Political Rant
8 May 2004 03:20![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ravendisplayedI didn't write this, but I thought that some of you might like it. I know _I_ did.
Famous evil geniuses like Julius Caesar and Adolph Hitler understood that the easiest way to win a war was not to fight one - not physically, anyway. These men understood that the most efficient way to dominate a people is to make them believe there are no other realistic alternatives, or, better yet, to define what is reality itself. Caesar captured Gaul by inciting civil war between the Celtic tribes who inhabited the area, encouraging them to attack and annihilate one another to the point of total exhaustion. This allowed the future emperor to march in to Gaul not only a hero, but a savior as well. Through his divide and conquer techniques, Caesar portrayed himself to be the only assurance of peace, and through this campaign of propaganda, controlled much of the world. An aspiring 20th century dictator named Adolph Hitler patterned his future empire along similar lines. Hitler obsessed on the idea of racial purity, and inspired racial and religious hatred to such a degree that an estimated 6 million people were murdered in concentration camps, many from the hands of their fellow countrymen. While isolating Jews, Communists, and “enemies of the State” as dangerous and treasonous elements of society, Hitler quickly eliminated the German (and several other European) people of basic rights of free speech, religious freedoms, and privacy. Then the dictator quickly eliminated all opposition to his regime via gas chambers and concentration camps…all in the name of national security. By such masterful use of propaganda, Caesar and Hitler narrowly defined the problems of society while simultaneously portraying themselves as the only possible solutions, allowing both tyrants to win the first and most important fight of any war: the battle for the minds of the people. Through the same basic tactics, both men gained absolute control over their respective societies. Unfortunately, these tactics of control haven’t been relegated to a dusty history book…they continue to rage around those of us in America today.
The American culture of today is being assaulted along the same lines that Caesar and Hitler used long ago, and Americans are falling prey to such tactics in growing numbers with every passing hour. We are truly a divided people, who agree or disagree along party, ethnic, racial and religious lines. Much like the priests of centuries past, no decision can be made without first consulting our appointed political or social “leaders”. We take sides with differing factions within our country, arguing about single issues that are presented to us and whose sole purpose is to divide us into isolated groups. Instead of meaningful debate about the future of our nation, we receive only distractions. We thirst for truth, meaning, and freedom, but instead find ourselves wandering through the desert of distraction and confusion. We seek leaders, but only receive figureheads. We have ceased being Americans. We are conservatives or liberals. We are environmentalists or corporate interests, Catholics or Protestants, hawks or doves, black or white. The people of America are divided among many lines, ultimately under the confines of a system of right and left. Much like the German people of the 1930s, we are isolated from clear perspective. Much like the beleaguered Celts, we are so distracted by civil war of right and left, we aren’t aware of our country vanishing before our eyes. The truth is, there is no right or left.
The party bosses and ardent followers would have you believe otherwise. They would have you believe that right is whatever particular party they belong to, and wrong is the political opposition. This might be true if the “sides” of today were genuine. Instead, both parties and most mainstream organizations funnel into the same end result: total control. While the left and right bicker publicly on “hot topics," the end result is the same, regardless of who is President, or who is in control of Congress. Less freedoms for individuals, less sovereignty for nations, and the over extension of our military. It’s been said that if you don’t like what the Republicans are doing, vote for the Democrats, and if you don’t like what Democrats are doing, vote Republican. It’s set up like a game. I have my favorite team, and you have yours. I’ll back my team no matter what, just as long as your team doesn’t win. The problem is, both teams are full of scandalous figures who are so busy selling you and I out for their own personal gain, they have no time or desire to help our country in this time of need. While we Americans are busy cheering our favorite politicos and jeering our least favorites, both sides are pursuing the policy of the destruction of America.
