Jonah finds himself dealing with more 2016 déjà vu, as once again the public conversation turns towards the “binary choice” between two men who have been accused of sexual assault. How did we get to a point where our standards stooped so low? Jonah has a few ideas about that, and they have to do with the cop-outs of the intellectual class and the erosion of social capital.
Show Notes:
-Julien Benda’s The Treason of the Intellectuals
-Background on the formerly pseudonymous author of “The Flight 93 Election”
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Regarding your closing comments on Mother's Day being a Hallmark established holiday: Mother's Day was established as a national holiday in 1914 (by your favorite president). According to Hallmark's website, it did not begin creating Mother's Day cards until the 1920's. Also, a bit of local pride, the first efforts to have a Mother's Day holiday were initiated in my home state of Kentucky. Link to Hallmark's website on Mother's Day: https://corporate.hallmark.com/holidays-occasions/mothers-day/ About the Kentucky connection: https://kyforky.com/blogs/journal/mothers-day-invented-in-kentucky?fbclid=IwAR2MX0cbRmas8pdtPu8TyNQdfMHqPxEt88c23QMy_klkv2_gdfOs_uFk40M
I am really enjoying these free-flowing podcasts from Jonah. And, I look forward to reading Benda's book!