Apr 19 2009
Time to Turn Back The Clock
Time to turn back the clock to a time where life was simpler and morality was not vilified.
The modern world has become so complex and rife with the immoralities of Relativism, Socialism, Liberalism, Globalism, and Materialism, that most (not all) of it must be jettisoned if civilization is to survive. The issue is where to begin and where to stop.
The first thing simpler means is to get as much as possible back to the local level. We must break our dependence on the whole world for our needs. And, if it cannot be produced locally, it must be limited (if not completely eliminated) from our lives. This would be a gradual process beginning with raw material and food production. Both must be diversified as much as possible. If something cannot be produced at the local level, then alternatives must be sought first before going outside the local area for goods and then to the regional level before going further. It also means that, for many of us, leave the large metropolitan areas for smaller town and even rural areas.
The second thing simpler means is doing without things. This includes living with the seasons. If something is not available, we do without. If this means not having certain foods as certain times of the year based on where you live. It also means not having the most up to date gadgets since they are, in most cases, not necessary for survival.
One thing simpler does not mean is cutting one self off from the world. We must sill be aware of what is going on since it may effect us either directly or indirectly.
While we are simplifying our lives, we must also turn our focus to re-establishing the moral foundation of civilization. The means focusing on two things: God and Family. Both have been vilified in the modern world and must be brought to the forefront since both are essential to establishing a strong moral foundation.
How we go about this is up to the individual person. Personally, I am looking at aspects of the Catholic Worker Movement, Catholic Land Movement and Distributism as well as Catholic Social and Moral teaching as the basis for my plan. A strong Catholic community identity based on all of these, in my opinion, is essential for this to work.
In any case, we must act before society implodes under the weight of the perversions of the modern world.
