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Standardized tests aren't working. A better solution could be aptitude tests! Unlike standardized tests like the SAT that grade everyone on the same material, an aptitude test provides personal results to help students move into special schools that actually work for them. Tests like the SAT spit out numbers by which kids are graded, and that number determines admission for that child into positions of higher learning. Since a high SAT is the essential focus of the K-12 Public School system, all the classrooms are designed to propel students to as high a number as possible. A better solution is small, technical educational buildings and programs designed around student's actual gifts. Technical schools of math, science, kinesthetics, the trades, language, art, music, history, etc., could perhaps better prepare students for real careers in fields in which they are gifted. Attempting to force all the beautiful and diverse human beings in a certain age range into a singular number is not only insulting, it's painful. Round pegs should go into round holes, and square pegs should go in square holes.

As atheism grows in popularity it becomes more and more important to learn how to defend our faith. Since the Atheist believes that the mythical serpent is religion, we theists can expect to come under assault from the most unexpected quarters. What we are facing is an existential crisis, where if the Atheists succeed in turning away enough people, they will once again have the power to murder another hundred million people. Therefore it is imperative that the Theist community gains the necessary skills to combat the growing threat that is Atheism. Unfortunately, in these dire times, most Christians are ill-equipped for the fight, and that is one of the things that the Traditional Press is attempting to help with. While I definitely don't have all the answers, perhaps some of the insights offered here will be of some value in the fight against the forces of darkness.

Nigel Farage has been Debanked, is this the new tool for the Tyrannical Globalists to destroy the right? It's actually incredibly clever to simply eliminate a person's ability to bank, because that way you don't even have to seize the Right's assets in order to destroy or exile them, all you have to do is make it impossible to buy or sell! Now that the Left has a new weapon to use against political opponents, we should expect to see a lot more famous Right Wing politicians Debanked in the future.

In a shocking turn of fate, the great anti-theist-hierarchy-religion-tradition nation that gave us Communism in all its bloody infamy, is now raising young monarchists to take over from the bloodstained old tyrants. St. Basil the Great is a school specifically designed to instill family values, tradition, higher education, and most importantly, monarchical values. A Traditionalist school is a very surprising thing to find in today's barren hellscape of modern atheist values, and naturally it has attracted the ire of the West.

Michigan has entered into the Tyrannical Phase in the Cycle of Nations with the introduction of anti-free speech legislation. Designed to selectively target and ruin political opponents, HB 4474 gives the government the ability to seize up to ten thousand dollars, and failure to comply with this ruinous command now carries a felony charge. That which the likes of Jordan Peterson have spoken out against has now officially come to the United States, and it is only a matter of time before the Michigan Senate and Governor signs the bill into permanent law. That HB 4474 is tyrannical is obvious in its scope, scale, and purpose. This hateful law has the ability to destroy the livelihoods of anyone who dares to speak in a manner unacceptable to the Left. This full scale censorship is one of several "Cluster Events" that together form the transition from the Democratic Stage to the Tyrannical Stage in the Cycle. This means that the Right is going to be seriously targeted by the Left in a way heretofore not seen in the United States of America. This bill grants the Left unmitigated power, and that power is going to be an absolute disaster for the Right. Now is the time to plan accordingly, before things start to get really dangerous. Having a ten thousand dollar fine and a felony leveled against you is but the tip of the tyrannical spear, much more is coming I fear.

For generations men have been saying that back in their day people were better, that the sky was bluer, and that boys were boys and girls were girls, and strangely enough, they were right! From the very foundations of the Republic, Leftism has been creeping into our institutions, and worse, our families, but it was not until after the Civil War that Leftism began to truly dominate the public sphere. The Right has not been absent however, for about every ten years of our history the right has pulled the nation back from leftism--slightly. The United State's history has been one of two steps toward Leftism, and one step back towards the Right. From the very foundation of the independent colonies into a unified nation, the spiral into moral decay has defeated all attempts to check it. Every effort the Right has made to quell the Democratic tide has ended in utter failure. The Right has never been able to see that over the hundred's of years the US has been around, it has consistently failed. The reason for this is that the Right wins some major battles about every ten years. Unfortunately, these wins are always temporary. The Left takes its setbacks, but then rallies and pushes the nation further towards its goalposts in the following decade. The Right has demonstrated with an undeniable track record that it does not, and in fact never can, stop a country from plunging headlong into moral chaos and eventual Tyranny.

