The Return to Barbarism

A Word in Season: Messages by R.J. Rushdoony on the Faith for All of Life · May 15, 2026 · 3m

Mrs. B___ lives in a lovely home in an elite neighborhood and prides herself on being a “good” liberal parent, insisting her teenagers bring home every sort of troubled classmate. When her house was burglarized clearly by youths who knew exactly what to take she felt no anger, only a sort of thrilled moral superiority. Rather than blame the thieves, she blamed “society,” insisting that we are all guilty and should make it up to “underprivileged youth,” vowing she would never prosecute. But to justify thieves is worse than the theft itself: the teenagers stole property, but she attacked the…