Oh, the greatest country on Earth, the inimitable United States, the promised land, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty! Oh yes. Your bosom swells, you feel the opportunities abound and if you have ever visited another country you have a testimony of just how good the majority of Americans have it.
Our nature is to share good things when we find them. We will share good food, fine books, fun games, curious websites, the gospel . . . anything that brings us a lasting happiness. From this avenue of thought we conclude that we would want to share our country, too.
First, I'm going to give you the bleeding heart. It's a pitch that works because most of us are able to feel empathy.
Aziz and his family live in Syria. We all know Syria. It's an awful and wartorn, brutalized country suffering from a civil war where we don't want either side winning because they're both bloodthirsty zealots with nothing but the worst in mind for a country that would be pivotal in a global conflict. The fighting there is worse than we are told, it's worse than we've experienced, and it's worse than we can imagine.
Aziz is a refugee. He lives in a squalid camp among thousands of people in a similar situation. They are all dependent on the charity of international organizations, and the aid of international workers and few of these people and organizations actually care. And if they do care, they can't do it for long because it's too costly on them personally. It isn't long before Aziz and his family become just another face in the crowd.
His wife is ill and she cannot get the care she needs, his kids are too skinny and malnourished. Well then why in the world are they suffering like this when across two seas is the land of plenty? Where mom can get her treatment, and the kids can eat, and we can save these wretched refugees? Why? Bring them in by the boatload! Let's save them!
Are you moved? Motivated? Can you see past your feelings, or do you just want to get them over here so they can be saved? It's easy to declare but where are you? Just voting, or are you physically participating?
Now I am going to give you the conservative approach. It is a pitch that requires you to think past your emotions, and your anger, and your sense of justice because that is required, and will always be required to make good decisions.
The plight of Aziz is heartbreaking, and if it's in our power to do something then we are obligated to do something. In his country and by virtue of his government, culture, and religion his morals, values, and principles contrast in alarming ways with ours. We are in a system that has allowed illegal immigration for decades, so it is no longer requisite for an immigrant to learn our language, adopt our culture, and integrate into our system. Instead they have established their own communities, live under false identities, and are often forced to break the laws of the land because their governments and ours seldom cooperate.
Thus the homogeny of our culture and communities is deeply compromised. Do not deny it. You can witness it.
Imagine then that we bring in not just Aziz, but the hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees from Syria. Their religion culture, customs and language are their foundation. They have been for over a thousand years. They believe in a system of laws contradictory to American beliefs by virtue of being Syrian. They will not integrate. They will not learn our language. They will not accept our values or customs.
They will establish communities within communities as they have done throughout Europe. Every person likes being with their own, and that is magnified if you share a language. Furthermore if you share a religion. They will do this and as an issue of discrimination they will demand that Sharia courts be established among their communities.
So much has been disclosed about Islamic customs and culture that I don't have to illustrate conflicting ideology. It is obvious. Combine these differences with the politically correct culture of offense and you have the elements necessary to fundamentally destroy your culture.
The culture that allows you to express your opinion, live free and without fear of government reprisal, and which gives you the liberty to make choices and live the consequences is the culture we are talking about. The one that advocates equality of the sexes and sexualities. The culture that decries all the -isms that haunt the human race's efforts to evolve past our differences. Imagine all this being dragged back into the dark ages so that our culture is completely annihilated.
So you are right. We are obligated to help. But you are wrong because you have reacted emotionally, rather than logically. There are several solutions outside of bringing in a large population of refugees, no matter what conflict they come from. There is a process called immigration and it was put in place for a variety of important reasons, a few of which have already been covered.
The most important reason is integration. Were we the refugees and our country has done little more than let us down, push us around, murder our relatives and friends, and steal every opportunity it could from us as Americans and we could immigrate to another part of the world where these problems did not exist, we, too would be more than enthusiastic to integrate and become card-carrying citizens of that country.
