Ever since I was a
teenager, I have been fascinated with studying communist countries
and their governments. The older I get, the more interested I've
become with learning about the mindset of the people that live under
communist rulers, especially the psychological and sociological
reasons why people become enamored with what we Americans see as
tyrannical dictators. Cults of personality form around dictators, who
sometimes come to be seen as gods, worthy of adulation and worship
from their subjects. The country that best exemplifies this attitude,
I believe, is North Korea, where the country and its leader are seen
as mutual i.e., where one cannot exist without the other and where
one symbolizes the other. North Koreans see current General Secretary
Kim Jong Un as not just a leader, and not just a father figure, but
as their actual father, and they see themselves as his
children. Kim Jong Un is not to be questioned or disobeyed. In return
for their loyalty, the people are rewarded with housing and other
gifts. The more loyal a North Korean is to the Korean Worker's Party
and to the “Dear Marshal,” the greater the reward. He supplies
them with all that they need, and, in return, they give him their
thanks by devoting their lives to him and his cause.
This afternoon, I picked up my son from school, and we were driving home, when a thought occurred to me. So many people in this country, the United States of America, the freest most prosperous nation ever to exist in the earth's history, a country founded upon personal property rights and the natural rights of individuals, have the same slavish mentality that one might find in North Korea. The mindset might be lesser in its application of one's thinking and devotion to the state, but is a slavish mentality, nonetheless. They see no problem with giving up some of their natural rights in exchange for government assistance and safety. They don't see the associated problems with allowing the federal government to take portions of their paychecks every week in exchange for the government taking care of them when they reach official retirement age, only to find that when they do reach sixty-five years old, what they receive in return is but a mere portion of what they had taken from them. They would even relinquish their rights to self-protection, a natural right enforced in writing by the Second Amendment. They become singularly minded in their devotion to a certain political party, and they never question what the government does when it is allowed to overstep its bounds in the name of security, even if it means their personal rights are no longer guaranteed. They firmly believe, in some cases, that government edict, no matter how illegal or unconstitutional, be obeyed, no matter what. These people literally idolize the leaders of their political affiliations and will defend them in all circumstances, despite any crimes and despite any amount of evidence clearly indicates their guilt. It is no stretch of the imagination to presume such people would be happy living in such a place as North Korea, especially since they will have a singular master upon which to focus their love and attention, and receive the essentials of daily living in exchange for their natural rights.
People like this are brainwashed, and I'll go right ahead and name them- they are the progressives and the fools that blindly follow them. One doesn't even have to think hard to know who most of these people are, yet, there are some progressives out there, working in our government and for our government, that aren't honest and open about their intentions and their political ideologies. What it all comes down to is control- they want control and crave control. They want to control every aspect of every person's life, from the cradle to the grave and they will not be happy even if they do gain complete control. Why? Because they will always find an injustice or an inequality to fight against, and those who do not agree with them must be summarily punished. We conservatives have to pay attention, careful attention, and weed out the progressives in disguise, the ones that talk a good game and say the right things, then turn around and perform evil deeds under the cover of darkness. They are evil people hellbent on control, and we conservatives have to understand their motivation and their means of execution in order to fight them. Be vigilant, my friends, and never surrender the fight.
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