Author: Crowhill Report

I saw a link to a video about a Nordic school that creates the perfect housewife. (I didn’t watch the video. It’s more than an hour long.)

I can hear the groans of disapproval. This sort of thing just isn’t done!

Why?

When did we lose the idea of learning (by which I mean studying, and being tested on) how to live with grace and style?

Not every woman will he a housewife.

Okay. So what? Isn’t it worth learning how to make a house inviting and pleasant?

We have magazines about it, and I’m sure there are YouTube videos, but what’s wrong with classes? You’re not going to become a Stepford Wife just because you learn some basic lessons about how to be a good housewife.

We’re all conditioned to have this response: but what about the men? What do they have to do?

I reject the premise (that everything that applies to women has to have a male corollary, and vice versa.) That’s a modern sickness.

But in any event, there are things men should learn as well, and there’s no reason men and women can’t learn many of the same things.

If I were to create a school curriculum, it would include things like etiquette, ballroom dancing, martial arts, basic handyman skills, personal finance, and how to make a home pleasant.

My prediction. The Taliban will require $1 million for each American allowed out of Afghanistan.

William asks, in a comment below, …

Since this has now been recognized as a humanitarian disaster by some conservatives, I wonder if they’d be willing to allow Afghanis to immigrate to the US? Or will they merely criticize Biden and complain about how bad it is for political advantage?

The only thing I am certain conservatives will do is rush to surrender their principles and/or dilly dally while the Left gets its way, so I don’t particularly care what “conservatives” think or do — even though I consider myself a conservative.

I do not think we should allow Afghans into the U.S. Certainly not in large numbers.

Everything I’ve seen and heard for the last 20 years, and everything I’ve read about Afghanistan before that time, shows they are not a good cultural fit. They don’t believe in a Republican form of government, their family structure / practice is atrocious, and I don’t want more Muslims in this country.

While there is room for some charity in our immigration policies, the vast bulk of it should be based on American self interest. I.e., what people will fit in and contribute. Afghans score very low on both of those counts.

Probably the best thing the U.S. could do is help resettle Afghans fleeing the Taliban into neighboring countries.

But there’s no need. Might as well call water wet.

This is a decently interesting video.

It’s about how a society can be moved towards totalitarianism.

“Menticide” means killing of the mind.

The idea of “monotonously repeated nonsense” seems quite apt for the world today.

It’s interesting that two of the preparations for totalitarianism are isolation and progressive waves of fear.