Right Wing Fantasies

All right, here's a question for you.

What makes Americans so gullible and simple-minded?

Well, they are gullible because they believe what politicians tell them. And they are simple-minded because when angered and frustrated, they foolishly go after the wrong cause. They do not perceive that economic issues are where the problem lies. A spiritual crisis caused by reputed “moral decadence” may exist in the minds of some misguided individuals but the real crisis is the right wing itch to wreck social security, social welfare and eliminate the national debt. When the level of hatred towards government becomes intense enough, where do these simple-minded souls turn?

Since they believe that poverty is an absence of spirituality, they go to the protestant sects, e.g. Assemblies of God and Pentecostal churches for help. Since they believe we are dealing with a crisis of the soul and not economics, we need to become “virtuous” and build the “Kingdom of God”. For them, low wages, hunger and security in old age are not significant.

In Washington D.C. there is a Christian group known as the “Family”. The senior Senator from Kansas stays with them when he is in town. Although the Senator himself is not a member of Opus Dei, he converted to Catholicism through an Opus Dei priest. Opus Dei is an ultra right wing sect that was active during the Franco regime in Spain and still is widespread in Catholic circles both in and out of the U.S. The "Family" actually studies the organizational outline of Hitler's ideology. They invite right wing legislators, capitalists and dictators from around the world to join in their discussions.

It is ironic that the poorest followers of these extremist sects have the gall to paint a brush-like mustache on an Obama image and label him Hitler for supporting welfare legislation, while the wealthiest super-capitalists are secretly studying Hitler's grand plan.

Now those legislative power brokers involved in these “brain sick” activities are 100% pro-business. They support deregulation, no government and the destruction of the welfare state. The Christian zealots believe that they are bringing America back to God but at the same time support pro-business legislation that increases the profits of the plutocracy. They believe that we are having an affliction of the "crisis of the soul" not an economic crisis. The power brokers use them to obscure the self interest of the very people who need help the most. The free market system is "sacred" especially if it produces policies where "Profit precedes God".

The leadership of these extremist cults deplore American culture for its vulgarity and lack of "family values" but scramble it up with corporate capitalism and it winds up on the right wing Republican platform.

So what does the extremist Republican platform in its tangled reasoning offer to the voter? In order to counter the "immoral decadence" of our society, the platform opposes gun control, homosexuality and abortion. Since evolution, according to the right wingers, is not a fact but rather a theory, it will not be permitted in the school system curriculum. Creationism is the preferred fantasy. The platform also calls for no government interference in health care, for privatization of social security and tax cuts for the rich.

So as Einstein once said, “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe”.


References:

Hedges, Chris. Truth Dig.
Thomas, Frank. What's The Matter with Kansas?
Wikipedia