NATIONALISM

Nationalism was the most successful political force of the 19th century. It emerged from two main sources: the Romantic exaltation of "feeling" and "identity" and the Liberal requirement that a legitimate state be based on a "people" rather than, for example, a dynasty, God, or imperial domination. Both Romantic "identity nationalism" and Liberal "civic nationalism" were essentially middle class movements. - Modern History Sourcebook

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Questions and Answers

Opening your mind to other possibilities pertaining to historical events, especially political, is something a true intellectual should do. Every unpopular or unorthodox question deserves an answer, no matter how offensive the subject matter.

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
-John Adams

I guess it's easier to just live your life willfully ignorant. No matter how persuasive an argument, no matter how irrefutable the facts, people are content to live in discontent. I truly believe most people are scared of having their minds changed or cannot be bothered with the obligation that they might feel toward their people and their country.
That is exactly why the course of America and the world will never be changed.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
-Thomas Jefferson

Most people don't want to run the risk of being labeled as "brainwashed" for having questions that are supposedly already answered.
When people show that they do not have the will to question or challenge those answers, then we've become a callow society that has proven itself easily controlled.

"an attitude and a policy of control by propaganda, surveillance, misinformation, denial of truth, and manipulation of the past..." -Orwellian society

Today, seeking knowledge on sensitive subjects, brands you a modern day heretic.
I think my blog post about the Jewish involvement in the slave trade, A video by Dr. David Duke, is a perfect example of media power and influence. It's a very powerful video that shows an overwhelming amount of proof, that the Jewish dominated media is completely biased against non-Jewish Europeans.

Now, what are we going to do about this? how much more proof do we need? Are we going to continue to hide behind name calling? Am I brainwashed? Am I an anti-semite? Or am I just helping to tell the truth?

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