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Pitting Us Against Each Other
By Walter E. Williams
For politicians, it's another story: Demonize people whose power you want to usurp. That's the typical way totalitarians gain power. They give the masses someone to hate. In 18th-century France, it was Maximilien Robespierre's promoting hatred of the aristocracy that was the key to his acquiring more dictatorial power than the aristocracy had ever had. In the 20th century, the communists gained power by promoting public hatred of the czars and capitalists. In Germany, Adolf Hitler gained power by promoting hatred of Jews and Bolsheviks. In each case, the power gained led to greater misery and bloodshed than anything the old regime could have done.
Let me be clear: I'm not equating America's liberals with Robespierre, Josef Stalin and Hitler. I am saying that promoting jealousy, fear and hate is an effective strategy for politicians and their liberal followers to control and micromanage businesses. It's not about the amount of money people earn. If it were, politicians and leftists would be promoting jealousy, fear and hate toward multimillionaire Hollywood and celebrities and sports stars, such as LeBron James ($48 million), Tiger Woods ($75 million) and Peyton Manning ($38 million). But there is no way that politicians could take over the roles of Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga and LeBron James. That means celebrities can make any amount of money they want and it matters not one iota politically.
The Occupy Wall Street crowd shouldn't focus its anger at wealthy CEOs. A far more appropriate target would be the U.S. Congress.
http://patriotpost.us/opinion/walter-e-williams/2011/10/19/pitting-us-against-each-other/
The Great Walter Williams is ALWAYS right. Demonizing your political opponent is an old trick, but it still works on the ignorant.
The dangerous thing is the ignorant people can't see that demonizing is the act of tyrants. In a sane democratic republic, any politician who demonizes his/her opponent should be rounded condemned. We do not need another Hitler, Stalin, or Robespierre. But sadly, most people and nearly ALL liberals have learned NOTHING from history.