Woven into the fabric of the Constitution (and even before!) is the poison of transhumanism. The founding Fathers made a crucial mistake, and from that error has come all manner of evil. The Founders placed the good of the State over the Church. The Maryland Colony's charter most perfectly displays the philosophical position of the Founders when they demanded religious freedom for all, UNLESS that freedom endangers the State! Freedom is NOT a virtue, freedom is a byproduct OF virtue, but the Founders got this mixed up. Prioritizing the State over the Church has led to Communism and Transhumanism. Only fixing our hierarchical priorities will fix Transhumanism.

The Atheist mythos is well known to Theists, and though the Atheist tries to deny it, he cannot escape his own mythological foundations. The Atheist believes in a Serpent, a Cross, a Path to Salvation, the Tree of Life, and a Forbidden Fruit. Since the Atheist has denied half of his very person, he is blind to his own mythology, but he nevertheless, cannot escape it. Guest Joshua Roberts helps to unpack the Atheist mythos and reveal the end result of these mythological underpinnings for the Political Atheist.

The term "Atheist" is nothing but a mask of misdirection and deception designed to conceal and not reveal what a person really believes. The term is pure sophistry, since everyone knows that atheists believe strongly in a powerful set of mythological underpinnings. The atheist position is a lot like it's name--full of logical errors and contradictions. Guest Joshua Roberts reveals the unreasonable mistakes that the atheist prophets made (and continue to make), and shows why atheism is the least tenable position in the world today.

Morals matter most! The human race was tested with COVID, and we failed abysmally. This pandemic revealed the petty tyranny of our rank and file, and the way we allowed ourselves to be muzzled revealed our own servile nature. We fell prey to our fears, and we demonstrated that our moral compass is completely broken. Knowing the state of religion and faith in the world today, this failure is not much of a surprise.

The postmodern man is ungovernable in all his ways, and so he demands the rule of all his fellows. Democracy is what men do when they cannot be ruled. Representative Democracy is what men do when they desire ultimate power, but are not trusted by the elites. All forms of democracy have this one thing in common: they require the destruction of hierarchy. Ungovernable men destroy the natural order of the cosmos by placing every man in absolute authority. Democracy is thus a contradiction, since not one of these absolute monarchs is capable of wresting the absolute power of his neighbor away. Only by the use and institution of organic hierarchy is social law and order obtained and maintained. Hierarchies define virtually every aspect of our lives, whether it be Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, or a social hierarchy of merit, or the familial hierarchy of a traditional nuclear family. Hierarchies are how we order ourselves, but the ungovernable democrat, be he a representative democrat or a leftist democrat, has refused hierarchies. He has destroyed the family, upended basic needs, and is even today breaking down the basic and fundamental hierarchy of values by claiming that everyone is entitled to their own moral code. The result of this breakdown in beauty, goodness, and truth is the chaotic and anarchistic world we see today, and the inevitable result of the institution of representative democracy. The solution to a breakdown in hierarchical social structure will not be easy to implement, as most people have become ungovernable, yet to ignore the need for a rebuilding of the natural cosmos has never been greater. Hierarchies of values and of political leadership is absolutely essential to mankind's future.

The average man living in a Monarchy makes more money than his neighbors! Simply living in a Monarchy means that you will have to deal with less corruption, better fiscal responsibility by the government, and you will take home more money on average than if you live in a nearby country with only a representative government. In this video you will see the results of a worldwide study into the Standards of Living for the average man in all the countries that have data. The countries of the world were split up into five regions. These regions were: 1. Europe 2. Asia 3. Africa 4. Oceania 5. The Americas The five metrics for Standard of Living measured were: 1. GDP Per Capita 2. Corruption Perception Index 3. Military Spending as a Percentage of GDP 4. Government Spending as a Percentage of GDP 5. Credit Worthiness of the Nation Across each region and then combined, Monarchies beat all other forms of government 22/25 times. https://www.traditionalpress.com/5-metrics-that-prove-that-monarchies-provide-a-better-standard-of-living/

