Let's Grow Up - Part 3 - Robin Hoods Big Brother
Science fiction literature has always taken us on fantastic voyages of the imagination. The most memorable and effective of such literature use truth as its foundation and oppose it by taking dangerous ideas to the most extreme logical conclusions. This is the strength of George Orwells classic "1984". The iconic head of the fictional world power state of Oceania,"Big Brother", was always watching to make sure that you maintained the ideals of the "Party". Thought-crimes where not tolerated and severely punished. In our real world we have created the technology to approximate with amazing similarity the capacity for the state or any collective to track our every move and characterize and categorize our individual ideologies, and material and social preferences.
Of course much of this capacity is due to our perception that these technologies help keep us safe from criminals, gives us flexibility in our methods of paying for transactions, makes our lives more pleasing by being able to communicate with one person intimately or hundreds of thousands of people at once. Much of the power of Orwells fictional state was assumed by stealth and deception. One of many parallels to our current state is Big Brothers design to rewrite history and any narrative or opinion that stood opposed to the Party. What the Party said was the truth, the Party slogan was "Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past". Citizens of Oceania were educated in "doublethink" a mental gymnastic that allowed them to hold contradictory positions simultaneously and unquestioningly.
It appears that perhaps we have also been victimized by the same tactics. Our nations mainstream media currently described by Rush Limbaugh as "A P Obama" or "state run media" has never been more supportive of any other President. In fact, they see the current administration as a demonstration of how powerfully effective they have become in swaying public opinion. Our institutions of higher learning pride themselves in their adherence to relativity and non-judgmental tolerance of all ideas, heralding them all as holding equal value,and denying any absolute.
Robin Hood and his envy philosophy along with modern technology and the current trend in education, media and politics appear to be aligned to a similar end. The details and means of control may differ from Orwells vision, however, in relation to the economy, big business and health care, the final goal of the Statist is ultimate control of every aspect of the individuals life.
The term "Statist" is borrowed from Mark Levins bestselling book "Liberty and Tyranny".
He more accurately describes the Modern Liberal believing
"in the supremacy of the state, thereby rejecting the principles of the Declaration and the order of civil society, in whole or in part. For the Modern Liberal, the individual's imperfection and personal pursuits impede the objective of a utopian state. In this, Modern Liberalism promotes what French historian Alexis de Tocqueville described as a soft tyranny, which becomes increasingly more oppressive , potentially leading to a hard tyranny (some form of totalitarianism). As the word "liberal" is, in its classical meaning , the opposite of authoritarian, it is more accurate, therefore, to characterize the Modern Liberal as a Statist."
pg 4 "Liberty and Tyranny" Mark Levin
Robin Hood the classic liberal appears to be morphing into Big Brother the Statist.
Private enterprise is a powerful declaration of the individuals creativity and liberty. Big business may or may not abuse the creativity of the individual and they may or may not prosper as a result. The individual has laws that protect him from such abuse as well as freedom to benefit from his labor. Statist minded unions and big government are enemies of the individual and big business. As allies they present a formidable threat to liberty and freedom. People depend on big business, the private sector, and free enterprise to create jobs and help produce wealth for themselves and for others. Statist proponents of big government want people dependent on them, not big business, the private sector or free enterprise. Statist are now using all of their power to tax,regulate, and steal from big business, transferring our trust to big government.
Private sector health care industry (which creates wealth) cannot compete with a government system (which creates debt) that does not need to earn a profit and that has taxing and regulatory powers over them. Attacking private enterprise using the Robin Hood philosophy places more people at the mercy of Big Brother government. Cradle to grave care is what the miseducated masses are clamoring for and very few understand that Liberty and Freedom are at stake.
It is time for America to grow up and take the admonition of scripture at its word. We must continue to re-educate ourselves and generations to come with the knowledge of truth and its application in all areas of our lives. That these are words of truth and as the patriots understood they are the foundation of our liberties and freedom under law.
1 Corinthians 13:11
"When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I no longer used childish ways."