Listen to your head, not your emotions.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Conservatism and Free Love
"Where is the love?" many ask when it comes to conservatism. We cannot see it although conservative doctrine is interwoven with pure love and charity toward all men and women and LGBT and children because it is out of love that conservatism teaches - "Each according to the dictates of his own conscience."
The failure of authoritarian, socialist, communist, and fascist governments comes from having the idea of love one for another and to the failure of executing love one for another. It is plain fact that the bureaucrat by virtue of the system cannot compassionately act, or out of love benefit his fellow man because his/her conscience is heavily regulated by laws and policy. She must ignore her conscience and act on the rules. This negates her compassion and makes her rather a subject of the system.
In all fairness it is not fair. Fairness would mean having every opportunity to make your own life grand, and being imbued with the ambition to make it so. But ambition is literally sucked out of the majority if their necessities are already being met.
Let us present a case:
Scott is an ambitious fellow who has a knack for fixing damaged cars. He has 3 children with his wife and absolutely refuses to use the system to feed or care for his family. He's in a conundrum because A.) the kids need food, clothing, and a warm place to live and B.) he is in a town he loves and does not want to leave that has a weak economy.
His solution is to buck up, man up, start a business out of nothing and use profit to invest in his enterprise. He sacrifices sleep, time, shoe leather, and time with family to get his business running. Today he runs a successful shop making six figures monthly in a depressed town in Eastern Idaho. Because he was highly motivated by the need to feed his family, provide insurance, and give them a home Scott is an example of how America ought to be.
On to the welfare state:
Nate is a stay-at-home dad who has plenty of free time while his wife takes a few minutes here and there to care for their three children. They are on food stamps, so Nate doesn't worry about feeding his family. He's on unemployment for six months out of the year because it's an option. They are currently manipulating the system to provide disability by claiming back and joint issues that could prevent Nate from working. Their housing costs are minimal because the government pays for nearly the entire rent bill, and utilities are the same.
They've been on this path for years and neither person has had any reason to do anything productive or beneficial for their lives. They have zero ambition because they have no need for ambition. Ambition, goals, and drive have been stolen from them by the system.
Thus I present to you the light and darkness of modern America.
Socialism and all its versions have the idea that we need to love on another and act out of compassion one for another and I agree. We should. But act with compassion as a community and never as a government entity. If your neighbor is suffering in some way, and you can help then you should help. If you do not help then that is your choice and it should be respected. You should not be taxed to help out the less fortunate because out of love you should help as much as you can at a personal level. That is what conservatism believes.
That is what most churches use tithing for. You voluntarily pay a tithe on your income, and that tithe that you have voluntarily paid is used to do good within the community. You should never be taxed, you should never be manipulated, and you should never be forced. Love one for another is an idea best executed at a personal level, but the system currently in place has altered man's love, and it has "waxed cold." (Matt. 24:12)
We are interested only in ourselves, and wickedly suspicious of our neighbors who we have been taught could be perverts, thieves, molesters, con men, manipulative, cold, rude, psychopathic, or even murderers!
We are taught to fear our neighbor. Every day we are presented with stories, and soundbites and articles showing us the worst of the worst. As a consequence we have lost our love and compassion for our fellow man. Socialism claims that this system was created to implement love for one another. Why should we worry about our neighbor if their suffering can be "easily" alleviated by the government? We wash our hands of this.
Conservatism answers: because the welfare state is too cumbersome to last. What happens when "Big Momma" collapses?
What happens when the food stamps stop coming? When the healthcare costs are so astronomical only the super elite can afford it? When your housing can no longer be paid for or maintained, and you have spent your life dependent on these systems, which have imbued you with a feeling of entitlement?
If you are like any and all persons throughout history who have experienced this kind of collapse then the answer is - you lose your mind. Rather than banding together to support one another you steal, assault, abandon, burn, and yes - kill to get what you need. You are human and are driven by your body's needs. Your public education has never helped, and you've never needed to engage your intellect so you are out for number one. So much for loving one another. So much for the great utopia.