No stone has been left unturned! For the complete and exhaustive list of pros and cons of Monarchy look no further than this list. Every serious objection that has been raised regarding Monarchies has been listed here, but for a more in depth look into each point, check out my Pros and Cons series: https://youtu.be/ZU7iByONMLA https://youtu.be/tmYgFZiM6Hg https://youtu.be/-htq0iOXRag https://youtu.be/V4wpzrj8BtI https://youtu.be/FW4FM7rGqpg https://youtu.be/ghx5aiNxO4Q https://youtu.be/l2umYxOjrpg https://youtu.be/0fj3clKZSqs https://youtu.be/5QNe0aSGKRI Pros: 1. Reduces Partisanship and Creates a Sense of Unity 2. Faster Decision-Making Process 3. Increases Government Savings 4. Smooth Transition of Power 5. Trained Leaders 6. A Stable and Balanced Government 7. Government is Small and Local 8. Monarchies Usually Revered by the People under Their Power 9. Nonpartisan Leadership 10. Leadership Focus 11. Advocates for Strong Defense 12. Significantly Reduced corruption 13. Transparent chain of command 14. Act on the Interest of Everyone 15. The blame is Not Shared 16. A single Point of Contact for Foreign Governments 17. Family is the Model for Society 18. Traditional Monarchies Typically Last for Hundreds of Years Cons: 1. Lack of Democratic Accountability 2. Lack of Democratic Legitimacy 3. Excessive Power Invested in a Single Person 4. More Difficult to Change the Leadership Internally 5. May Lead to Tyranny 6. Lack of Diversity in the Government 7. Changes according to the ruler 8. Unparalleled Power of the Monarch 9. No Checks or Balances 10. Competency of Leadership is not Guaranteed 11. Promotes Wealth Inequality 12. Lack of Upward Mobility 13. The Ruler may not be a Serious Person 14. Absolute Power has too much Potential for Tyranny 15. Creates a Class System within Society 16. Potential for absolutism 17. Government is Too Human 18. Machiavelli Says that Monarchies are Easy to Conquer (But Hard to Hold)

Did George Washington actually help his slaves by freeing them? Or did he simply cast them penniless onto the streets with no education and no future? While Washington's efforts to do right by his fellow man can never be taken away from him, the choice to free his slaves after his death is looked upon by many as not good enough. While it may be that he should have taken a stand earlier, it still cannot be taken away from his legacy that he was one of the only early Americans to free slaves upon principle. However, to simply free the slaves was never going to be enough. Freed slaves often had nowhere to go, and few skills with which to ply trade, and so it would have been better for Washington to have followed the medieval method. The "Serf" class was a transitory class of people that existed between the stages of slave and peasant. Everywhere that Christianity went it dissolved slavery organically. No other religion has ever eliminated slavery. Traditional Christianity is unique the world over in the humanitarian achievement of real and practiced brotherhood amongst all men. However, the world that Christianity inherited was full to bursting with slaves. Christianity was born out of pagan society, and the pagan world owned slaves, lots of slaves. When the pagan lords converted to Christian kings and lords, they all, without exception, transitioned their slaves into Serfs. A Serf had some of the rights and privileges of a free peasant, but they also had some of the duties and restrictions of a slave. Through the implementation of such things as 99 year leases where landlords could not raise rents or evict their serfs, the serfs eventually put down generational roots and learned to become a part of the land and of a traditional society. Serfdom organically morphed into free peasantry in the Christian lands, and would have remained the norm had not secular humanism revived pagan ideals and broke up Traditional Christianity. The Protestant Revolution brought with it the ideals of meritocracy and aristocracy, and these things always come with slavery. However, had George Washington set up a traditional monarchy he would have ended the cycle, and eliminated a race based theory of slavery in America.

Everybody dreams of someday owning their own home, but these days that hope seems further and further away. The only choice most of us have is to rent for a significant portion of our lives. It would be far better for us as a people to have apartments that folks can buy, as opposed to rent. That way smaller down payments would be necessary to purchase a first home, opening the gateway to proper home-ownership to millions who are currently shut out because of the enormous paywall that exists currently. Those that own instead of rent typically take better care of their belongings, and their relationship both to their home and to their local economy is much healthier. Neither a landlord nor a tenant is much inclined to renovation or improvement, but that is not the case in ownership. When a homeowner improves his property he boosts the local economy and loves his property more. These kinds of benefits far outweigh the pros of capitalist overlords that own all of the apartment complexes in America.

Millions of militant atheists the world over swarm the internet and public forums demanding that Christianity (and sometimes other religions too) take responsibility for the things that "Christians" have done in the past, but they will never take responsibility for the terrible atrocities that atheists have committed in the past. Atheists consistently commit terrible atrocities against humanity whenever they get into power, and this has been proven in examples all over the world over a hundred times over. Atheists, however, will never take responsibility for the millions of lives their ideology has taken, and it's time for them to be held accountable.

