this is so good. nytimes.com/2021/04/10/opi…
one idea Douthat hits on here is that US meritocrats are usually "deeply committed to a moral vision that regards emancipated, self-directed choice as essential to human freedom and the good life" and I wish we talked about that more.
as well as the reality that "[t]he tension between this worldview and the thou-shalt-not, death-of-self commandments of biblical religion can be bridged only with difficulty"'
The common idea that self-directed = good is among the most persistent modern beliefs that is diametrically opposed to traditional religion currently en vogue but we don’t really talk about it.
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