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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:
- Monarchy and ordered government
- Private property and inheritance
- Patriotism
- Family (e.g., marriage and morality with an institutional education), and
- 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:
- Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
- A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
- Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
- Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
- Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
- Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
- 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.
- Equal liability of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
- 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.
- 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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Cogent Author and publisher, Frederick R. Smith
Cogent Editor, Sean Tinney
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