“Atlas Shrugged” was a work of fiction which included the phrase “Who is John Galt?” which, in the novel, swept the nation and became a symbol of hopelessness in the face of an out-of-control government. Of course, it wasn’t true hopelessness because once people realized what it really meant, they knew they had the power to remove themselves from the system and “go Galt” by not participating.
For us, I think “Let’s Go Brandon” serves a similar function. We recognize that we are repressed and not able to speak the truth. But we realize what the phrase really means and we know that we do have the power to speak the truth. We’re on to them.
Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small.
In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better.
When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity.
To assent to obvious lies is in some small way to become evil oneself. One’s standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.
Theodore Dalrymple
For us, I think “Let’s Go Brandon” serves a similar function. We recognize that we are repressed and not able to speak the truth. But we realize what the phrase really means and we know that we do have the power to speak the truth. We’re on to them.
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Excellent post and comment!! Prayers that enough people are waking up!! 🇺🇸