30 WAYS TO DESTROY A NATION: User's Guide - Gold Edition

[signalmankenneth]

Ruining a nation takes time but it can be done. A lot of planning and forethought must take place if it is to be done with a specific purpose in mind. However, a nation can also be ruined without either plan or purpose. Through general and widespread ignorance the disastrous results may be achieved. The following list is meant to stimulate thought and reflection.

1. Use the word cynical to describe anyone or anything that leads people to give careful consideration to their present condition and circumstances. Prohibit individual critical evaluations by using the word "conspiracy" to invalidate investigations.

2. Try to make sure everyone knows how to use labels and name-calling to deal with issues.

3. Teach people that having money and things are the true marks of success in life and that only a college education can guarantee this success.

4. Confuse children about the roles of men and women and re-interpret the meaning of family and marriage to match society's standard each time society changes its viewpoints about family and marriage.

5. Encourage everyone to keep saying, "nobody's perfect" so that imperfection becomes a universal and acceptable standard. Use this standard to test whether or not a person is "down to earth" or "keeping it real".

6. Ridicule moral excellence as an unrealistic, unachievable goal. Only exalt it as an ideal. Make sure everyone is familiar with the words, "we're only human."

7. Use the phrase "health insurance" to join health and money together in an inseparable union. Use it to mean "money available to pay the expenses incurred because of lost health." Do not actually insure health through adequate education. Encourage people to trust mostly in professional help and make them afraid to self-diagnose their problems.

8. Separate children from their parents at a very young age so that society may have ample time and opportunity to superimpose its identity upon them.

9. Build an economy upon credit, debt and fraud. Lead people to believe that money = happiness.

10. Teach people that introducing poisons into the blood stream by the use of drug medications or vaccinations is the hallmark of an enlightened civilization.

11. Use the word "judgmental" extensively and generously so that people are terrified of making any open comments about anything morally wrong.

12. Assign relative meaning to the term "right and wrong." Make morality dependent upon circumstances or situations.

13. Teach people that there is no intelligence, no planning, no design and no purpose connected with the origin of life. Make sure that this is backed by some form of authority that most people will feel too uneducated to question.

14. Teach people that a variety of peers is of greater consequence to a child's social development than good parenting.

15. Convince people that love is based upon feelings and not principles. Disconnect right principles from right feelings.

16. Blur the distinction between male and female. Obscure gender differences.

17. Constantly expose the human mind to depravity, perversion and immorality and call it reality. Provide it as entertainment and give awards to those who excel in portraying it.

18. Emphasize exposure to wrong-doing as a necessary part of children's education and healthy psychological development.

19. Use television shows, movies, magazines, etc. to instigate and perpetuate hostility, alienation and misunderstanding between male and female, rich and poor and black and white. Cause as many people as possible to regard division as inevitable.

20. Continually draw attention to a person's skin color if it is different or not in a majority group.

21. Apply a label to anyone and everyone who enthusiastically supports the constitution. Call them nuts or extremist. Make it appear odd to actually uphold the constitution.

22. Use every national crisis as a pretext for minimizing personal freedoms and civil liberties. Make this appear absolutely necessary in order to secure peace and safety.

23. Teach people that "living for the moment" and "experiencing now" are the most important things in life.

24. Teach people that personal decisions depend upon circumstances and not principles. Principles should always be viewed as flexible.

25. Make doubt a means of education. Always attach doubt and uncertainty to as many issues as possible.

26. Exalt human reason as the most reliable means and final determining principle for discovering the truth about the existence of God. Make science the ultimate arbiter in all matters unknown.

27. Promote a false sense of societal advancement through the multiplication of electronic devices and by magnifying the wonders of technology.

28. Distract and confuse minds by supplying an abundance of conflicting and contradictory expert opinions.

29. Teach people that working hard is not as good as working smarter and make sure that people neither work hard nor smarter by exporting jobs out of the nation.

30. Saturate all forms of media with sex so that a preoccupation with physical pleasure seems normal and even right. Detach sex from anything pure or meaningful. Make it a common place and overstimulating subject by excessive promotion through all varieties of audio and visual media outreach and publications.

Is our nation being ruined by these principles ? What will be the ultimate outcome when all 30 of these have been fully implemented ? Are we unwittingly helping to achieve these goals ? What we need are ways to build and strengthen our nation. Stay tuned for suggestions.

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[Minister of Truth]

Ken, when did you become a conservative? Or are you just being cynical?

[signalmankenneth]

Ken, when did you become a conservative? Or are you just being cynical?

Cynical!

[Damocles]

Cynical!

Judgmental!

