Friends, tonight I wish to convey my congratulations and good wishes to the people of Chile, a beautiful and prosperous nation, who have voted to move the country firmly to the right, electing as their next president an ally and admirer of our own Donald J. Trump. Some say Chile's lurch to the right means a reinstitution of quasi-fascist, Pinochet-style rule. Well, this ain't 1973, and this time Chile's embrace of "far-right" principles and policies is entirely voluntary, so that's a big difference. In any case, it's heartening to see so many Latin Americans rejecting Marxism and upholding the values of freedom, capitalist competition, national sovereignty, law and order, and the supremacy of family and God over victimology and secular humanism. Let's hope that soon we will be able to add Venezuela to the long list of American states, including our own, which have come to their senses!
Dr. Waddy from Jack: Pinochet was a nasty sort. The intensity of the far left's antipathy to him though was due to his having prevented their darling Allende from making Marxist oppressed serfs of all Chileans. Being historically proven enforcers of the most monstrously murderous doctrine ever , they can hardly claim moral authority for this disingenuous fronting.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize that South America appears to be headed in a direction which can bring material and political well being to that so often misruled region. And that we could be part of this miracle reflects great credit on us and our present administration. Its a very constructive follow-up to our having responsibly taken control of our border.If the desperate can be relieved of most of their fear and destitution, they would probably be glad to find a good life right at home. It should be remembered that it was the U.S. which defeated totalitarian Cuban and Soviet Marxist expansion in the Americas. When we haven't been betrayed by domestic commies , we've been "the flag that sets you free"for grateful hundreds of millions.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: An article found on RealClearPolitics for 12/17: "The Massacre at Bondi Beach was Inevitable" by Douglas Murray, gave a view which, though concentrated on Australia, suggests a far more extensive problem , one that conservatives regularly encounter in the U.S.
ReplyDeleteMurray describes directly post Oct.7 demonstrations in Sidney in which "gas the Jews " was asserted and also frequently expressed support for "globalizing the' Intifada' " He maintains that no governmental correction was administered to the enthusiastic advocates of such convictions.
He then describes his personal experience: "Though they (Australian officials) granted this British born, American based author the right to speak in Australia, they made it clear that if I said anything, which could cause community tensions (a supremely vague concept), then I would instantly have my visa revoked. " But their reaction to openly demonstrated Jew hatred has been indifferent. If his evaluation of Australian attitudes maybe even beyond those of officialdom is accurate then we may reasonably surmise that such prejudice is reflexive and it confirms a very influential conviction that to believe otherwise is to willfully defy dominant principles.
So much for Australia but I think we have seen similarly automatic bigotry in American culture . When I was a NY state employee in the trackless provinces a visiting state Capitol official enjoined me, with obvious offense, to remove a depiction of Santa Claus from my office. I could have characterized such a petty command ( and dismissive in its own right) as merely mindless. But I concluded it is not.
I think it resulted from an attitude firmly esconsed in so many today in many Western culture, that there are certain recently broached political and social verities which are yet unassailable and that any who doubt them are by definition, incorrect , reprehensible and intolerable. This attitude allows for no doubt and is held to authorize coercion to bring recalcitrants into line. This isn't mindless; it has a kind of reason to it. It has been established in the U.S and much of the West by Marxists seeking to establish their total political control over the countries in which their onerous influence and limitless presumption is tolerated for cherished democratic convictions by public and private institutions which incorporate them.
We conservatives know common sense as the cumulative wisdom of time proven verities. The totalitarian far left seeks to establish it's historically proven corrupt and unworkable Marxist standards as similarly credited thinking and acting and it has enjoyed much success. The recent Australian syndrome, maybe manifesting counterintuitive tolerance for the intolerable , is enabled, I think, by this widespread regrettable degradation of Western culture's humane purpose.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: Why, one may reasonably ask , would any highly influential and decisive part of any civilization so readily and emphatically dismiss the principles informing that civilization's provision of almost incredible well being to its members?
ReplyDeleteI think it is because it was afforded the leisure to do so by the unprecedented prosperity with which it was blessed and because its consequent naivete was taken to evil advantage by cynical and devotedly amoral advocates of the most presumptuous doctrine ever to plague humanity: Marxism and its many malign sprigs. A prime example of this is the radical faction of the multitudinous American baby boom generation. It acceded to persuasion, often in the American academy to which it was so fortuitously given access, by Marxist opportunists, to disdain, abandon and attack the culture which assured to it such incalculably good fortune , including democracy and precious, precious freedom. The malign influence of that faction has worked terrible destruction on our civilization but it is now wisely and just in time,confronted by a well led and motivated America which sees it for the evil it is.
Its easy to toy with unattainable perfection when one has such inexperience of the hardships which generated the time honored common sense verities which have sustained our Western culture's painful journey to a far better life than could previously been imagined. When you take this great good fortune for granted , then you are an easy mark for modes of thought which purport to KNOW what the future holds: why, complete remediation of all human faults and consequent comprehensive justice, both beneficial and vindictive.
Good point, Jack, that if we can extirpate leftism in ALL of the Americas, then we will obviate the need for millions to flee to the USA. Heck, we may even make Latin America as rich and as free as we are, in the fullness of time.
ReplyDeleteI don't know nearly enough about Australia to hold it in judgement, but I suspect that country has been tied up in knots by the tension between Jews and Muslims no less than the American academy has. When two groups, both with a compelling claim to victimhood, clash in the arena, what is a morally and intellectually superior leftist to do??? Sometimes, not much...
Dr. Waddy from Jack: For those endorsed by the far left, why, do whatever Marx and his malign sprigs in the 20th gave them to do: that which is reflexively counterproductive to democracy, free enterprise and freedom. The late and great David Horowitz documented the close working relationship between Islam and the American far left in his book Unholy Alliance. Australia is as similar to the U.S. that an apt comparison can be justified.
ReplyDeleteIn having courageously raised the indomitable fortress of Israel against the far left endorsed barbarism of , well, so much of the world , Judaisim has given Jews everywhere a shining example of fortitude and belief in a 2000 year proven durable culture to Australian Jews.In keeping with the high civilization of Judaism it does not enjoin them to injustice but rather to defend themselves with firm resolve. And that gives them justification and encouragement to stand against their country's radical and blindly hate filled antisemites. What is an intellectually "superior "but atavistically murderous far left to do? STEP OFF! They
can't even claim the cachet of dominant braininess, not against scholarly Judaism !
Marxism was born approximately 150 years ago and fermented in the minds of monsters .Jewish civilization is arguably the over 2000 year old foundation of the Western civilization which today generates the most redeeming material well being (with all its attendant benefits)ever known.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: I should add that Horowitz documented a working relationship between radical Islam and the American far left.
ReplyDeleteJack, if we want the Left to self-destruct, there are few more effective levers to pull than that of Jewish-Muslim animosity. Let them fall on their own DEI-emblazoned swords!
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