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| The Road to Rediscovering America’s Identity - XIX
BORN RIGHT^© - Jul 04, 2025
with Josh Allen Flowers : josh@portervillepost.com

~ The Myth of Modern Progress ~
~ When Convenience Replaced Character ~

Once upon a time in America, progress meant something.
It meant invention. Breakthroughs. Expansion. The kind of forward motion that came from sweat on your brow, a tool in your hand, and conviction in your heart.
It meant we were building something—railroads across a continent, families rooted in tradition, businesses that stood the test of time.
Now, “progress” means TikTok filters, ESG scores, and ten new genders. Somehow we’ve gone from the spirit of the Wright brothers to a culture obsessed with Wi-Fi speeds and virtue signaling.

What happened?
We didn’t just redefine progress—we replaced it with something hollow. We swapped character for convenience. Freedom for comfort. And while the ruling class keeps telling us how “advanced” we’ve become, the truth is, we’ve regressed. Badly.
Because here’s the cold reality no one wants to say out loud: real progress stopped the moment we stopped pursuing virtue and started chasing comfort.

Rewriting the Meaning of “Progress”

Let’s be clear: The Marxist infiltration of America wasn’t just about economics. It was about language. If you want to take down a civilization, you don’t just change the laws—you change the definitions. And “progress” was one of their first targets.

The original American vision of “progress” was rooted in timeless values

✓ Personal responsibility
✓ Self-governance
✓ Family cohesion
✓ Economic independence
✓ Moral clarity
You worked hard. You saved. You took care of your family. You contributed to your community. Progress was measured by how capable, self-reliant, and free you became. Fast forward to today, and “progress” means:
✓ Government programs for everything
✓ Total dependence on technology
✓ Destroying gender distinctions
✓ Replacing achievement with equity
✓ Submitting to centralized control in the name of “safety” or “inclusion”
That’s not progress. That’s soft tyranny dressed in rainbow packaging.

How We Got Here: The Long Slide Into Comfortable Captivity

How did we fall for it?
Because convenience is seductive. The Marxist model didn’t come in through the front door waving red flags—it came in with apps that made life easier and systems that made hard choices disappear. And slowly, we handed over our lives:
⧐ Why raise your kids with purpose when the school system will gladly do it for you?
⧐ Why learn to grow food or fix things when Amazon and DoorDash are just a click away?
⧐ Why build real relationships when you can scroll social media and feel “connected”?

Convenience lured us into spiritual sedation. And now we’re so medicated by comfort that we can’t even tell we’ve been conquered.

Progress Without Purpose is Just Decay in Disguise

Look around. Every supposed “advance” we’re told to celebrate has come with a net loss in freedom, integrity, or meaning.

↪ We’re more connected digitally → yet more isolated emotionally.
↪ We have more entertainment than ever → yet drowning in depression.
↪ We have gov't solutions for every need → yet nothing ever gets better.

The truth? We’re living in a decaying society that calls rot ‘evolution.’
They want you to believe that smartphones and smart homes make you more advanced than your great-grandfather who built his own house, raised six kids, fought in a war, and died with calluses on his hands and a Bible by his bed.
Let me break it to you gently: You’re not more evolved. You’re just more entertained.

Who Benefits from Fake Progress? (Hint: Not You)

So who wins in this new version of “progress”?

⊕ The corporations that profit from your dependence
⊕ The bureaucrats who grow more powerful the more incapable we become
⊕ The elites who manufacture crises, then offer you “solutions” that always expand their control

It’s a scam. And like all good scams, it relies on you not asking questions. Because if you ever stepped back and said, “Wait a second—if we’re so advanced, why are we more anxious, more medicated, more divided, and more broke than ever?”—the whole illusion would collapse.

The Ancient American Secret: Progress Requires Sacrifice

Real progress doesn’t come from government programs or lifestyle subscriptions. It comes from sacrifice. The kind our ancestors knew firsthand.
They built homes with their hands. They protected their families with rifles and prayer. They didn’t expect a pension from Washington—they built their own retirement with discipline and grit.
They weren’t obsessed with fairness. They were obsessed with freedom.
If they saw our world today, they wouldn’t call it progress. They’d call it pathetic.
Because they knew something we’ve forgotten: You cannot outsource the pursuit of virtue. There’s no app for courage. No hack for honor. No subscription plan for wisdom.
You either earn it—or you don’t have it.

How Do We Get It Back ???

★ Redefine progress. Stop measuring success by how easy your life is. Start measuring it by how much integrity you carry into each day.
☆ Disconnect from systems of fake advancement. Just because it’s convenient doesn’t mean it’s good for your soul. Choose what’s real over what’s easy.
★ Rebuild real life. Grow your own food. Repair your own home. Read actual books. Sit down for dinner with your family. Lead your children—not just log into them.
★ Demand local excellence. Don’t settle for bureaucratic decay dressed as innovation. Build and support systems that actually make your community stronger.

We’re Not Just Escaping the Matrix ~ We’re Reprogramming It

Let’s be blunt: If you’re in the matrix, success was never possible. The system wasn’t built to reward your independence—it was built to erode it.
That’s why we’re not just trying to “opt out.” We’re reprogramming the matrix.
We’re reclaiming the definition of progress. Not the one handed to us by bureaucrats and tech overlords—but the one forged in the hearts of free people.
And we may or may not succeed.
But we will not live in a world where truth is replaced by narratives, where comfort is a prison cell, and where success is impossible unless it’s pre-approved by central planners.
The road to rediscovering America’s identity doesn’t go through Washington. It starts right where you are—with your hands, your home, your habits.

What you are not changing, you are choosing.

BORN RIGHT^© ... With Josh Allen Flowers