You did a good job. Too many people vote who are primarily one or two issue voters. We have a clueless society. The Democrats revel in keeping their base uninformed. That is not even debatable.
Public education brainwashes the young. Pop culture brainwashes the young adult. Media brainwash the adult.
We spent DECADES voting for “the lesser of two evils”...
Evil is still evil and sooner or later your “two evils” are gonna get together and figure out that together they are strong enough to pull off EXACTLY what we have been witnessing this year.
Someone earlier said to me it’s been going on since H Hoover. (See my tag line)
It is a beautiful post. I remember these things, too, and how far we have fallen.
I would say, not how did we get here - you have outlined that very well - the question is, why are we here?
According to the Bible this day was inevitable. “These things must take place,” said Jesus, “but the end is not yet.” [ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+24&version=NASB ]
God did send us a boat; his name is Jesus (”as it was in the days of Noah...”). May everyone reading these words get “in Christ” to save their souls from eternal death.
I guess a time of persecution before the rapture is coming. We ought to be preparing ourselves spiritually for that. Many will fall away, and will betray one another.
Stand firm in the faith, once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 1:3)!
This was coming eventually.Better it happen now then freedom slowly eroding.
THE GEORGIA RESULTS
SEND IN AN ARMY OF FED PROSECUTORS AND DO THIS
There were a series of fraudulent voting charges here. Were they enforced and corrected before this election took place ? If they weren’t is not a review called for ?
If the Georgia Secretary of State is in charge of voting he has the responsibility of enforcing the state’s regulations as to who votes. And eliminate those from voter lists who don’t qualify.
Assign prosecutors to investigate and Check if military actually voted. Identify remove and charge Illegals and state visitors known as snowbirds if they voted and their residency and citizenship does not qualify them .
Then while including any technical computer testemony go to the court and get these results tossed. Try and get it done SAP before the 20th
How’d we get here? Three words:
Hate, hate, hate.
It started with the vietnam war. Americans had 2 parents with 5 plus children. The children outnumbered the parents. When we got embroiled in the Vietnam conflict, there was no threat to our national existence. Our parents had to conscript us to fight it. We didn’t have a clear reason for going over there to fight an enemy which we didn’t even have a concept of. No desire to win.
Needless to say, the revolt was the children refusing to do as their parents told them. Never mind that it was wrong for our parents to tell us to go over there to kill and die for something they never articulated very well. It was the civil disobedience of our generation, the boomers, towards our forbears, the Great Generation, that led to the rise of liberalism. We questioned everything they told us finding our excuses to not obey the command to go over there to fight and possibly die.
Questions included why no war was declared, what right did we have to go tell other people how to live, why should we believe in God? It was existential. I remember being in high school and worrying about being drafted. After they ended it, I wanted nothing whatsoever to do with military service. I rooted for Jerry Brown to become President. I thought well of Carter and his folksy ways. It wasn’t until Iran that I became a Reagan supporter, and have voted Republican since. But I tell you what, among my peer group, it is extremely rare to find another Republican.
Great post.
What can I do? In the face of the coming storm, what constructive actions can we take to conserve what works and protect ourselves? Here are a few actionable solutions anyone can adopt at a personal or local level.
Find your tribe. Network, meet in person. Social media can’t censor what you say in private. This also helps you emotionally, since you’re meeting with people who support you instead of mistaking the digital lynch mobs for what matters.
Preserve conservative institutions like churches, schools and clubs. Fight social justice infiltration or pressure to submit to liberal political demands like, “you really need a BLM lecturer in here, you’ll be good if you throw up our political symbols”.
Educate. Teach your kids your values at an early age, by reading stories that share your values. Don’t let the kids go to drag queen story time or social justice story time. Protest if the school or daycare does this, or if you’re not able to do that, take your kid out and discuss the protest with other parents. Abilene Paradox – people wrongly think that the official dictate is what everyone agrees with because no one says anything against it.
Buy books that explain the conservative worldview and defend it like those by Dennis Prager. Buy books that explain why liberals and conservatives are different without demonizing them like Jonathan Haidt’s works. And start book clubs reading these books. Hello, tribe!
Fight any attempt to add social justice to codes of conduct. For example, the National Association of Realtors just implemented a policy where you can be fined or expelled for “hate speech”, public or private. Other organizations have weaker versions of this, but expect it to ramp up.
Law, medicine and social work already have rules regarding this, equating trust and respect and empathy to liberal values - so you can’t get licensed if you don’t agree. Fight this, if you don’t want to be kicked out of professional organizations if you don’t pass the liberal political litmus test.
Hire conservatives, because businesses are firing them. Assist those who have been fired for their beliefs.
2ndvote.com allows you to find conservative and neutral businesses that share your values.
You can even sort by category (restaurants, groceries, hardware, retail) or values (pro-life, 2nd amendment).
Do you like the local or national conservative talk show hosts? Buy the stuff they’re hawking, and especially use the reference or discount codes they provide. This will tell sponsors that this sponsorship is financially important to them. And that helps keep these shows on the air.
Clean your room. Sort yourself out. You can’t fix the world, but you can improve your own life and situation. Read Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University books. Get out of debt. Save up an emergency fund. If Biden’s cronies crash the economy, you’re in a much better situation. And you’re in a Christian group that can be the start of your tribe, or you can arrange classes at your church or with your networking groups to bring everyone closer together.
Encourage Sanctuary Cities/Sanctuary States on any issue you support. Second Amendment sanctuaries already exist. Pro-life Sanctuaries are far fewer but could spread. Support the groups that got these policies passed, and encourage such movements in your area. You may not be able to change federal tax and immigration policy, but you can try to preserve free speech if someone can implement a First Amendment Sanctuary law at a state level.
Use the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) college rankings on free speech to determine the least liberal schools in your area to send your kids to.
Cell phone & Internet.
Think Tower of Babel.