How often have we seen the “selfless” supporters of human rights and equality from the Democratic Party speak out against prejudice and hatred, only to support and pass hate crime laws that protect certain types of people more than others? Of course we must stop the mean “hate criminals” from verbalizing their dislike for others, so we’ll make “hate speech” illegal too. The end result is actually an increased hostility for the “protected” group, while the people as a whole lose freedom of speech and thought. So we get inequality and thought control in the name of freedom. That doesn’t sound so good. Think this is an anomaly of Democratic thought? Let’s go back a few years to then Secretary of State Madeline Albright, who, after supporting sanctions of Iraq under Bill Clinton, was told that nearly half a million children had died. Her answer? It was “worth it”. This kind of brazen disregard for human life seems more suited for a Dr. Goebbels speech at a Nuremberg rally, but instead was a key platform of the Clinton administration, darlings of the left.
Well, the truth must rest with the guardians of justice and “protectors” of America, right? The Republican Party. Why is it that the current administration, the group that promised and prided themselves on a platform of strong national defense, has allowed the security of our borders to deteriorate completely while we play worldwide war games? Why is it that farmers of the Southwest border must now form militia groups to protect their lives and property from desperate and starving illegal immigrants? How can we have the capabilities to attack (and defeat) Iraq, half a world away, but can’t muster enough forces to defend our own borders? This policy only punishes the millions of legal immigrants that have waited years for the privilege of living here, allows potential terrorists into the country, and should sound alarms to those who belong to the party of Reagan. Wasn’t it he who said that a country without borders isn’t really a country at all? How is it that the promise for a stronger, more secure nation results in a nation teetering on the edge of destruction? These questions will never be answered on Rush Limbaugh’s show, or by CNN/FOX NEWS’ gang of allegedly conservative talk show hosts, darlings of the right.
Some might say that this is the way it’s always been, that politicians say one thing and do another. Perhaps that was true fifty years ago, but when the observant person looks at the end results of all these promises and lies, the picture becomes much more clear and frightening. We are being sold out. We are being transformed into a society of complete control, where those at the top completely dominate and enslave those below them. Americans are being herded into pens like cattle. Why? Because of the phony left-right paradigm that mentally enslaves us all.
Famous evil geniuses like Julius Caesar and Adolph Hitler understood that the easiest way to win a war was not to fight one - not physically, anyway. These men understood that the most efficient way to dominate a people is to make them believe there are no other realistic alternatives, or, better yet, to define what is reality itself. Caesar captured Gaul by inciting civil war between the Celtic tribes who inhabited the area, encouraging them to attack and annihilate one another to the point of total exhaustion. This allowed the future emperor to march in to Gaul not only a hero, but a savior as well. Through his divide and conquer techniques, Caesar portrayed himself to be the only assurance of peace, and through this campaign of propaganda, controlled much of the world. An aspiring 20th century dictator named Adolph Hitler patterned his future empire along similar lines. Hitler obsessed on the idea of racial purity, and inspired racial and religious hatred to such a degree that an estimated 6 million people were murdered in concentration camps, many from the hands of their fellow countrymen. While isolating Jews, Communists, and “enemies of the State” as dangerous and treasonous elements of society, Hitler quickly eliminated the German (and several other European) people of basic rights of free speech, religious freedoms, and privacy. Then the dictator quickly eliminated all opposition to his regime via gas chambers and concentration camps…all in the name of national security. By such masterful use of propaganda, Caesar and Hitler narrowly defined the problems of society while simultaneously portraying themselves as the only possible solutions, allowing both tyrants to win the first and most important fight of any war: the battle for the minds of the people. Through the same basic tactics, both men gained absolute control over their respective societies. Unfortunately, these tactics of control haven’t been relegated to a dusty history book…they continue to rage around those of us in America today.
