Christianity and BDSM have a lot in common, actually. There is a deep instinct within us to seek transcendence through surrender and trust. It's just that, unlike Christianity, BDSM believes in a false sense of safety through things like "communication," "safe words," the
Correct. Masculine institutions like the military are purely financial and practical in nature. There is no sentimental or romantic appeal to being part of a higher cause, nor are there any arbitrary or rigid rules.
There’s a big enthusiasm gap when it comes to how work is viewed between men and women. Men view it simply in a financial sense, women tend to like the rigamarole and have a very romanticized view of “being a part of something”.
No Aristotle, Augustine, or Aquinas.
Not even the great inaugurators of liberal modernity: Hobbes, Locke.
Nor counterrevolutionaries like de Maistre.
No Marx.
A narrow curriculum of pro-business right liberalism. One reared on this would wilt in the face of any challenge.