Minimalists

What's wrong with a reduction in electricity generating and usage and a reduction in car trips? These are the Carter "malaise" questions. Why do American's want to drive and why do we squander so much electricity? Because we can! But we are willing to work hard to create these freedoms of choice and the ability to pay for them. That's apparently what some can't grasp?

Every human being in endowed by our creator with inalienable rights. Not those rights and freedoms that a group of elitists here or abroad feel the rest of us need, but freedoms of choice that our creator has endowed upon us all. That's us here and there and EVERYWHERE! That's you and me and every person on earth! What is it about this basic concept that some can't grasp?

The industrialized world was attacked by 150 years of social experiments that included Karl Marx writing that communism addresses the needs of the rabble better than religion, democracy, and private enterprise. In fact, tens of millions were killed and starved so that supporting views to religion and opposing views of socialism and communism might be silenced. That was the first world wide political cleansing. And it occurred in Europe and North America too. Then in the 20th century in China and often in south America.

America's liberals and self labeled progressives buy into the same tactics. Today it's called political correctness. Silence the opinions of those who don't agree. Use the law to put them in jail or use whatever other tools you have to diminish other's voices. My best example was when I attended a public meeting for Hillary Care in 1993 or 1994. There was an articulate guy who told the crowd that he had taken the position of insurance companies and big corporate doctors and pharmaceuticals. He then said that HE had compromised more than 50% of his position and gained about 50% from the progressives in return. The Result? He said that they carried on an intelligent debate and this is the compromise.

My feeling then and today was how ignorant this guy really is. He can't argue for me or others who disagree with Hillary Care. WE must argue our opinions. What is it about democracy that elitists and self appointed progressives don't get? A Faux debate delivers a Faux result.

And so it is for the enviro-wars. A few government paid and supported extremists debate among themselves about your and my need to drive a car or to use electricity. They then tell multi-millionaire limo-liberals to use the law to stop us being energy hogs. They tell us that we need only a few light bulbs on at one time. And we can drive only when truly necessary. Sounds logical. EXCEPT! They need to drive more and fly private jets and own ten vacation homes each. They need SUVs and they need to eat endangered species and they need to kill animal life or plant life when it interferes with their NEEDS!

Now this is the foundation of the enviro-wars that has little to do with the environment and all to do with socialism and communism. The end of the Soviets was not enough. Clinton went to the Chinese Army for campaign contributions with promises that few know and none of us will ever find out. What is it about communism and socialism that so enamores the left and makes them drool all over their silk shirts?