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Madness Made to Order - Part Two

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Madness Made to Order - Part Two

This six-part essay covers a lot of subjects and associated controversial topics. Readers may find some passages to be hyperbole or simple-minded sophistry. Nevertheless, it is an act of love to the good side of humanity in general and the people of America in particular. Tough love. Apologies offered for the sometimes colorful language.

As a historical and contemporary treatise, the overarching goal is an attempt to explain the reasons behind the current rapid fall of humankind. The cause in summary: a “Satan Bug” mental infestation of people around the world. Hopefully, through a combination of historical analysis, recapping of events, and analysis readers will have a mental realization. The late great positive Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) is the inspiration behind these words. The Gandhi Antidote: imperceptible and peaceful means together in a communal setting to produce strength in numbers to end the Satan Bug.

Part One, Mental Blindness, explores the cognitive mental disorientation foisted upon the common people. As a tour beyond the basic “money and power” explanation, a pattern of exploitation and made-to-order conflict appears. 

Part Two, The Philosophical Lineage, is a historical review focused on the “Age of Enlightenment.” While this intellectual movement spawned the modern age with many positive outcomes, we can see a pattern of the negatives that coalesced into the collective nexus.

For those who would prefer to watch or listen to a top-shelf exposé that mirrors much of the content of this essay, check out Victor Davis Hanson on the Assault on Meritocracy, Politicization of the Virus, and the Platonic Noble Lie. Another gem is Dear Black People: Jason Whitlock Explains the Marxist Agenda Behind Race Controversies.

The Philosophical Lineage

“There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers” – William James

It is vital to grasp and understand the full bouquet of history to see the present and hopefully help pave the way to a better future. While history does indeed teach us that the quest for Utopia goes back to the beginning of organized society, there is a lot more to the story. Specifically, as a part of our fallen nature, collectivism fully manifested as a modern root as far back as the early 1700s and blooming in 1776. That year (1776), Bavaria (not the USA), saw the coalescence of the idea that later formed the various collective “isims” (e.g., communism, Marxism, Nazism, and Fascism).

Libertarian readers may have their hackles up because your author did not include nationalism in the above list of “isims.” Indeed, the vile Nazi regime was a negative form of nationalism. Since Nazi means National Socialism, the mad machine hides the “S” word. Nevertheless, many positive great personalities from history such as Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and Anwar al-Sadat loved their country, and as such one could argue they were “nationalists.” Nevertheless, the mad machine’s blurring the line between patriotism and nationalism is just another collectivist trick.

Meanwhile, a cursory study of history seems to show that the demented collectivist idea began with Karl Marx. There is a lot more to the story. The following is a compendium of philosophers, in chronological order, whose “enlightenment” ideas, which started long before Marx, continue to sway the influencers of today. The first thoughts about collectivism go back in time to the ancient writings of Plato.

Leading up to Marx, the “Age of Enlightenment,” was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. Page 139 of the book “When Nations Die” gives the following warning about the Enlightenment.

….one of the problems of the Enlightenment is that the “religion of humanity” brought forth a culture that was self-seeking, antisocial, and detached from the traditional sources of meaning. The creators of the Enlightenment fashioned a society without standards of justice, without standards of merit and authority, and without a higher moral purpose or even a willingness to admit that there may ever have been a moral purpose. Their allegiance was to the merely utilitarian, the materialistic, and the immediately gratifying. And they left to posterity a new view of humanity based on flimsy evidence, superficial illusions, unnatural passions, and an immense ideological gullibility.

The philosophers cast off the noble and heroic in favor of the common and prosaic. They drove away people of culture and virtue even from their own class who might have helped restore reason and order. The cry for liberty, equality, and brotherhood only served to imprison the children and grandchildren of the Revolution in a dismal bond of fatalism and failure. But lest we forget, we are their heirs. Physically and metaphysically, we are their progeny. The modern liberal democratic society in Europe and America must now come to grips with the legacy left to us by those enlightened progenitors. And we must decide what we will make of our inheritance.

