{"id":2244013,"date":"2024-05-14T07:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T11:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apples-crushing-of-the-good-and-beautiful-is-step-one-in-demanding-our-compliance\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T07:09:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T11:09:04","slug":"apples-crushing-of-the-good-and-beautiful-is-step-one-in-demanding-our-compliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apples-crushing-of-the-good-and-beautiful-is-step-one-in-demanding-our-compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s Enforcement of Conformity Begins with Suppressing Beauty and Goodness"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fapples-crushing-of-the-good-and-beautiful-is-step-one-in-demanding-our-compliance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2244013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the nostalgia for tangible experiences \u200bin an era dominated by technology, emphasizing the need for human connection with\u2064 the\u200b physical world. It delves into the consequences of a disembodied culture, highlighting the\u200d importance of preserving \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-be-like-the-hippies\/\" title=\"Don\u2019t Be Like the Hippies\">human nature<\/a> and traditional values against the technological tide. The text advocates for safeguarding the essence of humanity \u200band its creative expressions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>I recently was back in the basement of my parents\u2019 home, digging through old yearbooks and photo albums. My brother nagged me to find the old stereo with the turntable and vinyl records. In an age of modernity, it seems we can\u2019t help but long for the things that have been indeed \u201ccrushed,\u201d as recently illustrated by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tim_cook\/status\/1787864325258162239\">Apple\u2019s new iPad ad<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, Apple faced so much <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/09\/apples-ipad-ad-boasts-of-replacing-the-real-with-the-fake\/\">backlash<\/a> to its new commercial bragging about the destruction of humanity, that the company quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/09\/tech\/apple-apologizes-for-ipad-pro-ad\/index.html\">apologized<\/a> and admitted it \u201cmissed the mark.\u201d Particularly for those of us who are old enough to remember all of the musical, gaming, and artistic icons crushed by the huge hunk of metal\u2019s descent to generate the \u201cthinnest iPad ever,\u201d the ad justified every fear we have of technology overtaking our lives. It also goes to show how out of touch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-sandels-vain-quest-for-the-common-good\/\" title=\"Michael Sandel\u2019s Vain Quest for the Common Good\">technocratic elites<\/a> are with not only the experience of everyday Americans but humanity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1934865213\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-adb0f29efa601523f29dd04ff48a6189 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-adb0f29efa601523f29dd04ff48a6189\"><\/div>\n<p>British actor Hugh Grant said it best in his caustic criticism of the ad: \u201cThe destruction of the human experience. Courtesy of Silicon Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many of us long for the days when we had more contact with the material world and a reality that forced us to interact with the tangible. We turned pages of books and magazines. We made our own brownies and cookies, even if they were from a box or tube. Despite more convenient packaging, many still made food from scratch. We ran or biked out on roads rather than in place with digitized scenery and climatized rooms. We felt a stronger connection to the environment around us and our interplay in it.<\/p>\n<p>While technology makes life more convenient, it doesn\u2019t alter the fundamental reality of human nature. To thrive, humans need connection with the physical world, including other humans. We see the devastating effects technology has had on physical and mental health, particularly in younger children during the years when establishing healthy relationships and habits is crucial for proper development, maturity, and happiness.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Effects of a Disembodied Culture<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>When we disengage from the reality of the world around us, with all its challenges and obstacles, we become fragmented and disembodied. The mind disconnects from the biological signals the body uses to communicate with us, losing our ability to discern truth at the deepest level. The very idea of truth becomes malleable, as evident in the oft-used phrase among the left, \u201cmy truth.\u201d In this state, humans are highly susceptible to groupthink and even the most egregious of lies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6e683a08734c17a50301a2a45d6fc642 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6e683a08734c17a50301a2a45d6fc642\"><\/div>\n<p>This kind of schism can be highly destabilizing, its effects evident in everything from the protests rampant on college campuses to transgender confusion to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliLondonTV\/status\/1788303964506558795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">babies being torn from their mothers<\/a> at the moment of birth to be placed on a stranger\u2019s hairy chest. Chaos seems to be the order of the day. Younger people in particular seem to have no understanding of the reality of conflict or war and the complex calculus that needs to be done when making moral judgments about competing cultural traditions. <\/p>\n<p>Yet the ruling-class elites insist this is the new way and that any rebellion against it is some form of phobia, a literal fear of another religion, sex, or culture.<\/p>\n<p>Those of us who wish to preserve human nature and a teleological perspective on the world are not afraid of anything. We simply wish to protect the goodness, beauty, and truth of God\u2019s creation and man\u2019s ability to express that through art, music, and creativity. As G.K. Chesterton once said, \u201cThe true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.\u201d We should care for nothing more than the thing that connects us to God \u2014 our souls.<\/p>\n<p>Those who insist on progress decoupled from human mediation destroy all that is good, true, and beautiful not only in the world but also in ourselves. They believe they can erase the sin of man in pursuit of a perfect utopia because they mistake themselves for the one who already did that. History tells us what happens to men such as these. Because of that, we should have hope even amidst the destructive consequences of their false idolatry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8b62e6e2feab07bd14e93c4277ecf524 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8b62e6e2feab07bd14e93c4277ecf524\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Live a Life of Quiet Disobedience<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-ruling-classs-response-to-inflation-tells-you-its-only-going-to-get-worse\/\" title=\"The Ruling Class\u2019s Response To Inflation Tells You It\u2019s Only Going To Get Worse\">ruling class insists<\/a> on our compliance, those of us who still believe in a soul and the ability of man to express its highest good must not only continue to express our discontent in the public square but also ensure our everyday choices and actions are aligned with our beliefs. We must, as Alexander Solzhenitsyn prescribes, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SyPY7d208lk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">live not by lies<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven the most timid can take this least demanding step toward spiritual independence,\u201d scholars Edward Ericson and Daniel Mahoney write in their <a href=\"http:\/\/johnatemay.blogspot.com\/2016\/03\/pdf-solzhenitsyn-reader-new-and.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Solzhenitsyn Reader<\/em><\/a>. \u201cIf many march together on this path of passive resistance, the whole inhuman system will totter and collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As I filed through memorabilia in my parents\u2019 basement, I realized that relics of the past \u2014 a turntable, a mixing bowl and whisk, a lawnmower, even my own two feet \u2014 can be used for small acts of \u201cpassive resistance\u201d to reengage with the reality of life around us. They are the small but not insignificant tools of defiance against those who believe they can fashion the world in their image rather than the One who created us and make us less resistant against their tyrannical power. Or, we can simply not buy another iPad, no matter how thin it is.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f6d2d6ddd57c17174c7dbaa33c1da000 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f6d2d6ddd57c17174c7dbaa33c1da000\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I revisited my parents&#8217; basement, sifting through old memories in yearbooks and photos. My brother urged me to locate the vintage stereo and vinyl records. In this modern era, we find ourselves yearning for the remnants of a bygone era, now seemingly &#8220;crushed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3009,"featured_media":2244014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-9.56.49-PM-1024x577.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2244013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-9.56.49-PM-1024x577.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2244013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2244014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}