I used to think that progressive ideology was benign. It was just a flavor of freedom, like choosing chocolate over vanilla. But the more i have seen it grow, & the more influence & control it has over a nation, the more i see it as a deadly evil for humanity. I wish i was wrong on this, but all the evidence points the other way.
The problem here isn't something so benign as 'income levels', or 'imbalance of wealth', or 'social justice'.. those are mere deflections.. distractions to take our attention from the prize: Human Freedom. Progressive ideology is hell bent on taking our freedoms, by whatever means possible. Oh, they may use orwellian phrases that seem to indicate otherwise, but that is just propaganda.
Ideology makes a difference. Pol Pot, Stalin, & Hitler all had utopian ideologies. They also tried to implement them on a national & international scale. So simply talking about intentions is not enough. You will know them by their fruits. Progressive fruit is rotten to the core. Lets look at some of the fruit of progressive ideology:
1. It is built on lies, censorship, & propaganda. In the last 6 years, while we have had progressive ideology as the majority in American governance, there has been a parade of scandals. Benghazi, fast & furious, using govt to censor the opposition (irs scandal), deleted emails, 'if you like your doctor, you can keep him', 'Obamacare will be cheaper, & cover everyone', busing illegal immigrants from central America, blocking due process investigations into corruption & misuse of power, solyndra & corrupt practices like it, voter fraud, selective enforcement of law, constitutional overreach... the list goes on. A single one might be excused (though there should be accountability for the slightest breach of public trust!), but these go on ad nauseum. Progressives deaden our senses with constant lies. Everything they get caught doing.. overreaches, incompetence, corruption.. they deny, lie, stall, & block. Their tactics & practices are steeped in propaganda & distortions. They censor others, but promote false narratives for their own purposes.
Every progressive run forum i have been in uses censorship to crush any opposing views. The govt does the same thing. So does the progressive run media, academia, & ANY progressive institution. It is part of their dna. They are controlling, manipulative, & oppressive. In forums, they promote phony narratives, like, 'the tea party is racist!', or 'hands up, don't shoot!' or attacks on conservative media, states, cities, counties, & individuals. But if any contrary narrative comes up, they squash it immediately. Schools are notorious for this. They deny patriotic activities, but promote anything that isn't. I could not post a thread like this in a progressive run forum. They would delete it. I have seen it in practice.
2. The eroding of basic human rights.. life & property, free speech, free exercise of religion, due process, etc. It is a constant fight with progressives to keep our basic rights. Even the supreme court has struck down mandate after mandate from Obama, as he tries to systematically limit our basic rights. Things like redistribution, welfare, & social security are used to take the property of those who worked, & make the govt the owner of everything. Religious views are attacked for their agenda, & attempts to control the information outlets are still being made. The IRS is used to bully & censor any opposing views, & taxpayer money is used to promote propaganda toward the people themselves. We actually pay them to deceive us.
3. The corruption & destruction of Citizen representatives. This has been a long time coming, but is rooted in the slow migration toward a ruling elite. These elite are the new royalty, fresh from academic institutions (aka progressive indoctrination factories), ready to build the New America.. a utopia where THEY are in control, & dictate to the unwashed masses their divine wisdom & enlightened solutions. But all they deliver is oppression, corruption, & a privileged elite, living like kings off the working man, plundering the treasury, enriching themselves & their cronies. Their policies are absurd, inefficient, & wasteful. They have no common sense.
4. The plundering of the treasury. They are filled with corruption, building their governing elite, with the explosion of govt employees making exorbitant salaries on the backs of the American worker. Fraud & corruption is rampant, with solyndra like industries & companies getting rich off the taxpayers. Not content with plundering the current taxpayers, they saddle us with massive debt for future generations, blowing money faster than they can print it. It is a system built on looting the working man. They produce NOTHING.. they are only leeches on society.
Now you may say, 'Wow. If these people are so horrible, why do we put up with it? Why do we not stage a revolution & throw out these crooks & evil doers?' Good question. Why don't we?
Some people think it is hopeless. It is out of control & we can do nothing. They are wrong. We CAN change things. We don't have to settle for the destruction of our country, or the slow morphing into a socialist nanny state. If you LIKE your freedom, you can KEEP your freedom. But it will be a fight. These leeches will not be detached easily.
Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! ~Patrick Henry
