To judge by progressive thought, Native Americans should
have continuously welcomed non-native Europeans with open arms…and open
checkbooks if they had had them. Yet they constantly decry these white
settlers, who were simply fleeing persecution and looking for a better life,
for usurping the Native Americans land and bringing with them diseases and
firewater to which the natives had no defense.
Incredibly,
the self-same progressives today are gob-smacked and repulsed that the United States
and the majority of its citizens, native or not, aren’t thrilled with the
thought of unlimited numbers of illegal immigrants crossing over the border and
demanding handouts and rights. This despite the fact that the hordes of
illegals bring with them diseases, crime and drugs. And the fact that there are
probably already over 30 times as many people living in America now as when
Christopher Columbus arrived.
It is
illogical and hypocritical to say that the white Europeans ruined everything
upon their arrival in America on the one hand, while simultaneously preaching
the wondrous benefits of allowing millions of people from Central and South
America to come here today on the other.
There
was no welfare program in America/the United States for the first 443 years of
(mostly) European immigration. There were no Medicaid, Medicare or unemployment
benefits, either. To become a citizen and be granted Constitutional rights such
as the right to vote, one had to enter the country legally and pass a
citizenship test. This was almost universally understood to be best for the
immigrant and the nation.
As we
have grown richer and life has gotten easier, we have gotten softer, our
thinking fuzzier, our reason—and purpose—less clear.
This has led to many ills, including
the changing of the definition of “liberal.” The Founders were classical
liberals…and proud of it. The U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence
were based on classical liberal thought and belief. I myself am an
“old-school,” classical liberal. Classical liberalism favored limited, representative republican
government, individual liberty, economic freedom, and the rule of law. All of
which are anathema to “liberals” of today, as both sides understand the term.
Today’s “liberals” are really
socialists and leftists of various stripes, all of whom want big government,
more and more spending, higher and higher rates of taxation, and less economic
freedom. They are often in favor of a pure—or “direct”-- democracy, which has
in every instance led to chaos, mob rule and tyranny by the majority and/or the
government itself. The rule of law? They
like it when it benefits themselves, not so much when it doesn’t, and not at
all when it’s against their interests.
Which leads us back to illegal
immigration. Our leftist friends are pro amnesty and illegal immigration because it solidifies their power by
guaranteeing them more votes, directly and indirectly. The more people on
government assistance, the more people who vote for their big government, tax
and spend policies. Eventually, society reaches a tipping point where there are
not enough people working to support all those on the dole, when, as Margaret
Thatcher said, “you eventually run out of other people’s money.” And are left $22 trillion or more in debt. Shortly
after that tipping point is reached, society enters a death spiral from which
it is impossible to escape, precisely because the majority of the citizens
either work for the government or rely on its (read: taxpayers) largess.
Classical liberalism led to our
astounding success. Progressivism/socialism/Marxism/leftism, whatever you wish
to call it, will lead us down the road that Venezuela recently traveled. The
vast majority of the citizens will eventually
have equal incomes……at extreme poverty levels……while the ringmasters of the
grand charade live a life of luxury.
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