Have you have wondered how mobs of French people would so gleefully cheer as the blade of the guillotine fell upon the necks of “enemies of the revolution” during the Reign of Terror? Or how ordinary Germans willingly turned in their Jewish neighbors to the Gestapo? Or how so many Russian workers and peasants would joyfully execute a blood revenge against the hated “bourgeoisie” and later the dangerous “kulaks.” Or how students would wave Mao’s Little Red Book as they donned the armbands of the Red Guards to throw their professors out the second floor windows of China’s universities during the Cultural Revolution?
Here we see the seeds of the same sort of Two Minutes Hate propaganda that all the tyrants from Robespierre to Che Guevara have used to turn one part of society against another. We hear it every day, in the lies of White Privilege, the envy of the Occupy Movement, the bitterness of radical Feminism, the delusion and fallacies of Global Warming, and the hate of resurgent Marxism. Gene Marks, the author of this piece (a fact the original poster was too lazy to include) appears to be a self hating, white, middle aged software guru who’s swallowed the bitter tonic of White Privilege and cries out to excoriate himself in throes of public self-flagellation.
The hipsters of the millennial age might stop to consider what happens as their waistline expands and their hairlines recedes. The next generation might be no kinder to them than they were to those who came before. The revolutionaries of the sixties advised only to “never trust anyone over thirty.” Be careful, Mr. Marks, for things can spin out of control when the Devil is set loose. The Gen-Xers might not like the fit when the shoe is placed upon the other foot. After all, the sharp edge of the guillotine’s cold steel cleaved the head of Robespierre from his body just as swiftly as it had Marie Antoinette’s.
Good points.
However, I inadvertently left off the author.
I sometimes forget to put in the link, or the date or whatever when I make posts. I usually catch it after it posts and immediately alert the moderator to add what I forgot to put in.
However, if I miss it, as in this case, I would hope people would let me know or send me a private message to let me know that I left out something ... and then I’ll alert the moderator to add the missing thing.
Thanks.
I think you made some excellent points about how people are turned against one another.