Oh thank goodness, it's been sometime since I've had an excuse to invoke Nathan Bedford's first maxim of American politics:
all politics in America is not local but ultimately racial. Obama succeeded, as you rightly pointed out, in getting away with that which no Republican could hope to accomplish and probably few Democrats could accomplish, because he is in effect not black but Teflon, or better, he is Teflon because he is black.
The media is a pure creation of our educational system and that is producing a groupthink which not just accepts but imposes the Black Lives Matter bigotry on those over whom it has power and influence. America's original sin, slavery compounded by Jim Crow, has provided a historical rationale for leftists to seek and wield power, often corruptly, because they believe we are racists and they are not. Once that fundamental assumption is made, any excess in the exercise of power by the racially righteous must be excused.
So it is that Barack Obama despises the American system because it is a racist system. He can throw out the Constitution, he can discount the sacrifices of the Civil War, he can dismiss the civil rights struggle, he can see the world through the prism of Marxist class analysis, he can rule as an autocrat because he has moral right on his side because he is against the racists.
Once this assumption is made and shared by the products of our educational establishment who go on to staff the media, all of the things we conservatives hold dear are in jeopardy. Our arguments of conscience and reason and elemental justice avail nothing against this mindset. In this atmosphere the black power structure delivers its constituents wholesale to the Democratic Party and that is tolerated by the media because of the mindset.
If there are distortions in the economy, and no doubt there are, we are handcuffed by the establishment who win election after election with the support of the media and the wholesale support of African-Americans. To attack the structure is a dog whistle because it is also at some level to attack African-Americans. Both therefore becoming inviolate.
I am tempted to say that it is not economics which drive this mindset as a rationalization for exploitation by an elite but this mindset has simply been adopted as cover by a corrupt Democrat/elitist power center. Although the corruption of the Democratic Party in its cronyism is certainly contrary to its Marxist analysis, history shows that it is inevitable when the left gets power. Cronyism, corruption and elitism are the always the handmaidens of the left.
But I'm not making a chicken or egg argument here, I am simply saying that the edifice which surrounds and protects the leftist, crony establishment is as firmly entrenched as racial politics in America. One cannot be understood without the other.
The media is a pure creation of our educational system and that is producing a groupthink which not just accepts but imposes the Black Lives Matter bigotry on those over whom it has power and influence. America's original sin, slavery compounded by Jim Crow, has provided a historical rationale for leftists to seek and wield power, often corruptly, because they believe we are racists and they are not. Recently, I have been pondering along these very lines myself. I perceive much of the media's obsession with race traces back to the Civil War. The puritan based moralism of that region simply wants to continue condemning the people whom they fought in the Civil war, and they do this through the proxy of "race." Whenever anyone mentions "racists", their mental picture is always one of Southern White people whom their biased history has decreed it is acceptable to malign.
The Propaganda of that war, which seems to have actually been fought over economics, is still resonating in the hearts of the "holier than thou" types of today. They are still fighting the propaganda war in the North East, because they still want to justify what they did. (and also hang on to power.)
Once that fundamental assumption is made, any excess in the exercise of power by the racially righteous must be excused.
This sort of behavior used to be called "Waving the Bloody Shirt." That is exactly what they are doing. They think by pointing the finger at others for violating what they now regard as the supreme morality, they will be elevated politically and thereby be given control of the government in which to force their will on others.
The dupes look at this as a moral issue, the canny look at it as a power issue. I think it has always been thus, at least for so long as just prior to the Civil War. In 1861, the economic powers used the moralist passions to build political support for what they needed to do, and they were very successful at it.
I used to think the 24th amendment was passed because it was the right thing to do. The premise is that racist Southerners were keeping black people from voting because they were racist, and the law needed to be changed to stop them from doing this.
Over the last several years I have now realized that the 24th amendment was a bait and switch as well as a cynical grab for political power. Northeastern Liberals perceived that they could pick up 10 million votes or so if they could just get rid of that "Paying taxes" obstacle. They made most of the propaganda about "Poll Taxes", but the concentrated core of the 24th amendment is in the last three words; "Or other tax."
Northeastern Liberals, (Who in those days were "Rockefeller Republicans") expected to pick up a huge political windfall by enfranchising all these non-taxpayers to vote, and they would have done so had Lyndon Johnson not outsmarted them.
So it is that Barack Obama despises the American system because it is a racist system. He can throw out the Constitution, he can discount the sacrifices of the Civil War, he can dismiss the civil rights struggle, he can see the world through the prism of Marxist class analysis, he can rule as an autocrat because he has moral right on his side because he is against the racists.
Exactly right. They justify every abuse they commit under the catch all premise that they have spent years building up to be the supreme moral authority; "Opposition to Racism." It worked in the Civil War, and they have been riding that horse ever since. It is in effect an Alinsky tactic. Since the nation is founded on Christian principles, they have exploited the Christian concept of "equality" and used it as a bludgeon against people who do not practice "equality" in violation of the Christian rule book. "Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules." That this was explicitly a Christian idea has long ago been forgotten and it is now accepted simply because it has social inertia in our culture.
Yes. They justify everything because they are the "moral authority" because they are anti-racism.
Once this assumption is made and shared by the products of our educational establishment who go on to staff the media, all of the things we conservatives hold dear are in jeopardy. Our arguments of conscience and reason and elemental justice avail nothing against this mindset. In this atmosphere the black power structure delivers its constituents wholesale to the Democratic Party and that is tolerated by the media because of the mindset.
The dupes think it is about morality. The canny know it is about power. It works because there are a lot of dupes and the canny know how to herd them in the direction they want them to go. Owning the media makes it possible.
If there are distortions in the economy, and no doubt there are, we are handcuffed by the establishment who win election after election with the support of the media and the wholesale support of African-Americans. To attack the structure is a dog whistle because it is also at some level to attack African-Americans. Both therefore becoming inviolate.
Make the enemy live up to his own book of rules. Now "anti-racism" has become the supreme moral authority which coincidentally keeps this same group of people (Boston-Washington corridor) in power.
I am tempted to say that it is not economics which drive this mindset as a rationalization for exploitation by an elite but this mindset has simply been adopted as cover by a corrupt Democrat/elitist power center.
It is *ALWAYS* about money. The "racism" propaganda is simply used to keep the same people in power so that they can continue to enrich themselves by benefiting from the government policies they create by being in power.
We know it is not actually about "racism" or even "feminism" because when someone who is black or female promotes *our* philosophy or issues, they immediately attack them mercilessly. (Clarence Thomas, Sarah Palin)
The people in control of the media are deliberate liars who keep using their power of voter manipulation to maintain their political power in the government, and it appears this has remained the case since just prior to the Civil War.
It's about "racism" when they say it is. "Racism" is just a tool they use to keep their power.
But I'm not making a chicken or egg argument here, I am simply saying that the edifice which surrounds and protects the leftist, crony establishment is as firmly entrenched as racial politics in America. One cannot be understood without the other. That is how it stands currently. When it no longer works, and it is becoming less and less effective because people are waking up, they will try other things, such as "gender" and "gender identity", but these won't work nearly so well as "racism."
We are still fighting the Civil War, and the players are still the same players. It has just shifted from combat of arms to war by propaganda, and they control the most effective tools of propaganda.
This is why they've been winning for so long.