@georgeob1,
Quote:...the pursuit of a progressive Nirvana in which supposedly enlightened government programs, and the bureaucracies that manage them, will address all human wants and needs and measure its success in terms of the standing of all the various groups into which it assigns the people it governs. Such an Orwellian anthill would be a very sad regression and end for our Western Civilization.
Yeah, George, the whole notion is just a semi-watered down version of communism, the way I see it. The State is glorified as the "divine being" and bureaucratic officials are the priests who administer salvation.
The Communist Party excludes anyone who is not an atheist, because it is the communist party leaders who should be the idols of worship. The hubris is beyond belief. Stalin, Mao, and other commie dictators who resort to the mass murder of their own citizens are to be glorified and held up as examples of omniscient wisdom.
Did you happen to watch the Bannon written and produced documentary I posted a few pages back--called "Generation Zero," I think? I thought it did a good job of summarizing many of the factors that got us where we are today.