The Lumpen and The Rule of Thirds

The other day I was listening to Michael Medved, the moderate Republican radio commenter, and he was speaking about his belief that approximately one third of the electorate in the U.S.A. approves of Obamacare, one third does not, and one third is apathetic. I think that he is probably correct. In fact, I think that this is more than likely the case with most political issues.

We, as libertarians or ‘conservatives’, comprise the first third, and are, of course, opposed to socialism and its encroachment upon our lives and its curtailment of our freedoms. We believe in a nation of laws, ruled by the constitution, and administered by people. On the contrary, the second third, comprised of Democrat socialists/liberals/progressives, believes that the will of their political elite should be the law of the land, and that the constitution is but an archaic anachronism in today’s U.S.A., and an impediment to their socialistic agenda.

The final third, unfortunately, is what I call the lumpen, although they are more widely known in our day and age as independents or moderates. They are, by and large, gullible, unintelligent people who are completely absorbed in such entertainments as Jerry Springer, the Maury Povich Show, American Idol, and Cheaters. The lumpen are the people who were neither Patriot nor Tory during our revolution; they are the bane of the existence of people of principle and they will always be with us in one form or another.

It is necessary, in a society that has a representative government, for the people of principle, both those who favor individual liberty and responsibility as well as those misbegotten cretins who favor socialism, to try to sway the lumpen to support their cause. Unfortunately for libertarians and ‘conservatives,’ the lumpen are usually not intellectually equipped to deal with ideas any deeper than how to get paid more for doing less or how well their favorite sports teams are doing. They are, by and large, emoters, and the evil socialists prey upon this by appealing to their envy and greed. The lumpen are easily swayed by promises of a free lunch and security, and care not for intangibles such as the rule of law or individual liberty.

How do we, as libertarians and ‘conservatives,’ sway the lumpen to our advantage? I honestly do not know. They are not usually intelligent and they respond to appeals to emotion because they are not disposed to thinking deeply. This is, unfortunately, a nut I do not know how to crack.

Declaration of War

Last night, appropriately under the cover of darkness, the Democrat dominated U.S. House of Representatives voted for Socialized Health care. Consequently, as Rush Limbaugh put it this morning on his program, the Democrats are now exposed, in fact if not in name, as the Socialist Party of the United States. We in the United States who believe in individual freedom and responsibility must now declare a full scale, socio-political war on the Democrat/Socialist Party and every single person who votes for members of that putrid organization, and we must prosecute this war ruthlessly and to the end.

There can be no more temporizing about "moderate Democrats;" there ARE NO moderate Democrats, they are ALL SOCIALISTS, and they and their Democrat/Socialist Party are our deadly enemies, because they are the deadly enemies of our cherished freedom. We must suppress them politically, we must marginalize them socially, we must exterminate them as a political force. Within our own ranks, there can be no more RINOs, such as John McCain, "reaching across the aisle." Reaching across the aisle is what put us in our present unfortunate position. Reaching across the aisle is nothing more than collaboration with the enemy and must be treated as such. McCain and his ilk must first be run out of the Republican Party by whatever means necessary and then, as the Democrat/Socialists they truly are, eliminated from public office through the vote and any other legal means.

How will we prosecute this war? On as many different fronts as we can. If you own stock in companies that support Obamacare or any other big government agenda, sell those stocks and put your money in other stocks. Refuse to buy U.S. Government bonds. Do not do business with people who support the Democrat/Socialist agenda. Support non-union businesses. If your state does not have one, push for a Right to Work Law; unions are a pillar of support for the Democrat/Socialists, and their stranglehold on the workplace must be broken if we are to win this war. Outside of your workplace do not associate with Democrat/Socialists or with "independents" who are in reality undercover Democrat/Socialists; those who vote for Democrat/Socialists must be publicly scorned, humiliated, and shunned at every oportunity. If you are a teacher, indoctrinate the children in your classes in the ideals of our nation's Founders: limited government and individual liberty and responsibility. Do not be ashamed to so indoctrinate them, after all, Democrat/Socialist teachers are vigorously indoctrinating their students in Marxist ideology in order to undermine our freedom and have been for decades. Join your local Republican Party organization, support them with your time and MONEY, eliminate the RINOs in the local party, and run real Republicans who believe in minimum government, and individual freedom and responsibility. Then, hit the streets, overwhelm the Democrat/Socialists, and vote and make sure that these real Republicans get elected. Then watch those real Republicans like a hawk, and if they deviate one iota from the path of opposition to big government, if they dare to try to infringe on your rights in the slightest, get rid of them at the very next election.

Always remember, we are now at WAR, and we must win it.