“You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You” – the Dean Martin duet with Shelby Lynne being the best – neatly encapsulates the great socio-political divide of our times. On one side is the progressive view of our nature. For progressives, our basic nature is forever malleable, either by us in our unrestrained will or molded by the rationalized efforts of an omnicompetent state. The result is view of the world as forever changing at our will, inside out and upside down.
We sell the notion to the young by telling them that “they can be anything that they want to be”. Really? No human being can be “anything that they want to be”, nor should they be.
Counterposed to the progressive idea is an older and unchangeable understanding, rooted in our faith and going back millennia. It’s the perception found in the pithy phrase, “the crooked timber of humanity”. We are fundamentally limited and flawed. It’s the basis for redemption and salvation in Christianity.
I’ve maintained for quite some time the belief that the schools in their curriculum and teacher training are essentially a progressive finishing academy. Encouraging the young to pursue their dreams is well and good, but not to the degree that reality is supplanted by a falsehood that leads to rule by an administrative state and transgenderism.
Read the lyrics (below) and especially the chorus “The world still is the same, You’ll never change it, As sure as the stars shine above”. It’s a great counterfactual.
You’re nobody ’till somebody loves you
You’re nobody ’till somebody cares
You may be king, you may possess the world
And it’s gold but gold won’t bring you
Happiness when you’re growing old
The world still is the same
You’ll never change it
As sure as the stars shine above
You’re nobody ’till somebody loves you
So find yourself somebody to love
The world still is the same
You’ll never change it
As sure as the stars shine above
Well, you’re nobody ’till somebody loves you
So find yourself somebody to love
(Songwriters: James Cavanaugh / Larry Stock / Russ Morgan)
Enjoy.
RogerG