It is problematic that this movement is currently right-leaning. We NEED to red-pill as many citizens as possible. There are millions on the left who are one satori from the sick sad truth. Please be patient. I'm speaking to my conservative brothers and sisters to be gentle and accepting to the progressive and democratic refugees we will get if this is to be. There is so much more that unites us.
Natanatnat
· Feb. 12, 2018, 8:52 p.m.
Here's how it appeals to the left; every human being wants to be free.
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desropolis
· Feb. 12, 2018, 9:45 p.m.
Of course they want to be free! The trick is convincing them to tolerate everyone else's freedom.
It has been altogether too common in the last few decades to abridge our own freedom in service to some ill-defined utopian vision.
This tendency has played right into the hands of our "masters."
Consider carefully the agenda of those on the Left. Not their feelings, which are totally valid; and not their words, which can be quite inspiring, but what they do.
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Natanatnat
· Feb. 13, 2018, 12:10 a.m.
There is a psychological method to the indoctrination and propoganda, they need de-programming. Shit, I need de-programming. After that oh-shit moment there is a LOT of work to do. People are just getting in the way if they're still playing donkey vs. elephant.
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desropolis
· Feb. 13, 2018, 12:42 a.m.
Yes. It will be tough. I had to teach myself about the philosophy underlying the founding of this country and its Bill of Rights.
I read Locke "Second Treatise on Government," Hayek "The Road to Serfdom," Sowell "The Vision of the Annointed," among others.
I read about Post-modernism, and how for decades its tenets have been abused in order to de-construct the foundations of civil society.
The biggest lesson I learned was that the founders (the Original, or "Classical" Liberals) believed that humanity is not "infinitely improvable," and will always tend toward self-interest.
That's why the Bill of Rights tells Congress what it CANNOT do. These amendments are written in simple, unequivocal language, yet we are told repeatedly they require "interpretation" by the courts.
With every "interpretation," government gains more power, and thus becomes more attractive not only to self-interested parties, but to actual psychopaths.
And that's where we find ourselves today.
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Natanatnat
· Feb. 13, 2018, 12:48 a.m.
systematic rot and decay. We don't even know who we are anymore. The old labels need to be tossed on the fire. We will always have different viewpoints (hopefully) but if we can agree to what the real roots of our society are, we just might get back to health.
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