The Conservative Counter-Culture By James Reed

The idea of a counterculture came to prominence in the 1960s associated with the cultural revolution of the Left. At first it seemed like a quaint revolt against polite society which the young with consumer indulgences engage it. But as the 1960s turned into the 1970s, and a new generation became indoctrinated by cultural Marxists, who had already made the long march through the institutions, the old conservative order was overthrown, consistent with the preservation of globalist capitalist corporate values. Indeed, the new woke culture, with feminism, abortion on demand, homosexualism, multi-racialism, multiculturalism and the like, better suited corporates, as it was inclusive, and that is always good for business. And, so, with mass immigration, which changed the very people of the nation, conservative values began to finally die.

As detailed below, what must be done now for the survival of conservatism, is to replicate what the Left did, creating parallel societies, including jobs and an economy. This will be necessary for people opposing the Leftist regime to even survive now, as the major difference between the Left and the old conservative order is that the Left is violent and intolerant, as evidenced by the riots of 2020, where the antifa Left burnt down America, and most offenders were let off by Soros-backed authorities. So, an alternative “quiet Right” needs to start from the ground up, with home-schooling, preparing the next generation to continue the battle to the finish, unbrainwashed. Given the cultural disintegration of schools, this is an excellent place to start.  

https://www.city-journal.org/the-quiet-right-movement

“The idea of a conservative counterculture might seem like an oxymoron. The term itself has been colored by the 1960s, when left-wing intellectuals, revolutionaries, and artists captured the spirit of revolt against a supposedly homogenous, oppressive, conformist America. That old counterculture has become the dominant culture, having been absorbed into the bureaucracies of universities, schools, government, and now major corporations. The left-wing culture no longer carries a critique; it is the status quo.

This reversal has created an opening for a new counterculture that challenges the orthodoxy of the “successor ideology” and reveals the hollowness of left-wing institutional management. Though many conservatives have seen the opportunity, they have been pessimistic about its prospects. Conservative critics have long lamented the lack of right-wing pop-culture production; some have rallied to such troubled figures as Kanye West, hoping that dissident celebrities could break through the stranglehold of left-wing ideological control.

But this pessimism is misplaced. The solution to left-wing cultural dominance is neither to embrace any celebrity who casts a glance rightward nor to mimic the artistic production of the cultural Left. It is to go deeper—to rebuild the structures that provide the basis for healthy, integrated human development: families, schools, churches, neighborhoods.

Though few have noticed, this is already happening. A “Quiet Right” is patiently, and nearly invisibly, building a viable counterculture.

The main locus of this movement is in education, where conservative families have created robust alternatives to the secular and predominantly left-wing public education system. Many have turned to homeschooling, which has seen double-digit growth in recent years. Others have enrolled their children in a fast-growing network of “classical schools,” which have returned to the traditional liberal arts curriculum of logic, rhetoric, grammar, mathematics, Latin, and music. And the small but influential network of traditional, faith-based colleges, such as Hillsdale, Benedictine, Thomas Aquinas, and University of Dallas, have seen record-breaking enrollment.

In the cultural domain, the Quiet Right has broken significant new ground. In the arts, right-wing pseudonymous authors have created new magazines, publishing houses, and literary prizes. More mainstream companies, such as the Daily Wire, have sought to create conservative media institutions at industrial scale. Figurative painting and neo-classical architecture have gained appreciation. At the grassroots level, faith-based and family-oriented social media content have seen rapid growth, with “mom bloggers” revalorizing family and motherhood and a “back-to-the-land” movement appealing to classic Americana imagery and offering an alternative to millennial aesthetics.

The Quiet Right is also reshaping America’s social geography. The past decade has seen a movement to repopulate small towns and create culturally moderate communities that offer an alternative to misgoverned coastal enclaves. Covid-19 accelerated this shift, with many families packing their bags and seeking more ideologically compatible communities. They fled California, Illinois, and New York for Florida and Texas. Even within states, the flight to the suburbs is, in large part, a flight from left-wing culture and policy.

Though it might not make headlines, the Quiet Right represents a key social shift. Its adherents believe that human life is not cultivated primarily in the abstract—through ideology, media, and technology—but in the flesh. They sense the danger of captured institutions and are determined to build viable alternatives, substitutes, and replacements. As the New Year begins, it’s worth remembering, before falling into the regular tumult of the political, that the Quiet Right is where conservatives should devote their energy. It is home to the things that will last.”