“People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism.” [Ayn Rand]
And by “collectivism” she means the false, toxic idea that we do not own our own lives. People with authentic self-esteem will never tolerate statism, totalitarianism, socialism or collectivism. Our schools, our media and our celebrities have brainwashed most of us into believing our lives belong to the elites in government, the corporate world (NFL, Hollywood, etc.) and media/academia. Only a minority of us escaped the brainwashing. You have to be a truly rugged individualist, intellectually and psychologically, to escape the mindless groupthink of today’s culture. It looks like with each generation, the brainwashing is more complete.
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Our federal government has lost all credibility and legitimacy. It’s unsustainable. I am not referring to Trump’s heroic efforts; I am talking about the scum who dominate Congress, all of the Democratic Party, all of the federal establishment and much of the Republican Party. I am one hundred percent certain the American government will fail, at some point in the not too distant future. Trump has us on life support, but life support will not rid us of statism and leftism. Not because the Bill of Rights and our Constitution were fatally flawed; but because we let our government abandon that Constitution. The fall of America’s government will prove that the founders of America were right all along. Don’t despair. When it happens (it’s already happening, e.g. in Minnesota, and America’s big cities), we will know how to fix it: by returning to the spirit of the Declaration of Independence, and the legal principles of individual liberty, individual rights. The difficult truth to accept is that we will have to start over. Donald Trump’s presidency did not fail. It showed us the truth. And for that we should be always grateful.
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The proper policy towards leftists you know who wish to discuss current events: “There is nothing to discuss. Initiating violence against others is not negotiable. Censorship and gun confiscation, based selectively on Party membership, are not negotiable. Forced medical treatments are not negotiable. Sharia Law on an equal footing with civilized law or the Bill of Rights is not negotiable. Open borders, which means letting everyone or anyone in, is not negotiable. Socialism and nationalization of private property and the means of production are not negotiable.”
Nothing the left and Democrats propose today merits the dignity of discussion. NOTHING.