{"id":5766,"date":"2016-01-07T05:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=5766"},"modified":"2025-03-25T14:54:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:54:24","slug":"434-guests-salim-mansur-john-thompson-paul-mckeever-2016-forecast-cultural-nihilism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/5766","title":{"rendered":"434 &#8211; 2016 forecast?&#8230; Cultural nihilism | Salim Mansur, John Thompson, Paul McKeever"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2178\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5766-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20160107-justRIGHT-434-GUESTS-SMansur-PMcKeever-JThompson-FUTUREviews.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20160107-justRIGHT-434-GUESTS-SMansur-PMcKeever-JThompson-FUTUREviews.mp3\">\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20160107-justRIGHT-434-GUESTS-SMansur-PMcKeever-JThompson-FUTUREviews.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20160107-justRIGHT-434-GUESTS-SMansur-PMcKeever-JThompson-FUTUREviews.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=5766-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20160107-justRIGHT-434-GUESTS-SMansur-PMcKeever-JThompson-FUTUREviews.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20160107-justRIGHT-434-GUESTS-SMansur-PMcKeever-JThompson-FUTUREviews.mp3\">Download<\/a> () | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('5766-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_5766-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_5766-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_embed=5766-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/434-parthenon-168x100.jpg\" alt=\"Parthenon\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5767\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>00:03 No great expectations:<\/strong> speculating on 2016 and beyond, 2013 Bill Whittle commentary<br \/>\n<strong>06:50 Expectation disintegration:<\/strong> promoting despair and malaise about the future, longing for a garden of Eden, human infallibility, the no hope philosophy, cultural nihilism, post-modernist culture, political narcissism, political trends, time to revolt against political correctness, distinguishing between society and the individual, achievements of past generations, teaching history as a continuum, deconstruction of values, cultural decontextualization, information &#8211; 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