I think the spirit of Stephen Crowder in rejecting big business deals is the American spirit i. e. the Christian spirit. It is the spirit that Chesterton often touted as the breath of the renewal that is the eternal revolution. In order to maintain orthodoxy the church must be ever renewed. In order to conserve, to keep, things we must be ever changing. We must renew things that have grown tired. For ours is not a tired revolution, we live under the, The Holy Spirit. A fresh wind, a new song. The carbuncles of seriousness and business encumber the ship and they must be chipped off if we want to keep the ship. We must always be making progress towards the old things. The big business model is a remnant from modernism. It’s old and tired and unorthodox. It is devouring everything in it’s maw, the church, the family the individual. All the wise ‘successful’ business men in the room criticize him for not playing the encumbered game they all play.
I think we see this most clearly with Rush Limbaugh. He never played by the rules, he was able to carve out his own way. It was unique and distinct and beneficial to millions to emulate him in making your own way, utilizing your unique skills. Create something do something don’t just be a piece of the machinery. Of course Rush mellowed over time from the raucous pranks and skits and rallies. But he always went his own way. The point I am thinking about is how the vacuum he left was soon filled. It was filled by people clearly unable to go their own way. It was filled by a uni-party group think which Rush despised most. Dan and Sean and other people I forgot, clearly have their balls in a vice. They fear losing their power their money whatever. Rush never did. He lost football teams, he lost advertisers, he lost friends, but his audience always grew because his message was true. He was radically taking us back to orthodoxy.
While Levin yells at people instead of doing what he is good at, writing books; while the Shapiro and Kirk cosy up to big Sodomy, so they can raise the big bucks; while Beck paints chalk boards full of giant conspiracy theories; Steven Crowder is the successor to Rush. He is original, a couple clicks more Christian than Rush, unrelenting, truthful, wise and fun. He is the man we need.
Of course there is another. Mark Steyn. Also creating an orb that is all things good. His conflicts with CRTV seem to reveal the same things Crowders encounter does. It’s the same spirit you sadly saw in Big Pro Life. People fall in love with themselves, their movement, their business model, and forget the purpose they started out to achieve. The point is not the remain viable, or to perpetuate your brand or not have to worry about where the rent money is coming from. The purpose is to push back the evil, to win this world for Christ, as far as the curse is found, and to have a joyous time doing it.
Further Reading: Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton
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