Patrick Henry
"It cannot be emphasized to strongly or to often that this great nation was founded not by religionist, but by Christians; not on religions but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!"
Psalm 32:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord...
New York 1846, Preamble: We, the people of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings...
Wisconsin 1848, Preamble: We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, domestic tranquility...
Of course much of this capacity is due to our perception that these technologies help keep us safe from criminals, gives us flexibility in our methods of paying for transactions, makes our lives more pleasing by being able to communicate with one person intimately or hundreds of thousands of people at once. Much of the power of Orwells fictional state was assumed by stealth and deception. One of many parallels to our current state is Big Brothers design to rewrite history and any narrative or opinion that stood opposed to the Party. What the Party said was the truth, the Party slogan was "Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past". Citizens of Oceania were educated in "doublethink" a mental gymnastic that allowed them to hold contradictory positions simultaneously and unquestioningly.
It appears that perhaps we have also been victimized by the same tactics. Our nations mainstream media currently described by Rush Limbaugh as "A P Obama" or "state run media" has never been more supportive of any other President. In fact, they see the current administration as a demonstration of how powerfully effective they have become in swaying public opinion. Our institutions of higher learning pride themselves in their adherence to relativity and non-judgmental tolerance of all ideas, heralding them all as holding equal value,and denying any absolute.
Robin Hood and his envy philosophy along with modern technology and the current trend in education, media and politics appear to be aligned to a similar end. The details and means of control may differ from Orwells vision, however, in relation to the economy, big business and health care, the final goal of the Statist is ultimate control of every aspect of the individuals life.
The term "Statist" is borrowed from Mark Levins bestselling book "Liberty and Tyranny".
He more accurately describes the Modern Liberal believing
"in the supremacy of the state, thereby rejecting the principles of the Declaration and the order of civil society, in whole or in part. For the Modern Liberal, the individual's imperfection and personal pursuits impede the objective of a utopian state. In this, Modern Liberalism promotes what French historian Alexis de Tocqueville described as a soft tyranny, which becomes increasingly more oppressive , potentially leading to a hard tyranny (some form of totalitarianism). As the word "liberal" is, in its classical meaning , the opposite of authoritarian, it is more accurate, therefore, to characterize the Modern Liberal as a Statist."
pg 4 "Liberty and Tyranny" Mark Levin
Robin Hood the classic liberal appears to be morphing into Big Brother the Statist.
Private enterprise is a powerful declaration of the individuals creativity and liberty. Big business may or may not abuse the creativity of the individual and they may or may not prosper as a result. The individual has laws that protect him from such abuse as well as freedom to benefit from his labor. Statist minded unions and big government are enemies of the individual and big business. As allies they present a formidable threat to liberty and freedom. People depend on big business, the private sector, and free enterprise to create jobs and help produce wealth for themselves and for others. Statist proponents of big government want people dependent on them, not big business, the private sector or free enterprise. Statist are now using all of their power to tax,regulate, and steal from big business, transferring our trust to big government.
Private sector health care industry (which creates wealth) cannot compete with a government system (which creates debt) that does not need to earn a profit and that has taxing and regulatory powers over them. Attacking private enterprise using the Robin Hood philosophy places more people at the mercy of Big Brother government. Cradle to grave care is what the miseducated masses are clamoring for and very few understand that Liberty and Freedom are at stake.
It is time for America to grow up and take the admonition of scripture at its word. We must continue to re-educate ourselves and generations to come with the knowledge of truth and its application in all areas of our lives. That these are words of truth and as the patriots understood they are the foundation of our liberties and freedom under law.
1 Corinthians 13:11
"When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I no longer used childish ways."
Patrick Henry
"It cannot be emphasized to strongly or to often that this great nation was founded not by religionist, but by Christians; not on religions but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!"
Psalm 32:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord...
New York 1846, Preamble: We, the people of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings...
Wisconsin 1848, Preamble: We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, domestic tranquility...
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Blessings,
David