The Grand Scheme of Pluralism

Pluralism is one of the buzzwords of the 21st century, used alongside words like multi-culturalism, post-modernism, relativism, and globalization. Many think of the term as something positive that is happening in societies across the globe, and equate it with the increasing acceptance and tolerance of different people, cultures and ideas.

While acceptance and tolerance are good to a certain extent, pluralism is actually something much more sinister. Pluralism, at its core, is the belief that all ideas are equal, and is a word society employs during the transition from one belief system to another.

The world has changed greatly, not just over the last 40 or 50 years, but even in the last four or five. The western world has gone from having a secure belief system based on the principles of liberty, a belief in absolute truth, and a standard of behavior, to a tenuous belief system based on pluralism. When a society agrees that every idea is equal, it becomes a victim of total relativism and disregards the foundation upon which that society is built. The end result is ever-increasing social, cultural, and political upheaval.

Think of the United States as a building built on several pillars, such as liberty, freedom, personal responsibility, equality of opportunity, unalienable rights and private property. When society moves away or eliminates one of these pillars, the building becomes increasingly unstable. If a nation destroys enough pillars, it will collapse into anarchy and tyranny.

Nobody can have liberty -whether it be external liberty, like governmental liberty, or internal liberty, like emotional or spiritual liberty - unless they have a foundation on which to think. Pluralism seeks to do away with any sort of foundation on which to think or govern, and cloaks it with words and ideas appealing to the zeitgeist: acceptance, open-mindedness, and tolerance. All these words seem good, but when lurking behind them is the idea that any sort of foundation, standard, or truth is intolerant and closed-minded, they actually become very dangerous and contribute to the downfall of a society.

There are some ideas that are wrong; based on faulty premises that will draw false conclusions. There are some actions that are morally wrong. When a society forgets this and ushers in an era of pluralism, where falsehoods are not identified, and no standard of morality is adhered to, the principles of liberty, which are based on truth, character, and natural law, cannot be upheld. In order to function, a nation must uphold its most vital component: its core principles.

You may think it useless to dwell on the past, and the ideas surrounding the founding of America. After all, our society has changed drastically since its founding. It is tempting to think that we can disregard our past, and only focus on the issues of the day. The truth, however, is that the success (or failure) of America is directly related to the degree we uphold the timeless principles on which our nation is built.

The preservation and sustainment of Liberty depends on you. It's time to discover liberty or lose it.