Apocalypse
When asked if she knew whom Germaine Greer is, my new team member said, “Is he that bloke off of ‘Flight of the Conchords?”.
Every western woman, without exception, should know who Germaine Greer is and what her generation did for women today.
I’ve asked the women in my office before. Worryingly, a lot of women under 25 don’t know who Germaine Greer is.
They always seem to know who Kim Kardashian is though.
Young women don’t see strong feminist intellectuals as figureheads any more. They see orange faux celebrities whom date professional sports people and then start their own poxy fashion label as their icons. The achievers.
Looking to antiquity, the downfall of the Roman Empire didn’t happen because of a massive natural disaster.
It didn’t happen because of a virulent plague that tore through their youth.
It didn’t happen because of a particular strength in any of the Visigoth, Hun or Ottoman tribes that eventually rampaged their previously impenetrable borders and sacked the cities that were once the crowning achievements of the Empire.
It happened because the Romans had become too comfortable.
They had become fatuous and over-liberalised.
Looking at todays society and comparing the situation in our listless society in decline, our false idols and groundless fear of offending anyone has led me to one final, sad conclusion.
Frank Zappa once said, “People always say that the world will end with fire and ice. I think it will end with nostalgia and paperwork”.
It’s a great quote but I don’t agree. I think there are twin totems that will bring the world to an end.
Two golden calves that we concentrate on whilst Rome burns:
Kim Kardashian and political correctness - the downfall of the Western world.
