Wednesday, November 09, 2022
BREAKING NEWS! CRUSHING DEFEAT!
Pakistan beats New Zealand in World Cup Cricket.
I do not understand cricket (My knowledge is almost entirely derived from Lagaan) but I gather this is a big deal. It even exceeds America's elections (yesterday) in importance.
New Zealand only scored 152-4 with 20 overs against Pakistan's 153-3 with 19.1 overs. I don't understand a score that requires three different metrics, but the numbers are close so I imagine this was very exciting to people who understand what is going on.
Cricket is a perfect metaphor for America's elections. Hardly anyone (perhaps no one) understands what is really going on, but we can see it all is sufficiently close that it's exciting. Last night I spoke on WRFH radio about the election returns and what they mean. The returns are close, but how to interpret? The people have spoken? Everyone is confused? Cheating?
My primary point in the radio interview was that battles over the institutional framework are far more important than these elections. My two examples were control over the teacher training in schools of higher ed and the role of the federal bureaucracy in making law. Teacher training was first taken over by Progressives in the the early 1900s, and subsequently by cultural Marxists. As a result, the government education system is populated by leftists. Meanwhile, the unelected and largely unchecked federal bureaucracy makes most of our laws via regulation.
Electing new officials solves this iff they are willing to fight these things to the death. In general, that does not describe Republicans (nor Democrats). It makes a difference which party wins, because they do legislate, but the big picture is elsewhere. It's like cricket, maybe - it is part of the score, but it's probably the overs or the unders or the wickets or something...not the main part of the score.
And regardless, the only political value that matters is liberty, and that is ultimately up to us individuals and no one else.
