Tuesday, May 10, 2016
From Mike: Please read this entire link to get the point I'm trying to make.
So, then, thanks to leftism and America's taken-for-granted success, most Americans no longer understand what it means to be American. Those who do are called conservatives because they wish to conserve the unique American idea. But conservatives now constitute not only a minority of Americans, but a minority of Republicans. That is the primary reason Donald Trump -- a nationalist, but not a conservative -- is the presumptive of Republican nominee. As I noted from the outset, I will vote for him if he wins the nomination -- because there is no choice. But the biggest reason he won is scary.
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Frankly, the delineation of political affiliation to one of two false paradigms, i.e. "conservative" vs. "liberal" is a huge part of the problem. The truth is: America does indeed have two types of people living in it: Statists and Individualists....and the former MASSIVELY out number the latter...probably at least 10 to 1.
Even the most "conservative" person you know is likely a "Statist"....defined as someone who agrees with using the power of the state to force an outcome with which they happen to agree....on a whole host of topics. Few indeed are those who believe the purpose of government is to protect the rights of the individual or that true liberty can only be meted out at the individual level. When government seeks to enact legislation or control behavior in hopes of satiating or deceiving the collective into some false sense of security, it invariably tramples the individual.
Most in America do not even see it. The Founders, were "liberals" in their day....progressives....long before the Statists bastardized the term, controlled the argument and now have the vast majority of Americans slavishly convinced that they fall into one of these two allegedly different groups.
Scary? Sure. The nation is (metaphorically) orbiting the event horizon of the black hole of debt/leftism/corruption/lies... Who wouldn't be scared? A vote for Hittila the Cun (or the equivalent in a third-party vote) means entering the singularity right NOW. Trump, for all his faults, offers the possibility of staying safely in orbit, or optimistically, "escape velocity."
It could be worse: it could be Mitt Romney again. Or Yeb!
I'm holding my nose again this year, but the smell is different this time. Like bay rum instead of death.
The reason he is winning is because he is not a establishment turd.
A president cannot make law. Just look at Obama. He sure tires hard yet not much happens. He can only persecute the law. Trump WILL persecute the law and do many of the things he has been talking about. The law already exists to take care of many of our present problems. The things that bother most people about him are things he cannot do anyhow. Because he is not an establishment politician, He can and WILL fire a lot of government workers and stop programs that the majority of people in the states dont want anyhow. They exist only to make the connected richer.
Im getting tired of hearing all the anti trump propaganda here.. He is the guy the people want. Not the guy the party wants.
Excellent piece. And I am so pleased Mike continues to fight. The world is better for him.
Prager's piece highlights the importance of getting principles right, and of the absolute necessity of an intellectual, moral, and spiritual revolution. It is absolutely necessary to win the battle of ideas, and to persuade the general populace. Even if the left is defeated, if the people still have evil in their hearts and admire powerful leaders instead of wisdom, or nationalism instead of liberty, the Republic will be lost and freedom along with it.
I'll plead "mea culpa" as should all of us having put middle age in our wake. We failed to properly oversee the historical, social and civic education of multiple generations of students. Our failure has caused the loss of our national identity and the ethos that has enabled and sustained us for over two hundred years.
Trump is not our standard bearer so much as hopefully our wrecking ball. Hopefully he will implode the Republican party establishment, and then outright demolish the Democrat/Communists. The GOPe is responsible for the rise of Trump. For at least the last 16 years now they have been doing the opposite of what we the people told them we wanted. They have also just outright refused to fight, always "keeping their powder dry". Eventually we woke up and realized that it was all Failure Theater.
So they chose the form of their destructor, which is Trump. They chose.....poorly.
I do not know if Trump will actually do what he says. It is a roll of the dice. But there is really nothing to lose, as we know with a certainty that NONE of the other Republican candidates (with the possible exception of Rand Paul) would have done anything different than what has been done up to now.
It's bad. Quite had this time. I am so glad, yet surprised, how little politically motivated violence has yet occurred. But can it hold? SJWs, sons of Odin, each candidate a sworn enemy to half the country or more. Military coup or further gutting of leadership and perversion of mission. Indoctrination, propaganda, endless spin and echo chambers. Our own nation going for a strong man like a precursor to the ultimate charismatic leader who alone, the rubes think, can save us in troubled times.
