this one post contains some of the most stunning examples of the illogical and perverse nature of modern liberalism we will ever see. it starts, innocently enough, by stating the obvious, that no issue is truly a matter of black and white. it's a truism we have all come to terms with, but the liberal cause has taken this axiom to extremes. we are supposed to believe that the so-called progressive movement has the capacity to equitably decide what within this massive grey area should be considered black and what is white. something as inconsequential as our right to consume a plant should not be interfered with by the government, but our basic right to personal property is fair game for confiscation, regulation and redistribution by the same institutions that should not be allowed to tell us we can't smoke a plant. does anyone see the workings of avarice here or am i the only one?
it only gets better from there. the role of the wealthy in the destruction of the public's trust in government is the next item on the agenda. here we have a body that is comprised almost entirely of the wealthy, yet is vilified by the wealthy. we have the populist left telling us that "we the people" have been duped by the rich into mistrusting the rich and that this foolishness should be rewarded, that we deserve our cut for being idiots. of course our share is not control over our own lives, but the wealth of those only with whom we disagree. control is to be invested in government, that body of the wealthy, and perpetually expanded. "we the people" can be trusted with with the wealth of others, but not with authority over our own destiny. that is to be solely the duty of the state, the wealthy who have vilified themselves, convinced the population that we are too dumb to manage our own affairs and demanded the confiscation of their own wealth (well, not really theirs, but every other rich person's). is anyone else as confused as i am?
i understand that the lure of democracy's great lie, that the people are the government, is nearly irresistible, but that lie becomes more and more transparent as the contradictions build up. government is made up of "people", but can never be wholly under the control of "the people". the people, though gullible, are not the bumpkins that modern liberalism demands they are. our distrust of authority is grounded in centuries of historical documentation and is not merely the "knee-jerk" reaction to right wing propaganda. that this country was founded on that distrust should be evidence enough that no single group of radicals is responsible for our unwillingness to blindly follow any authority. the authority of law enforcement, the authority of the state, the authority of the majority, all are suspect in the eyes of the individual and well they should be.
