State of Wednesday: WE'RE ASKING TOO MUCH OF WOMEN
When the barbarians are actually at the gates, it won’t be empathy that protects the family
Greetings, Dear Reader,
Have you heard about white women?
WE’RE ASKING TOO MUCH OF WOMEN
It goes without saying that prior to the birth of America, the next greatest civilization on Earth was the Roman Republic.
It also goes without saying that of all human civilizations in history, America has been the most beneficial to the global population by a long shot. All markers of human misery worldwide have dropped precipitously following the industrial revolution and American hegemonic dominance.
That’s just a fact.
Second to America would be Rome, without doubt, due in no small part to many of the innovations the Republic codified. The concepts of a Senate, shared power, veto rights, popular representation in governance come to mind. While stolen from Greece, without Rome’s adoption, they were less likely to have gained widespread acceptance in the west.
We also have concepts like presumption of innocence, citizenship, legal procedure, property rights and term limits as a result of Rome’s influence. Not to mention a unifying, binding popular religious worldview (some might say at least at first in spite of Roman governance, but I digress).
And where would the likes of the Renée Goods of the world be in Rome? Likely bearing children, married to a middle- or lower-class man, working daily on the basics of life. Also likely a lot more mentally stable. Were she “married” to a Roman soldier – marriage was technically not legal until 25 years of service or retirement – the closest she’d get to seeing how the Republic was defended or expanded would be a camp behind all the action, washing clothes, staking tents, and so on.
It’s also a fact that maintaining Rome’s dominance took a lot of blood and guts. Crucifixions of elites in conquered cities. Sometimes razing of cities entirely. Slavery. Summary executions. Small-scale genocides. The ruthless annihilation of challengers, invaders and resistance.
On the more legally violent, less literally violent, side of things was Rome’s cold adherence to the concept of citizenship. In short: There wasn’t really a “pathway to citizenship” modern liberals and libertarians would find acceptable nowadays. Usually, if you didn’t have two Roman parents, you had to serve in the military or otherwise live under varying statuses of reduced rights.
The overall point of this amateur wiki on Rome is not that we should bring back slavery, genocide or emperors. It’s that we’re clearly asking way too much of modern American women. More specifically, the most hated cohort in American politics: white women.
In the age of 24-hour video, instant publishing, social media, TikTok and an education system hellbent on inculcating young people with neo marxist ideals, the percentage of women who simply don’t have the stomach for basic civilizational realities was, until recently, rising at a steep pace.
God help us all if and when they find themselves sitting behind a gavel.
Ironically enough, it was an innocent woman sitting at a bus stop who bore the brunt of a legal system compromised by feminine suicidal empathy.
The modern developments that drove Renée Good insane to the point that she was willing to put her body between armed federal officers and criminal illegal aliens were both complicated and simple. Certainly captured educational institutions, subtle and corrosive propaganda campaigns, subversive political organizations contributed.
However, a much simpler culprit exists in all our pockets.
Roman women thousands of years ago might have heard about the Battle of Carthage, but imagine if they could actually see the results in real time?
Forget the realities of open conflict, modern women whose brains have been pickled in self destructive concepts like “white privilege” are entirely incapable of processing much lesser obligations of maintaining civilization. Many “educated” zoomer women believe incarcerating criminals should itself be illegal. Deporting MS13 operatives triggers them into inconsolable mental spasms. Asking someone to prove their right to vote is tantamount to herding demoralized Jews into gas chambers.
These are just the very basic functions of civilized society, rejected outright, with much disgust, under the weight of internalized racial guilt and a(n AI-generated?) photo of a crying five-year-old.
There’s a reason the most persistent trope about war is that men never talk about it. The higher costs of free civilization can be orders of magnitude more grisly, yet no less necessary; the details of which don’t typically make for good dinner conversation in mixed company.
This is why Ms. Rachel of YouTube kids show fame can rail on Israel’s vicious response to deadly terrorist attacks. Never mind that Google helped Tel Aviv build the surveillance system that helps defend its sliver of territory from the murderous, barbaric hordes. You can forgive her hypocrisy, she only knows what she sees and what she sees are images (many doctored) of children suffering in Gaza.
Setting aside the subtle moral inconsistencies or the lack of moral comprehension, second, third and fourth order effects of popular political movements they adhere to still rarely visit directly upon them. Renée Good likely never conceived of the potential she could be shot and killed. Iryna Zarutska was a supporter of Black Lives Matter before she was murdered on a commuter train by an unduly freed black life. I would not be shocked if the woman knifed to death by an illegal in Virginia a few days ago was a loyal left-wing voter who supported concepts like “sanctuary” states.
Despite the direction of my diatribe, though, the overall focus of this rip is not women, but the people doing the asking.
While less susceptible by a long shot, many men have still found themselves lulled by the siren song of amorphous concepts like “equality” and “equity” and the like. As such, they’ve exported responsibility that would otherwise have come naturally to them in previous generations.
Here, I’m reminded of video that went viral recently showing two women police officers attempting to subdue a 160-lb drunk hispanic man in a bar and grill while another male patron filmed and laughed as if watching a slapstick Three Stooges routine. Eventually another hulking man, presumably an employee of the bar, walked over and asked if they needed help.
“Yes, just get him on the ground please,” one of them said.
Which he did with hardly a sign of effort.
Under what series of illusions did anyone think it was smart to stick two sub 140-lb female cops together as partners on the night shift?
Almost certainly a man, and if not a man, then a woman who another man saw fit to put in charge of the police.
Do you see where I’m going with this?
In some corners of the internet “repeal the 19th” has become a bit of a punchline. If we simply disenfranchise the women, we’ll be okay, goes the joke. This is obviously impossible. It also wouldn’t temper all the corrosive bellyaching when ICE deports a “Maryland Father” who was caught transporting humans.
In recent years, the surge of women self identifying as “liberal” has dropped two percentage points. Down to 41 from a high of 43. Astute observers have noted it could be a result of the resurgence of men identifying as conservatives.
It’s my contention that “suicidal empathy” plaguing women is simply the result of weak men. It’s weak men who ask women to do men’s work. It’s weak men taken with the delusions of “equity.” It’s weak men who allow the delusions to persist, despite knowing better.
All things being equal, when the barbarians are actually at the gates, it won’t be empathy that protects the family.
I’m willing to wager that women in conservative households know that all too well. And while they likely won’t want to actually see the action, they not only find the results acceptable, but also the means.
And what’s more, my wife doesn’t just know how to use the household guns.
If I ever go down, she’ll be the next one returning fire.
GEOFF’S FORBIDDEN TAKES
Brutal Political Battle Awaits The GOP In Not-So-Distant Future
Could pit Trump against some fellow Republicans.
–
Two important perspectives from Mary Rooke:
ROOKE: Small-Town Boys Turned Into Ghosts, And Women Are Left Behind
Like what you’re reading? If so, please consider subscribing to State of the Day or sharing this with a friend. You’d be supporting this newsletter and helping keep independent journalism alive.
If you are already a paid subscriber, make sure to join the conversation in our subscribers-only chat below.
