Understanding Democrats - The New Totalitarians Are Here
"There’s a basic difference in the traditions of political science between 'authoritarians' and 'totalitaritarians.' People throw both of these words around, but as is so often the case, they’re using words they may not always understand. They have real meaning, however, and the difference between them is important.
Simply put, authoritarians merely want obedience, while totalitarians, whose rule is rooted in an ideology, want obedience and conversion. Authoritarians are a dime a dozen; totalitarians are rare."
"Totalitarians are a different breed. These are the people who have a plan, who think they see the future more clearly than you or who are convinced they grasp reality in a way that you do not. They don’t serve themselves-or, they don’t serve themselves exclusively-they serve History, or The People, or The Idea, or some other ideological totem that justifies their actions.
They want obedience, of course. But even more, they want their rule, and their belief system, to be accepted and self-sustaining. And the only way to achieve that is to create a new society of people who share those beliefs, even if it means bludgeoning every last citizen into enlightenment. That’s what makes totalitarians different and more dangerous"
"This is what George Orwell understood so well in his landmark novel “1984.” His dystopian state doesn’t really care about quotidian obedience; it already knows how to get that. What it demands, and will get by any means, is a belief in the Party’s rectitude and in its leader, Big Brother. "
"What makes these kinds of attacks, however, smack of totalitarianism-and I could reel off dozens more examples, but your computer would run out of pixels-is that people like Takei and Bennett-Smith are lighting their torches and demanding rough justice even on issues where they’ve already won."
"This attitude promises social warfare without end, because there is no peace to be had until the opposing side offers a sincere and unconditional surrender."
I don't think people understand how dangerous the modern Democrat Party has become.
The New Totalitarians Are Here
Rush Limbaugh offers more on this...
Must Read: The New Totalitarians
"I have just, with the assistance here of Mr. Nichols, explained a whole lot of what's going on right around you, each and every day from the local bakery, to the photo shop, to the Supreme Court justices who dissent. It's not enough that the losers lose. In their defeat, they must be humiliated and they must be converted and they must be taught never, ever, to dissent again. It's all happening right in front of our eyes here, and everything that I have described so far, read from in this piece, you can cite me examples."
Simply put, authoritarians merely want obedience, while totalitarians, whose rule is rooted in an ideology, want obedience and conversion. Authoritarians are a dime a dozen; totalitarians are rare."
"Totalitarians are a different breed. These are the people who have a plan, who think they see the future more clearly than you or who are convinced they grasp reality in a way that you do not. They don’t serve themselves-or, they don’t serve themselves exclusively-they serve History, or The People, or The Idea, or some other ideological totem that justifies their actions.
They want obedience, of course. But even more, they want their rule, and their belief system, to be accepted and self-sustaining. And the only way to achieve that is to create a new society of people who share those beliefs, even if it means bludgeoning every last citizen into enlightenment. That’s what makes totalitarians different and more dangerous"
"This is what George Orwell understood so well in his landmark novel “1984.” His dystopian state doesn’t really care about quotidian obedience; it already knows how to get that. What it demands, and will get by any means, is a belief in the Party’s rectitude and in its leader, Big Brother. "
"What makes these kinds of attacks, however, smack of totalitarianism-and I could reel off dozens more examples, but your computer would run out of pixels-is that people like Takei and Bennett-Smith are lighting their torches and demanding rough justice even on issues where they’ve already won."
"This attitude promises social warfare without end, because there is no peace to be had until the opposing side offers a sincere and unconditional surrender."
I don't think people understand how dangerous the modern Democrat Party has become.
The New Totalitarians Are Here
Rush Limbaugh offers more on this...
Must Read: The New Totalitarians
"I have just, with the assistance here of Mr. Nichols, explained a whole lot of what's going on right around you, each and every day from the local bakery, to the photo shop, to the Supreme Court justices who dissent. It's not enough that the losers lose. In their defeat, they must be humiliated and they must be converted and they must be taught never, ever, to dissent again. It's all happening right in front of our eyes here, and everything that I have described so far, read from in this piece, you can cite me examples."