It is not possible to take the Church out of the State, but many people in the in the modern world we have been pretending that it is. Because there are very few homogeneous, traditional, people groups left in the world today, the melting pot that has become the world is struggling with trying to legislate for many different people with completely different belief systems. Because people are afraid to impose their morals on others, and more importantly, because people don’t want other people’s morals imposed on THEM, the popular solution has been freedom of religion. Freedom of religion has seemed to many to be the silver bullet which solves the conundrum of trying to rule over multiple, and often completely opposing, belief systems. It seemed to many that simply allowing anybody to practice any religion they so desire within a particular locality, that all people will be able to then get along without discrimination. However, people quickly found out that once a person who holds a particular belief system gets into office, that person will naturally use their belief system to write laws. People found out that rulers were writing laws that they did not agree with morally, so the idea of a separation of Church and State came into being. The idea that the Church should not meddle in State affairs is an old one, dating back hundreds of years to the Protestant Reformation, and it is no less relevant today than it was then. During the reformation, people didn’t want the Catholic Church to inform the State regarding laws because those laws would be opposed to the Protestants, thus the only solution was a separation of the Church from the State. Today, there are many, many more protesting factions than ever, so many more people today want the Church separated from the State. However, this is not only impossible, but totally unnatural.

No, that raise you've been wanting at work is not an idol in your life! Unfortunately, there is an incredible lack of basic theological understanding regarding idols today. An idol is not just something you prioritize over God in your life, an idol performs a very specific function in your attempt to connect spiritually to the denizens of the divine plane. Nobody has ever thought that the actual wood or stone of which an idol is formed is ACTUALLY a divine being. People understand that an idol, or a shrine, is a thing of spiritual focus, it is a tool that humans have always used to connect their physical bodies to a spiritual entity. By the use of idols mankind has transcended their mortal flesh to commune with the spirit world. The idol is a physical representation of that which has no physical form, and because mankind must worship in the flesh, it is necessary to use physical apparatus to more perfectly commune. Additionally, idols exist to display the attributes of whatever spiritual entity is portrayed, again using physical matter to communicate spiritual detail. Unfortunately, the modern Christian has no idea what an idol is, and this is because of the great secularization of the world. The modern Christian does not understand idols because he does not understand the nature of the spiritual realm, or even his own need for physical apparatus to divinely commune. There is a reason why Christians are commanded to participate in the physical ritual of Communion (Eucharist), and Christians forget this reason at their peril. At the risk of disingenuous outreach, or just plain ignorance of other people's beliefs, Christians have forgotten the importance of idols in other religions. It is a great disservice to the modern missionary that he does not understand the nature of idols. How are we supposed to talk to people of other faiths when we have no idea what we are talking about? It's time to re-learn what our ancient Christian predecessors understood very well.

School administrators will replace every copy of the books they don't like in the school libraries, and city libraries will follow suit. We have begun the era of mass censorship, and the Penguin House controversy is just the beginning. The Left knows that it cannot compete in the realm of ideas, so its only hope is to shut the mouths of everyone else. It would be better for the Left to try and ban these books outright, but they are too clever and malicious for that! Instead they will flood and confuse the market with all kinds of variants of classic books, making finding an original a more and more difficult challenge. Some kinds of censorship are actually good and beneficial, but censorship of ideas simply indicates the fragility of the Left's position.

Starting a monarchy in the modern world is possible, but you will have to plan very carefully! It's not enough to have a dreamy ideal of a monarchist country or society that could exist somehow somewhere, if you want to start a monarchy you must have a concrete plan of action. In order to write up an action plan, you must first define your goals. The ideal of sustainable, social, traditional, economically viable, beautiful, and defensible place drives my thought process, so those goals inform my planning. It's extremely important not to try and be subversive, but to follow all the laws as much as is possible. This means that lawyers, architects, and city councils must be consulted when formulating a plan for a monarchical site. Only after all the big, large scale plans have been laid should at attempt to gather allies for the project begin.

