I've been listening to whats goin on not just on Wall Street, but now across the country. I dont know who is initially responsible or how it got started, but I do know the folks gathering and protesting are only loosely organized and united. Some have even said they arent protesting but the the crowd is a model for a new society. Some of the reasons given for being there are rediculous and more still make no sense, or at least to me.
Heres my take on all this, or what seems to me to be becoming clear.
Taking a look back at history adds some detail and background. Consider the Bolsheviks, Marxism, communism, and socialism. How does it happen and begin?
Its kinda like a lizard on a heat rock. If the heat rock is too hot by even a few degrees, the lizard can cook and wont notice because while the rock is too hot, the lizards body temperature rises slowly enough that it doesnt raise alarm.
The enviroment has to be right, and ready for the changes to take root, then it has to be nurtured so it can grow... and when conditions are right, it blooms.
Does an oak tree look like an oak tree as an acorn? Not at all, and if you didnt know better youd never guess the small acorn can grow into a huge, deeply rooted, and very strong tree. If you know what youre looking at, you recogize the acorn for what it is potentially beyond the seed.
We have seen the acorn over the last few years. The seed is planted and has taken root. Branches are reaching out and becoming strong.
Firstly, there has to be an enemy which almost always has been capitalism and free enterprise. The "rich" have been made the physical manifestation of the enemy and the focus for hatred. There are throughout history, extreme examples involving violent uprising, such as the Bolsheviks and the Nazis. There were a few differences with these examples, Hitler belived the Jewish people to be responsible for the decline of Germany, and in the case of the Bolsheviks (the workers and proletariat and even soldiers) blamed the aristocracy initially for events such as "bloody Sunday" in 1905, followed by the provisional govt established to replace the Czar, as well as capitalists for their blight and ruin sustained by years of war and unfulfilled promises.
The above mentioned political factions destroy what is sacred and held as morally right... so there is no moral compass, nothing taboo. The fringes are now believed to be perfectly normal and to think otherwise is WRONG and punishable. This is all done under the guise of "fairness". There is no God, and there is no immorality. Additionally, we are to believe it has always been this way. Communists would knock crosses off of headstones and grave markers.
Sounding familiar? No more "God" in The Pledge of Allegiance, No more God in the Supreme Court, No more God on our money, No God in class rooms...
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Incrementalism.
To take hold, you have also got to control education. You have to control literature, (book burning) or in the case here in American, you simply ban certain books from class rooms and schools, saying the content is objectional and offensive. Possibly true. But our Constitution gaurantees free speech, not censorship. Say any stupid thing you wanna say, I dont care!!! It helps the rest of us recognize your stupidity and we can then make an educated decision to not be associated with you! Right now, our govt and school sytem is alligned. If you control the education of the youth, you have the foundation and nourishment needed to keep the movement alive. The indoctrinated are now the tenured professors in colleges across the US. The "Hitler Youth" was the childrens version of the Nazi party, or National Socialist Workers Party. They provided the Third Reich with fresh recruits who were to be future leaders.
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
Karl Marx, 1875
Additionally, the power and privledge of office has to be used to confiscate from the enemy that which is owed to the proletariat. Why? Because that would be fair. Its the enemy after all and they need to be punished in some way and the way that makes the most sense is monetarily. A financial penalty for their greed and for the abuse of the "people", using them to their own ends with no compassion. In fact it should be regulated by govt to ensure the appropriate fines are paid. The funds are of course used to meet the needs of the proletariat. Their schooling is paid for (unholy alliance between US schools and US govt again!) their bills are paid, food purchased, health care and retirement are all provided for, etc etc etc... The most recent example of this welfare state is the UK, Great Britain.
Free men own guns, slaves do not.
I dont know how in depth I need to go here. Our Second Ammendment rights are challenged daily. Once the population at large catches on to whats happening, you cant advance without controlling the firearms. There will be Peace Through Superior Firepower. Who's peace will it be. Ours or theirs... I dunno. There has for sometime now been talk of a national registry for all gun owners. Ask residents of Chicago, California and New York how that goes. It was said it would never be used as a list to confiscate guns... We all know there are those in power who want guns gone altogether.
So... identify an enemy, eliminate any accountability to a higher power in the name of fairness, control education to the ends of rewriting history so it seems it has always been this way, foster the developement of a welfare state, and remove the private ownwership of firearms.
Once thats complete, you have a target rich enviroment for a huge, bloated, hemoraging and oppressive govt. Complete redistribution of wealth. The death of ambition drive and desire. The death of ingenuity. The death of rugged individualism and indentity.
This is what I see happening here in the US right now. I believe the Occupy Wall Street movement is among the steps involved in the process. I'm not typically the conspiracy theorist type but I cant help but to see similarity to every era of written history involving the massive expansion of govt into complete and total redistribution.
I dont know what else to do here but to stay vigillant and keep the pressure on at the polls while we're able. Oh! And on that note, have you heard of Gov. Bev Perdue? How about the Suspension of Elections? She suggested that suspending elections would allow the country to recover because elected officials wouldnt be worrying about "the next election"...