[NOVA]

I'm familiar with that "Gold Edition"......

It was written (plagiarized) by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and published by the DNC.....

It was originally written by followers of Karl Marx, Engles, and Josef Stalin....

[Minister of Truth]

Almost none of the things in that list are left-wing. From an early American standpoint, some things are liberal (anti-conventional or establishment) and most of the rest are conservative (pro-conventions or establishment).

Even the articles which address the value of material wealth, conservatives believe these things are vehicles to personal corruption, and less important than God, family, community, fellowship, etc. Where liberals and conservatives differ from leftists is that they don't believe government and community should be attacking people's material holdings, or instigating class warfare.

[NOVA]

Almost none of the things in that list are left-wing. From an early American standpoint, some things are liberal (anti-conventional or establishment) and most of the rest are conservative (pro-conventions or establishment).

Even the articles which address the value of material wealth, conservatives believe these things are vehicles to personal corruption, and less important than God, family, community, fellowship, etc. Where liberals and conservatives differ from leftists is that they don't believe government and community should be attacking people's material holdings, or instigating class warfare.

1. Use the word cynical to describe anyone or anything that leads people to give careful consideration to their present condition and circumstances. Prohibit individual critical evaluations by using the word "conspiracy" to invalidate investigations.
LEFT....rather than evaluating anything, blame Bush....as in, "9/11 was an inside job, Bush did it.

2. Try to make sure everyone knows how to use labels and name-calling to deal with issues.
LEFT...Coin a new phase...as in "NEOCON"

3. Teach people that having money and things are the true marks of success in life and that only a college education can guarantee this success.
??? ambiguous...

4. Confuse children about the roles of men and women and re-interpret the meaning of family and marriage to match society's standard each time society changes its viewpoints about family and marriage.
LEFT...as inTommy has two Daddys...Homosexual marriage...etc.

5. Encourage everyone to keep saying, "nobody's perfect" so that imperfection becomes a universal and acceptable standard. Use this standard to test whether or not a person is "down to earth" or "keeping it real".
LEFT...as in "10 tax evaders in the Obama Admin...no real penalties..."nobody's perfect"

6. Ridicule moral excellence as an unrealistic, unachievable goal. Only exalt it as an ideal. Make sure everyone is familiar with the words, "we're only human."
LEFT...Is that a joke...moral excellence?....Simple personal responsibility is a lefty no-no....

7. Use the phrase "health insurance" to join health and money together in an inseparable union. Use it to mean "money available to pay the expenses incurred because of lost health." Do not actually insure health through adequate education. Encourage people to trust mostly in professional help and make them afraid to self-diagnose their problems.
LEFT...Obamacare...

8. Separate children from their parents at a very young age so that society may have ample time and opportunity to superimpose its identity upon them.
LEFT....Ignore parental values...Schools teach liberalism from the start.

9. Build an economy upon credit, debt and fraud. Lead people to believe that money = happiness.
LEFT...and Right...Spend, spend, spend...grow entitlements...invent more entitlements...

10. Teach people that introducing poisons into the blood stream by the use of drug medications or vaccinations is the hallmark of an enlightened civilization.
LEFT...actually the desire to legalize drugs for personal use....

11. Use the word "judgmental" extensively and generously so that people are terrified of making any open comments about anything morally wrong.
LEFT...There is no right and wrong,

12. Assign relative meaning to the term "right and wrong." Make morality dependent upon circumstances or situations.
LEFT...See above

13. Teach people that there is no intelligence, no planning, no design and no purpose connected with the origin of life. Make sure that this is backed by some form of authority that most people will feel too uneducated to question.
LEFT....Ridicule religion and the religious at every oppertunity

14. Teach people that a variety of peers is of greater consequence to a child's social development than good parenting.
LEFT....Worship diversity

15. Convince people that love is based upon feelings and not principles. Disconnect right principles from right feelings.
LEFT...Homosexuality is normal...

16. Blur the distinction between male and female. Obscure gender differences.
LEFT...Celebrate the Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender social movements

17. Constantly expose the human mind to depravity, perversion and immorality and call it reality. Provide it as entertainment and give awards to those who excel in portraying it.
LEFT....Hollywood pinheads

18. Emphasize exposure to wrong-doing as a necessary part of children's education and healthy psychological development.
LEFT....Abhorrent Student behavior that is tolerated today with little or no consequences...

19. Use television shows, movies, magazines, etc. to instigate and perpetuate hostility, alienation and misunderstanding between male and female, rich and poor and black and white. Cause as many people as possible to regard division as inevitable.
LEFT...Hollywood attitudes say it all...

