Posted on 03/07/2020 6:12:29 AM PST by bray
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24 KJV
What if the Marxists were to use their energy building this country up rather than tearing it down? What if all the Bernie Bros saw America as something good rather than evil? What would this country look like if they all worked together rather than tearing each other apart? What if they saw President Trump as the radical idea they are chasing and had positive energy together rather than hating each other?
Back in the 70s many of us believed Communism was a superior form of government and some like Bernie still do as do many of his older hippy followers. His younger ones are anarchists and only see his candidacy as an excuse to destroy property while the young ideologues are Communist wannabes. Then you have the radical Democrats who are Socialists wanting to live in Europe because it is so evolved compared to America which is why they believe you must tear it down.
For many of us who were Communists the eye opener was the question when the Berlin wall existed was if Communism is so wonderful why do they build walls to keep their people in while America builds them to keep people out? If an American wants to move to Russia or Cuba he can simply apply and bon voyage they are there, Hollywood are you listening? But, if you are in Russia or Cuba you will never get out even today let alone China or Vietnam.
Once you ask and answer that question then the next is why was Marxism invented if it needs be run by a dictator like Castro or Putin? Unlike the propaganda our brilliant movie stars tell us, people will not work for free, they need incentives just like the starlets being paid to remove their clothes for the camera, most won’t do it for free, they expect and deserve payment to show their goods. The same can be said for the guy who changes your tire and the doctor who works on your heart, they exchange their skills for some form of payment which is usually money.
Under Communism everyone is paid basically the same so the black markets form or some sort of gummit kickbacks where the Communist Party takes care of themselves and they become the wealthy through corruption but the workers get nothing. There is no incentive for the starlet to take off her clothes or the doctor to excel in his craft which is why they have no cinema or quality medicine as you see in China over a simple flu bug.
Marxism was formed to move a people from a Czar system to a democracy. Now Karl Marx envisioned a pure democracy with one man one vote which he did not realize the cities would become the masters of the country, but he saw it as a way to move to citizen rule. What some Communists realized in the late 70s and early 80s was Marx was trying to move towards America. Why do you need this dictator to move the country from a monarchy or Czar oppression to a democracy when you already have one? You can argue a Democratic Republic vs a pure democracy, but you already have self-rule so why not just embrace what you have and make it the best it can be rather than trying to start over?
The Bernies of the country want to tear it down and start over since it is a flawed country. Well, yes it is and so is every country which has man in charge. There is no perfect country just as there are no perfect people, we are all flawed and filled with sin. They will point to racism, sexism, homophobia and every other ism under the sun as proof this country is not deserving to exist, show one country which does not have any of those isms or hatred and then let’s talk.
Yes, America is a flawed country but it is the best one on the planet. Yes, capitalism is not fair however the country which includes around 10% of the population of the earth has more millionaires than the rest of the world combined. It also gives more charity than the rest of the world combined by a large margin, so why do you want to tear it down to be like the rest of the world combined?
What would happen if the Bernie followers or the Democrats were to unite behind this country rather than wanting to destroy it? What if they realized this country is the radical idea they think they are? What if they understood this is really where Karl Marx was wanting to take the world to and was his socialist utopia masked in capitalism? America is a radical idea and allows both self rule as well as self determination which is unheard of throughout histoir.
If you read Marx you will see this is where his not so radical idea was supposed to take you. What he never realized was you cannot have a revolutionary dictator and then expect the dictator to give up power. He was naïve in believing an all powerful man was going to turn over the reigns of power as well as the wealth to the people once he has that power. There is not one example of that happening which is why America is such a unique and radical idea.
After what the Democrat Party did to Bernie his boys should see what happens when a dictatorship takes over a country. This was the American version of a political execution, under a real communist dictatorship he would not be breathing. Bernie had the lightest taste of what President Trump has been going through for four years.
