“We cannot expect Americans to jump from capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism.”
“You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept Communism outright; but we’ll keep feeding you small doses of Socialism until you will finally wake up and find that you already have Communism. We won’t have to fight you; we’ll so weaken your economy, until you fall like overripe fruit into our hands.”
These statements have not been confirmed as accurately coming from Nikita Khrushcev but certainly the actions of Russia and other countries suggest the intent and effects are not far off. The exploitation of our open society is just now coming into widespread view. The apparent manipulation of social media to turn the electorate one way or the other has laid bare the susceptibility of citizens to false flags. The inability of consumers of information to discern between what is true and false is widespread. Many people voting today are getting slivers of information on which to base very important decisions regarding who will lead our country and with what policies. How else can you explain many accepting that “free” college, health care, income, etc. are on the horizon? Are these believers intelligent and educated enough to know there is “no free lunch”?
It is apparent that our educational system has failed to prepare voters. History is not merely a reciting of the dates of past wars. It is a roadmap to the future. While it may seem that technological advances hold sway in making the future look so different, the reality is that there is nothing going on today that hasn’t been part of recorded human history. There were good and bad leaders and people who coddled them and threw them out. How many have even heard the quote attribute to Alexander Tyler?
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.”
As we embark on a two year battle for the soul of our country, citizens would be wise to heed Tyler’s prediction. There is still time for free thinking people to hold sway against the tide of socialism that is sweeping the Democrat party and those beholden to them.
Current Day Publius 