Why the Popular Uprising Against America's Elites is Happening Now

Ben Shapiro writes that people look up to the cultural elites in our country, and therefore they get away with more abusive behavior and rampant misconduct. He argues that wealth, money, power, influence--all of these things define our modern elite. For a long time, then, we gave them a pass on their egregious sexual and financial misconduct. The long chain of abuses—both criminal and ethical—is finally coming to an end. Americans are declaring “Enough!”.

Shapiro asks toward the end of his article: “So, what's changed now? It's tempting to say that we've woken up -- that we're unwilling to allow fame and money and power to excuse abuse, and we're not going to go back to the old way anymore. But that would be too sanguine.”

Point of fact, we can answer this question.

Contrary to Shapiro’s assertions, the American people have indeed woken up. The sheep are no longer asleep. Voters have not only seen their livelihood, but their lives put at risk because of the destructive policies pushed by arrogant, distant, out-of-touch elites. The biggest issue in this regard was illegal immigration. By and large Americans across this country, even in California, don't support sanctuary cities, and they don't like that illegal aliens violate our national sovereignty while taking benefits at the expense (literally and figuratively) of American citizens. The elites in Congress and in state legislatures, especially in blue states, haven’t been listening. Fed up with their wanton disregard, the American people sent a very loud, vocal message on Election Day 2016 with Donald Trump’s win. This populist victory has galvanized individual voters to fight back for more victories against other arrogant politicians. We the People have no problem ow going after cultural, political, and even pre-supposing moral elites. Now that we got Trump elected, we can begin taking back control of our country.

What else has helped to bring down the media academic and government elites besides the election of Donald Trump? Today, you and I can be our own press agents and our own media. We can be our own journalists, flex our own media prowess. It has gotten easier for every person to expose at length the corruption and abuse of elected officials and cultural icons, whether in the movie industry, the music industry, or in the halls of Congress. Anyone of us can record abusive people doing abusive things. From Alec Baldwin to Hillary, liberal snobs have seen their cultural influence plummet because ordinary Americans took out their phones and recording them live, then uploaded their videos. Even the major media networks can't ignore this brazen evidence as it goes viral on social media.

This communications revolution has made it easier to hack into private servers (Hello, Crooked Hillary!), and expose a lot of the deep, dark secrets that our elected officials as well as the media were keeping from us. Not just Wikileaks, but undercover agents like Project Veritas are now investigating and exposing media giants for their rampant, orchestrated biases against the president. The same exposure has ruined academic careers and empowered conservatives to fight back against left-wing academics.

Another thing that has made and led to the downfall of Hollywood and the corrupt crooked evil producers actors etc. is that actors and actresses no longer see a purpose to pandering and playing along with these big Hollywood executives. Hollywood was already having a very bad year in terms of declining box office receipts. Actors are starting to recognize that giving into the producers’ couch no longer guarantees a job or an opportunity to thrive in Hollywood. They see that the whole entertainment industry is crumbling financially, so there was nothing that would stop them from exposing the abuse, perversion, and misconduct of these media, academic, and government elites.

Once Harvey Weinstein's corruption and perversion were exposed, followed by a widespread ongoing backlash against other perverts in Hollywood, more women in other institutions felt free to speak out. It has gotten easier for the common man to fight back against the self-protection machine in other institutions. Indeed, you and I can fight city hall, or the movie house, or the halls of academia. It's gotten easier for conservatives to organize, and easier for us to communicate and outflank the entrenched left-wing opposition.

There is another movement that is going on beneath the surface that even conservative media pundits have ignored: the restoration of the Gospel of Grace (Galatians 1:6). Men and women are relearning their blessed Divine status in Christ and the gift of righteousness (Romans 5:17) which overcomes the Left’s dual tactics of shame and condemnation (Isaiah 54:17). The gift of righteousness is giving more believers the power to speak out against abuse, hatred and wrongdoing without feeling condemned or afraid of being condemned. Because the press doesn't have the power that used to have to shame people into silence, more people are condemning the evil behavior of the culture, moral, and political leaders in our country.

Regarding the press, this development brings up another reason why we're seeing major perversions finally exposed in all these institutions. President Donald Trump beat down the liberal media, the same media that was covering up all this misconduct, whether in statehouses, in universities, or in press radio and entertainment. Today, we see that these perverse Emperors have no clothes, but worse they have been fornicating in front of us and getting away with it. Not anymore.

The cultural elites in our midst have nothing to offer us that we cannot achieve on our own. The social media revolution has enabled us to take on the crime and corruption of our “betters” and show off how much worse they really are. The liberal mainstream media has cashed out whatever political capital and integrity they held, and no one believes them when they cover for liberal politicians and their enablers. They have gotten away with crimes and misdemeanors long enough, and the threats to our safety and security proved too much for us to endure any further.