{"id":385,"date":"2010-05-09T20:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arkansasfreedom.net\/?p=385"},"modified":"2010-05-09T20:22:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-09T20:22:00","slug":"cradle-of-civilization-self-destructing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/?p=385","title":{"rendered":"Cradle of Civilization self-destructing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><br \/>\nThe cradle of civilization, i.e. philosophy, logic, reason, science is in the chaos of self-destructing.&nbsp; How ironic that the people of Greece cannot think their way out of the Collective trap into which they fell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: black;\">Big Government = tyranny.&nbsp; Government has no way to acquire big money except by force.&nbsp; The Collectivists have convinced many of illogical, insane concepts\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat you can spend more than you earn and not go bankrupt; that unearned rewards are somehow justifiable; that something for nothing is desirable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: black;\">Results include irrationalities like some deserve \u00e2\u20ac\u0153entitlements\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, therefore taking by force from some to distribute to others is desirable\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6especially if you can play the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153race card\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153victimization\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: black;\">The rioters in Greece feel victimized because their government can no longer afford them.&nbsp; The majority of Grecians works for and\/or receives government checks\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and the U.S. is not far behind. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: black;\">Governments\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 goal is expansion.&nbsp; Common sense, property rights, Bill of Rights, justice be damned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: black;\">Greece reduced its citizens to whining, inept, helpless people who expect to be taken care of, now they are an angry mob demanding their \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rights\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, not unlike the illegal aliens in the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: black;\">Chaos, anarchy, police-state tyranny are logical consequences of such thinking\/policies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: black;\">This country is galloping down that road, only differences are the size, scope, technology, and sheer power of the U.S. government versus Greece which makes it more dangerous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: black;\">Will the world learn from union rioters in Greece, Muslim riots in France, or the illegal alien protests in America?&nbsp; The Third Worlders learn the West has been brought to its knees by \u00e2\u20ac\u0153multiculturalism\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153diversity\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, and unearned rewards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: black;\">Unless the West shakes loose from political correctness and returns to common sense meritocracy, rule of law and individual rights it will continue to sink into the morass of mankind\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dismal past\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6from Dark Ages to the jungle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; color: black;\">~Barbara McCutchen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cradle of civilization, i.e. philosophy, logic, reason, science is in the chaos of self-destructing.&nbsp; How ironic that the people of Greece cannot think their way out of the Collective trap into which they fell. 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