Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so. How often have we not seen the truth condemned! It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history.
-Carl Jung
by Brandon Smith
Two
things make man what he is; his soul, and his memory. Lose one, or both,
and he ceases to exist. He might as well buzz over his own garbage like
an insect. When a society is drawn into the repugnant shadow of
totalitarianism and collectivism, it is usually because the masses have
abandoned (or been enticed to abandon) a piece of their inner and outer
heritage, something which kept the darkness at bay, a lesson from the past, or
a principle long honored. In the wretched and psychotic quest for the
“perfect” establishment system, we are even often encouraged by the elitist ilk
to slough off the warm remnants of our cultural inheritance like so much skin
and “look forward” to a bright and more promising tomorrow, where everything
will be different, and certainly, better than today.
The ideological brand of so-called progress that we call “collectivism” relies heavily on the notion that the values of the past are inadequate to the requirements of the future. We are taught by the peddlers of collectivist propaganda that our beliefs and our principles must evolve along with the perceived growth of our species as a whole. They see themselves as visionaries and prophets foretelling a grand reinvention of the world that we laymen are unequipped to imagine or understand. We cling to the old ways because we are “afraid of change”, or too ignorant to fathom the beauty of their Utopian beyond…
Pretentious
bile? Absolutely. However, within the rhetoric and strategies of
the collectivist agenda there are treasures to behold; reoccurring themes and
indicators that can be found in nearly every modern tyranny and most ancient
tyrannies that have ever existed. Words and actions that warn us of the
true intent of the elite.
The
fact is, collectivists drive so hard to admonish respect for the past because
every lie they tell us now has been told before a thousand times, to build a
thousand gruesome empires.
The Futurists
To
gain an insight into the stunted philosophy that underlies collectivism,
globalization, centralism, socialism, communism, fascism, etc., it is important
to acknowledge the ways in which these systems seduce the public. Many
people find themselves inadequate to the era in which they are born, or,
believe their era inadequate to them. They wish they could live in a more
enlightened age. They wish they could leap ahead in time and know what
the next generations will know. They fear that they will die as obscure
beings in an obscure moment of history devoid of discovery or legacy.
People prone to collectivist fantasies seek to escape the struggles of their
present life and transport themselves to a place where mankind has triumphed
over the adversities of the “mundane” to frolic like gods amongst the stars.
Now,
imagine you are one of these desperate men or women, and someone promises you
in a rather convincing manner that their system of social structure and
governance will bring that sterling-silver-gravity-defying-Star-Trek-future to
you. What would you be willing to trade for even a glimpse into the next
epoch? Some, sadly, are willing to trade everything, including their
freedoms.
A
movement from the early 1900’s called Futurism is a perfect example of this
obsession with progress that sacrifices the lessons of the past. A
quasi-art movement that also included political activism, the Futurists
believed that in order for a society to flourish, it had to amputate its
past. For them, all that was old was now useless, and only technological
and cultural supremacy over nature could redeem humanity. In the 1920’s
and 1930’s, the Futurists reveled in the rise of Fascism in Italy and Germany
and supported it fully until they found their club did not necessarily fit into
the social engineering programs of Mussolini and Hitler. In Russia, the
Futurists also embraced Communism, searching for that far off prosperous sci-fi
land. Leon Trotsky even wrote of the Futurists, though he attempted to
separate Communist Futurists from the more “vulgar” and “naïve” Fascist
Futurists:
"...Futurism is against mysticism, against the passive deification of nature, against the aristocratic and every other kind of laziness, against dreaminess, and against lachrymosity – and stands for technique, for scientific organization, for the machine, for planfulness, for will power, for courage, for speed, for precision, and for the new man, who is armed with all these things. The connection of the aesthetics “revolt” with the moral and social revolt is direct; both enter entirely and fully into the life experience of the active, new, young and untamed section of the intelligentsia of the left, the creative Bohemia. Disgust against the limitations and the vulgarity of the old life produces a new artistic style as a way of escape, and thus the disgust is liquidated. In different combinations, and on different historic bases, we have seen the disgust of the intelligentsia form more than one new style. But that was always the end of it. This time, the proletarian Revolution caught Futurism in a certain stage of its growth and pushed it forward. Futurists became Communists..."
The
value of Futurism, for Trotsky, was measured by the extent to which the
movement extolled communist virtues (he felt that they were not living up to
his standards). In his mind, of course, the two systems
(fascism/communism) were different. For the Futurists, though, each form
of despotism held the same magnetic charm. They were collectivists at
heart, and to them, the two systems were essentially the same. Both
demanded that society cast off large portions of the past that were seen as
“archaic” and stifling to progress. Both systems waged war on values long
held by the citizenry.
The Purge
A
distaste or hatred of heritage is very common at the onset of any collectivist
restructuring. These restructurings usually target principles of
individual liberty and self governance while masquerading as a fight against
oppression or corruption. The old principles are either presented as too outdated
and insufficient to deal with the new problems of a culture, or, they are
presented as the actual SOURCE of the problems of that culture. In either
case, the elites wielding the collectivist machine inevitably call for a purge
of all bygone ideals.
In
Communist China, Mao instituted the Cultural Revolution, which encouraged the
mindlessly mesmerized collectivists in the Chinese populace to destroy
everything which represented the past. Artwork, buildings, historical
artifacts, books; even teachers and proponents of any brand of pre-communist
heritage were targeted.
In
Fascist Germany, the Nazis destroyed countless books and manuscripts, rewrote
German history, censored and removed thousands of artworks, instituting state
designated artforms that depicted the collectivist vision of the new
society.
