The Socialist mindset holds that individuals make up ‘the people’ i.e. the individual is subsumed within the collective.
Hold this fact in tension: during America's mid term elections 64% of young people voted for left wing, socialist candidates. In Australia I would guess that our young folk hold much of the same worldview, certainly those 'educated' through the university system.
Why? How can this be so given the atrocious history of Socialist governments?
Answer: Because the education of our young people in the West has been taken captive by left wing ideologues and education has been usurped by indoctrination.
Don't believe it? Experiment for yourself. Go and question any young person under the age of 25 (30?) and ask them about Socialism.
Ask them what they know about Lenin, Hitler (yes he is called a Fascist but [NAZI=National Socialism]and so was Mussolini yet when he gained power Lenin wrote to congratulate a 'brother'), Stalin, Khrushchev, Castro, Mao, Pol Pot, Chavez, et al.
I guarantee the answers will surprise you if you have any knowledge of world history.
The terrible truth in the West with our freedoms (hard won) and the vote is that each one of us is partly responsible for the outcomes of government; because the individual stands as a bulwark against possible tyranny if we exercise our responsibilities, which makes our existence important. It provides meaning to each one of us individually as well as towards our families, our community and even in some cases towards the world communities.
Why you may ask is this a ‘terrible truth’? Because if you abdicate your responsibilities the negative results are then your responsibility and ultimately I believe we will each answer for these choices including sitting on the fence for that is a choice nevertheless.
The terrible truth in the West with our freedoms (hard won) and the vote is that each one of us is partly responsible for the outcomes of government; because the individual stands as a bulwark against possible tyranny if we exercise our responsibilities, which makes our existence important. It provides meaning to each one of us individually as well as towards our families, our community and even in some cases towards the world communities.
Why you may ask is this a ‘terrible truth’? Because if you abdicate your responsibilities the negative results are then your responsibility and ultimately I believe we will each answer for these choices including sitting on the fence for that is a choice nevertheless.
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