World Gone Mad
Before I expound
further, let me explain a few things about myself.
I am not
what some these days are calling a “racist”.
I am not a homophobe, or a “phobe” of any kind. I am not a misogynist. I am not close-minded. I believe that all human beings, regardless
of their background and beliefs, are equal under the law, in society, and under
God if they have religious beliefs.
A am a law-abiding
member of society who believes that laws are the result of historical human
experience that have evolved to moderate society.
I follow
Christianity as a religion and as a personal choice for me. Other than making knowledge about my religion
available, I do not push my beliefs on others.
My
politics tend toward being conservative with a libertarian bent, but I do not
consider myself “far right wing” or “Christian conservative”. I do have strong political beliefs, but like
religion. I don’t push these beliefs on other people.
There are
many like me in our country. Beating the
drum a liitle, we are solid, down to earth, common sense citizens of what we
have always felt was the greatest country in the world. Our country was founded primarily by Deists
with a Christian background, and it welcomes citizens of all backgrounds. We look with wonder and dismay at some of the
social “experiments” emanating from our east and west coasts and other big urban
centers, and from Europe.
Our “woke”
world has gone mad. Completely
bonkers. Out of control.
One can
throw brick-bats at Joe Biden, and they certainly would be correct about
Biden’s and his extreme left backers with respect to our economic and some of
our societal woes. It doesn’t require a
Wharton PhD in economics to figure out that the way to address 9% inflation in
the country is not to tax and spend another three quarters of a trillion
dollars and call it “inflation reduction”, or to try to buy votes by another
executive branch-only, half-trillion dollar student loan forgiveness tax plan. But I digress.
Yes. Old
Joe’s stupidity and lack of leadership are responsible for many if not all, of our
current economic and other societal problems. Biden and the democrats have also
exacerbated many other issues that have been festering for some time. However, this is not a political
commentary. It is an attempt to identify
and discuss those things in our world that seem to have gotten out of rational or
common-sense balance.
Inflation
is important because it
affects every American family’s pocketbook and day-to-day well-being. When groceries that once cost $100 now cost as
much as $130 or $150, there is a negative effect on middle and lower-income
America. Tax and spend policies of trillions and trillions of dollars with
euphemistic beneficial sounding labels are the main cause of this inflation.
Gas
Prices – Attacking the oil
industry, withholding leases, shutting down pipelines, all in support of
dubious green, environmental goals, have ended our energy independence. One
result is to send gas prices sky-rocketing from about $2.00 per gallon
pre-Biden, to upwards of $5.00 per gallon now.
The perpetrators of this mis-guided energy policy can call it “Putin’s
price hike” but any honest observer will see Biden and his administration’s
policies as the real cause of higher gasoline prices.
Crime
in the Streets – Large
sections of our major, mostly democrat-run cities have turned into crime-ridden,
feces infested cesspools administered by democrat mayors. Police have been defunded, have quit in
droves and extreme progressive DA’s and prosecutors have been elected, many
times with the help of large contributions from George Soros and other “Open
Society” inspired leftists.
Southern
Border, Illegal Aliens, Terrorists, Fentanyl – Over 2 million people have poured across our southern border since
Biden took office, up from a trickle under Trump, including over 50 apprehended
terrorists. Smuggled
Fentanyl from China has also become a major problem under Biden, killing our
young people.
“Wokeness”,
Identity Politics, Political Correctness, “Social Justice”, Cancel Culture –
These are
all manifestations of modern leftist politics which are supported by Biden and
his extremist leftist backers, and which are aimed at fostering the hegemony of
identity groups rather than the freedom of individuals. Taken as a whole, they revive racism by
stressing the differences in social groups and promote social action (and sometimes
violence) to obtain special privileges for identity groups. Non adherents are “doxed” or cancelled
from societal activities.
Promotion
and Legalization of Same Sex Rights – All citizens should be free to pursue their own particular sexual
practices in their own bedrooms so long as they do not impinge on the freedoms
of their fellow citizens. Far from being
a personal issue, the question of same-sex sexuality, rights and marriage have
been thrust at the general population as a special right and privilege under
law by leftist politicians. Rather than
being allowed to develop naturally, children in early grades are taught to
exploit gender differences.
Critical
Race Theory and Education – Children
are taught early in school that the Caucasian Americans that founded this
country are fundamentally racist, and that America is a racist country that
oppresses particularly, people of color.
Further, that our founders were slave owners who instilled racist
principle as part of our DNA, and that reparations are necessary to rectify the
situation now, 160 years after slavery ended.
Eradicating
American Values - Starting
under Obama, and accelerating under Biden, has been what seems to be a
determined effort to denigrate and eradicate our history, culture and values,
and replace them with something between Karl Popper’s (and George Soros’), “Open
Society” and Marx/Lenin/Trotsky’s communism.
The altruistic and beneficent aspects of Marxist ideologies are openly
taught in our schools, while the fact that they always result in some form of totalitarianism
is conveniently overlooked, as are the nearly 150 million deaths caused by
Marxist regimes.
Respite
Under Trump – We had a brief
respite from the anti-American movement under Donald Trump. His pro-American populism, although sometimes
corny, seemed real. His larger than life
personality, the continued persecution by his political enemies, and the Corona
virus pandemic, crippled his presidency and led to his defeat by the
incompetent political hack backed in his basement by the predominantly
left-wing media, bid tech and big entertainment.
And here
we sit – With an incompetent
senile boob for president, who seems to never have had a creative or leadership
thought in his nearly 50 years in the federal government, and his handlers, old
and new extremist socialists, retreads from left-wing academia. Collectively,
they are ruining the country, with each and every new atrocious executive
dictum and “reconciliation”, multi-trillion dollar law. The sense of injustice and unfairness in the
country mounts, while the left strives to buy or cheat their way out of the
morass that they have caused before the mid-term elections.
Ray
Gruszecki
August 26,
2022
