Before we get into the methods of "Double Think", we have to understand how this form of confusion can be brought upon the unsuspecting citizen. Values. Values are the guiding beacon of society. Of course, due to the diversity of the culture and population of the USA their are countless variations of what values can look like, but there are some essential values that every human being SHOULD share. To implement a society of double think values have to wiped away and replaced with a superficial and shallow version of what they once were.
Much more can be learned from the China of the early 20th century, than from their economic machinations of the early 21st. In the early 20th century China went through a great political change. I don't know if any of you have seen the movie "The Last Emperor"(1987) (it's a good movie), but if you haven't I highly recommend it. It gives a very good, very 90's movie explanation of the downfall of the old China from the viewpoint of the Last Emperor of China. Although this movie does not explain the entirety of what happened politically, we can still see parallels between Chinese society and our own American one. There were three key things that were happening at this time that caused the end of Chinese imperial rule.
1) Traditional Chinese culture was diluted by the colonial invasion from Europe. It seems as though the whole of Europe had their hands and influence over China, crippling the self-esteem of the people thus was coined the term "Sick man of Asia".
2) The royal house had become so decadent that it was not the lack of technology in the form of advanced weaponry that led to the conquering of China, but the weak and corrupt leadership that cared nothing for its people and only for its own survival that allowed the "wolves in for dinner", so to speak.
3) With growing frustration from the Chinese people, the most educated decided to create a counter political body to reclaim their sense of pride and honor. Enter Sun-Yat Sen. Although this was a overall positive thing for the people of China. The rise of a new political and military power led to years of civil war amongst the small "chieftains"of the different regions of China. This was compounded by foreign money and influence that fueled this internal conflict for years to come.
All three of these things can be said are happening in America today. I AM NOT AGAINST IMMIGRATION. What I am against is the amnesty given to illegal immigrants when I know of many good, upstanding people that have worked for years, if not decades working in the states that are still waiting for citizenship. I think diversity in America is a good thing overall, but to allow millions of people (with little skills) fleeing a collapsed state into our country while we are on the verge of collapse is just not intelligent. Just like China, our culture and society is being diluted by another culture, that while beautiful, has no concept of our American system. I could elaborate more on this (and probably will) but not now.
Our "royal house" of the executive branch in the form of our President and our "nobles" in the form of senators and congressmen and women and political class in general, are so corrupt and decadent that they would sell out the American people in a heartbeat for more booty. Case in point ACA or the Affordable Care Act. Written by both Republican and Democratic groups- so it is bipartisan regardless of what the mainstream media would like for you to believe- was made mandatory for the American citizen while all of the politicians were made exempt. Now, regardless of what you may think of "Obamacare", good or bad, it is highly suspect for a group of people to enforce a law for most of everyone else, but make themselves exempt. If Obamacare is SOOOOO GREAT why make yourself exempt?
The third connection between the US and early 20th century China is a little harder to see, but it is beginning and evident in the small clues and cracks in our national identity. A new political thought and idea is unveiling itself now. When we see a large influx of politically ignorant illegal immigrants who have come from a democratic socialist or communist country in central or south America this should be cause for alarm, a red flag of political change.
If you, with a sweeping executive power, without consent of 2/3 of the political opposition, give millions of people citizenship in your "DREAM" country, those people now become your political pawns. Those very people will vote anytime anywhere for the person or group of people who they perceive has 'saved' their lives, because of course, that group must be filled with good people. That group could not possible be using millions of people as political pawns, could they?
If we look at these three connections we can see a similarity between the fall of imperial China and the coming fall of America. This is how Values of a society become eroded, through dilution of culture, decadence and "new ideas" that people don't know how to handle or integrate into existing values.
We believe that we live in a "new world" when indeed, nothing is new under the sun. We believe that gay marriage is a new thing when it is as old as dirt. We think that there is a majority of people against it when I think most people could care less. Politicians represent large groups of people, but they are not those people. So if a closed-minded Republican politician makes a short-sighted statement about gay marriage or abortion, it does not mean that someone who may support them agrees with everything they say.
We believe that because technology has changed that people have changed when this couldn't be further from the truth. A person can accept almost anything as long as they are acclimated to it. This is why I have a saying that "Racism does not exist". What I mean by this is 'racism' can only exist in an environment of ignorance, meaning the person just does not know. If someone does not agree with their lifestyle, GREAT! They are not supposed to understand your lifestyle. They are not you.
The point I am getting at is this: We are being pushed into a way of thinking that is not new. In fact it has been the way of the world predominantly for the last 2,000 years. Communism, socialism, fascism, they all sound good in principle, but in essence they all require one thing: collectivist thinking. Collectivism is so essentially anti-human and anti-freedom because it creates a duality within the individual that is border line schizophrenic. You understand what you desire as an individual but repress yourself for the sake of political correctness, acceptance and popularity. When in reality, all you receive form this behavior is dangerous dependence and low self-esteem.
If we continue down this road, we will find ourselves repeating the history of China's Cultural Revolution or the Bolshevik Revolution or worse yet, Germany's Nationalist Socialist Party. We should feel grateful every time we hear a fundamentalist Christian spew some dogmatic slogan that we perceive as homophobic. We should embrace the 1st amendment of the Klan. We should take Pride in a gay parade. We should congratulate a 'Skeptic' of 'climate change'. We should rejoice when someone wishes to homeschool their children.
This is a country of freedom and independence. The moment we all start to just agree with each other without opposition, a warning flag should go off in your mind. At the very least, we should stop and check if we all really agree or if it's just peer pressure or political ignorance. It's great to agree, but it is much better to discuss, just to make sure your understand truly where everyone truly stands.
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