Thanksgiving Reflections: ‘Critical Theory’ Impairs Our Capacity for Gratitude

Positive feelings of gratitude are disappearing in the wake of a compelling intellectual infatuation with what Marxist academics call “Critical Theory.”

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Commentary

There was a time when gratitude was regarded as the essence of our humanity. The Roman statesman and scholar Marcus Tullius Cicero once said, “For this one virtue [gratitude] is not only the greatest, but is also the parent of all the other virtues.”