“This is for the greater good”

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1. That and “what about the children??”.

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2. The phrase ‘Won’t somebody think of the children!!!’ was spoken by Mrs. Lovejoy in a particular Simpsons episode – twice. The first time, early in the episode, she said it to drive the emotional momentum towards passing a certain town law. When she spoke it the second time the townspeople had realized how bad the law was and wanted to repeal it. So she said the same words for the exact opposite reason. And that was the point being made (this was, of course, back when The Simpsons was decent). Same with any political posturing – it is simply an emotional foil, where a valid argument would have supporting data.

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3. It seems this is a good time to trot out one of my/our favorite quotations.

   “𝙊𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙮𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙖 𝙩𝙮𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙢𝙣𝙞𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣’𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙪𝙥𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙; 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩. 𝙏𝙤 𝙗𝙚 “𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙” 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚’𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡; 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙞𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙨.”

   ― 𝐂.𝐒. 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬, 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐤: 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 (𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲)

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4. The statement “This is for the greater good” is so inimical to the traditional American experience and outlook, at least before 1960 or so. It has its source, I think, in deep dark eastern Europe monarchies and tyrannies of one sort or another. Places where people had little personal freedom and had no awareness of the free republic that was being built on the other side of the ocean that provided a better model for people to thrive without class distinctions and restrictions.

   Unfortunately, too many Americans have given support to “This is for the greater good”, thereby turning their backs on freedom and God.

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5. Uncle Al,
   Clive gave them the credit of good intentions. He was more generous than I.

   mortem tyrannis
   izlamo delenda est …

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6. It’s just a more forceful way of saying “We’re all in this together”.

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7. One can rail against all this woke bullshit, commyfag slogans, and repetitive virtue signaling narratives, but until we gain back control of our educational systems from the communist infiltrators that Joe Mccarthy so presciently warned us about, and Nikita Khrushchev bragged about.

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8. This reminds me – I need to order a new cheese grater from the Cheese Shop…

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9. (to continue)
   we will continue to go down the rabbit hole towards communist totalitarianism.

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10. The UN-elected Popess of New Yawk can 🖕😡🖕 right off, too!!!

11. It’s pure socialism which is communism which is and always has been a lie. There’s nothing common in it. If there were all would live in the same conditions of same value. Instead there is always the elite ruling class and the poor working class. And communism is not and cannot be woke because it’s not equal and good for only certain people. It’s rich vs poor, best educated vs less educated, those who are exceptional vs those who are common. The globalist are trying to destroy capitalism in America because it proves there’s a better alternative to socialism and global laws only work in a socialist world.

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