We're living in a time when Post-War Liberalism is being exposed daily for what it is and is on its last legs, while whatever is going to come next is still in its formative stage. The recent violence and the unrest we've seen and will likely continue to see, is the lashing out of the dying order and the birth pangs of the new. As this transition is likely to be a multi-decade, generational ordeal, the setting in which Charlie Kirk was assassinated should not be lost on us for its significance. He was in his element, on a college campus speaking with the youth. It is this cohort, Gen Z/Alpha, along with millennials, who are going to have to do the heavy lifting in the years ahead. While it's unclear how right wing Gen Z truly is, they are the most online generation, and this combined with the fact the the online right wing has been a dominant force, from the redpill/manosphere days to /pol to Trump 2016 to Trump 2024, the potential for a full blown right wing backlash is there.
This shooter assassinated Kirk in an attempt to stop that development, but it will do nothing of the sort. The contradictions of the "post-war consensus" are going to become more and more clear as they manifest themselves in continued economic decline and societal decay, which ultimately are rooted in our turning away from God as a country. And it was there that Kirk stood out from other normie political influencers in these last few years, as a key element of his growth as a commentator was him always proclaiming the truth of Jesus Christ.
That such a stand up person who with young children could be killed in that way is jarring. These last couple days every time I've seen him on TV or some clip of him, I'm dumbfounded. I can understand in the abstract a political killing, especially given the age we're in, but him? He had been more comfortable expressing "far right" views in the last year or two, but he was still an above-board Republican with too great an affinity for our small hat friends, working within the confines of the system. Hardly extreme, he was an integral, public facing part of a presidential campaign which won the popular vote. Then there was the killing itself. As others have said, it was JFK-like in style and gruesomeness and whereas the public didn't see the Zapruder film for 12 years, within 2 hours the entire internet had seen the footage of Kirk. It's not a stretch to say that for the younger generations this was a JFK or RFK moment, with a similar loss of innocence attached to it.
Next to the killing itself, the most disturbing aspect of all this has been the torrent of videos and posts from those outright celebrating Kirk's death. The Sam Hyde quote reminding us that these people want us dead and our children raped, while thinking its funny, rings extremely true in this moment. Its shone a light on what we are really dealing with, a Jacobin/Bolshevik/Spanish Republican energy, however soy the exterior packaging is.
For Kirk himself, I gather his faith was real and that he is with the Lord now. We should take comfort in this while keeping his wife, young children and the rest of his family in our prayers. Going forward, I pray that the response to this is driven by justice, mercy and compassion and not vengeance, which belongs to God only. This killer will hopefully face the consequences of his actions through the death penalty, which is justice. Yet I hope that he is made aware that even now he is not beyond Christ's power to save should he repent and put faith in Him. There should be compassion for the killer's family as well. They are about to lose a son and a brother forever.
Politically, the God fearing must rise up and work to root out the evil ideology responsible for what happened to Kirk in whatever position in life we find ourselves in. As for the government, it is ordained by God to promote what is good and to restrain evil. It must arrest those who must be arrested. The idea of a "career criminal" shouldn't be a thing, let alone such a person being allowed to roam the streets terrorizing the vulnerable, as we saw on that train in Charlotte. It must seek to purge progressives from the universities and the judiciary, and the NGO/non-profit scene. We must have a rethink about our economics, given we've been selling ourselves out for decades just so that GDP can go up by 0.5% every quarter. This is hardly comprehensive, but leadership that pursues ends such as these shows compassion for its citizens by administering this kind of justice.
To the extent our leaders refuse to do this, the length and/or intensity of our problems will increase, but this cannot truly defeat us as long as we channel Paul and run our own race well. In this, Charlie Kirk was an inspiration.