Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Culture

What’s going on, who we are, and what the big deal is.

  • The Problem Is We Treat White Nationalists Like They Are Honest

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    15 min read

    We seem to treat White Nationalists like their hate is normal. Like they’re the obnoxious kid we have to tolerate. Even after they’ve proven they’re more likely to be the sociopath threatening our community. A few years ago I was concerned by a growth in cyber-bullying. And at the time, it seemed like there was more to…

  • This Got Me Thinking About Our Society

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    7 min read

    Cynicism is destructive. And it’s turning our society into something we don’t want. But solutions are all around us. We just need to listen to the voices which help us see them. Listening to podcasts is like research. Most of the time, you get what you expect and it informs your worldview. But then there…

  • Love Awakens

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    9 min read

    Another shooting, further proof of the dangerous social pathologies in the American body politic, could be just a number. But instead, it’s awakening the spirit of love long dormant and suppressed by fear and a narrow understanding of freedom. Last week, I had to write a new sermon. The gospel was about the beginning of…

  • The Frightening Case Of a Coming American Collapse

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    7 min read

    The United States is in the midst of a social collapse. That’s the claim Umair Haque makes in an electric essay. Here are his three main takeaways. If the United States were to collapse, how would we know it? We think we’d know, right? Structures would fall, the banks would run out of money, and…

  • Predatory Society – A Pathology of Cruelty

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    8 min read

    In a challenging new essay for Eudaimonia & Co., Umair Haque names 5 social pathologies of collapse. And I think they can kickstart a conversation around our culture’s greatest needs. This is my reflection of the fifth pathology: a predatory society. In movies, an easy way to get the audience to connect with the characters on screen is to show…

  • Extreme Capitalism – A Pathology of Exploitation

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    10 min read

    In a challenging new essay for Eudaimonia & Co., Umair Haque names 5 social pathologies of collapse. And I think they can kickstart a conversation around our culture’s greatest needs. This is my reflection of the fourth pathology: extreme capitalism. Of all the pathologies effecting us, this is the most divisive. And perhaps the most obvious. To root out why…