The following noticeably short essays only supply a glimpse of the historically significant collectivist personalities. Readers are encouraged to research and read more about the enlightenment era negative ideas that rage on within today’s political and social realms. There are many more figures from history that play a role in our demented discourse. However, research shows the following personalities listed in chronological order make up the main link or lineage to what we know as the various nasty collectivisms.

The Philosophers

Francois Marie Arouet, pen name Voltaire (1694-1778). Born in France, Voltaire was one of France’s most celebrated and acclaimed writers and philosophers. As a follower of the “Enlightenment,” he was also known as a “philosophe,” French for philosopher. In the spring of 1778, a decade before the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, Voltaire’s final play “Irene” opened in Paris. Voltaire, once banished from France, while living his last days, attended a performance of the play. The crowds greeted him with feverish excitement. Voltaire’s junior contemporary Jean-Jacques Rousseau (see below) commented on how Voltaire’s Philosophical Letters on the English played a significant role in his intellectual development. Also see Frederick R. Smith; Voltaire, Robespierre, and Religion of Reason, September 16, 2020.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational thought. Rousseau was a remarkably interesting person. His life reads like a novel and is worthy of added study. According to some scholars, Rousseau exercised minimal influence on the Founding Fathers of the United States, despite similarities between their ideas. Some took Rousseau’s philosophy to the extreme or out of context. For example, Robespierre and Jacobin member Saint-Just (a.k.a. Angel of Death), during the Reign of Terror, regarded themselves as “egalitarian republicans.” Inspired most prominently by Rousseau, they fought to end indulgences.

Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) criticized Rousseau and in his best-known work “The Law” he said:

And what part do persons play in all this? They are merely the [mad] machine that is set in motion. In fact, are they not merely considered to be the raw material of which the [mad] machine is made? Thus the same relationship exists between the legislator and the prince as exists between the agricultural expert and the farmer; and the relationship between the prince and his subjects is the same as that between the farmer and his land. How high above mankind, then, has this writer on public affairs been placed?

“The Law” is a seminal work that spells out the true principles that are necessary for a free society. Like our Founding Fathers, Bastiat shows us the greatest threat to true liberty is too much government. More salient historical facts show us why the Marxists despise our founding – limited government. They have a continuum of connected minds thinking about the government taking care of them (a form of sloth). Meanwhile, these same debased woke folk toil extremely hard at paving the road to serfdom. Just think if they used this energy to build. Also see Frederick R. Smith, The Law and Socialism, December 16, 2020.

Rousseau is the grandfather of educational indoctrination. He birthed the idea that students should be self-motivated but at the same time teachers should manipulate what stimulates the pupils.

Johann Adam Weishaupt (1748-1830). Born in the German state of Bavaria, Weishaupt was Jesuit-trained, appointed professor at the University of Ingolstadt in Bavaria around 1772, and shortly thereafter he rose to the post of professor of Canon Law. He was the first layperson to hold that position, as clergy previously held it. In 1775, Weishaupt began planning a clandestine group to challenge the Church. This group coalesced on May 1, 1776, as the “Ancient and Illuminated Seers of Bavaria.” It is no coincidence that May 1 is the event collectivists annually celebrate as “May Day.” This group evolved into the “Illuminati,” which was in line with Enlightenment rationalist ideas. Between 1784 and 1787 the Illuminati faced suppression. In 1785, Bavaria banished Weishaupt. Some writings suggest that the Illuminati used the drug hashish to produce an “illuminated” state.

The word Illuminati typically ignites the Pavlov’s Dog response that Freddy is a conspiracy theory psycho. However, the intent is not to claim this group exists today but to simply show how many of the extreme enlightenment ideas from this historically verifiable cabal continue to this day interwoven into the fabric of society. The Illuminati wanted the abolition of:

  1. Monarchy and ordered government
  2. Private property and inheritance
  3. Patriotism
  4. Family (e.g., marriage and morality with an institutional education), and
  5. Religion

Look familiar: (hint Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto)? This rancid and evil vomit right out of the pit of hell has a sweet-smelling veneer enrobed over it to encapsulate the stench. Enrobed examples include John Lennon’s “Imagine” and the magician’s redirection with the “fiery but mostly peaceful protests” throughout the year 2020. Also see Frederick R. Smith; Jacobins, Illuminati, and George Washington, October 29, 2020.