The American culture of today is being assaulted along the same lines that Caesar and Hitler used long ago, and Americans are falling prey to such tactics in growing numbers with every passing hour. We are truly a divided people, who agree or disagree along party, ethnic, racial and religious lines. Much like the priests of centuries past, no decision can be made without first consulting our appointed political or social “leaders”. We take sides with differing factions within our country, arguing about single issues that are presented to us and whose sole purpose is to divide us into isolated groups. Instead of meaningful debate about the future of our nation, we receive only distractions. We thirst for truth, meaning, and freedom, but instead find ourselves wandering through the desert of distraction and confusion. We seek leaders, but only receive figureheads. We have ceased being Americans. We are conservatives or liberals. We are environmentalists or corporate interests, Catholics or Protestants, hawks or doves, black or white. The people of America are divided among many lines, ultimately under the confines of a system of right and left. Much like the German people of the 1930s, we are isolated from clear perspective. Much like the beleaguered Celts, we are so distracted by civil war of right and left, we aren’t aware of our country vanishing before our eyes. The truth is, there is no right or left.
The party bosses and ardent followers would have you believe otherwise. They would have you believe that right is whatever particular party they belong to, and wrong is the political opposition. This might be true if the “sides” of today were genuine. Instead, both parties and most mainstream organizations funnel into the same end result: total control. While the left and right bicker publicly on “hot topics," the end result is the same, regardless of who is President, or who is in control of Congress. Less freedoms for individuals, less sovereignty for nations, and the over extension of our military. It’s been said that if you don’t like what the Republicans are doing, vote for the Democrats, and if you don’t like what Democrats are doing, vote Republican. It’s set up like a game. I have my favorite team, and you have yours. I’ll back my team no matter what, just as long as your team doesn’t win. The problem is, both teams are full of scandalous figures who are so busy selling you and I out for their own personal gain, they have no time or desire to help our country in this time of need. While we Americans are busy cheering our favorite politicos and jeering our least favorites, both sides are pursuing the policy of the destruction of America.
How often have we seen the “selfless” supporters of human rights and equality from the Democratic Party speak out against prejudice and hatred, only to support and pass hate crime laws that protect certain types of people more than others? Of course we must stop the mean “hate criminals” from verbalizing their dislike for others, so we’ll make “hate speech” illegal too. The end result is actually an increased hostility for the “protected” group, while the people as a whole lose freedom of speech and thought. So we get inequality and thought control in the name of freedom. That doesn’t sound so good. Think this is an anomaly of Democratic thought? Let’s go back a few years to then Secretary of State Madeline Albright, who, after supporting sanctions of Iraq under Bill Clinton, was told that nearly half a million children had died. Her answer? It was “worth it”. This kind of brazen disregard for human life seems more suited for a Dr. Goebbels speech at a Nuremberg rally, but instead was a key platform of the Clinton administration, darlings of the left.
Well, the truth must rest with the guardians of justice and “protectors” of America, right? The Republican Party. Why is it that the current administration, the group that promised and prided themselves on a platform of strong national defense, has allowed the security of our borders to deteriorate completely while we play worldwide war games? Why is it that farmers of the Southwest border must now form militia groups to protect their lives and property from desperate and starving illegal immigrants? How can we have the capabilities to attack (and defeat) Iraq, half a world away, but can’t muster enough forces to defend our own borders? This policy only punishes the millions of legal immigrants that have waited years for the privilege of living here, allows potential terrorists into the country, and should sound alarms to those who belong to the party of Reagan. Wasn’t it he who said that a country without borders isn’t really a country at all? How is it that the promise for a stronger, more secure nation results in a nation teetering on the edge of destruction? These questions will never be answered on Rush Limbaugh’s show, or by CNN/FOX NEWS’ gang of allegedly conservative talk show hosts, darlings of the right.
Some might say that this is the way it’s always been, that politicians say one thing and do another. Perhaps that was true fifty years ago, but when the observant person looks at the end results of all these promises and lies, the picture becomes much more clear and frightening. We are being sold out. We are being transformed into a society of complete control, where those at the top completely dominate and enslave those below them. Americans are being herded into pens like cattle. Why? Because of the phony left-right paradigm that mentally enslaves us all.