(NOTE: Thanks to a reader of Greeley Report for this original column.)
There seems to be an argument being made today for communism
that goes something like this. “If
socialism or communism is run by smart people who are admired, or by nice
people who like everyone, then it’s really a good thing.” This argument is used to justify Obamunism and
his move to take over everything from banks to the auto industry. His next move will be into health care, and
based on the level of opposition, he will then devour even more of our free
enterprise system.
So, let’s examine the argument. Are “nice” communists better? Do they run the country better than “bad”
independents and free-thinkers? History
has already given us the answers in the lives of several brilliant leaders. Stalin, Hitler, Lenin and Mao were not hated
by everyone. If they had been hated,
they would have never ascended to power. Many of these men were also intelligent,
inventive and artistic. So to many
people, these oppressive leaders were truly “nice” people.
We forget that one man’s hero is another man’s oppressor
under the wrong structure of government. The problem with communism is the fact that it
gives the government the power to oppress. Limited government under a true constitutional
republic provides checks and balances. It
intentionally restricts governmental power to control and oppress people. It recognizes the power of the people has been
given by a higher authority beyond human government, and it also understands
that people do not tend to evolve into better humans over time. We tend to decline into selfishness, greed and
oppression.
It is the constitutional republican form of government which
has checks and balances that control leaders, not communism. This is what makes government control of any
form of business so dangerous. It
usually ends up being more expensive, a worse mess, and a form of oppressive
tyranny over free men and women. This is
where Obama is taking the USA as the useful idiots in the media, fascist elite
and welfare class cheer him on. He is moving us into communism with his placement of like-minded people in the courts, his filibuster-proof senate of political cronies, and his executive orders which destroy liberty. He is also nationalizing huge chunks of our nation through oppressive regulation and laws, just like the USSR during the Cold War era. He has a plan, and he has the structure in place around him to succeed.
If this is the case, it would be better to have a “bad”
leader operating under a constitutional republic form of government, than it
would be to have a “good” communist. While
many legitimate complaints may be lodged against former president George Bush,
Obama is far more dangerous. Not because
of his charisma, his color, nor his background.
His indoctrination at every age, in every nation, and every place in his
life (including his so-called “Christian” conversion) has been steeped in
communist thought. He thinks like a
communist. He leads like a
communist. He speaks like a
communist. While he may make a good
communist, he is a very dangerous leader if freedom is the goal of America. Communism has never freed anyone; it has only
presented a mask of freedom, while destroying lives by the millions. This is Obama's world, his goal, and his change.