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Totalitarianism in the Shadow of Decadence

March 3rd, 2025 | 6 min read

By Jake Meador

If an angry spouse chose to serve divorce papers to their soon-to-be ex at their child's youth sports event in front of a large crowd, you could be forgiven for thinking that there's more than a simple legal action taking place. Indeed, in some respect the legal action itself is actually rather marginal to the point being made, which is a signal of disdain for their partner and a desire to humiliate them.

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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, First Things, Books & Culture, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.