There is an idea floating around right-wing circles, popularized by Rod Dreher in The Benedict Option, that normal families will need to strategically withdraw into intentional communities as mainstream culture continues its decline. I’ve been skeptical of this idea, having lived all my adult life in big cities, and have maintained a belief in engaging with the broader culture and fighting back where I can.
But after yet another massacre inflicted by a “person in a dress,” I am coming around to this idea of re-tribalization and expect elite society to increasingly revert into gated, high-trust enclaves. We are witnessing the very beginning of an epidemic of trans violence, which will accelerate this trend, because there’s little one can do to safeguard one’s children outside of a full retreat from mainstream society. I’m not thrilled about this, but your calculus changes when you have kids of your own. And the math is not looking good.