In
Russia, the Communists focused intently not only on liquidating manuscripts
extolling the methods of different eras, but also the people who wrote
them. Under Lenin and Stalin, the goal was to annihilate the memory of
the world before, even if it meant annihilating the masses along with it.
A
complete reformation of educational infrastructure came next. The
children of the collectivist age had to be indoctrinated as if there had never
been another way of doing things.
These
purges, as numerous examples have shown, are only temporary. The great
conundrum for the elites has not only been the obstacle of memory, but the
obstacle of the soul; that inherent quality in human beings that compels us to
pursue freedom, balance, and truth, regardless of the constraints of our
environment. The documents and remnants of heritage that oligarchs seek
to destroy are ultimately only expressions of our inborn consciences.
Deep down in each person, no matter what they have been conditioned to believe,
there is a well-spring of vital ideas that conflict with the mechanizations of
collectivism. Individualism finds a way to surface, and so, the central
rulers must start over once again, looking for an insurmountable method of
control.
The American Heritage Under
Siege
One
simple fact remains: As long as Americans continue to esteem the vision
expressed in the U.S. Constitution, Bill Of Right, and Declaration Of
Independence, there can be no collectivism in this country. The
Constitutional Republic formed through revolution against despotism by the
Founding Fathers is a solid antithesis to outright tyranny. So, it only
follows that the “Futurists” of today and the puppeteers who pull their strings
would do absolutely everything in their power to distance the public as far as
possible away from the heritage of those documents and that
time.
Much
like the Cultural Revolution in China, though moving at a slower and more
subversive pace, our history is being purged and rewritten to accommodate a
centralized dream of the new America. This dream hinges on the suggestion
that the Constitutional structure is outdated, and that it must be remodeled to
accommodate the burgeoning Globalist paradigm. Our own sitting president
has voiced similar arguments in the past:
"…the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth, and of more basic issues such as political and economic justice in society. To that extent, as radical as I think people try to characterize the Warren Court, it wasn’t that radical. It didn’t break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution, at least as it’s been interpreted, and the Warren Court interpreted in the same way, that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. Says what the states can’t do to you. Says what the federal government can’t do to you, but doesn’t say what the federal government or state government must do on your behalf…"
While
the mainstream media reiterates the message of the “antiquated” Constitution with
greater regularity:
American Futurists complain that the Constitution is too restrictive on government, and that it prevents the establishment from making changes quickly. But where they see a lack of adaptation, I see critical checks and balances. Where they see archaic law, I see timeless principles of conscience that will remain relevant for all eternity. Where they see progress in globalism, socialism, and collectivism, I see a devolvement into the dark ages of feudalism. How “new” and progressive is Globalism really? Is it not more reasonable to say that the idea of a free decentralized and sovereign republic whose first mission is to protect personal rights is much more rare and advanced than yet another elitist stab at centralized domination?
Is
the Constitution a "perfect document"? No. I don't know
that there is such a thing. What I do know, though, is that there is no
one currently in government with the wisdom or intelligence needed to rewrite
the document to be more balanced than it already is. I welcome critics to
name any person they think is legitimately qualified.
The
Founders designed the Constitution to limit the powers of federal government
for a reason! Take a look at the stunning array of liberty rending
executive orders that Barack Obama has issued in the course of the past four
years. Now imagine that he and Congress had free reign to etch those
orders into the Constitution at will. What possible meaning would the
document have then? The Constitution was never meant to be a tool of
government. It was meant to be a tool (a necessary tool) for the people
to restrain government. The futurists muse like children over this
concept but fail tragically to grasp it.
Despite
the obvious faulty logic within the “outdated” argument, the propaganda has hit
full steam in recent years. In federally funded schools around the
country, American history before the Civil War is no longer taught, and
Constitutional studies are almost unheard of:
The
space in curriculum created by the removal of the American Revolution and
everything else important to the birth of the country has been filled with what
teachers now refer to as “Global Studies”. What do global studies
entail? Why not ask the organizations that write the study guidelines,
like ‘Facing The Future’:
"I use Facing the Future [lessons] to complement many other materials. I have all of the kids read Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions, as an introductory overview. Then students break into groups to research some of the topics, like governance, climate change, or world view. They have different ways of looking at the future after reading this…”
"We use United Nations materials. I bring in a lot of guest speakers, even someone that was a defense attorney in the World Court. I've brought in scientists who are experts on climate change, we use Al Gore’s film [An Inconvenient Truth], lots of websites that I just let kids dig into…”
Or,
we could ask children in Seattle private schools, who are being taught the
“evils” of property rights, and how individual ownership hurts the collective:
"…the students had been building an elaborate "Legotown," but it was accidentally demolished. The teachers decided its destruction was an opportunity to explore "the inequities of private ownership." According to the teachers, "Our intention was to promote a contrasting set of values: collectivity, collaboration, resource-sharing, and full democratic participation."
The children were allegedly incorporating into Legotown "their assumptions about ownership and the social power it conveys." These assumptions "mirrored those of a class-based, capitalist society -- a society that we teachers believe to be unjust and oppressive...."
This
eradication of original American values is taking place on every level of our
society, even in law enforcement, which is now infamously illustrated by the
FEMA indoctrination of police officers in the video below to consider the
Founding Fathers “terrorists”
If attacks on foundational
heritage are a warning sign of centralized oligarchy and collectivism as this
article outlines, then America is in imminent peril. These changes never
go quietly, and are invariably surrounded by economic depression, collapse,
war, and death. From the ashes of confusion and decay inspired by
collectivists, the next elitist experiment is born. The mad science of
the Futurists must not be allowed to prevail here…
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