20. Continually draw attention to a person's skin color if it is different or not in a majority group.
LEFT...Play the race card early and often, especially if you get caught doing wrong....

21. Apply a label to anyone and everyone who enthusiastically supports the constitution. Call them nuts or extremist. Make it appear odd to actually uphold the constitution.
LEFT...as in "teabaggers"...."neocons"...."gun nuts"...."fundies"..."birthers"..."swift-boaters"...

22. Use every national crisis as a pretext for minimizing personal freedoms and civil liberties. Make this appear absolutely necessary in order to secure peace and safety.
LEFT...Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told an audience Friday "never waste a good crisis"- 2009

23. Teach people that "living for the moment" and "experiencing now" are the most important things in life.
LEFT...If it feels good, do it....

24. Teach people that personal decisions depend upon circumstances and not principles. Principles should always be viewed as flexible.
LEFT...Same as 11, 12, etc.

25. Make doubt a means of education. Always attach doubt and uncertainty to as many issues as possible.
LEFT....Close the borders, Impossible...Deport illegals, Impossible...Cut taxes, Impossible, and on & on

26. Exalt human reason as the most reliable means and final determining principle for discovering the truth about the existence of God. Make science the ultimate arbiter in all matters unknown.
LEFT...Same as #13

27. Promote a false sense of societal advancement through the multiplication of electronic devices and by magnifying the wonders of technology.
LEFT...Embryonic stem cells will cure EVERYTHING in the world

28. Distract and confuse minds by supplying an abundance of conflicting and contradictory expert opinions.
LEFT...Global cooling...no, global warming,....no, climate change....

29. Teach people that working hard is not as good as working smarter and make sure that people neither work hard nor smarter by exporting jobs out of the nation.
LEFT...Tax business until they no longer exist

30. Saturate all forms of media with sex so that a preoccupation with physical pleasure seems normal and even right. Detach sex from anything pure or meaningful. Make it a common place and overstimulating subject by excessive promotion through all varieties of audio and visual media outreach and publications.
LEFT....Latest ex. is Don't ask, don't tell....bumped homosexual marriage out of the news...

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

23. Teach people that "living for the moment" and "experiencing now" are the most important things in life.



30. Saturate all forms of media with sex so that a preoccupation with physical pleasure seems normal and even right. Detach sex from anything pure or meaningful. Make it a common place and overstimulating subject by excessive promotion through all varieties of audio and visual media outreach and publications.

Now these ones i like. These are part of the solution.

[Minister of Truth]

Bravo, you have to understand that those are all negative things, but they are based upon attitudes which are largely conservative, i.e., the prudent conservative would say, "don't do this because it is bad/immoral/imprudent/etc.", whereas the leftist would welcome labeling and so forth if it can be used to further an agenda.

Thanks.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

Bravo, you have to understand that those are all negative things, but they are based upon attitudes which are largely conservative, i.e., the prudent conservative would say, "don't do this because it is bad/immoral/imprudent/etc.", whereas the leftist would welcome labeling and so forth if it can be used to further an agenda.

Thanks.

I would say conservatives are immoral and tend to define away things that are bad. They love using slave labor abroad for instance, and have no problem with anything that generates profit, like slave labor, or kiddie porn. And they use dishonest labelling too; they call fascism freedom, and they call anything that isnt favorable to rich people, "socialism".

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

Which one of these things isn't happening?

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

29. Teach people that working hard is not as good as working smarter and make sure that people neither work hard nor smarter by exporting jobs out of the nation.
LEFT...Tax business until they no longer exist

LOL. even in your brighter moments you neocon fobs can't acknowledge the damage of globalization, and try to pretend its a tax issue. Unreal.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

Where liberals and conservatives differ from leftists is that they don't believe government and community should be attacking people's material holdings, or instigating class warfare.

Umm. It's the rich internationlist fascist bastards that started the class war. Duh. But sure you just pretend that resentment against generational abuse from elitists is something a liberal thought of. LOL>

[Minister of Truth]

I would say conservatives are immoral and tend to define away things that are bad. They love using slave labor abroad for instance, and have no problem with anything that generates profit, like slave labor, or kiddie porn. And they use dishonest labelling too; they call fascism freedom, and they call anything that isnt favorable to rich people, "socialism".

Except your ire should be directed at the liberals on this. Now, granted, there are not a lot of self-identified liberals around anymore, aside from the leftists who moronically call themselves liberals, and the true liberals now go by libertarian, but their ideas about freedom in economics still live on to an extent in most modern Americans. Traditionally, conservatives were actually wary of the rising influence of commercial interests, and would have been far more likely to to regulate them.