To your point about trade apprenticeships and military service: Many of my clients are car dealerships. They are some of the most desegregated places in our society. If you have figured out how to create wealth, you are welcomed, regardless of race, nationality, creed, gender, orientation or educational background. Surely Washington would have appreciated that.

If modern schools and bureaucracies oppose the classical renewal, perhaps enlightened private employers are our best bet. My dream is for businesses to offer the Western Tradition as part of on-the-job training. (Which better encourages empathy: a one-off video, or discussing Priam appealing to Achilles for his son’s body?) Employers are desperate for staff who can actually THINK. Employees are desperate for meaning. What the Renaissance offers helps everyone.