Alternate sources of information claim that the Illuminated were in line with or behind the Jacobins. Established in France in 1789, the Jacobins initially were known as the “Society of the Friends of the Constitution.” Later, as the Jacobin Club, it met in a former convent of the Dominicans (known in Paris as Jacobins). Deputies of the National Assembly formed the Jacobins to protect against a possible aristocratic reaction to the French Revolution. Though it did not have a direct role in overthrowing the monarchy in 1792, the club later changed its name to “Society of the Jacobins, Friends of Liberty and Equality.” Inculcated with the same vile philosophy as the Illuminati, the Jacobins fueled the French Revolution. Also see Frederick R. Smith; The Jolly Jacobin, January 24, 2021.

Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794). Robespierre was a French lawyer and political leader. He became one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution and the principal exponent of the Reign of Terror. Born in Arras and educated in Paris at the College of Louis-le-Grand and the College of Law, Robespierre became a fanatical devotee of the social theories of Rousseau. As the deputy of the Estates-General, Robespierre oversaw that assembly in May 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution. He later served in the National Constituent Assembly, and his earnest and skillful oratory soon commanded attention. In April 1790 he was elected president of the Jacobin Club and became increasingly popular as an enemy of the monarchy and as an advocate of democratic reforms. He opposed the more moderate Girondists, the dominant faction in the newly formed Legislative Assembly. Also see Frederick R. Smith; Voltaire, Robespierre, and Religion of Reason, September 16, 2020.

Filippo Michele Buonarroti (1761-1837). Born in Italy, Buonarroti was a promoter of collectivist ideals. He claimed his master to be Rousseau. The same year that Rousseau died, Buonarroti at the age of seventeen, entered the University of Pisa to study law and he discovered Rousseau’s work. That ignited a lifelong passion for Rousseau’s philosophy. While some researchers question Buonarroti’s membership in the Illuminati cult, at the onset of the French Revolution he became friends with a high-ranking Illuminati member Baron de Bassu. In 1793 Buonarroti moved to France and befriended Maximilien Robespierre. In 1794 while back in Italy, he set up institutions to enlighten citizens with Rousseau’s collectivist dogma and had confiscated land belonging to the Noble class. While serving time for the confiscation, he met François Noël (Gracchus) Babeuf (1760-1797) a radical French collectivist.

Upon release from prison on October 9, 1795, Buonarroti promoted the abolition of all private property to ensure “equality” for all of France. This should sound familiar too. He joined the remnants of the Jacobin Club (Pantheon Society). None other than Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels read Buonarroti’s works.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831). Born in Stuttgart (Germany), Hegel spent the years 1788-1793 as a student in nearby Tübingen, studying first philosophy, and then theology. During these studies, Hegel formed friendships with fellow students, the future romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) and Friedrich von Schelling (1775-1854). All three became major figures of the German philosophical scene and these friendships had a major influence on Hegel’s philosophical development. Around the turn of the century, however, under the influence of Hölderlin and Schelling, his interests turned more to issues arising from the critical philosophy of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and later by J.G. Fichte (1762-1814).

As a supporter of progressive but non-revolutionary politics, Hegel’s followers divided into factions (left, right, and center). Karl Marx with his “scientific approach” to society and history morphed Hegelian ideas into a materialistic outlook. Hegel was friends with and mentored by Illuminati and read their writings.

The Hegelian Dialect of collective thought is based on a thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. The consensus process is the practical application of differing or opposing views (thesis and antithesis). Opposing views are changed toward an intended thought process (synthesis). The group members accept “ownership” of the new idea changing their views by manipulation to line up with the new policy or idea.

Thomas Robert Malthus (1776-1834). Malthus entered Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1784 and excelled in English, Latin, and Greek, and graduated with honors. In 1791 he graded with an MA and in 1793 became a Fellow of Jesus College. In 1789, he took orders in the Church of England.

