| | A major issue has been driving the majority of Objectivists and Republicans crazy this election season- "with the destruction of the WTC, and attack to the Pentagon on September 11th, and threat of nuclear attacks by North Korea, and Iran in the near future, how is it so hard for many Americans to understand the fact that we're at war?"
Honestly, this fact might actually be harder for many Americans to accept than one may think. Allow me to explain. And this election may be one of the most important we'll ever have.
It all began in 1776, during the beginning of the Revolutionary War- only around 36% of Americans were actually in SUPPORT of the war. As you know, from the success of the war rose the great United States of America. In the early 1830s, Andrew Jackson became president of the United States- running on a campaign of reintroducing Socialism to the citizens of the US, to which he sadly got virtually a standing ovation. To add insult to injury here, this was only 50 years after the Constitution was created. Anyway, Socialism in the USA became increasingly more and more prevalent as the years went by.
In 1929, after decades of intense Government interference, the increasing hand of Socialism hit a major epifone- the stock market crashed. Herbert Hoover was rightfully blamed for this.
By this point, you may already be asking "ok, what does this have to do with the terrorists?". I'm getting to that.
In the mid-'30s, FDR was elected into office, and being a Communist, took advantage of the built-up flaws in the American , and created a Welfare state. Several Americans DID in fact bring to the attention of the American people what was going on...but it was here, where the second big problem arose...America had become mired in Socialism for so long, they'd come to a point of basic denial to what was actually going on.
America has basically BEEN in that mode of denial ever since then, even though we have made significant improvements on the path back towards freedom.
As Morpheus said to Neo, in the Matrix: "If you take the red pill, you will return to sleep, and everything will be as it was. If you take the blue pill, you will see more". The basic symbolism of this was "one road leads right back to the denial you've tried to lead your entire life, the other road leads you to seeing the world for how it really is, and possibly doing something about it".
So now, having been in denial for around the past 60 years, America faces a very important choice this year. For the sake of the "colors" for the Kerry and Bush states they've been doing, I've decided to put it THIS way: Kerry states represent Blue, and Bush states represent Red.
On one end is Bush- while not the best of candidate, sadly flawed in many areas, in fact, he DOES however have the will and the intelligence to realize, yes, terrorists ARE trying to kill us, and we are at war, and must wipe out this threat. On the other end is Kerry, an Anti-American Liberal who you might as well offer the Communist Seal of Approval to. He believes in appeasement, and sees no real threat.
So the basics of it are this: the American people this year will have to make the hardest, and quite possibly one of the most difficult and painful decisions they will ever have to make, this Nov. 2nd- will we elect Senator Kerry, who IMHO, is an evil man( yes, I DO think so), and continue on with our path in denial, and possibly even back onto the path of Socialism we so long accepted....or will we re-elect Presient Bush, face the world for how it really is, and make it the better place we want it to be?
Truthfully, I may not have confidence in the human race to often, but I think Americans will make the right choice on Nov. 2nd. Yes, it will be one of the most painful decisions America will EVER face...facing that denial, and waking up to what really is...but America MUST do it if we want to win, live to see tomorrow, and MAKE the world the great place we expect it to be. It's just that simple.
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