Posted on 08/24/2002 12:46:40 PM PDT by doug from upland
Well............after looking at your lengthy list of signs these droolers were carrying, may I recommend you do something to the tune of "Signs" by Five Man Electrical Band (redone acoustically by Tesla)??
How about some nice bullet jewelry BALLISTIC JEWELRY
Problem I see with them is the lack of work ethic. They want a pure pristine paradise, but they want someone to provide it for them. There is none of the pioneer ethic that was determined to make a better life for themselves. Rather they seem to want to schmooze and socalize in the temple and play the role of the priestly caste, but somehow think that their tofu and granola and vegan dietary needs should just magically appear on their table at the appropriate time, and do that somehow without exploiting anyone into doing the work. Same with the clothes on their back, their shelter, and their transportation needs.
Question is, who would provide all that? Who is going to do the WORK, the actual hand labor, to provide these free goods? No one. Certainly not them, no no no, that is YOUR job, and MY job, but not THEIR job. The members of the New Enlightenment are above all that, it is up to us evil conservatives to provide all these good things for them and take care of their physical needs.
And that is OK you see, because we don't believe in the dogma, we don't have religion. It is you see OK to exploit someone who doesn't have the same social values as you. Of course, how is that any different than the attitude of the European colonists that they so ferociously hate?
Oh but you see, our morality is so much superior to theirs, and that makes everything all right. Forget that they are the ones who denounce any idea of religous or moral superiority or absolutism.
Of course we all know that they would not tolerate us in society, we would be imprisoned or killed. Then once everyone left is of their like mind, then who will provide their sustenance? No one. Then of course they will have to force morality and work ethic at the point of the gun, but they will have to shift their moral code to do it.
The problem is, then we are right back to square one, govt oppression of the people, exploitation, authortarian control, and a complete lack of individual expression....much worse off than what we have now and certainly not tolerant or diverse. Technology won't solve their problem, as most of the New Elite are against any new technology. What then, anarchy? A series of local warlords in exchange for one big national one? Or are we just all supposed to mentally and cosmically converge into some Universal Harmonic Global Lovefest where we all think as one giant (Borg) collective?
And ultimately that is where it all comes back to. When they say 'power to the people' they really mean 'power to my force my morality on others.' When they say they want freedom, they really just want THEIR freedom, freedom from having to provide for themselves, and shoving it off on someone else. It is pure selfish motivation to gain power and control for their own personal benefit. It is utopian society based on their personal or group set of values, hell be damned for anyone who has a different set of values.
They have gotten away with it because of their standard Marxist tact of forcing morality on others by saying you are trying to prevent others from forcing their morality on everyone else. By looking like the Messiah coming to save us all, we never question just what will occur afterwards once they do so. Well, we found out in the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and Cambodia. And now we are finding out here.
Problem is here, people are used to freedom. Question is how far can they go before people start balking. I think recent events such as the tax battle in Tennessee have shown that that is already happening. Now we just have to expose the stealth stuff like the enviro movement and Smart Growth. If we can do that, then these people's days are numbered.
I use Bartcop as a purgative.
We are fighting the enviros here in Iowa, our little group of activists here fighting them are trying to figure them out and find their cracks. They really camouflage themselves pretty well behind all their roses and peaches rhetoric of how they are trying to create a better world.
The guy with the peace through anarchy sign really was clueless. He couldn't understand why government and police were necessary.Unfortunately, there are plenty of people on Free Republic who seem to feel the same way, equating anarchy with liberty.
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