And yet the left claims to love you. Anyone who truly loves you would not set you up for failure, or oppression. They would give you the protection you need to act by your conscience and make your own decisions. They would provide tough love and allow you to grow. They would construct a nation where opportunity could abound for everyone able and admonish you to serve one another. That is the love that conservatism teaches, and it is the only way to build a successful civilization.
The failure of authoritarian, socialist, communist, and fascist governments comes from having the idea of love one for another and to the failure of executing love one for another. It is plain fact that the bureaucrat by virtue of the system cannot compassionately act, or out of love benefit his fellow man because his/her conscience is heavily regulated by laws and policy. She must ignore her conscience and act on the rules. This negates her compassion and makes her rather a subject of the system.
In all fairness it is not fair. Fairness would mean having every opportunity to make your own life grand, and being imbued with the ambition to make it so. But ambition is literally sucked out of the majority if their necessities are already being met.
Let us present a case:
Scott is an ambitious fellow who has a knack for fixing damaged cars. He has 3 children with his wife and absolutely refuses to use the system to feed or care for his family. He's in a conundrum because A.) the kids need food, clothing, and a warm place to live and B.) he is in a town he loves and does not want to leave that has a weak economy.
His solution is to buck up, man up, start a business out of nothing and use profit to invest in his enterprise. He sacrifices sleep, time, shoe leather, and time with family to get his business running. Today he runs a successful shop making six figures monthly in a depressed town in Eastern Idaho. Because he was highly motivated by the need to feed his family, provide insurance, and give them a home Scott is an example of how America ought to be.
On to the welfare state:
Nate is a stay-at-home dad who has plenty of free time while his wife takes a few minutes here and there to care for their three children. They are on food stamps, so Nate doesn't worry about feeding his family. He's on unemployment for six months out of the year because it's an option. They are currently manipulating the system to provide disability by claiming back and joint issues that could prevent Nate from working. Their housing costs are minimal because the government pays for nearly the entire rent bill, and utilities are the same.
They've been on this path for years and neither person has had any reason to do anything productive or beneficial for their lives. They have zero ambition because they have no need for ambition. Ambition, goals, and drive have been stolen from them by the system.
Thus I present to you the light and darkness of modern America.
Socialism and all its versions have the idea that we need to love on another and act out of compassion one for another and I agree. We should. But act with compassion as a community and never as a government entity. If your neighbor is suffering in some way, and you can help then you should help. If you do not help then that is your choice and it should be respected. You should not be taxed to help out the less fortunate because out of love you should help as much as you can at a personal level. That is what conservatism believes.
That is what most churches use tithing for. You voluntarily pay a tithe on your income, and that tithe that you have voluntarily paid is used to do good within the community. You should never be taxed, you should never be manipulated, and you should never be forced. Love one for another is an idea best executed at a personal level, but the system currently in place has altered man's love, and it has "waxed cold." (Matt. 24:12)
We are interested only in ourselves, and wickedly suspicious of our neighbors who we have been taught could be perverts, thieves, molesters, con men, manipulative, cold, rude, psychopathic, or even murderers!
We are taught to fear our neighbor. Every day we are presented with stories, and soundbites and articles showing us the worst of the worst. As a consequence we have lost our love and compassion for our fellow man. Socialism claims that this system was created to implement love for one another. Why should we worry about our neighbor if their suffering can be "easily" alleviated by the government? We wash our hands of this.
Conservatism answers: because the welfare state is too cumbersome to last. What happens when "Big Momma" collapses?
What happens when the food stamps stop coming? When the healthcare costs are so astronomical only the super elite can afford it? When your housing can no longer be paid for or maintained, and you have spent your life dependent on these systems, which have imbued you with a feeling of entitlement?
If you are like any and all persons throughout history who have experienced this kind of collapse then the answer is - you lose your mind. Rather than banding together to support one another you steal, assault, abandon, burn, and yes - kill to get what you need. You are human and are driven by your body's needs. Your public education has never helped, and you've never needed to engage your intellect so you are out for number one. So much for loving one another. So much for the great utopia.
