Oh I do agree it will take quite a bit of time for anything resembling these hypothetical "new values" to settle in. And I agree that in the shorter term, a populist backlash will probably be very unfriendly to most (if not all) alt-spirituality.
We'll see if a backlash actually happens though here in the US, as right-populists so far haven't really figured out how to effectively wield power, much less gain it in many cases. Even in deep red states, they struggle with unseating establishment Republicans. And in blue and purple states, fuggedaboutit. Left politicians and media propagandists have shown zero shame/apprehension toward acting in a totally Machiavellian and duplicitous manner; zero qualms about constantly lying, gaslighting, using every dirty trick in the book in order to win. Whereas, much of the right still acts like there is some fair set of rules and "principles" to play by and thus keep getting defeated over and over until they wise up and start playing dirty like the left. (And all of this is why I stay as far away from politics as possible, haha)
If/when right-populists get a clue and manage to grab power ... let's just say I'm not going to be advertising my spiritual beliefs and philosophical interests to strangers. Though, someone in a thread on one of the Ecosophia blogs (can't remember which thread) did suggest that now might be a good time for some enterprising individual of our ilk to preemptively put out a "we don't do that weird/cringey/depraved stuff" flavor of alt-spirituality into the public space.
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Date: 2023-04-10 12:50 am (UTC)We'll see if a backlash actually happens though here in the US, as right-populists so far haven't really figured out how to effectively wield power, much less gain it in many cases. Even in deep red states, they struggle with unseating establishment Republicans. And in blue and purple states, fuggedaboutit. Left politicians and media propagandists have shown zero shame/apprehension toward acting in a totally Machiavellian and duplicitous manner; zero qualms about constantly lying, gaslighting, using every dirty trick in the book in order to win. Whereas, much of the right still acts like there is some fair set of rules and "principles" to play by and thus keep getting defeated over and over until they wise up and start playing dirty like the left. (And all of this is why I stay as far away from politics as possible, haha)
If/when right-populists get a clue and manage to grab power ... let's just say I'm not going to be advertising my spiritual beliefs and philosophical interests to strangers. Though, someone in a thread on one of the Ecosophia blogs (can't remember which thread) did suggest that now might be a good time for some enterprising individual of our ilk to preemptively put out a "we don't do that weird/cringey/depraved stuff" flavor of alt-spirituality into the public space.