Liberty Relearned

We further our discussion about The Psychology of Totalitarianism, by Mattias Desmet. It his book, Desmet talks about how in a totalitarian society, religion is replaced by science, and how experts and technocrats become the new priesthood. People caught up in the totalitarian mass formation eagerly subordinate their free will to that of the expert class. On this, he writes: “Totalitarianism is th...

Currently in China, people have take to the streets to protests their government's draconian anti-COVID measures.  According to an article in Just the News, people throughout China are protesting the authoritarian measures and calling for their leader, Xi Jinping to step down.  Even a people programmed to follow authority since birth have reached their limits and have begun to speak out....

How does mass formation perpetuate totalitarian regimes? “In substance, the totalitarian leader is nothing more nor less than the functionary of the masses he leads; he is not a power-hungry individual imposing a tyrannical and arbitrary will upon his subjects. Being a mere functionary, he can be replaced at any time, and he depends just as much on the masses he embodies as the masses depend upon...

The UN has come up with a scheme by which wealthy countries pay less wealthy countries “reparations” for natural disasters attributed to climate change. This episode goes over an article in  FoxNews.com that describes the scheme and points out some of the less-fair parts of it.  Is the UN scheme a fund for natural disasters, or simply a means to redistribute wealth on a global scale?

So, what happened with the election? The Democrats will retain control of the Senate, Republicans will probably control the House. According to an NBC News exit poll, most of the people who voted weren't fans of President Biden, but the election seems to have been only indirectly a referendum on his performance.  Most of the people polled were voting primarily on Inflation (31%) or Abortion (...

EP 14: Radical Intolerance We continue covering the phenomenon of mass formation described by Mattias Desmet, and how the mass formation creates radical intolerance against anybody not caught up in the mass formation. Why did we have to deal with “mask Karens” telling us to wear a mask during COVID, and why were people skeptical about the COVID vaccine dubbed “anti-vaxxers”? Why are people skeptic...

So, what happened with the election? The Democrats will retain control of the Senate, Republicans will probably control the House. According to an NBC News exit poll, most of the people who voted weren't fans of President Biden, but the election seems to have been only indirectly a referendum on his performance.  Most of the people polled were voting primarily on Inflation (31%) or Abortion (...

What is the end goal of the leftist Democrats? What would they do with the power they seek? Utopianism The left believes that men should be ruled by experts. All matters of health and welfare should be determined by unelected officials. This was most clearly seen during the recent COVID pandemic. Elected officials yielded power to unelected officials to determine how we should live. Utopianism, ca...

What is the end goal of the leftist Democrats?  What would they do with the power they seek? Utopianism   The left believes that men should be ruled by experts.  All matters of health and welfare should be determined by unelected officials.   This was most clearly seen during the recent COVID pandemic. Elected officials yielded power to unelected officials to determine how...

What scares the Left?  Commentary on the top five things that the Left fears:  Power is the ultimate pursuit of the left.  Follow the Left's ideology to its logical conclusion and you have a totalitarian state not unlike the one imagined by Orwell in his novel, 1984 . It stands to reason then, that their greatest fear is not being in control-- of everyone and everything.  The L...

For Halloween:   What does the Left fear the most?  Here are the top five things... Losing Power.   Power is the ultimate pursuit of the left.  Follow the Left's ideology to its logical conclusion and you have a totalitarian state not unlike the one imagined by Orwell in his novel, 1984 . It stands to reason then, that their greatest fear is not being in control-- of everyone a...

Losing Power.   Power is the ultimate pursuit of the left.  Follow the Left's ideology to its logical conclusion and you have a totalitarian state not unlike the one imagined by Orwell in his novel, 1984 . It stands to reason then, that their greatest fear is not being in control-- of everyone and everything.  The Left is highly motivated by fear, and they fear a world in which they...

From Ep 25: What is the matter with these people? Our pets are now a target of the Left's eco-fascism.  What kind of demented, dystopic world do these people live in?  An article in the Blaze gives the response of some same people to the idea that pets are part of the climate change problem, as an article in CNN states. This attack on our pets is part of a larger strategy.  In the W...

