(06-05-2020, 08:35 AM)Last42min Wrote: I bet you money that video was funded by socialists. Conversely, I don't know if the players who participated realize that's what they are ultimately supporting. If I was the NFL, I would allow players to kneel on the first snap of the game, or before the coin toss. Same with the NBA, MLB, NHL, whatever. The anthem should bring us together as a people.

I know some of  you think I am exaggerating, but I don't think  you guys realize the real threat is coming from people who are funding these movements. We are being fed a narrative that's primary goal is to collapse American culture and identity. They will use real American issues to drive a wedge between us and attack the SYSTEM. They don't care about the issue itself, they care about changing capitalism. The more we all conform to that narrative and repeat it without questioning it, the closer we are to moving to a globalist, socialist society. I am not saying their motivations are inherently evil. They believe their vision for the world is going to solve many problems, but it has never worked. Not once. If any of you studied how communists disrupted and overthrew other nations, it would be obvious that's what's happening here.

They didn't get nations to join them through pure force. They started by creating unrest in other nations. They attached themselves to legitimate causes and promised they could solve them if people would change the system. They manipulated language to use a tool to control the narrative. They created public groups that would carry out that message. They secretly funded groups that would carry out violence against the system on their behalf. Once the narrative was established, they forced citizens to repeat it, even if they didn't believe it, because it created submission and eroded the idea of autonomy. They silenced anyone that spoke against the narrative by "othering" them. They sewed dissent until citizens were causing unrest and begging for a change. The scarier part happens after they take control.

I also want to be clear that I don't think the people funding these programs are yesterday's communists. I think they share the same philosophies and tactics, though. I think they are arrogant enough to believe that this time will be different. I think they think people are stupid and incapable of making the right choices for themselves. I think they genuinely believe they can make the world better. They can't, though.

It should be obvious that, during these last two crises, the result was an attack on capitalism. Small businesses are going under left and right. The economy is being attacked. The narrative coming out of both of these is not only that capitalism can't handle these kinds of problems, but that it IS the problem. It completely disregards the fact that 3 months ago, we were in the best place EVER in American history. Blacks were doing better than they have in the last 20 years and were beginning to question the narrative. Small businesses were growing and large corporations were moving their headquarters back to the US.

Our system is being broken right now (and has been breaking). I will admit this.But it has worked. It has worked even through the corruption.  I could write significantly more about billionaires and corrupt politicians that work for corporations, but I think this is the more pressing threat. The US needs real reform, but you won't find it at the heart of these movements. The goal is destruction and rebirth. Our liberties will be lost in the process. This has happened over and over. And over. And over.