It hasn’t taken long.
Gas prices are rising. As are the
prices of other durable and consumer goods, such as timber.
Crime is soaring. China is making threatening
gestures and Russia is massing
troops on the border of Ukraine. There is a crisis
on our own southern border, which even President and Lid-Caller-in-Chief Biden
accidentally admitted recently, causing White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
to claim that’s not what he really meant to say.
This was all eminently predictable
because, as any rational human being knows, actions have consequences. Banning
the Keystone Pipeline, printing and spending trillions upon trillions of
dollars and threatening to implement preposterous environmental policies,
defunding the police and coddling criminals have had the effects that similar
actions have always had. They are the only possible results of actions
such as these. Likewise, pretending that China isn’t a serious and imminent threat
to U.S. national interests-- while simultaneously proclaiming that Russia is,
even as you have no stomach to back up your assertions— was almost certain to
result in the present crises situations.
But being a progressive means never
having to worry about consequences because: 1) you will be too busy blaming
everyone else for the devastation you have wrought 2) the national media is
your bitch and 3) most Americans are ignorant of history. These facts also mean
you never have to say you’re sorry. Not that you would anyway.
Hell, you can make half of the
country believe that it is effective to fight racism with racism, sexism with
sexism and intolerance by being intolerant. You can make them believe that dividing
people into ever smaller groups, pitting them against each other and demonizing
people of a particular
skin color will somehow pave the way to an ideal, equitable society. You
can make people think that President Trump’s call for “peaceful” demonstration outside
of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., was inciting riot and insurrection while Maxine
Waters’ urging already violent protesters in Minneapolis to get “more
confrontational” and “stay on the street” was a great moment in the divine fight
for civil rights. You can even make people believe there are an infinite number
of sexes or genders.
Open borders lead to an ever more
unstable society. Excusing or rewarding crime while punishing self-discipline
and success can have only one outcome.
All of history clearly shows this. But we
don’t know history anymore. At least not accurate history. Many don’t believe
it is as important as, like, you know, the Bachelorette or Cardi B’s new song.
In reality, if we are ignorant of history, we are ignorant of everything. And
unprepared for what the future will bring. Which is precisely why progressives
try so hard to rewrite or erase it.
The classic rock band Supertramp released
a song in the late 1970s called “Fool’s Overture.” It was nominally about
Winston Churchill. The opening lyrics read:
History recalls
How great the fall can be
While everybody's sleeping
The boat's put out to sea
Anyone familiar with
World War II will recognize the probable reference to Dunkirk.
The song continues:
Too late the prophets cried
The island's sinking
Let's take to the sky
The liberal politicians refused to listen to
Churchill, and England, but for the valiant efforts of the RAF in the Battle of
Britain (“Let’s take to the sky”) was nearly sunk forever.
My guess is that the members of Supertramp consider
themselves good progressives. They probably don’t fully grasp the relevance of
their words to the situation the West is in today. If that is indeed the case,
more is the pity.
The song continues:
Called the man a fool
Stripped him of his pride
Everyone was laughing
Up until the day he died
Although the wound went deep
Still he's calling us out of our sleep
My friends, we're not alone
He waits in silence to lead us
all home
Trump
2024?
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