You’ll be relieved to know that I will no longer be harrassing you about morality.  I may harrass you, but not about that.

If you have hung in here this long, you will have already conquered the Big Three: not sinning, what to do with found money, and murder.

There is another consideration, though: what to do if there is no morality?

Priests will tell you this is bad business, and I assume prelates and confessors will as well. I’m not sure what rabbis do on their off-hours, but I highly suspect it is not wishing for all morality to come to an end. Imams? Meh. They’ve shown their stripes.

So what would happen if there is an end to morality?

We need look no further than Chicago, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New Orleans, New York, New Jersey, and that place in Mad Max. You know, that guy from down Under. Great job, pal!

You must be able to defend yourself. What’s-His-Name in Mad Max could — in the movie — but can’t today, because they voluntarily surrendered their guns to the government.

Do not voluntarily surrender your guns to the government.

Have you ever seen a school board meeting, or a Homeowners’ Association, or contact tracers? Imagine them with guns, and you without.

I know the title of this was “The End of Morality,” but you see I am subtly advocating for more. It is a means to a useful end.  As I said only two paragraphs ago, “You must be able to defend yourself.” That is moral. Let’s say a weirdo is approaching with murder in his eyes. Do you want to stop him, or contemplate government programs that may or may not help him? Since you are alive, I assume the former would be your answer.

To conclude: if your government shows no morality, you must.

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