As an English cleric, scholar, and influential economist, Malthus influenced the fields of political economy and demography. The Malthusian thought process included grim predictions about population growth: in time we will be standing shoulder to shoulder. Malthus wrote about periodic wars, famine, and plagues to reduce population. He promoted hygienically unsound practices among the impoverished and believed in the natural reduction of the human herd. Malthusian philosophy influenced Marx’s ideas about “capital.” This is the genesis of the eugenics movement (contraception, abortion, and population reduction/control).

Karl Heinrich Marx (1818 -1883). Born in Trier, Germany, Marx studied law and philosophy as a university student. Due to his political publications, Marx became stateless and lived in exile with his wife and children in London for decades where he neglected them. He continued to develop his thought in collaboration with German thinker Friedrich Engels. His most known works are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto and the three-volume Das Kapital (1867-1883). Marx’s critical (remember this word) theories about human discourse (a.k.a. Marxism) hold that human societies develop through class conflict. With Hegel in mind, in the capitalist mode of production, this theory manifests itself in the conflict between the ruling classes (known as the bourgeoisie or today as the oppressors) that control the means of production and the working classes (known as the proletariat or today as the oppressed). The Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto include:

  1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
  2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
  3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
  4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
  5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
  6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
  7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
  8. Equal liability of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
  9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
  10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc., etc.

Marx’s works influenced the political and social landscape, even today. Marx was a poetry writer, and it is important to note his prose abandoned God and inclines to an association with Satan. He inspired the collectivist monsters of modern time such as, but not limited to, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao Tse-tung. A serious study of the monstrosity of collectivism, using scholarly works like the Black Book of Communism get the scorn of the Marxist professors. Of note, 18 percent of professors openly claim to be Marxist. To trash the Black Book, these professors magnify the “bad” of capitalism. As intellectual sophistry, they use, among others, the USA’s meddling in the Central American conflicts in the 1980s to make their point. Not to make any defense of those terrible things, but excuse me, which ideology caused the greatest death by the government? Communism to the tune of 100 million. It is a wonderment that to this day we see the hippies of today donning T-shirts with Che Guevara’s image. As a refresher, Guevara was a communist thug who fought along with Castro murdering anti-communists. Also see Frederick R. Smith; The Black Book of Communism, September 28, 2020.

The most important item to remember about Marx is this salient tidbit; he advanced the notion that the way to transition humankind into Utopia was through the will of the people via criticism. Enter critical theory, the progenitor to Critical Race (conspiracy) Theory. And indeed, it is a (conspiracy) theory to imagine all white people are racists.

Analysis

Today, change agents unwittingly or knowingly practice and follow the Hegelian process. These human robots are programmed to use the hideous Hegel Dialectic hidden under the name of consensus-building. The net effects of these psychological manipulations include polarized sub-groups. Either people do not know what is going on or they understand that their role is merely obligatory. Those not duped know that it is a preset outcome and that they are not a part of the “go team.” When opposition occurs, reform change agents can say that there was true “community participation.” What a laugh. Forget compromise as we did as youngsters to agree on some things. Today it is crummy “consensus” and if you do not conform to the narrative, you face the wrath of Caustic Cancel Culture Pogrom or the new CCCP. Also see Frederick R. Smith; Caustic Cancel Culture Pogrom, February 23, 2021.

For the elite progressives and neocons, headway occurs through a manufactured conflict (the clash of opposites makes for progress). Surely, this should sound so familiar within the woven fabric of the narratives within our present time. As we shall see, Marx’s writings reflect Hegel’s hideous ideas.

For the programmed Hegelian robots and fully “enlightened ones” who know what they are doing, the government is their god. But they only want a particular type of government, not the one we should have. The quintessential example: the hatred of Trump. It is not about Trump; it is about the loathing of America First. They hid their hatred of America under the guise of Trump the Terrible. As such his frankly ridiculous personality is just the thing for the magician’s diversion, the Hegelian Dialectic. Often friends will say “I do not care about Trump’s behavior; it is the good he does.” That is the point, his behavior is the perfect ruse for the Hegelian Dialectic. Time to move on.

