Well you seem to be concerned with a mythical “war on wisdom” and what other people are doing rather than doing what you need to be doing, shrug.
Ain’t nothing mythical about it. It’s been going on for thousands of years.
What is wisdom?
Well whatever it is, it lasts. It stands the test of time. What has stood the rest of time? Better yet, what schools of thought have stood the test of time and which ones wither, decay, or implode? Examples?
Good living has produced enduring civilizations. Bad ones are destroyed. Examples?
Rome. Brutal, capricious, oppressive. Dead or converted to Christianity.
Aztecs, Mayan, Inca, Urapmin, Canaan. Human sacrifice and cannibalism. Dead civilizations.
Nabataeans. Gifted architects they embraced deception and theft into their culture. They no longer exist.
Third Reich. Horrible oppressors crushed in the bloodiest war in history.
And on the flip side:
Judaism. Began before Roman paganism it endures to this day.
Christianity. A patchwork of good and evil. When European kings oppress, war results. When America failed to exterminate slavery, civil war. When America prayed for deliverance from the crown and promised to end slavery focusing on the rights granted by the Creator and supported by Natural Law she prospered.
History is replete with examples.
These principles that stand the test of time and produce happiness are wisdom. Shortcuts are evil. Pragmatism and Utilitarianism are forever sold as shortcuts to happiness and prosperity. Paraphrasing:
Alinsky: Lying is okay if it’s for the common good.
Communism: Stealing is okay if it’s for the common good.
Nazism: Brutality is okay if it’s for the good of the race.
Progressivism: Brutality, lying, and stealing for the common good are okay if it’s dealt out in progressive bits the people can tolerate.
It’s all foolish and not surprising against Natural Law. What do you think “nature” or “the nature of man and the universe” has in store for the brutal, the thieves, and the liars?
But these things have gone on for so long! Where is the wisdom? Why don’t your “wise ones” crush the fools?
Perhaps it is wise to allow fools to prosper. . .for a time. To allow them every opportunity to listen to wisdom and change their ways without violence. Didn’t America have four score and seven years to rid ourselves of slavery? Wasn’t that long enough? Didn’t Rome have ample time to convert before they were sacked again and again? Didn’t the Hebrews have enough warning to come back to God before He honored their wishes to kick Him out of their lives and removed His protection from the Babylonians?
All in good time. Wisdom is patient.
Throughout history what “works” far more than Pragmatism or Utilitarianism is principle—is Natural Law. Especially if you’re in the long game. And we’re all in the long game. To assume you’re only in it for the short game. . .is foolish.