2180: Unpacking the Culture War, Gender Roles and Social Responsibility in History with Curt Doolittle

10 Jul 2024 · 37 min
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10 Jul 2024 · 37 min

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In this off‑topic, 10th‑episode installment of Hartman Media, host Jason Hartman interviews Curt Doolittle, founder of the Natural Law Institute, to explore the deep‑rooted historical forces shaping today’s culture wars. Doolittle frames civilization as a triad of three institutions—law, state, and religion—originating in Europe, the Middle East, and China respectively, with India as an outlier. He argues that each major societal transformation (Greek‑Roman expansion, the Industrial Revolution, the rise of the middle class, and the integration of women into the political sphere) follows a pattern: a surge of wealth raises people into new classes, but the inherited instincts of those classes resist the responsibilities that accompany higher status. Doolittle links this dynamic to gender‑based cognitive differences, claiming men are “systematizing” and seek responsibility, while women are “empathizing” and externalize responsibility, leading to distinct political preferences (e.g., women’s tendency toward left‑leaning, collectivist policies). He extends the analysis to compare European, Middle‑Eastern, Chinese, and Indian institutional evolutions, critiques modern liberal and libertarian ideologies, and predicts that the current crisis stems from the mismatch between female‑driven antisocial behavior and a high‑trust, responsibility‑heavy European legal tradition. The conversation ends with Doolittle’s contact information and a brief promotional plug for his institute.

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