Greatest, please read the entire essay. You will quickly see that the Rav was addressing how to create Torah Jewry in an America which is vastly different from pre WWII Europe. His view of things is as true today as it was when he gave that address to the Mizrachi in the 1960’s. In it the Rav zt”l rejected the rejectionish of contemporary Chareidim and explains why he rejects it, both on Torah and practical grounds. The quote upon which you rely is taken totally out of context. Whn sying those words, the Rav zt”l was speaking of a theoretical utopia, one which he quickly dismissed as untenable and unworkable (consider the current implosion of Chareidi society, mainly the lack of funds for kollelim, the backbone of the society, and you’ll understand how precient he was). A littlte intellectual honesty goes a long way.
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