Piers Morgan Jousts with Nick Fuentes with Embarrassing Results for Both
The old men who run the world are venal and vain fools; the young have little perspective, wisdom, or manners.
When Friedrich Nietzsche published Thus Spoke Zarathustra in 1883-1885, the author, who had just turned forty, became renowned for his bold and vivid challenge of the pieties of his day, and his vision of individual power and vitality.
Since Nietzsche died in 1900, many aspiring young male intellectuals have been inspired by the idea of ruffling the feathers of the old men who rule the world, and of exploding their pieties, most of which are hypocritical and self-serving.
The trouble with most aspiring young male intellectuals ever since is that they have lacked Nietzsche’s education, ability to think, and his literary style.
In our current internet age—in which carefully reasoned arguments often seem boring in comparison to exchanging garish, verbal barbs like gladiators in the ring—being controversial is probably the best strategy for attracting a large audience of young men— young men who perceive their elders as vain, venal, self-serving fools who care more about preserving their interests than leaving a better world for the young.
Old men are well-advised to listen to what young men have to say instead of simply dismissing them. This is perhaps a useful lesson that can be drawn from France in 1789 and Russia in 1917. However, in order for young men to be effective, they must learn to temper their vitality and impiety with perspective, wisdom, and manners.
Tucker Carlson was recently criticized for purportedly failing to be more adversarial in his conversation with Nick Fuentes. This criticism follows the erroneous logic that the older generation must censure the impious opinions of the young instead of discussing them.
Recently Piers Morgan decided to enter the ring with Nick Fuentes with embarrassing results for both men. Mr. Morgan came off as too eager to display his moral bona fides, while Mr. Fuentes came off as callow, rude, and lacking perspective and wisdom. Mr. Morgan would have been more effective if he had adopted a strictly Socratic method of talking with the young man, without any moralizing.
Watching the interview made me lament all the more that Charlie Kirk was murdered. He struck me as his generation’s best hope for articulating a mature vision of what would be best for American civilization at this perilous moment in its history. Other young conservative voices in the public forum strike me as lacking his maturity, depth, and restraint.
Indeed, Charlie was amazing to listen to. It seems like high school level popular people picked on Charlie’s opinions. In my opinion anybody who listened to his podcast heard his respect to all. His gift is unmeasurable.
Indeed, John Leake. The Bible teaches that the younger are to rise, acknowledge, and respect old men... And old men are advised to NOT exasperate the younger, set an example of grace and wisdom, and mentor them. The end result is a mutual respect, from which all benefit.
The further folks move away from God's design, the more entropy becomes evident. Jesus saves, and recommends all to turn to Him, for good. Unfortunately, due to the mass exodus from God's word, many old men running the world today cannot possibly be respected, and have failed to mentor young men in wisdom, perspective and manners, and made power and money their god.
The vanity of the world is foolishness in the eyes of God, and the bane of wisdom. Folks need to "turn their eyes upon Jesus, and look full in His wonderful face, and the things of Earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace." (Author: Helen Howarth Lemmel.)
This, from Google Overview AI:
"The author of the hymn "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" (with the lyric "Look full in his wonderful face...") is Helen Howarth Lemmel (1863-1961), an English-born musician and writer who composed the music and lyrics in 1922, inspired by a tract from missionary Lilias Trotter, notes Helen Howarth Lemmel, a musician who wrote "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus," was born in England in 1863 and died in 1961. She was a concert soloist, music teacher, and music critic. She wrote the words and music for the hymn in 1922. The hymn was inspired by a tract by Lilias Trotter, a missionary to Algeria."
It is clear that education matters... even more so, the type of education is critical. The current, secular system is failing everyone, miserably. America needs to return to our Creator for healing of the wounds inflicted by the venal and greedy God-hating "elite", as they call themselves.