Anyway, thanks for letting me rant.
Rossignol, out.
Heres my take on all this, or what seems to me to be becoming clear.
Taking a look back at history adds some detail and background. Consider the Bolsheviks, Marxism, communism, and socialism. How does it happen and begin?
Its kinda like a lizard on a heat rock. If the heat rock is too hot by even a few degrees, the lizard can cook and wont notice because while the rock is too hot, the lizards body temperature rises slowly enough that it doesnt raise alarm.
The enviroment has to be right, and ready for the changes to take root, then it has to be nurtured so it can grow... and when conditions are right, it blooms.
Does an oak tree look like an oak tree as an acorn? Not at all, and if you didnt know better youd never guess the small acorn can grow into a huge, deeply rooted, and very strong tree. If you know what youre looking at, you recogize the acorn for what it is potentially beyond the seed.
We have seen the acorn over the last few years. The seed is planted and has taken root. Branches are reaching out and becoming strong.
Firstly, there has to be an enemy which almost always has been capitalism and free enterprise. The "rich" have been made the physical manifestation of the enemy and the focus for hatred. There are throughout history, extreme examples involving violent uprising, such as the Bolsheviks and the Nazis. There were a few differences with these examples, Hitler belived the Jewish people to be responsible for the decline of Germany, and in the case of the Bolsheviks (the workers and proletariat and even soldiers) blamed the aristocracy initially for events such as "bloody Sunday" in 1905, followed by the provisional govt established to replace the Czar, as well as capitalists for their blight and ruin sustained by years of war and unfulfilled promises.
The above mentioned political factions destroy what is sacred and held as morally right... so there is no moral compass, nothing taboo. The fringes are now believed to be perfectly normal and to think otherwise is WRONG and punishable. This is all done under the guise of "fairness". There is no God, and there is no immorality. Additionally, we are to believe it has always been this way. Communists would knock crosses off of headstones and grave markers.
Sounding familiar? No more "God" in The Pledge of Allegiance, No more God in the Supreme Court, No more God on our money, No God in class rooms...
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Incrementalism.
To take hold, you have also got to control education. You have to control literature, (book burning) or in the case here in American, you simply ban certain books from class rooms and schools, saying the content is objectional and offensive. Possibly true. But our Constitution gaurantees free speech, not censorship. Say any stupid thing you wanna say, I dont care!!! It helps the rest of us recognize your stupidity and we can then make an educated decision to not be associated with you! Right now, our govt and school sytem is alligned. If you control the education of the youth, you have the foundation and nourishment needed to keep the movement alive. The indoctrinated are now the tenured professors in colleges across the US. The "Hitler Youth" was the childrens version of the Nazi party, or National Socialist Workers Party. They provided the Third Reich with fresh recruits who were to be future leaders.
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
Karl Marx, 1875
Additionally, the power and privledge of office has to be used to confiscate from the enemy that which is owed to the proletariat. Why? Because that would be fair. Its the enemy after all and they need to be punished in some way and the way that makes the most sense is monetarily. A financial penalty for their greed and for the abuse of the "people", using them to their own ends with no compassion. In fact it should be regulated by govt to ensure the appropriate fines are paid. The funds are of course used to meet the needs of the proletariat. Their schooling is paid for (unholy alliance between US schools and US govt again!) their bills are paid, food purchased, health care and retirement are all provided for, etc etc etc... The most recent example of this welfare state is the UK, Great Britain.
Free men own guns, slaves do not.
I dont know how in depth I need to go here. Our Second Ammendment rights are challenged daily. Once the population at large catches on to whats happening, you cant advance without controlling the firearms. There will be Peace Through Superior Firepower. Who's peace will it be. Ours or theirs... I dunno. There has for sometime now been talk of a national registry for all gun owners. Ask residents of Chicago, California and New York how that goes. It was said it would never be used as a list to confiscate guns... We all know there are those in power who want guns gone altogether.
So... identify an enemy, eliminate any accountability to a higher power in the name of fairness, control education to the ends of rewriting history so it seems it has always been this way, foster the developement of a welfare state, and remove the private ownwership of firearms.
Once thats complete, you have a target rich enviroment for a huge, bloated, hemoraging and oppressive govt. Complete redistribution of wealth. The death of ambition drive and desire. The death of ingenuity. The death of rugged individualism and indentity.
This is what I see happening here in the US right now. I believe the Occupy Wall Street movement is among the steps involved in the process. I'm not typically the conspiracy theorist type but I cant help but to see similarity to every era of written history involving the massive expansion of govt into complete and total redistribution.
I dont know what else to do here but to stay vigillant and keep the pressure on at the polls while we're able. Oh! And on that note, have you heard of Gov. Bev Perdue? How about the Suspension of Elections? She suggested that suspending elections would allow the country to recover because elected officials wouldnt be worrying about "the next election"...
Anyway, thanks for letting me rant.
Rossignol, out.
