Tuesday, April 21, 2020
The Great Divide
The current social-political climate may appear to be one of random chaos. Domestically and internationally, contending factions are at war with one another. What appears complex can be viewed in broader contexts. Across the globe and within the boundaries of our own country the same philosophies are on the march.
The great divide that now engulfs the World is one we’ve seen before. There are still those among us who have the good sense to realize that their own individual liberty is something rare and difficult to maintain over time. There are also those among us who willingly — gladly — support the growth and overarching authority of the state to control, coerce, and punish.
One can micro-analyze conflict between countries like China and the United States or appraise the conflict between Republicans and Democrats. Again, these are all manifestations of the same conflict, the conflict between individual liberty and the forces that have always sought to impose dystopia upon all.
The news of the day concentrates upon the upheaval catalyzed by a virus. There have certainly been viruses before but in this round of plague those who seek a global order recognize an opportunity to manifest their vision. Through America’s halls of Congress, through international media sycophants, and through the brutal apparatus of Chinese communism, the same order of the day seeks to impose the authority of an omnipotent state upon an innocent public.
The reason mouthpieces of an authoritarian collectivist order (like The New York Times and CNN, et al.) are on the same page as the Chinese Communist party and internationalist bureau-scoundrels, is that they are one in the same.
The enemy of honesty, decency, and freedom across the globe is the same. Call it Marxism, collectivism, statism, or, in the U.S., the Democrat party. All dedicated to a global end-game of dystopia.