Trump’s behavior aside, the 2020 election was stolen. Copious evidence abounds detailing the fraud and shenanigans. The mad machine’s only retort is to claim any such information to be Republican fantasy. Meanwhile, Stacy Abrams claims that voter fraud thwarted her run for the Georgia governorship. Hilary Clinton also claimed fraud prevented her bid for the presidency. The projected “truth": only republicans commit voter fraud.  Furthermore, fraud evidence pressed by that party is considered “fake news.” Nevertheless, Remembering What Was Done to the Trump Administration by Roger Kimball can be an eye opener to the open minded.

Hillary has a devotion to Saul Alinsky who wrote the 1971 book “Rules for Radicals.” Clinton first met Alinsky when she was at Wellesley working on her 1969 thesis on his controversial theories on community organizing, as outlined in his 1946 handbook, “Reveille for Radicals.” Alinsky is the consummate practitioner of Hegelian Dialectics. Like Marx, he pays tribute to Satan in Rules for Radicals.

The postmodern world embraces radical relativism thereby challenging the objective view or understanding of our human condition. Critical Race (conspiracy) Theory is the modern outgrowth of the 1937 Frankfort School’s Critical Theory. Based on Moscow’s Marx-Engels Institute, the University of Frankfurt Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany avers that there are no universal truths. People infected with this thought(less) process lose touch with reality whereby their entire being falls to the relative (radical relativism). Willie Münzenberg, one of the founders of the Frankfort School had this to say:

We must organize the intellectuals and use them to make Western civilization stink. Only then, after they have corrupted all its values and made life impossible, can we impose the dictatorship of the proletariat.

Famous for the “death of God” quote, the nihilist philosophy of Frederick Nietzsche (1844-1900) influenced Frankfort School’s elders, Max Horkheimer (1895-1973) and Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979). In 1935, they fled Germany to escape from the Third Reich and landed in the United States. That same year, Horkheimer and Marcuse set up shop in Columbia University’s Teacher’s College. Upon the defeat of the Nazi regime, Horkheimer and others returned to Germany. Marcuse stayed behind to become the father of the New Left in America. 

Witnessing the turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s, Marcuse realized that classical Marxism (class struggle) did not fit the bill to overthrow America. He realized that minorities proved to be the best ammo, but they needed to be ideologically programmed. Nothing new there too as this strategy is the “Theory of Cultural Hegemony” promoted by Antoni Gramsci (1891-1937). As the founder of the Italian Communist Party, Gramsci developed a covert collective strategy. Marcuse, like Gramsci, realized that a thriving civil society is a bulwark against collectivism. Culture (race/gender-bender) is the perfect Trojan Horse to destroy society to usher in the collective Utopia. Of note, even before the arrival of the Frankfort team, in 1930, the American Communist Party pulled the strings of collectivist preachers that denounced our country. Also see the story about the brave African American, Manning Johnson (1908-1959). A great quote from Manning’s work:

Social equality for the Negro is a major slogan of the Communists. They use it on the one hand to mislead the Negro American, and on the other hand to create anxieties and fears among white Americans to better exploit both racial groups.

As a former communist, Mr. Johnson is an unsung hero in the same cast of positive great figures from history such as Whitaker Chambers (1901-1961) and Bella Dodd (1904-1969). Rest in peace Manning, Whitaker, and Bella.

While on the topic of Gramsci, Joseph Buttigieg (1947-2019) was a leftist Notre Dame professor who researched and glowingly wrote about this elusive Italian Communist. His son Pete, who ran for the presidency and is now Secretary of Transportation claimed that the interstate highway system is a racist construct.

With the above background, a brief mention of Critical Legal (conspiracy) Theory is in order. As a natural offshoot of Critical (conspiracy) Theory, this academic discipline (cough, cough) bloomed at the University of Wisconsin (UW). In 1977, UW at Madison held its first conference on Critical Legal Studies. The luminaries of this (conspiracy) theory know that manipulation of words is the perfect weapon to replace the “nasty” old with the new. For example, out with abortion and in with reproductive health. Fair elections requiring voter ID is “voter suppression.” Now, do we see the magician’s trick?

Stay tuned. Part Three, The March Past Marx and Beyond, supplies a clear view of Marxism and how that collectivist mindset marches on today despite the trumpeting of “democracy.”

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