The Civil Society

 On Pages 1 and 2 of his book Plunder And Deceit, Mark Levin asks if we can love our children and yet betray generations not yet born. It is easy to anticipate that his answers are yes and yes. Following from the World War I generation and strengthening since the Great Generation of World War II forward, each successive ruling generation has made unfortunate public policy decisions that hurts those to come. By growing government, we bankrupt our grandchildren, grow federal tyranny, and unintentionally may well lead to the death of the constitutional republic. All of us share some blame and responsibility for promoting and backing disastrous, socialist public policies.

Our job as the current ruling generation is to preserve the country for those coming after us, consistent with America bequeathed to us by earlier generations of Americans. This is what Mark advises. We wish to preserve the civil society.

Here is Mark's definition of the civil society (Page 2): "However, there are accepted norms of behavior, a moral order--born of experience and knowledge, instinct and faith, teaching and reason, and love and passion--that provide definition for and boundaries between right and wrong, good and evil, and fairness and injustice, applicable to families and society alike. Hence, a harmony of virtuous interests, informed by tried-and-true traditions, customs, values and institutions, and cultivated within families and the larger community, preserves and improves the human condition, one individual at a time, and one generation to the next. Broadly speaking, this is the civil society."

That  moral order, that civil society, is the American Way of life, and it must be restored and preserved for the Left has worked hard, with great focus, energy and effectiveness, to blow it asunder.