What is the matter with these people? Our pets are now a target of the Left's eco-fascism.  What kind of demented, dystopic world do these people live in?  An article in the Blaze gives the response of some same people to the idea that pets are part of the climate change problem, as an article in CNN states. This attack on our pets is part of a larger strategy.  In the West, pets ar...

From Ep24:  There are at least three false beliefs that virulent anti-Trumpers hold in common. Though none of the claims stand up to close scrutiny, and several are demonstrably false, no amount of debunking, no direct proof, no evidence will dissuade those suffering from TDS, (Trump Derangement Syndrome) from their insistence that Trump is Hitler reborn and all who follow him are Nazis. Firs...

There are at least three false beliefs that virulent anti-Trumpers hold in common. Though none of the claims stand up to close scrutiny, and several are demonstrably false, no amount of debunking, no direct proof, no evidence will dissuade those suffering from TDS, (Trump Derangement Syndrome) from their insistence that Trump is Hitler reborn and all who follow him are Nazis. First, is the hoax pe...

Equal Treatment Under the Law From 10/9/22 episode:  Are pro-lifers being singled out for prosecution?  Eleven pro-life activists have been arrested for allegedly preventing people from entering an abortion clinic. Another pro-life activist, Paul Vaughn* was arrested by the FBI for violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act).  He reportedly pushed a pro-abo...

Equal Treatment Under the Law Are pro-lifers being singled out for prosecution?  Eleven pro-life activists have been arrested for allegedly preventing people from entering an abortion clinic.   Another pro-life activist, Paul Vaughn* was arrested by the FBI for violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act).  He reportedly pushed a pro-abortion activist i...

Orwell got a lot of things right, like the surveillance state and doublethink. How close was his vision of the geopolitical landscape in 1984 to real life? "The splitting-up of the world into three great superstates was an event which could be and indeed was foreseen before the middle of the twentieth century. With the absorption of Europe by Russia and the British Empire by the United States, two...

The Left and the mainstream media are desperate for you to believe that Italian Prime Minister-elect Giorgia Meloni is a fascist.  She personifies a growing group of populists who reject woke ideology and globalism.  An article in the Christian Post by Ryan Foley explains both what is being said about her, and what Ms. Meloni says about herself and her party.  Here a couple of excer...

The Left and the mainstream media are desperate for you to believe that Italian Prime Minister-elect Giorgia Meloni is a fascist.  She personifies a growing group of populists who reject woke ideology and globalism.  An article in the Christian Post by Ryan Foley explains both what is being said about her, and what Ms. Meloni says about herself and her party.  Here a couple of excer...

Some of you may remember reading this piece from the Liberty Relearned blog a while back:   So, you want to compare Trump and his followers to Hitler and the Nazis?  That was mainly regarding a quote by Donny Deutsch (remember him?) comparing Trump supporters to Nazis because of his handling of the illegal immigrants.  “If you vote for Trump, then you, the voter, you, not Donald Tru...

Some of you may remember reading this piece from the Liberty Relearned blog a while back:   So, you want to compare Trump and his followers to Hitler and the Nazis?  That was mainly regarding a quote by Donny Deutsch (remember him?) comparing Trump supporters to Nazis because of his handling of the illegal immigrants.  “If you vote for Trump, then you, the voter, you, not Donald Tru...

John Galt's Speech Pt III: Individuality One of the themes of Atlas Shrugged, and of the Objectivist philosophy of Ayn Rand is the idea of all rights are individual rights.  She believed in the rights of minorities, and the smallest minority was the individual. Through John Galt's speech, she ties the idea that one owns oneself and that free will is one's chief possession. “ That which you ca...

Saturday, September 17th was Constitution Day in America . Happy 235th Birthday to the U.S. Constitution!  Why does the Constitution matter?  Let it explain in its own words:  "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings...