Posted on 07/31/2013 1:49:22 PM PDT by Ohioan
Egalitarian rhetoric, once largely confined to revolutionary movements, such as French Jacobins & Marxist Communists, now appears accepted by many in the political & social mainstream. Thus, there is scarcely a ripple among affluent viewers when major "Liberal" broadcast media air programs discussing the "need" & methods to "narrow a gap between the rich & poor," despite the unspoken, yet obvious, implications. Thus a former American President, who claimed to be a "Compassionate Conservative," voiced a similar objective, with scarce notice in a generally hostile media, which had no problem in mislabeling him & the like-minded, as "right wing."
The true implications of such a goal are not, of course, the claimed altruistic pursuit of "social justice" or a fairer allocation of resources. They are the traditional Socialist & Communist mantra that those who succeed do so, in large measure, by exploiting those who fail--an ongoing slander, not only against the affluent of this generation, but against much that is noble in human history. The Leftist mantra depends not upon individual cases, where someone may indeed have taken unfair advantage of another--a situation subject to case by case judicial resolution--but upon a presumption that all classes of persons possess basically similar aptitudes for success.
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” Why is all this important today? Because President Obama has once again embraced the Jacobin, Marxist, Bolshevik & Nazi, Blame & Envy Cocktail. In his campaign addresses, he blames identified economic classes or economic interest groups for America’s problems; always playing upon envy & resentment; ever appealing to the covetousness of those most susceptible to the demagogues’ cocktail. Will it all end badly? Do we have a Jacobin, Marxist, Communist or Nazi era in our future?
Mankind has seen this game before. No, the Marxist view of historic inevitability is philosophically idiotic. But the formula has worked to create horror in other nations. Already the vicious attempts by Administration demagogues, to falsely blame traditional American social institutions for the problems of racial minorities, is inciting sporadic acts of violence—with multiplying threats of more to come. This is how it starts. In the Jacobin, Bolshevik & Nazi examples, we know the consequences. They are never limited to the scapegoats. “
Fine piece of writing. All of it!
Thanks.
” The Nazi Revolution, achieved by the exploitation of an artificially contrived crisis, following an election triumph that made Hitler’s Socialists with over 40%, the largest party in Germany”
” A crisis is a terrible thing to waste”
Rahm Immanuel
And in all that time, I have encountered very, very few, on the Left, who showed any comprehension of dynamic analysis. They almost all, see a very selective reality--and that only from a still-life perspective. It is like they are watching a slide show, with each shot taken from a very carefully selected perspective, which shows only those things which suit their preconceived purpose.
” I have been fighting the Leftist attack on civilization, reality & the American future, since I matriculated at a Left leaning college in the 1950s. “
Yeah, Oberlin. My brother taught there for a few years.
It was music history, though.
Since my brother is a staunch conservative, it must have been pure hell for him : )
Fantastic quote — I love the comparison to ants!
Michelle Malkin is also an Oberlin grad, who resisted the indoctrination.
If your brother is interested in the present developments, from our perspective, at Oberlin, send me his email, privately.
Egalitarianism stifles every thing that is decent; every thing that offers uplift; every thing that intrigues or fascinates the imagination; everything that inspires decent endeavor; that promotes our better natures. (For a graphic example, look at what cultish Feminism's war on femininity has done to chivalry!)
” Michelle Malkin is also an Oberlin grad, who resisted the indoctrination. “
Malkin is one of my favorites. I always read what she writes
Steyn also. Many of the so called conservative writers are either boring, or not very conservative to begin with.
I will check with my brother. He is overseas this summer.
Yes. Michelle shows more mettle than a great many of our male Conservative writers, who walk on eggs—as it were—over certain issues. You cannot let the Left create artificial taboos, and expect to turn the tide. It is ever the case that the issues on which they are most vulnerable are the ones on which they hiss the loudest. (”Hiss,” since Eve listened to the original Obama type demagogue, is often the best operative verb for the articulation of Leftist thought. Although Obama, like Hitler, personally prefers the iteration of the declaimed slogan.)
” Yes. Michelle shows more mettle than a great many of our male Conservative writers, who walk on eggs—as it were—over certain issues. You cannot let the Left create artificial taboos, and expect to turn the tide.”
Sadly, there are only a handful of conservative writers who have enough nerve to actually fight for an issue, or cause. Malkin is one of them.
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