They are lying about everything. They are lying about climate change. They are lying about the Epstein files. They are lying about Trump, transgenderism, racism, babies, the economy—what are they not lying about? And lying is evil. Can anything be done about this non-stop onslaught of moral degradation in our society?
Unfortunately, we will never, ever remove evil from the human heart or an organized society. There is some evil inside all of us, as well as some good. There are degrees of this, however; some people ARE better than others (Jesus), some people ARE more wicked than others (Pelosi). Regardless of degrees, removing evil from society is a practical impossibility.
But we can try. We should try. We must try. And we must do a whole lot better at cleaning up our civilization than we are doing at present. And there are indeed many good people making supreme efforts to elevate our culture from the slimy sewer it has sunk into.
But the forces arrayed against us are strong, very strong. And legion.
The biggest problem with removing evil from American culture and what’s left of our civilization is, quite frankly, the Democratic Party. Their mantra calls evil good, and good evil, and it is imperative, for them, that they have as much human depravity as possible. That is the source of their political power. The reason is simple: the more evil there is in a society, the more government is needed to “protect” against it, and that means more power and control for self-anointed elites who consider themselves more intelligent and morally superior to the cake-eating deplorables. And if there is anything the modern Democratic Party craves above all, it is power, control, and thus more government. Hence, they need more chaos.
A virtuous society can get by with a limited amount of government. That was the plan of the Founding Fathers of America. As James Madison wrote, “If all men were angels, we wouldn’t need government.” People who take care of themselves and their families, work hard, live honorable lives, and help their fellow citizens hardly need much government to tell them what to do. But, alas, all men are not angels, and thus government will always be necessary, to a greater or lesser degree, depending upon how righteous and honorable its citizens are, and how well they “govern” themselves. You see, folks, to the great men who founded this country, “self-government” is not Washington, D.C.; self-government is citizens governing themselves, controlling themselves, conquering themselves in harmony with the laws of nature and nature’s God.
But this is very far from the philosophy of the modern Left and the Democratic Party. Instead of urging people to live virtuous, godly lives, modern liberals encourage as much vice, debauchery, hedonism, lack of personal responsibility, and immorality as possible. They cheer and exalt such behavior (unless done with an “assault” weapon). They need these things to expand and flourish, so there will be a greater need for government. But in their deformed vision of a “good” society, government doesn’t protect against evil; it exists to promote such debauchery against the virtuous who oppose it. These liberals literally lust to dominate this government, and often become vicious and violent when they are unable to do so, almost always coupled with an unreasonableness and irrationality shockingly, and often frighteningly, beyond the comprehension of decent, normal-thinking people. How many times have you read about some radical leftist mutant doing something that is completely outside your ability to even imagine, something your wildest nightmares couldn’t concoct? Like child mutilation. But there it is—on TV, reported and defended by CNN and the Democratic Party. Power does than to people, and it’s power that the Democrats crave. They need evil so that society needs government, and thus needs them. How despicable can you get?
Our Founders understood that government power and human freedom are actually opposites. Some government power is necessary to protect freedoms, but the only place government can get power is from the people. Government can get power by the consent of the governed (the people “freely” giving them some), or by force—usually the latter in most places and times. But this desire for power is why Democrats must limit virtuous freedom. Virtuous people take care of themselves, don’t harm others, and are thus the very antithesis of totalitarian government—and the modern Democratic Party. It is why liberals absolutely hate the family and religion and are hell-bent on destroying both. People must have no higher allegiance or obedience than to them, as they exercise power through the state.
Evil. It is what the Democratic Party lives for: to create as much malevolence, chaos, and crises as possible, to unscrupulously, knowingly, and deliberately lie endlessly to convince unsuspecting people that more government is necessary, and to make as many serfs as possible, subservient to and needful of them. And to destroy those who oppose them. Just look at the worst, most depraved cities in America. Every one of them is run by a Democrat. And they are doing absolutely nothing about it, except trying to make it worse. This isn’t an accident. It is perfectly in harmony with their vision of life.
A populace that refuses to conquer itself always means more and bigger government. And thus, less freedom. Or, in the Left’s warped philosophy, a government to protect the depravity that gives them power.
And that is the modern Democratic Party. And too much of the Republican. Call it what it is—pure evil with fewer and fewer to stand in the gap against it.
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