Time for real prayer, preps and team building. No doubt. Read Selcos blog shtf school for an appetizer. The bible for hope - and to remember how to be and act when it gets real. Be ready to not be able to buy or sell if you can hold out.
Let's not forget that the term "conservative" has been mutated into what is really a "neo-conservative"; someone who is nothing more than a warmongering blow-hard that has no problem fleecing the American people to pay for unconstitutional wars and keep the military-industrial complex rolling in dough. So if the average TV watching Joe even hears the term "conservative" he immediately associates it with the likes of a Henry Kissinger or a Richard Perle. The thought of Barry Goldwater doesn't even enter his mind. And to be an "fiscal conservative" would mean understanding the difference between Keynesian economics (fiat currency) and Austrian economics...I can see the blank stares coming from "Average Joe" already, so let's get back to watching "Dancing with the Stars" before whats left of his brain explodes...
What Prager does not clearly mention is that most conservatives are only conservative. That is, they wish to uphold the status quo, including all the pernicious establishments of Marxism we've accepted over the years.
Conservatism, by nature, is never truly principled, it is at best pragmatic, when you stick with something you know works well enough. And when you are trying to stick with a system that is obviously corrupt and on the brink of catastrophic failure, conservatism becomes suicidal.
The principles that Prager is here assigning to conservatism simply don't exist in our national life to be conserved, and 'conservatives' aren't trying, they're just seeking to conserve the heavily Marxist influenced status quo. But that status quo isn't stable or sustainable, it was deliberately created to collapse into a Marxist revolution. The perception of most Americans is accurate, America has become just another country, a place located between Canada and Mexico. Only a small minority of principled radicals really wants small government, a free economy, liberty, the melting pot ideal, and a God-centered population rooted in Judeo-Christian values. These things can't be conserved because they simply don't exist except as platitudes parroted meaninglessly by people who have no idea what they would even look like.
And we know we won't get it without a new revolution.
Agree with everything but the voting for Trump part, don't ya know!
I'm not sure that anyone can stop the train wreck that is about to happen to this country, but I do think that Trump does understand. Our main problem is not one of monetary crisis, or of open border, though these are bad enough. The problem centers around the lack of morals. Whatever happened to integrity, honesty, truthfulness? You still see them in hometown USA, but the practitioners are growing fewer. In DC they are practically non-existent. We have turned a cold shoulder to God, and He is returning the favor. Eight years of BO have sealed our fate, but we have many more to thank for our precarious position, such as the Clinton's and the Bush's, just to name a few. I have said for years that there is no difference between Republican or Democrat, and those that believe there is still cling to that craftily prepared illusion. I have seen in my lifetime each passing administration build government taller and stronger, regardless of party affiliation. We have been lied to, manipulated, threatened and robbed. We have lost our money, our freedoms and, more importantly, our way. The Bible says that there is a way that seems right to a man, but the path thereof leads to destruction. This country started on that path long before I was born, and those who hold the reins of power will be waving the flags and singing the Battle Hymn of the Republic even as they lead us over the precipice.
Fear too many still don't understand the Trump thing. For decades, the GOP power brokers shoved RINOS down our throats, abandoning conserving the constitution in doing so.
Installing Trump is a doing to them what they have long done to us - iow, the people are shoving a detestable rino right down the elite's throats. It is simple SPITE that has driven this entire election.
Some good can still come of it...
People COULD decide to reject both "parties" and take our nation back from their unified grasp. The question is... Will We?
Prolly not, sadly, because that would require people to think and act independently and responsibly. Ironically, there isn't enough individual pain felt yet. It has to get worse before it gets better. Trump or Clinton winning ensures things get worse either way.
Been reading for some time, first (maybe second) time commenter:
"I believe Trump is playing a far broader game than almost anybody except his inner circle realizes or understands, and I further believe that the consequences of either his failure or his success will be equally far-reaching."
Excellent analysis of the "Trump Phenomenon."
jb
@george true
"Failure theater" is excellent. Nothing got done. On a simple matter such as shutting down the government to limit spending they had no PR game plan and caved every damn time.
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