Posted on 08/25/2008 9:16:48 PM PDT by Brian_Baldwin
Eva Peron was called the Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina. She grew up in a province of Buenos Aires and then in the village of Pampas. Her father left the family, leaving the five children in a severe state of poverty. She then lived in the poorest areas. She then met Juan Peron, who had joined the Argentine Army, when after an earthquake in San Juan in which six thousand people were killed and Peron was raising money to aid the victims, Juan organized an artistic festival and fundraiser and Juan met Eva.
She came from humble means.
Of course, later Juan became the dictator of Argentina, and his wife Eva became the beloved Spiritual Leader of Argentina. She was stunning in her presentation. Her speeches to the common people. The people would have tears as they listened to her.
I remember when I first saw her photo and learned about her as a boy in school, as part of my study.
Even I fell in love with her. Her presence. Her speeches. To the common people. That was the theme. To the “shirtless ones”.
This is how dictatorships can happen. When politicians become spiritual leaders. The speeches. The common people. The shirtless ones.
She was called Evita. The Society of Beneficence and the charity work in Buenos Aires.
When she died, so many cried. Her funeral was a moment in history. Because we were all told how she worked so hard for female suffrage. She lead a personality cult for her husband and dictator Juan Peron. Juan was elevated by her to spiritual leader as well. By her. By the living Mother Mary. The Mother. Evita. The speeches. The common people. She came from the people. From the dark past, but now bright future. From the poor, but now working for all the people. Speeches.
Evita – she was the wife of the President.
Evita – “one of the most powerful women in history to date”, she passed legislation to give women the right to vote, foundations which created hospitals, gave to the poor, electricity and water.
Evita – “I want to give them, the shirtless ones, a new start in life” …
Anyone would love her.
Listen to her.
These were her words on December 5th, 1949, in the Hall of the Ministry of Labor and Welfare.
The “shirtless ones” or descamisados.
First of all we Argentines are immensely proud because our illustrious President has proclaimed the Rights of the Worker, which have been incorporated in the Perón Constitution – the epitome of justice – which cannot be considered as a mere addition to the Statute Book, but what they really are, something tangible which the then Colonel Perón was putting into effect from this very building.
In every single one of the rights comprised in the aforesaid Declaration, there is some point which signifies an action beneficial to human living conditions, not only as regards physical health but also concerning dwellings, education and in short, everything which tends to the elevation of the individual citizen, or improvement of his status.
It is my fervent desire that this Declaration of Rights, of which I repeat, we Argentines are justly proud, should some day be made effective for all workers throughout the whole world; and I say this because I love “the shirtless” of my own country with all my heart and I know that in every country, there are the same heartbeats, the same feelings, the same anxieties and the same hopes as among the Argentine workers.
Our president has declared that the only privileged persons in our country are the children. Childhood was being neglected form every point of view. Government Departments have diligently studies this problem throughout the whole of the vast territory of the Republic. The Social Aid Fund, for its part, has commenced the construction of a Children’s Polyclinic, with 1,000 beds, with all the most modern equipment, as well as an Institution for new born infants, also with a capacity of 1,000 and equipped with all the most up to date appliances, including furthermore a section for contagious diseases with 500 beds. I believe that the Fund will be collaborating efficiently with the Government of General Perón when it hands over 2,500 hospital beds for children for the use of the population of the city of Buenos Aires.
As regards the aged, the Social Aid Fund was the first to raise its voice and proclaim that no country is great if it does not start out by protecting and respecting its aged folks; that no country can be great if it does not render assistance to those who have given their all for their country and who, in their declining years, find themselves obliged to appeal to their brethren for assistance.
We, the Argentines of today and tomorrow, owe it to “the shirtless” of that historical revolution of October 1945, that this country could be converted into a country of social justice economically free and politically sovereign. That is why the Social Aid Fund is directing all its actions towards “the shirtless,” not as almsgiving or charity, but as pure justice, something well earned and which has been denied to them for so long.
Perón believes that the greatness and the prosperity of the Country is founded on the work and the well being of the people. When the Peronist Movement as achieved its ends…and it is taking gigantic steps in that direction…it will succeed in freeing man from a state of need, from fear and from uncertainty, so that each man will be the ruler of his own destiny. Poverty will vanish, everyone will have employment and provision will be made to guard against destitution. Perón’s mission will be fulfilled when he has performed the colossal task he has set himself to do, and when this is accomplished, neither the Social Aid Fund nor our assistance will be any longer necessary. But each institution in whatever part of the country it may be, will remain as a flag nailed to the mast, the symbol of an ear of fairplay and a humanitarian spirit, which will set an example to all the other countries of the world. And we Argentines will have fully lived up to the tenets of the Peronist Doctrine when every Argentine citizen does not feel himself to more than he really is, nor less than what he might have been. …
And so she spoke on. She was loved, in her words.
This is how dictatorships come about. And they always start by becoming a spiritual movement. Albeit political spiritualism.
And that is what I see in Obama and his wife.
At least, that is my concern.
I look into the body of DNC Convention tonight.
I think that their election, would not be a very good idea for America.
It is spiritual politics. Themes. And typical of history. Of the mistakes made in history.
I don't think I want to see America make this mistake. Even if the mistake was not on the level of a Juan Peron.
Or an Evita.
Better, just not to even go there.
She wasn’t the first with that oratory gift which leads the masses into mistakes, she won’t be the last. HRC tries, Michelle can’t compete. BHO has his moments with the teleprompter, but the spirit that commands a nation isn’t there.
However, they have many, many minions.
Very good post...thank you.
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