Although inadvertently "where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes or
film-stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters" does sum up MAGA America
film-stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters" does sum up MAGA America
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That’s not an argument for or against monarchy. But people need the symbolic in their life, and sense of belonging
Lewis is good in parts- sometimes even funny. But he's terribly establishment
Narnia is the better part of his writing simply because he - along with Tolkien - genuinely, incorrigibly loved pagan mythos.
Which is kind of funny because he has to invent lots of excuses why it's *totally compatible* - 120% compatible - with hardline Anglicanism
Case in point his ""Science Fiction"" series:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Trilogy
It's actually quite enjoyable if you're an aficionado of bad writing and clumsy apologetics.
But - for someone who does a podcast on intellectual history - particularly fun because he uses it to attack opponents with *very very thinly disguised* Bad Guy characters (J B S Haldane and another contemporary prominent atheist).