I generally publish studies from the Word, but the rise of Fascism in America (and the timid response) has me greatly worried. We live for HIM, but we live in the World. Socialism has been the cause of numerous mass-murders in the 20th Century, and yet, the elites and the media want you to believe that Conservatives are the new Fascists and that they can give us a kinder, gentler Socialism and bring us heaven on Earth.
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. (Matthew 24:24)
Yeshua was speaking of Anti-Christ, but it applies equally well to those that want you to trade freedom for security.
“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both” – Benjamin Franklin
“Right Wing” Fascists
This has been a pet-peeve for decades. I have a degree in political science and I am finally going to use the letters my graduation allows me to profess (i.e., “BS”).
The political spectrum is pretty straight-forward and was once taught in our schools:
What is no longer taught is the definitions of the political ideologies:
- Communism: a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed – advocating elimination of private property. A totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production – based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the U.S.S.R. The final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably
- Socialism: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods – a system of society in which there is no private property. A stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.
- Liberalism: a political philosophy based on belief in progress, the essential goodness of the human race, and the autonomy of the individual and standing for the protection of political and civil liberties specifically – considers government as a crucial instrument for amelioration of social inequities (such as those involving race, gender, or class).
- Centrist: a person who holds ‘moderate’ views.
- Conservatism: a philosophy calling for lower taxes, limited government regulation of business and investing, a strong national defense, and individual financial responsibility for personal needs (such as retirement income or health-care coverage) – based on tradition and social stability, stressing established institutions, and preferring gradual development to abrupt change.
- Libertarianism: philosophy that takes individual liberty to be the primary political value – seeks to define and justify the legitimate powers of government in terms of certain natural or God-given individual rights (e.g., life, liberty, private property, freedom of speech and association, freedom of worship, etc.). Government power should be limited to that which is necessary to accomplish this task, therefore, the scope and powers of government should be constrained so as to allow each individual as much freedom of action as is consistent with a like freedom for everyone else – individuals should be free to behave and to dispose of their property as they see fit, provided that their actions do not infringe on the equal freedom of others.
- Anarchy: A utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government – the absence or denial of any authority or established order. A state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority.
Plainly stated, the further one goes on the left of the spectrum, the more authority government has over the individual and the workings of their life. Conversely, by moving to the right in the spectrum, governmental interference is lessened and individual freedom is increased.
“Fascism” was first coined by Mussolini and is characterized by a political philosophy that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.
The similarities between Fascism and Socialism are unmistakable. Hitler modeled his political philosophy after Italian Fascism and named their political party, the National Socialist (Nazi) Party. The only difference between these ideologies and Soviet Socialism was that Stalin was seeking a world-wide, no-boundaries Communism (with him in charge), while Mussolini and Hitler refused to relinquish their national, cultural heritage.
When Mussolini broke away from the Italian Communist Party and started the “Fascisti” Party, Stalin referred to him as “right-wing”. This is where the expression “right-wing dictatorship” comes from. Stalin was obviously a dictator – Mussolini was one, also, but his ideology was to the ‘right’ of Stalin.
Dictatorships are completely contradictory to Conservatism, which is marked by limited government regulation and individual responsibility. Socialism, however, demands that there must be a dictatorship (person or committee) in order to oversee the ‘equal’ distribution of pay and goods. This requires a large government with formidable authority in order to enforce socialist equality.
The Political Left has lied about the nature of Socialism and Conservatism for decades in order to mask their desire to obtain unrestrained government power but incorrectly stating that Conservatives seek to become dictators while increasing the size and scope of government to ‘combat fascists’.
They have been incredibly successful in the media and the universities where they are virtually unopposed by any conservative thought. Nearly half of all college students show a preference for Socialism because they are ignorant of the ramifications of a Socialist State and the history of government enforced slaughter of over one hundred million (100,000,000+) people to maintain government power.
Antifa claims to be a para-military force organized to resist Fascism, but they (knowingly?) adopt the fascistic tactics used by Mussolini’s “Black Shirts” (and later, Hitler’s “Brown Shirts”) to intimidate their opposition so that they could come to power legally and then eradicate any opposition to their dictatorial hold on the government apparatus. They have replaced the KKK as the military arm of the Democrat Party.
The Democratic Party’s move toward Socialism is indisputable. Their platform consists of setting wages; government control of healthcare (both what is permissible and what doctors can charge); choosing which industries may operate and how they may operate; gun confiscation; government monopoly of education and science; and punishment of any opposition.
Look at the hatred the Democrats have heaped upon the Republican President and the people who voted for him. Every news broadcast uses the words, “Racist”, “Sexist”, “Nazi”, “Hitler”, “Traitor”, etc. when referring to President Trump or his supporters. Republicans are repeatably attacked in public places (physically and verbally) and often must leave because of the escalating threat to their lives.
Democrats in the Obama Administration used the authority of the Federal government to spy on and handicap the political campaign of (then candidate) Donald Trump and later attempted to have him removed from office and his supporters and family jailed. Robert Mueller was an unrestrained prosecutor that relied on knowingly false evidence and used the unlimited power of the government’s judicial system to break people mentally and financially.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. (Exodus 20:17)
Envy is like a ‘gate-way drug’. Left unchecked, it can lead to any number of sins. King David committed adultery with Bathsheba and murdered her husband, Uriah . . . but it started with David watching Bathsheba from afar and desiring her greatly. As king, he could have had any woman in the kingdom he desired, but envy caused him to covet his neighbor’s wife.
Cain murdered his brother, Abel, because he was envious that God preferred Abel’s sacrifice over his own. The murder did not take place at the sacrifice, but the seeds of vengeance were planted at that time.
Socialism is the ideology of envy. ‘Don’t think it’s fair that others have more than you?’ Your leaders will take what the ‘rich’ have (this class of people will eventually include the ‘not so rich’, the ‘doing okay’, and finally the ‘barely scraping by’ as the leaders drain more and more wealth from its citizens) and give it to others (‘the poor’). Socialism breaks down the entrepreneurial spirit because no one will want to work harder for more because it will be taken away. At the other end, people stop working because they know that someone else’s labor will provide for them. At this point, people must be forced to work and those that cannot produce must be eradicated because they are a drain on society (“useless eaters”).
This is why Socialism always fails and the results are devastatingly deadly. Everyone becomes equally miserable, except for the leaders who impose Socialism but exempt themselves from its deprivations. The only way to maintain the system is through force and murder.
The Democrats will stop at nothing to achieve total power. They and their surrogates in the Press and Academia will continue to lie about what they are doing until it is too late for the truth to make a difference. Many countries have made this journey towards Socialism and the results have been devastating (e.g., Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, Fascistic Italy, Communist China, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Cambodia, Vietnam, Nicaragua, etc.). The advocates of Socialism lie and hide the eventual results – you must make yourself knowledgeable NOW, or suffer the same fate as hundreds of millions that followed the same path.
If Israel could have elected their leaders, the Romans would have been gone. They didn’t have that right, but you do. Do not give it up without a fight.