They are both threats to the establishment although coming from opposite sides of the spectrum. His followers should put down their socialist idealism and pull for the real radical in the race and support Trump. His pure capitalism is the real threat to the establishment as freedom is the real fear the biggest terror the world cabal has ever imagined. If those Bernie bros really opened their eyes they could make a difference in the world which would magnify any movement a Marxist like Bernie could ever imagine.
What would America look like if both sides were pulling together rather than apart? What if we put down the swords like xenophobia, Global Warming, veganism and virtue signaling and focused on making the best country which ever existed, better? What if we discussed these issues rather than screamed them from the hilltops like they were life and death and embraced freedom? What if we made America the shining city on the hill and making it the beacon of freedom or Forefathers imagined? What if we made that beacon so bright those lost in darkest China, Cuba, North Korea and Russia were blinded by it? What would America look like then?
Pray America really wakes
enough brayin
That is an impossible ‘what if’. Go talk to a leftist (i.e. A bernie bro which is just a leftist). They are so full of hate for themselves and others, they are only capable of destruction.
JoMa
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Great piece.
The Founding Fathers were wise. They created a limited government with multiple checks and balances, because they knew we are NOT united, and never will be. In such a large country, everyone will disagree on nearly everything.
Their idea was that all interests should be represented, and that they would have to hammer out some sort of compromise. A lot of government was pushed off to the states, because they are more likely to be able to come to an agreement on purely local issues.
Sheep and goats. Sheep will always be sheep and goats will always be goats.
Only Jesus knows for sure which are which.
Oh, and by the way, there are a lot more goats.
Nothing is impossible in America. What if they realized that Bernie is actually the establishment and Trump is the anti-establishment. That is what I wrote about.
Excellent piece. So sad that our educators have brainwashed half the population to become sheep.
It is amazing that Trump won at all with all the propaganda the other side uses?
The Magna Carta had limited the power of England's monarchy. The Enlightenment and the Protestant Reformation encouraged people to read and understand ideas.
This lead the Framers of our constitution to to understand that power corrupts. Observing the French Revolution taught them that Demos was a fickle god and power needed to be checked. They designed our Republic. At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Franklin was queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation. In the notes of Dr. James McHenry, one of Maryland’s delegates to the Convention, a lady asked Dr. Franklin “Well Doctor what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” Franklin replied, “A republic ... if you can keep it.”
Note that the Framers didn't get everything right on the first try and they amended our Constitution. Note that two of the highest priorities were freedom of speech and the (divine) right to bear arms - to enable the people to keep our Republic.
To keep our Republic we need to remind our children and our neighbors of why we have a Republic. Remind them that a Republic protects individuals from the mob. We have graphic images from TV (e.g. LA riots) that show what mobs can do. Our goal is to get a listening ear from our friends and neighbors, not to win a debate.
We'll never know. To expect the Democrats to give up everything they stand for to join together with the Republicans to enact the conservative agenda is as idiotic as expecting the Republicans to give up everything they stand for just to join together with the Democrats to enact their liberal agenda. It isn't going to happen.
What will allow the two sides to work together is an ability to compromise. Right now compromise is a dirty word in Congress and there is no more interest in it among Republicans as there is among Democrats.
This isn’t directed at the establishment Dems, it is directed at the radicals who may look at a radical idea. Fact is we are both looking away from the establishment on both sides.
Well said and exactly the point.
Thank you LFofA, glad you liked it and appreciate your compliment.
And both are moving farther and farther away from the other. So how can you even talk about working together?
How can you not? Why be so stuck in the same old molds?
There are plenty of Dems who have left the DNC and more are leaving every day.
A firm grasp of reality?
Why be so stuck in the same old molds?
What Democrat stances would you sign on for supporting?
And there are whole lot of never-Trumpers. That doesn't mean that the never-Trumpers are willing to support Bernie's positions or that the DNC refugees are willing to support Trumps.
Perhaps you can give me this weeks lotto numbers. There are plenty of Dems looking at these two and wondering how they can agree with much of their nonsense.
I get you think it makes you smart to throw water on ideas, so what?
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