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Useful Idiots
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Did a search but found nothing on this. Tyranny looming?
When Adolf Hitler was building up the Nazi movement in the 1920s, leading up to his taking power in the 1930s, he deliberately sought to activate people who did not normally pay much attention to politics.
Such people were a valuable addition to his political base, since they were particularly susceptible to Hitler's rhetoric and had far less basis for questioning his assumptions or his conclusions.
"Useful idiots" was the term supposedly coined by V.I. Lenin to describe similarly unthinking supporters of his dictatorship in the Soviet Union.
Put differently, a democracy needs informed citizens if it is to thrive, or ultimately even survive.
In our times, American democracy is being dismantled, piece by piece, before our very eyes by the current administration in Washington, and few people seem to be concerned about it.
The president's poll numbers are going down because increasing numbers of people disagree with particular policies of his, but the damage being done to the fundamental structure of this nation goes far beyond particular counterproductive policies.
Just where in the Constitution of the United States does it say that a president has the authority to extract vast sums of money from a private enterprise and distribute it as he sees fit to whomever he deems worthy of compensation? Nowhere.
And yet that is precisely what is happening with a $20 billion fund to be provided by BP to compensate people harmed by their oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Many among the public and in the media may think that the issue is simply whether BP's oil spill has damaged many people, who ought to be compensated.
But our government is supposed to be "a government of laws and not of men."
If our laws and our institutions determine that BP ought to pay $20 billion - or $50 billion or $100 billion - then so be it.
But the Constitution says that private property is not to be confiscated by the government without "due process of law."
Technically, it has not been confiscated by Barack Obama, but that is a distinction without a difference.
With vastly expanded powers of government available at the discretion of politicians and bureaucrats, private individuals and organizations can be forced into accepting the imposition of powers that were never granted to the government by the Constitution.
If you believe that the end justifies the means, then you don't believe in constitutional government.
When Adolf Hitler was building up the Nazi movement in the 1920s, leading up to his taking power in the 1930s, he deliberately sought to activate people who did not normally pay much attention to politics.
Such people were a valuable addition to his political base, since they were particularly susceptible to Hitler's rhetoric and had far less basis for questioning his assumptions or his conclusions.
"Useful idiots" was the term supposedly coined by V.I. Lenin to describe similarly unthinking supporters of his dictatorship in the Soviet Union.
Put differently, a democracy needs informed citizens if it is to thrive, or ultimately even survive.
In our times, American democracy is being dismantled, piece by piece, before our very eyes by the current administration in Washington, and few people seem to be concerned about it.
The president's poll numbers are going down because increasing numbers of people disagree with particular policies of his, but the damage being done to the fundamental structure of this nation goes far beyond particular counterproductive policies.
Just where in the Constitution of the United States does it say that a president has the authority to extract vast sums of money from a private enterprise and distribute it as he sees fit to whomever he deems worthy of compensation? Nowhere.
And yet that is precisely what is happening with a $20 billion fund to be provided by BP to compensate people harmed by their oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Many among the public and in the media may think that the issue is simply whether BP's oil spill has damaged many people, who ought to be compensated.
But our government is supposed to be "a government of laws and not of men."
If our laws and our institutions determine that BP ought to pay $20 billion - or $50 billion or $100 billion - then so be it.
But the Constitution says that private property is not to be confiscated by the government without "due process of law."
Technically, it has not been confiscated by Barack Obama, but that is a distinction without a difference.
With vastly expanded powers of government available at the discretion of politicians and bureaucrats, private individuals and organizations can be forced into accepting the imposition of powers that were never granted to the government by the Constitution.
If you believe that the end justifies the means, then you don't believe in constitutional government.
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"Useful Idiots
Saul Alinsky died about 43 years ago, but his writings influenced those in political control of our nation today.......
Recall that Hillary did her college thesis on his writings, and Obama writes about him in his books.
Died: June 12, 1972, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Education: University of Chicago
Spouse: Irene Alinsky
Books: Rules for Radicals, Reveille for Radicals.
You know how authors will dedicate a book (especially their first book) to a loved one or a respected mentor? Alinsky dedicated
Rules for Radicals to Lucifer, the first radical.
Anyone out there think that the following isn't happening today in the U.S. ?
How to create a social state by Saul Alinsky:
There are eight levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a social state. The first is the most important:
1) Healthcare: Control healthcare and you control the people.
2) Poverty: Increase the poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.
3) Debt: Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.
4) Gun Control: Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government. That way you are able to create a police state.
5) Welfare : Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income)
6) Education: Take control of what people read and listen to and take control of what children learn in school.
7) Religion: Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools.
8) Class Warfare: Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent, and it will be easier to take from (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.
Does any of this sound like what is happening to the United States ?
Alinsky merely simplified Vladimir Lenin's original scheme for world conquest by communism, under Russian rule. Stalin described his converts as "Useful Idiots."
(Sounds like something we have just been hearing lately regarding how Obamacare was passed).
The Useful Idiots have destroyed every nation in which they have seized power and control.
It is presently happening at an alarming rate in the U.S.
If people can read this and still say everything is just fine, they are (by definition) useful idiots."
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EIGHT LEVELS OF CONTROL
Saul Alinsky died 43 years ago, but his writings influenced
those in political control of our nation today...
Recall that( Hillary) did her college thesis on his writings, and
Obama writes about him in his books.
Died: June 12, 1972, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Education: University of Chicago
Spouse: Irene Alinsky
Books: Rules for Radicals; Reveille for Radicals
Does anyone out there think that this stuff isn't happening today
in the United States of America?
All eight rules are currently in play!
How to create a Socialist State, by Saul Alinsky:
There are eight levels of control that must be obtained before
you are able to create a Social State. The first is the most
important.
1) Healthcare --- Control healthcare and you control the people.
2) Poverty --- Increase the poverty level as high as possible.
Poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you
are providing everything for them to live.
3) Debt --- Increase the debt to an unsustainable level... that
way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more
poverty.
4) Gun Control --- Remove the ability for citizens to defend
themselves from the Government. That way you are able to
create a Police State.
5) Welfare --- Take control of every aspect of people's lives...
(Food, Housing and Income).
6) Education --- Take control of what people read and what
people listen to - take control of what children learn in school.
7) Religion --- Remove the belief in God from schools and the
government.
8) Class Warfare --- Divide the people into the wealthy and the
poor. This will cause more discontent, and it will be easier to
take (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.
Does any of this sound like what is happening in the United States?
Alinsky merely simplified Vladimir Lenin's original scheme for
world conquest by Communism under Russian rule.
Stalin described his converts as "Useful Idiots."
These "Useful Idiots" have destroyed every nation in which they
have seized power and control.
It is presently happening at an alarming rate in the U.S.
If people can read this and still say everything is just fine.
they are indeed "Useful Idiots!"
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."
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Term invented in Soviet Russia to describe people who blindly supported the likes of Lenin and Stalin while they committed atrocity after atrocity....
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http://www.bestofbeck.com/wp/activism/saul-alinskys-12-rules-for-radicals
Cloward/Piven
1. freedom for all
2. fair and just government by the consent of the people
3. no arbitrary or capricious actions by those in power (i.e. strictly the rule of law)
if you argue for such a government, you are blameless. their arguments fall apart.
so it must be the true way to go.