"He who would sup with the Devil should carry a
long spoon."
Today the establishment is pushing Patriotism big
time. That means we have to be very, very careful
about what they are trying to get over in the name
of "patriotism."
Definitions are usually quibbles used by people
who don't have reality on their side. But in this
case the definition of the word "establishment"
is critical.
The establishment is the group that owns the present
system and the means of persuasion and violence
(which is another means of persuasion) that enforces
it. To you and me, "patriotism" means loyalty to
a particular land and people.
To the establishment, patriotism has nothing whatsoever
to do with either this land or this people. To the
establishment, "patriotism" means loyalty to the
system. To them, loyalty equals obedience, and "patriotism"
means a willingness to obey.
Please follow me carefully here, for this is critical:
To you and me the word "patriotism" means that you
and I are being loyal to our own people and to ourselves.
That is the absolute opposite of what the word "patriotism"
means to the media, the government, and other ruling
institutions.
To you and me, patriotism is the principle stated
in the only statement of purpose Americans ever
adopted, the Preamble to the United States Constitution.
America, it says, is "We the people," and its only
purpose is to obtain liberty and the pursuit of
happiness for ourselves and our posterity.
There could not be a clearer statement of what
the establishment says patriotism is NOT than the
Preamble to the United States Constitution. To understand
this clearly, we need only look at the definition
of the "establishment" again.
"The establishment is the group that owns the present
system and the means of persuasion and violence
(which is another means of persuasion) that enforces
it."
The establishment insists that American freedom
and prosperity have nothing to do with you and me.
American freedom and prosperity exists entirely
because of the system we live under, the one that
belongs to the establishment.
So America is not a great place to live because
of you and me. America is a great place to live
because of the SYSTEM you and I live UNDER.
With this firmly in mind, if you listen carefully
to the present drumbeat for "patriotism" you will
see what I mean.
Today's patriotism means that you and I and the
rest of our people are not free and prosperous and
the target of massive immigration because you and
I and other Americans have, as a people, any special
qualities. No one who immigrates needs to be grateful
to US. We are NOT blessed because we live in the
country that we rule.
Today's "patriotism" directs all loyalty to the
System. Today's "patriotism" directs all gratitude
to the System. All hail the System! Today's "patriotism"
declares that we are a nation of immigrants. This
means that any group of people who happen to live
under this System would do just as well. All we
are is people who are lucky enough to live under
their System.
To the establishment, the Constitution has nothing
to do with "We the people." In fact, to the establishment
the Constitution is the exact opposite of "We the
People." If you listen to what they tell you every
day, the media says that the Constitution is the
means by which judges overrule the people. Under
their idea of the Constitution an alien is as good
as a citizen, and the only difference is some documents,
as in "undocumented aliens."
If you listen closely you will notice that when
the establishment uses the word "patriot," it always
means the exact opposite of what you and I and the
Founding Fathers always took that word to mean.
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