Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story, one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and our present into a coherent whole, one that even shines some light into the future so that we can take the next step… If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an alternative story.
Your right Traditionalism isn't about returning to the past, because for better and for worse, it is gone and it cannot be returned. But we cannot forget the past, as much of Progressivism wants, because it can no more be discarded as it can be recreated.
Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story, one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and our present into a coherent whole, one that even shines some light into the future so that we can take the next step… If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an alternative story.
-Ivan Illich
Your right Traditionalism isn't about returning to the past, because for better and for worse, it is gone and it cannot be returned. But we cannot forget the past, as much of Progressivism wants, because it can no more be discarded as it can be recreated.