Collectivist Obsession with Race + Video: Ron Paul on Racism
The more I observe U.S. politics, the more I am sickened by racial politics. Don't get me wrong; this is also an observable trend in Europe. The fact is that race and nationality have always been explosive issues. Politicians and political interest groups know this and use it to damage or completely discredit the opposing ideology. Liberals in the U.S. would have you believe that conservatism or rightist politics is the source of all racist thought in America. To believe this, one would have to ignore history completely and the fact that many of the most brutal racist policies the world has ever seen have come from leftist (statist) regimes such as Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany (admittedly a hybrid of left and right), etc. Of course, liberal-leaning journalists don't always say that so-called rightists are racist outright. Innuendo is enough, just like in this Salon article on Glenn Beck I came across today. Another example is when CNN investigated some supposedly racist statements in a Ron Paul newsletter (Video just below). The point is that once the accusation of racism has been leveled by a news outlet, it is next to impossible to refute it. If it is ever retracted, it is normally on the back page somewhere after the damage has already been done.
If one were to look at the matter squarely and in an intellectually honest manner, it would be obvious that there are racists across the entire political spectrum. It is entirely independent of party or political ideology. The real source of racism in politics is collectivism. Collectivist politicians, whether conservative and liberal, try to pit group against group, poor vs. rich, gay vs. straight, race vs. race, patriot vs. traitor, worker vs. jobless, citizen vs. foreigner, and it never ends, nor has it ever. And for what? A few more seats here and there? We've seen the results of such demagoguery the world over, and it's not a pretty sight.
As Ron Paul notes, when ideological representatives from both the right and left view individuals as groups to be moved around as chess pieces, it is impossible to escape such a statist and dangerous mindset. If the focus were on individual rights, there would be no need to appeal to race, gender, or any quasi group of people. The hilarity and absurdity of it all is that both sides think they are the sole arbiters of racial politics.
The biggest obstacle to removing collectivism from politics, however, is taxation. Taxation enables collectivist thought for one simple reason; there is "free" money to redistribute. Now, would a government ever give this money to individuals to secure their rights. No, and it wouldn't make sense if it did. In that case, it could have never taxed in the first place. The logical choice for a ruling party of a government sitting over billions and trillions of dollars in tax money is to redistribute it to themselves or to groups powerful enough to lobby for influence or who will support the ruling party. It simply wouldn't follow for a ruling party to reward opposition groups, and, in fact, we see that this does not happen. The money is used to favor one group over another or even to punish opposing groups.
The truth is that no matter who runs America or any country in the world, be it liberals or conservatives, we all suffer under their statist illusions of grandeur and redistributionist policies. Caesar's divide and conquer strategy unfortunately still works.
If one were to look at the matter squarely and in an intellectually honest manner, it would be obvious that there are racists across the entire political spectrum. It is entirely independent of party or political ideology. The real source of racism in politics is collectivism. Collectivist politicians, whether conservative and liberal, try to pit group against group, poor vs. rich, gay vs. straight, race vs. race, patriot vs. traitor, worker vs. jobless, citizen vs. foreigner, and it never ends, nor has it ever. And for what? A few more seats here and there? We've seen the results of such demagoguery the world over, and it's not a pretty sight.
As Ron Paul notes, when ideological representatives from both the right and left view individuals as groups to be moved around as chess pieces, it is impossible to escape such a statist and dangerous mindset. If the focus were on individual rights, there would be no need to appeal to race, gender, or any quasi group of people. The hilarity and absurdity of it all is that both sides think they are the sole arbiters of racial politics.
The biggest obstacle to removing collectivism from politics, however, is taxation. Taxation enables collectivist thought for one simple reason; there is "free" money to redistribute. Now, would a government ever give this money to individuals to secure their rights. No, and it wouldn't make sense if it did. In that case, it could have never taxed in the first place. The logical choice for a ruling party of a government sitting over billions and trillions of dollars in tax money is to redistribute it to themselves or to groups powerful enough to lobby for influence or who will support the ruling party. It simply wouldn't follow for a ruling party to reward opposition groups, and, in fact, we see that this does not happen. The money is used to favor one group over another or even to punish opposing groups.
The truth is that no matter who runs America or any country in the world, be it liberals or conservatives, we all suffer under their statist illusions of grandeur and redistributionist policies. Caesar's divide and conquer strategy unfortunately still works.
Posted by Michael at 11/21/2009 1:08 PM 
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Tags: Libertarianism Racism Ron Paul Collectivism
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Tags: Libertarianism Racism Ron Paul Collectivism
You're a rightist hack. This is just more of your race-hating propaganda. Nazis leftists!!! Ha, what an idiot.
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Everyone knows rightists are racists...read a history book, you ignorant racist!
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Typical...lefties start attacking when they feel threatened...sigh...
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Meanwhile Jesse Jackson gets a pass. CNN recently did a glowing profile of Jesse. They left out his Hymietown comment and salad spitting days.
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Tru dat, Austin. CNN is part of the collectivist mindset this writer is talking about. They just want their view of society enforced.
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