{"id":377,"date":"2020-03-24T14:17:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevebriscoe.wordpress.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2026-10-31T22:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T22:12:34","slug":"a-prelude-ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justal.net\/loqui\/a-prelude-ignored\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prelude Ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent post on FaceBook made reference to a Senator who tested positive for COVID-19 and the multitude, rather than wish the Senator well, blasted the Senator for having ready access to the COVID-19 test kit.\u00a0 Several comments made reference akin to, \u201c\u2026my friend\u2019s mother knows a co-worker whose cousin read an article about a guy whose girlfriend had symptoms but couldn\u2019t get a test\u2026\u201d\u00a0 Obviously I\u2019ve applied a bit of literary freedoms with that bit, but you get the idea.<\/p>\n

I, being a person who has the right to an opinion, commented on the post\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cUnderstand completely and agree… hopefully those who want a socialist government are watching. If you think the government ignores you now, wait until we get the socialist government everyone seems to be pining for. You think it’s hard to get tested now, wait until your socialist government takes control of things. If you have no specialty, or are not ultra-special in some unique way, then you are of no value and are ultra-expendable. They will weigh the cost of care with what you have to offer in return. This is not fearmongering, nor is it doom and gloom prophecy, it is history retold again and again. And, most important, it has nothing to do with who is seated in the Oval Office; push the Trump Hate Train all you want, you’ve been played. Welcome to the new world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Of course, there was an almost immediate response that ignored the entirety of my comment, except \u201c\u2026the man in the Oval Office\u2026\u201d part.\u00a0 The momentum of the \u201cTrump Hate Train\u201d cannot be stopped by truth or fact nor can it even be discussed using the rules of civil debate; one side always goes \u201cjunk yard dog\u201d sooner or later.\u00a0 We\u2019ll ignore the responses as, like I say, they are fueled by Trump Hate and seldom use fact or conscious thought as a premise.<\/p>\n

The premise of my comment was how a socialist government will treat you during such times. I\u2019m not privy to any decision made about the purchase or stock pile of COVID-19 test kits or respirators.\u00a0 However, common sense would, should one ever consider using it, lead to a belief that, like many other medical tests, the COVID-19 test is good for testing COVID-19 and not much use for anything else.\u00a0 There may be some crossover for some, but not likely is there anything out there that is, \u201cone test fits all\u201d product.\u00a0 However, the purchase of, or who was responsible for the failure to purchase are not really what I want to discuss.\u00a0 Some of you are smart and, based on the title and the preamble, already know where I\u2019m going with this.<\/p>\n

\"willful\"<\/p>\n

History has documented over and over again, the population that is overwhelmingly controlled by the government (regardless of what kind of government), is the same population that will be ignored during a crisis; if you are not in the \u201cinner circle\u201d you are not considered and pushed aside (unless of course you\u2019re armed).\u00a0 As I stated in the comment that preempted this narrative, \u201c\u2026you think the government ignores you now, wait until we get your socialist government\u2026\u201d\u00a0 This is a prelude that can, if you give it the chance, give you a glimpse of how the government is going to treat you the closer and closer we get to socialist rule. \u00a0A prudent person would give this a moment of pause and contemplate, for themselves, what is the probable outcome when one person has absolute power over another.\u00a0 Don\u2019t dwell on what you would do, dwell instead on what others will do given control over you; two totally different perspectives, two totally different outcomes.\u00a0 I will also submit, if you do dwell on what \u201cyou\u201d will do, you\u2019re wasting your time.\u00a0 Chances are you like your neighbor, chances are you get along well and share on a regular basis, chances are you would never consider hurting your neighbor.\u00a0 But, if your neighbor has food and you do not and your neighbor stands between your child starving to death or living just one more day, then chances are you will see your neighbor as an obstacle that must be eliminated at all costs; comes from an ability to justify a wrong and see it as a right. \u00a0You might think yourself special, and caring, and all compassionate, but given the right circumstances, and no moral absolute, you would end your neighbor for a sack of rice. Let\u2019s move on.<\/p>\n

