Posted on 03/12/2023 12:31:56 PM PDT by george76
We have three parties now. 1 The Republcrat Liberals (The majority) 2. The Trumpocratic Populist Party, 3. and the Nut case fringe party of the Libertarian Vegans zero Party types.
Ask yourself—if the shooting starts, what party will you fight for? What party are you willing to die for? What party is best for America? One favors the way things are, the other the way things might be.
Here, learning in the western sense is needless and dangerous.
The mind must be made servile through demands of excessive obedience.
Excessive obedience supposes ignorance in the person that obeys, for he has no occasion to doubt or to reason. All he must do is follow the will of the despot.
Despotic education strikes the heart with fear and imprints the understanding of a few simple notions turned toward support of the state.
OTOH, Republican education lifts the heart as well as mind.
Virtue, which Montesquieu defines as “love of country” permits men to promote public prosperity, peace of mind, and independence. Love of country translates into love of laws; such love requires a constant preference of public over private interest.
Love of country is the source of all private virtues; for they are nothing more than this very preference itself.
Such love is peculiar to republics. In these alone the government is entrusted to private citizens. In this sense, republican government is like any other earthly creation or possession; in order to preserve it, we must love it.
Bkmk
and there’s the Rat indoctrination that “Climate Change” is a real threat, and that gender dysphoria, real or imaginary, is something to be aggressively advanced on children — without parental knowledge.
The Country has a nasty Rat infestation.
Educated public? Losing battle. Half the nitwits breathing oxygen in this country don’t even know how many stars there are in our Flag. Europeans jniw more about our history and system of government than democrats.
They certainly are! They need an electorate ignorant and dependent. Why else the wide open borders, basically importing a new voter base. And drug legalization - people are much easier to rule when they're drugged.
SPOT ON! Most of the country is easily misled, deceived and fooled, but they will never admit it. The truth is too painful to acknowledge.
bingo.
Who wants to admit they’ve been deceived?
Its a shame that the country has forgotten and/or ignored the folksy wisdom of Twain and others. They left us a treasure trove of lessons to live by. Unfortunately, our “centers of education” don’t teach that; they’re too busy indoctrinating people in Leftist dogma.
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