Artificial Intelligence is an incredibly powerful tool, but it comes at a great cost. Just like the discovery of atomic energy, AI has incredible potential in virtually every aspect of life. We are currently in the infant stages of the development and use of AI, so the power and scope of the capabilities we see today are nothing compared to what we will see in thirty, forty, or fifty years. Truly, this Daedalus engine we have created will destroy us in the end. Certain industries are going to completely disappear, virtually all creative jobs will disappear, as AI renders artists obsolete in fields such as graphic design, pop music, and writers of copy online. Virtually every industry will be upended by AI, including: healthcare, customer service and experience, banking and financial services, insurance, logistics, retail, cybersecurity, transportation, marketing, defense, and all lifestyle related fields. There is virtually no field that will not be transformed by AI, there are even robot lawn mowers in production right now! Some people are excited by the direction technology is taking us, but it cannot be denied that this technology is going to fundamentally transform what it means to be human. Depression and suicides are going to dramatically rise as people are edged out of jobs by technology that can do it better and cheaper than they could, and people are going to have less and less reason to live as they realize, and rightly so, that the world does not need them for anything. In a world where a computer can do anything you can do, and do it better than you, why should you even exist at all? AI is horrible for us. We will soon be destroyed by our own hubris, and by a weapon far more devious and destructive than ever was the atomic bomb. A bomb is obvious in its destructive potential, but tools that "make life easier" are not. In the short term there will be huge lay-offs in every industry, the rich truly will explode in wealth as they own the corporations where all the goods are produced and where they no longer have to pay 90% of their staff, and mass poverty will immediately follow. Only through dramatic, draconian measures will governments be able to even feed their people. But this is just the short term effect. After the initial poverty, potential starvation, inevitable social revolution, and final leveling out of society with the new standards of AI performing virtually every function necessary for human life, the newer and more terrible toll on the human condition will begin. No longer will any man have any need to create ANYTHING. Man will make himself obsolete, and far from creating a utopia, man will create a meaningless grey hell where all his works account for nothing. There will be a few geniuses who will find ways to amuse themselves, but for the vast majority of mankind there will be nothing to do. Learning will have no meaning, since men will not be able to use their knowledge in any meaningful way, creativity as a means of channeling energy will be utterly meaningless, since an AI can just do it for you faster, easier, and better than you ever will be able to. All the vast energy of man will have no outlet, and that can only mean that vice will increase out of all proportion. With zero healthy outlets, man will be left only with destructive, evil outlets for his great energy, and so we will destroy ourselves.

What does the Bible actually say about violence? Does the New Testament conflict with the Old Testament on the issue of violence? How did the early Church deal with violence and war? There are a lot of misconceptions about violence in the Christian world, and this has been compounded by the enemies of the Church and their ruthless assault on Christian principles. Thus it is necessary to both examine the teachings found in the Christian Scriptures and to see how these ideals were taught and lived by the early Church to get some answers on this extremely important subject. While these passages are not typically taught in churches today, the New Testament is filled with references to soldiers, war, and the sword. From Saint John the Baptist, to Jesus Christ, to Saint Paul and Saint Peter, to Saint John the Apostle, many references to wars and violence exist. Unfortunately, it seems that the only passage anyone ever refers to in regards to violence is Jesus' teaching regarding turning the other cheek. Many good and well meaning individuals have gotten stuck on a literal interpretation of this passage without considering the purpose of the teaching. Far from demanding pacifism, this sermon, and this part of this sermon, teach Christians simply to go above and beyond the call of duty in every aspect of their lives. Since most of us do not get slapped very often, a literal interpretation of the passage would render it irrelevant, but an understanding, especially in context, of the doctrine leads us to know that Jesus simply meant to do better and go above and beyond in our treatment of others, including not retaliating against minor offenses, but forgiving the offender. Nowhere is the message found to not defend oneself, or to fight and die for one's country, faith, and family. The Apostles teach us that the sword in the hand of the government is a good thing, and Jesus taught His disciples to buy swords after He was gone--because the Christians were going to need them! David fought against Goliath for the very specific reason that the wicked giant had defied the armies of the living God. The Old Testament God and the New Testament God are one and the same, and the demands of the Old Testament God often included war. The important thing about understanding the Christian perspective on violence is to seek after balance. The Christian worldview is a balanced worldview. As Solomon teaches: there is a time for war, and a time for peace. A good, but a violent, Christian was not a perspective alien to the early Church! The writings of the Church Fathers reveal that they had already dealt with this issue in the very formation and beginnings of Christianity, and they approved violence in some instances. Men are warlike by nature, and both philosophy and theology are in perfect harmony when they demand that Man hone and direct his warlike energies into the defense of the good.