[MD] the empire

[Platt Holden]

Hi Ham, 

[Ham]
> I "feel your pain", Platt.  Like you, I also lament America's drift from
> the 
> constitutional republic laid out by our Founding Fathers.  Appeasement was
> certainly not one of their principles, and they could not have foreseen
> the 
> multiculturalism that would infest the free world.  Rather than returning
> to 
> isolationism, though, I tend to side with the "America First" philosophy
> of 
> Pat Buchanan and Newt Gingrich.  A nation has to look out for itself just
> as 
> an individual does.  And that means accepting moral and fiscal
> responsibilty 
> for happenings within its borders and never overextending its resources in
> foreign causes.  I think we have failed on both counts.
> 
> Multiculturalism in the U.S. was fostered by the Supreme Court's outlawing
> of school segregation in 1954 and became "politically correct" following
> the 
> Civil Rights revolution and liberalization of immigration laws in the 
> mid-60s.  The object, of course, is to render society colorblind to
> cultural 
> and racial differences.  In effect, it alters our traditional value system
> to make discrimination in any form immoral.  Thus, all people are viewed
> as 
> equal and no nation is culturally superior to any other.

Equality of people before the law is an intellectually inspired "right" 
that I
support. But laws that discriminate on the basis of race, like affirmative 
action,
violate this "right" and are just another step towards tyranny.
(Remember forced busing?)  As for cultural superiority, I agree with Pirsig
that some cultures are definitely better than others. 
 
> In an Ayn Rand Institute paper on Diversity and Multiculturalism, the 
> authors describe this campus-driven movement as "The New Racism":
> 
> "Advocates of "diversity" claim that because the real world is diverse,
> the 
> campus should reflect that fact. But why should a campus population 
> "reflect" the general population (particularly the ethnic population)? No
> answer. In fact, the purpose of a university is to impart knowledge and 
> develop reasoning, not to be a demographic mirror of society.
> 
> "Racism, not any meaningful sense of diversity, guides today's 
> intellectuals. The educationally significant diversity that exists in "the
> real world" is intellectual diversity, i.e., the diversity of ideas. But
> such diversity - far from being sought after - is virtually forbidden on
> campus. The existence of "political correctness" blasts the academics' 
> pretense at valuing real diversity. What they want is abject
> conformity."

Notice our academic friends on the left do not respond to these 
observations. 

> Frankly, I don't see this as a contest for biological, social or 
> intellectual dominance.  I see it as a diminution of value sensibility and
> discriminative judgment, which is the very core of individual freedom.  If
> there is any truth to the "globalist conspiracy", this would be its 
> strategy: 1) indoctrinate the masses to the immorality of thinking for 
> themselves so that they become dependents of the state; 2) encourage 
> immigration of Third World populations into developed nations who will
> then 
> acquiesce to the multicultural differences; and 3) abolish the sovereignty
> of nation-states.  We've already taken major strides toward toward
> achieving 
> the first two steps.  Do you suppose that if the world's most powerful 
> nation were to elect a president with a globalist agenda backed by 
> international support, he might just pull it off?

Yep -- the sum of all fears is about to occur.

Regards,
Platt
.




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> Ham
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