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This year, it
will be 30 years since Romania gained its independence from the communist
dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. The people and militia rose up against 50 years of
starvation, lack of water, medicine, jobs, fear for their lives, women being
taken against their will by the communist police and raped, having no clothes,
shoes, standing in line for bread, milk, being rationed everything and having
no free choice of anything; they finally had the courage to say ENOUGH, yet
after all that, I cannot believe the global sentiments.
It is
amazing to me how quickly we forget the pain and suffering millions of people
endured and how hard they fought to eradicate the totalitarian communist regime
out of their lives. Yet here we are, at the end of 2019, and there has been a
massive global wave wanting to bring back this horrific and failed system of
government citing “justice for all.” The apropos motto should be “justice for
none.”
I wish
society viewed communism in the same vein that they view other atrocities, such
as slavery and the holocaust; history must not repeat itself. My friends, think
hard before you champion something like this coming to our shores. I implore
you to talk with people who have experienced horrific tragedies and escaped to
tell the story. There are many proud immigrants in this country that are
seriously frightened about their existence here in their new chosen homeland.
Not because they will be deported, but that their haunting history will follow
them here, feeling as if they could never escape the proverbial prisons in
which they lived.
The U.S. is
at a major crossroads, and it is evident every single day. The communist
ideology has already snuck in. I watch video after video of people being beaten
and spit on for their political beliefs, or losing friendships over opinions,
no tolerance for anything that is different from their wavering thoughts. We
have become a society of carnivorous animals waiting to pounce on innocent,
unsuspecting prey. The offense monster is terrorizing a city near you. No one
is civilized anymore.
We now have
natural segregation occurring yet still complain about race relations. If a
member of one race attempts to ingratiate themselves into another, there is an
uproar! How dare you!
The US has
gone beyond being a nation of multiculturalism, more over putting everyone into
groups and not assimilating to our inherent value system that makes this nation
so appealing to the masses. True multiculturalism is bringing the best things
from your country and melding them with others, not segregating yourselves in
cities where no one unlike you is allowed.
Our freedoms
are disappearing under our noses, yet no one seems to care. Instead, we idolize
political leaders and follow them like rats to the pied piper. Political
figures are not deities, yet we expect them to be. This is serious and
dangerous behavior and thought.
Even terms
like “open-mindedness” have become an oxymoron because the caveat is that you
are only open-minded if you think “this” or “my” way. We the people are
responsible for our societal demise, not politicians.
The inherent
truth is that we are a diverse group of religions and ideologies, however, one
message that resonates loudly in most religions is to love thy neighbor and do
good unto others. Let us get back to that original premise.
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