This deserves a thread. I'm not saying you're wrong. If everyone repented enough, this wouldn't have happened and we'd have peace in the country. Repentance is aimed inward, at the self, and one of its effects is achieving self-control. That does nothing about ne'er do wells 1/x
Leftists are training for revolution. We saw endless riots and many murders during 2020. The 70s saw thousands of bombings. They've attacked many politicians (Trump, Scalise, etc) Organized "Black Block" mobs beat and terrorize innocent people. The list of attacks are endless 2/x
Besides attacking people directly their legal philosophy enables the sickest crimes. Homosexual adoption has killed small children and scarred many others. Violent offenders run amok until they kill somebody. It is a source of great suffering. 3/x https://x.com/DDayCobra/status...
As a personal philosophy of living, leftism is entirely destructive. Homosexuality is encouraged. Transgenderism, including genital mutilation and sterility is encouraged as well. Men and women are regarded as being the same thing, tanking marriage and birth rates. 4/x
@thaddeusthought, I don't say this to be mean but to properly illustrate reality. You are having a hard time finding a wife. I was in the same boat for a long time and suffered the same sort of loneliness you're probably going through. Feminism, which is part of leftism, 5/x
@thaddeusthought guides women on the path of life that should be for men. This study illustrates it. Men have normal priorities for having and supporting a family. Women have largely abandoned these priorities because they've been convinced by feminism that college and careers is their path 6/x
@thaddeusthought Taking that route in their younger years precludes family formation. So, here's the thing: government has had a role in all of this. It refuses to put criminals away, it passes laws that are toxic to the family, it funds universities that brainwashes women in feminism, etc. 7/x
@thaddeusthought It is part of the Orthodox faith that we are to obey the laws of the nation, even when they're unjust (to a degree) because we are commanded to "Render Unto Caesar" *as well as* God. Unfortunately, I do not know what the Orthodox vision of what a "Good Ceasar" is. 8/x
@thaddeusthought As of now, I believe that looks like @nayibbukele. He took El Salvador from being one of the most dangerous countries in the world to being one of the safest, where good and honest people can thrive without fear of the monstrous cartels who used to control the streets. 9/x
@thaddeusthought @nayibbukele This required judicious use of state violence. The answer to our problems of gangs, cartels, leftist militias, etc., will require the same. Eradicating leftist propaganda in universities won't require violence, but it will require coercion through purse strings. 10/x
@thaddeusthought @nayibbukele Everyone is called to repentance, but there will always be some number of people who refuse and insist on hurting others. Until Christ returns, it is the job of the civil authorities to deal with this issue. If the civil authorities cannot deal with it, we will descend into 11/x
@thaddeusthought @nayibbukele a Hellish place. I want a civil government to annihilate leftism with the sword of properly wielded Justice in order to alleviate the people's suffering and let them prosper. I would like to know what the thoughts of Orthodox thinkers are as to what that should look like. 12/12.



