October 9, 2026
Why Marxist Organizations Like BLM Seek to Dismantle the "Western Nuclear Family"
Épater le bourgeois (shock the middle classes) has been the revolutionary rallying cry of the left in the cultural war against Judeo-Christian morality and the nuclear family for well over a hundred and fifty years.
It lies at the epicenter of Modernism, Marxism, Fascism, National Socialism, Progressivism, Feminism, Environmentalism, and Homosexualism.
For fascinating, in-depth explorations of bourgeois (middle class) culture, see Schnitzler's Century: The Making of Middle-Class Culture 1815-1914, by Peter Gay; The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud Volume 1: Education of the Senses, Volume 1, by Peter Gay; The Tender Passion: The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud, Volume 2, by Peter Gay; The Cultivation of Hatred: The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud, Volume 3, by Peter Gay; The Naked Heart: The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud, Volume 4, by Peter Gay; Pleasure Wars: The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud, Volume 5, by Peter Gay; Victorian Minds: A Study of Intellectuals in Crisis and Ideologies in Transition, by Gertrude Himmelfarb; The De-moralization Of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values, by Gertrude Himmelfarb; and One Nation, Two Cultures: A Searching Examination of American Society in the Aftermath of Our Cultural Revolution, by Gertrude Himmelfarb; The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce, by Deirdre McClosky; Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't explain the Modern World, by Deirdre McClosky; and Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capitol or Institutions, Enriched the World, by Dierdre McClosky.
The classic and definitive statement of elitist contempt for bourgeois culture is Eminent Victorians, by the scathing, bitchy biographer Lytton Strachey. Strachey, who along with his homosexual lover and fellow Cambridge Apostles initiate, economist John Maynard Keynes Keynes_At_Harvard.pdf, were unabashed advocates of "the higher sodomy," setting forth the destructive agenda for generations of anti-bourgeois subversion.
John Maynard Keynes did write private letters referencing sex tourism, including specific correspondence where he used variants of the phrase "bed and boy."
Biographers and historians have documented the details of these letters and the context surrounding them:
The Correspondence
- The Letters: In a May 6, 1913 letter written before traveling to Egypt, Keynes wrote to his close friend and former lover, the writer Lytton Strachey (often misspelled as Lyman Stratchey): "I'm leaving for Egypt... I shall get as far as Luxor; and have just heard that 'bed and boy' is prepared." In separate communications referenced by biographers, Keynes also recommended Tunis and Sicily to Strachey, noting that "bed and boy" were inexpensive or making references to "where the naked boys dance."
- The Context: Keynes was a prominent member of the Bloomsbury Set, an avant-garde group of British intellectuals who openly rejected strict Victorian moral codes and frequently discussed their fluid sexual identities in private correspondence. At the time, North Africa and parts of Southern Europe were well-known destinations for European wealthy elites seeking sexual tourism.
Interpretation by Historians
While the historical record clearly establishes that these letters exist, the modern terminology used to describe the relationships varies significantly depending on the critic or scholar:
- The Terminology: In the early 20th century, the term "boy" was frequently utilized in English slang and literature to refer to young adult men, male servants, or adolescents, leaving the exact ages of the individuals ambiguous.
- Critics: Modern critics of Keynesian economics-such as those quoted in publications like Forbes-have pointed to these specific letters to argue that Keynes participated in predatory sex tourism involving minors.
- Biographers: Mainstream "politically correct" biographers today generally frame the letters within the context of early 20th-century elite homosexual subculture, viewing them as evidence of casual adult or young-adult sexual tourism rather than pedophilia, noting the lack of legal or concrete evidence establishing the involvement of prepubescent children.
Later the Apostles served as the breeding nest for treason by spawning Soviet espionage agents Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, and Michael Straight.
Following in the degenerate path blazed earlier by Keynes, the postmodernist philosopher Michel Foucault sexually assaulted young boys while living in Tunisia.
See also Modernism: The Lure of Heresy, by Peter Gay; Degenerate Moderns: Modernity as Rationalized Sexual Misbehavior,by E. Michael Jones; Putting Modernism Together: Literature, Music, and Painting, 1872-1927, by Daniel Albright; France: Fin de Siècle, by Eugen Weber; Fin-De-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture, by Carl E. Schorske; Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age, by Modris Eksteins; Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider, by Peter Gay; Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin, by Mel Gordon; Modern Times: The Word from the Twenties to the Nineties, by Paul Johnson; The Shock of the New, ( DVD) by Robert Hughes; Radical Hollywood: The Untold Story Behind America's Favorite Movies, by Paul Buhle and David Wagner; Left of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture, by Chris Robe'; Enemies of Society, by Paul Johnson; The Present Age: Progress and Anarchy in Modern America, by Robert Nisbet; and C ulture Wars: The Struggle To Control The Family, Art, Education, Law, And Politics In America.
