The American Iron Curtain

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The American Iron Curtain

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Never heard of this Dan Greenfield, but he absolutely nails it in this rather long piece. Here is a snip:
We do not fight men with nuclear missiles or red armies of freezing conscripts waiting to march through Europe. Instead we fight against an evil empire that has arisen in our cities and its red army of front groups that insinuate their ideas into every institution they take control of.

Conservatives have lost the ability to lay out the stakes in the clear and simple language of a Churchill or a Reagan, to let the people know that they are not choosing between politicians, but choosing whether they will be able to have the car of their choice, the doctor of their choice, the meal of their choice and the book of their choice.

Choice, the word that once used to define the American experience, has been relegated to a debate over whether mothers have the right to kill their children. That choice is still the focus of a national debate. But the billion other choices that millions of people make have been taken off the table.
And here is the link:
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2013/11 ... rtain.html


He describes how an iron curtain is systematically built by degrees, beginning with a 'paper wall', i.e. the self-imposed regulations that constrain freedom. There are a number of great quotes in there from Reagan, Churchill, and TR. It's the kind of thing we all sense is going on, this inevitable slide toward enslavement, but don't know how to stop. He finishes up by saying that only when the iron curtain is fully implemented will people look up and see it for what it is.

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The guy's name is Dan Greenfield, can't find the 'edit' button. Sultan Knish is just the name of the blog.
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