File:Protecting Our Democracy press conference – 2021
For decades, our ruling elites have been methodically dismantling the very foundations of Western civilization, leaving behind a wreckage of once-great institutions. TJ Harker, former federal and state prosecutor turned writer, states that their list of transgressions is long: they’ve gutted American culture, normalized perversion, lost wars, dumbed down education, offshored jobs, opened our borders, and bankrupted our treasury.
All the while, they smugly pat themselves on the back, convinced they’re guiding us into some utopian future of social justice and carbon-free living. But what they’ve truly done is impose an intergenerational catastrophe of biblical proportions upon America.
Harker argues the ones most responsible are the ruling elites, their mediocre servants, and their street thugs—the proles. These mediocre yes-men like retired Brigadier General Steve Anderson are the bureaucrats who have risen through the ranks by parroting leftist nonsense.
These spineless shills, as Harker calls them, are eager to please their overlords and will debase themselves at every opportunity to maintain their social status and pensions. Anderson, in his absurd endorsement of Kamala Harris, is emblematic of a class of people who lack the intellectual rigor to think critically or contribute meaningfully to our civilization.
These mediocre men, along with their street enforcers, are dragging this nation into ruin. They’ve traded their dignity and competence for the crumbs of power offered by the ruling elite. And as Harker notes, it’s no coincidence that they despise figures like Vladimir Putin—not because he’s an enemy of the West, but because he reminds them of their inadequacies. In a time that demands strength and wisdom, we are cursed with weak, incompetent leaders who are unfit to guide us through the serious challenges we face. The result? An America that’s failing on every front.
This post originally appeared at https://www.phyllisschlafly.com/family/the-mediocre-man-epidemic-in-the-west/
Phyllis Schlafly