Even that part of the government the leftist cling to as their guiding light and the ultimate champion of their cause have set aside the \u201cconcern for public health\u201d and are using the pandemic to impose controls that far outreach what the U.S. Constitution allows and, if imposed, will do nothing to curb, slow down, or eradicate the pandemic.\u00a0 The hijack of the coronavirus stimulus should be a clear indicator of their ultimate intent\u2026 but it is not, many make excuses for their behavior.\u00a0 An article in the USA Today<\/a> laid it out clearly.\u00a0 Of course, this is the European version of the USA Today so your USA Today may say something completely different; I\u2019ve come to the conclusion the USA Today is not wholly owned by a single minded entity, but rather separately owned by an assortment of entities that span the spectrum from factual conclusion stemming from logical thought all the way over to confused utterances stemming from willful ignorance.<\/p>\n

We have become so focused on the difference between the extremes of left and right, that we now believe everyone is at one extreme or the other and are the root of all calamity and deserve to be hated; there is no middle, there is no common ground. In our left or right focus we have forgotten there is actually an up and a down and there is a right and there is a wrong.\u00a0 And, these \u201crights and wrongs\u201d are absolute.\u00a0 We\u2019ve convinced ourselves there are no longer firm principles, but rather varying degrees of right and wrong; it may be wrong for one person, but depending on how they were raised, or a particular set of circumstances, it\u2019s not wrong for another person.\u00a0 “It was my right to attack my neighbor and steal what they had., my child was hungry.”\u00a0 Contrary to this not so new revelation, a belief in the shifting concepts of right and wrong do not sway the factual bearing of where right and wrong reside.\u00a0 If this confuses you, look up the word \u201cAbsolute\u201d in your Webster.\u00a0 I recommend using a Webster that is at least 30 years old.\u00a0 Newer versions of Webster, and for sure and certain Google search engine, have modified definitions to accommodate the weak and gullible. \u00a0We must stop taking for granted what our chosen political party or our trusted news source tells us; if we are not capable of thinking for ourselves, regardless of which end or at what point within the scope of the spectrum we reside, we will all fall under the heavy yoke of tyranny.\u00a0 That tyranny will see us as a commodity and if we, in their eyes, have no tradeable and reusable commodity, we will be considered sub-human and the controlling class will have no need to protect us, no need to feed us, and will certainly feel no obligation to provide us with medical care.\u00a0 \u201cThey will weigh the cost of care with what we have to offer in return.\u201d\u00a0 In fact they may go so far as to make it illegal to fend for yourself if you do so without their permission.\u00a0 See Germany, November 8th 1938.<\/p>\n

There is no doubt in my mind this country will eventually embrace socialism either legally or by deceit and all these things will come to pass.\u00a0 However, I do not now nor have I ever put my faith in our government, regardless of who holds the majority.\u00a0 I put all my faith in the God who created me and His Son who showed me Grace; I\u2019m good with whatever happens.<\/p>\n

Final note:\u00a0 It\u2019s common knowledge that art imitates life; today\u2019s science fiction is tomorrow\u2019s fact.\u00a0 Way back when the original Star Trek was televised in 1966 they carried a hand held wireless communication device in their pockets, volumes of data were stored on small plastic disks, computers answered you when you spoke to them, and they used prosthesis that could be mechanically manipulated by thought.\u00a0 Pretty amazing when you try to comprehend such things using a 1966 mindset.\u00a0 Barring WARP Drive and Teleportation, most of the fiction of yesterday\u2019s Star Trek is now a part of our everyday lives.\u00a0 Have you ever seen the movie Soylent Green?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A recent post on FaceBook made reference to a Senator who tested positive for COVID-19 and the multitude, rather than wish the Senator well, blasted the Senator for having ready access to the COVID-19 test kit.\u00a0 Several comments made reference akin to, \u201c\u2026my friend\u2019s mother knows a co-worker whose cousin read an article about a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-thoughts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t