And yet the left claims to love you. Anyone who truly loves you would not set you up for failure, or oppression. They would give you the protection you need to act by your conscience and make your own decisions. They would provide tough love and allow you to grow. They would construct a nation where opportunity could abound for everyone able and admonish you to serve one another. That is the love that conservatism teaches, and it is the only way to build a successful civilization.
Friday, November 11, 2016
Deny Your Denial
Ladies, gentlemen, sinners.
We live in a Republic. Take 12 minutes to reorient yourself to the differences below:
Once finished you know how reality works with the instituted governments of flawed human beings. You can look even deeper into what is going on today. We need to get to the point where we cannot deny that the human race makes the same mistakes over and over again.
They establish a secure order. This order grows. It attracts and creates wealth and prosperity. That wealth and prosperity helps grow conveniences and technology. Technology, security, the ease of convenience, and prosperity create free time. With free time people have opportunity to think themselves into ever worsening and malicious beliefs.
Soon wealth and these bad thinking habits combine. The secure order expands its reach into places it is unwelcome, exploits and corrupts within and without, and creates its own weaknesses in its foundation - a people without principle, morals, values, or sense of civic obligation. It creates a people dependent upon the system and extremely weak in character. They cannot shoulder the responsibility and obligation of governance because they are so weak and corrupt. These prima donnas are every murderous, corrupt, insane emperor and monarch throughout recorded history, whose advent precedes the fall.
And guess what? Every single society that fell never thought it would happen to them. The fallen never thought they would repeat history. The fallen never believed that the same systems and practices that had failed throughout history would ever fail on their watch. Every member of the fallen thought they were smarter and more advanced than their predecessors. Honestly, it's laughable because every single human being is human and will repeat these mistakes. Period.
Look this is not new information. The point of this post is not to educate or inform. It is to ask you to stop denying the truth in an effort to avoid it. You can't avoid it, repeating history is your nature. Your entire life is as I've just described, all around you as you walk, and talk and travel and shop is comparable to every empire in the last stage of its existence. It will collapse. It will end. Your denial is your death because the Oligarchy is established and has been for a long long time, right there for you to see.
Feel that nagging at the back of your mind? "Can't be true. Conspiracy theory. Brush it off. If that's true then . . ." Tell that voice to shut it because you are on the cusp of breaking the mental cycle of self-deception and false belief.
Welcome to reality.
We live in a Republic. Take 12 minutes to reorient yourself to the differences below:
They establish a secure order. This order grows. It attracts and creates wealth and prosperity. That wealth and prosperity helps grow conveniences and technology. Technology, security, the ease of convenience, and prosperity create free time. With free time people have opportunity to think themselves into ever worsening and malicious beliefs.
Soon wealth and these bad thinking habits combine. The secure order expands its reach into places it is unwelcome, exploits and corrupts within and without, and creates its own weaknesses in its foundation - a people without principle, morals, values, or sense of civic obligation. It creates a people dependent upon the system and extremely weak in character. They cannot shoulder the responsibility and obligation of governance because they are so weak and corrupt. These prima donnas are every murderous, corrupt, insane emperor and monarch throughout recorded history, whose advent precedes the fall.
And guess what? Every single society that fell never thought it would happen to them. The fallen never thought they would repeat history. The fallen never believed that the same systems and practices that had failed throughout history would ever fail on their watch. Every member of the fallen thought they were smarter and more advanced than their predecessors. Honestly, it's laughable because every single human being is human and will repeat these mistakes. Period.
Look this is not new information. The point of this post is not to educate or inform. It is to ask you to stop denying the truth in an effort to avoid it. You can't avoid it, repeating history is your nature. Your entire life is as I've just described, all around you as you walk, and talk and travel and shop is comparable to every empire in the last stage of its existence. It will collapse. It will end. Your denial is your death because the Oligarchy is established and has been for a long long time, right there for you to see.
Feel that nagging at the back of your mind? "Can't be true. Conspiracy theory. Brush it off. If that's true then . . ." Tell that voice to shut it because you are on the cusp of breaking the mental cycle of self-deception and false belief.
Welcome to reality.
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