. Hedonism is the carrot that the Left has used to lure people into its embrace, narcissism is the natural tendency it has fed. But now we\u2019re realizing it\u2019s not so easy to maintain a society where the motto is \u2018what have you done for me lately.\u2019 Or, in the almost words of the late President Kennedy: \u2018Ask not what you can do for your country. Rather, ask what your country should do for you.\u2019 France isn\u2019t the first to see the fruits of the tree of modernism rot and fall. The question is, will Americans see the folly in time, or continue down the path guided by those who see a secular, liberal European socialist state as the ultimate prize to be won. We\u2019ll see.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you build a society upon a foundation of narcissism, it won\u2019t last longer than the need to ask for something in return. Hedonism is the carrot that the Left has used to lure people into its embrace, narcissism is the natural tendency it has fed. But now we\u2019re realizing it\u2019s not so easy to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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