PROMETHEAN ANTAGONIST

                              On one side: 

Government and bureaucracy

State intelligence and law-enforcement agencies

Establishment/legacy news media

Powerful social media/tech monopolies

“Education” drones and propagandists / academia.

Entertainment personalities and entertainment corporations

Big unions

NGOs and globalist institutions (the World Economic Forum)

Collectivist authoritarian ideologies spanning the spectrum from Nazis to communists.

Laws manipulated to serve the partisan goals of the moment

Those who wish to upset societal traditions and stability.

Ragtag violent agitators and criminal elements

Those who prioritize the interests of far-away abstractions (“the world,” the “community,” the “people”)

Those who wish to impose unfamiliar standards of culture on others in the name of a concocted “diversity”

Those who wish to radically disrupt the family unit and what children are exposed to

Elitist milquetoast suburban busy bodies who want to rule others’ lives.

Those who are dishonest with themselves and others regarding who they are and what values they hold (fascists calling others “fascists!”) 

Those unable to acknowledge their own flaws and self-interests 

Rules for thee but not for me

Those who openly advocate for a powerful soulless apparatus of state to drain resources and stifle creativity and innovation

Those who believe that equity trumps freedom.

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                                  On the other side:  

Common citizens with little interest in political issues

Working class people in manufacturing and service industries

Farmers

Religious people and those who don’t care about religion (as opposed to those who are openly hostile to a nation’s dominant religion)

Those who believe in traditional standards of lifestyle and allegiance to family, friends, and close members of the immediate community (people they can actually see and converse with)

Laws long established, grounded in common sense, and applied equally and fairly

Those who admit to preferring cultural standards and customs they are familiar with while not wishing to meddle in the choices of others.

Citizens and leaders who appreciate and prefer the history and attributes of the country they were born and raised in (“patriotism”)

Those who are honest with themselves and others regarding their hopes, dreams, and values (having no problem admitting that they want the best for themselves and their families)

Those who simply wish to be left alone

Those who are skeptical of government authority and suspicious of those who promote more laws over the lives of others

Those who marvel at the achievements of others and take joy in utilizing innovations and technological development

Those who believe that freedom trumps equity.

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Those allied with the first side noted can loosely be seen as adherents to a leftist worldview (authoritarian collectivism), a value system that always produces a society in disarray, ending in a drab, cruel, and lifeless condition for those who succumb to its dictates. The latter, which can be loosely called classical liberalism or “conservatism,” inevitably produces a dynamic and prosperous society that is diverse in spirit and condition, and honors the free will and actions of others.

One side offers a road to human progress and a template for the pursuit of happiness. The other, a road to hell.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 6:21 PM