The Balkanization

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana

“I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what.” – Kurt Vonnegut

 

How very appropriate that George Santayana and Kurt Vonnegut are very accurate in their statements above. The sad part is we are slowly seeing history once again repeating itself and right now people are too blind to see what is happening. Let’s begin with a little bit of a history lesson shall we. It is very commonly known and inaccurate that the American Civil War occurred over slavery. This is partially true but there were other factors that contributed to the War Between the States. Some of these factors beyond the slavery issue were economic issues and states’ rights. Much of these sentiments are what drove the Southern states to secede from the Union. It has been 150 years since the end of the American Civil War and yes some of the issues from that time continue to crop up now and then. But that is just part of a civilized society. 

 

However, recent events…maybe 10-20 years’ worth are pushing the United States into a very treacherous direction. There seems to be extreme responses to almost everything objectionable. Take the most recent decision by the Supreme Court that gay marriage be legal in all 50 states. This was sort of a no brainer that the Supreme Court comes down with this decision. And good for these people to not be discriminated against. 

 

Another example is the circus the media is creating over the Confederate Flag, as usual the liberals are coming out saying its offensive and racist. Of course this is the usual MO of a liberal because anything that they find objectionable or hurtful should be erased from the existence. I have news for your people, life is not all lollipops and candy land. Life is hard, and part of living in a free society is that there are some things in life you will not like or find objectionable. And one needs to learn to be more “tolerant” which the left likes to preach but they are not as “tolerant” unless they get what they want. 

 

Which brings me to my point, because of the left and their need to bully to get what they want. They are no better than the Bolsheviks or Stalin. Because they have the mentality of “its their way or the highway”. Yet, they are a bunch of hypocrites that speak about tolerance and etc, yet they are the least tolerant and want to cleanse the society. The two samples above are only part of what is happening, thanks to the liberal left. There is a balkanization of our country and it is becoming ever larger.


And it just not the two events above, there are many more that are just leading to a very bad end result which could find us repeating history once again.