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No mercy in collectivism
American Thinker ^ | 6 Mar, 2021 | Bruce W. Davidson

Posted on 03/06/2021 4:56:42 AM PST by MtnClimber

....In our own time, collectivist regimes do not grant individuals much consideration. In Nazi Germany, a Jew was treated as a Jew, regardless of his own personal actions, and in Soviet Russia, a class enemy often suffered the punishment due his class status in brutal imprisonment or death. In North Korea, even the grandchildren of those who defected or fought the communists in the Korean War are looked upon as part of a tainted, suspect group.

As a result of similar collectivist thinking, Americans these days frequently find their individuality eclipsed by the group identity assigned to them. Furthermore, the cost of offending a designated victim group is often instant condemnation and punishment without the possibility of self-defense. Nevertheless, even members of victim groups are not safe. Those considered traitors to their assigned collectives (often called "communities") — conservative blacks and women, for example — receive the worst treatment of all.

So it is truly pathetic to see people like ministers pleading for mercy before the Woke Court.

SNIP

Unlike Niijima, many modern American educators and journalists often do not seem to recognize people as individuals with significance. Were the journalists at CNN, The Washington Post, and other news outlets thinking of 16-year-old Nick Sandmann as an individual when they defamed him? Probably not — until he brought lawsuits against them. After all, he was only a white male and a Trump-supporter.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: communism

1 posted on 03/06/2021 4:56:42 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
A good read.

Thought crimes are about to become a serious thing, unfortunately.

2 posted on 03/06/2021 4:57:06 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Color ado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

America is Facing Full Communist Tyranny

Mar 4, 2021 / 41,426 views

Matt Bracken guest hosts The Alex Jones Show to break down the deteriorating state of citizens’ rights in America.

https://2020electioncenter.com/watch?id=60416aebceffc02cd17f8407


3 posted on 03/06/2021 5:05:16 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: MtnClimber; Travis McGee

^ and BE PREPARED

be prepared to be UNCIVILIZED toward the UNCIVIL

Civilization

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

The precondition of a civilized society is the barring of physical force from social relationships—thus establishing the principle that if men wish to deal with one another, they may do so only by means of reason: by discussion, persuasion and voluntary, uncoerced agreement.

The necessary consequence of man’s right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use.

Ayn Rand


4 posted on 03/06/2021 6:47:24 AM PST by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: PGalt

It does seem like we are living in “Atlas Shrugged”!


5 posted on 03/06/2021 7:11:49 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Color ado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Who is Donald John Galt?


6 posted on 03/06/2021 7:37:26 AM PST by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: MtnClimber

Sheesh it’s been 9 years...

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2853012/posts?page=751

R.I.P. Andrew


7 posted on 03/06/2021 7:39:27 AM PST by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: PGalt

It has been a long time since Andrew died.


8 posted on 03/06/2021 7:42:09 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Color ado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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