The New Regime

I do not use the word “regime” lightly.  It is defined as: “a government, especially an authoritarian one.”

Now, I admit I was a Trump supporter and still strongly support his numerous accomplishments for our country and his agenda that puts our country and all of its people first; but, like any good American (and unlike most Democrats in 2016) I will accept the duly certified president, even if that is Joe Biden.  I will likely not agree with his policies or his actions, but it is my responsibility as an American to support the office and the institution of President, even when I disagree strongly with the person occupying that office.

So, what do I expect from a Biden presidency?  First, I do believe we will have some of that “nice” that some people voted for.  That is, it seems that Biden will fill key positions with typical career politicians – the ones who are really good with words and eloquent speeches.  The ones who hide behind those nice words but never tell you the full truth of what they are doing or what is going on.  The ones who think that you, the American people, don’t really need to know.   They will be nice and polite as they stab America in the back. 

The news media will cooperate with the Democrats in giving us the appearance of nice.  While they worked to make every word of President Trump into a racist/homophobic/authoritarian/hateful pronouncement; while they investigated every move he made, every obviously sarcastic tweet; while they turned every day of Trump’s presidency into some sort of earth shattering and existential crisis; while they distorted his words and any facts that did not fit their narrative; while they conducted, advocated for, and supported every unfounded allegation; despite this behavior regarding President Trump, when it comes to Biden the press will treat him as they have throughout his campaign: not only not asking the difficult questions, but suppressing any evidence of corruption or malfeasance.

So, sure, it will be “nice.”  Nice words.  Nice news coverage.  But no reality.  We the American people will not see what is really going on.  We will be enveloped in “nice” and lulled into unthinking acceptance as the Democrats move forward with their plans for America’s “reset” which I fear will ultimately be its decline. 

And those who would speak out will of course be silenced.  Biden has already selected for key positions at least one and likely more who would severely limit if not do away with our First Amendment rights.  Those who propose “hate speech laws” are really proposing the sort of limited speech that we see in countries such as the former Soviet Union, or today’s China, or most any authoritarian dictatorship or socialist regime.  Of course, if no one can speak up or question anything, then on the surface everything looks nice.

So let’s return to that word “regime.”  Its further definition includes: a system or planned way of doing things, especially one imposed from above.  That of course requires big government, something that is clearly a part of the Democrat plan. 

A regime also involves the characteristic that those in power believe they know better than the masses what is good for them.  Those in power, in control of the regime, tell the rest of us what we can and cannot do, what we can and cannot think or believe, and ultimately who we can or cannot be. 

Don’t believe me?  Look at the history of any socialist regime.  Most of us have some idea of the Soviet Union and its repressive regime.  But remember that the revolution that brought it about was one to bring equality and a better life to the workers.  Actually Lenin was quite the idealist about Marxism – until the revolution was won, and he along with others in power decided that they could not leave decisions to those uneducated workers; instead, it was necessary for the elite, the state, to take away their individuality and tell them how they must behave.  Meanwhile, those in power were able to become more and more corrupt as the people’s suffering grew and grew.

Do you really think the socialist viewpoint is any better here?  For about 50 years (about the amount of time Biden was a “public servant”) we had all sorts of social programs built in the socialist mode to help a variety of groups identified by characteristics such as sex and color.  What did these programs do for those for example stuck in inner city squalor?  The answer is nothing, at least nothing positive.  Instead they took away family and hope and individuality and motivation and self-respect.  They created a permanent underclass – an underclass dependent on the state and those in power and therefore a permanent voting bloc to help those in power retain their power. 

For the 3 years prior to the onset of Covid, this began to change as there were jobs and better economic conditions and hope for minorities and those stuck in inner city squalor.  That hope does not happen with the dependence created by socialism.  During those 3+ years the Democrats opposed everything, every program or other action that made that betterment possible. 

That is telling.  It is clear evidence that the Democrat “concern” for those less fortunate is not really a concern for them, but instead reflects a desire for maintaining them as nothing more than a useful underclass.  Democrat socialist-like programs allow them to talk a good story while walking actions that do something very different.

The new regime is I fear one of smoke and mirrors.  Put eloquent words at the front.  Create a cabinet and other leadership positions based not on substance but on superficial characteristics (color, race, heritage, sex, physical condition, etc.).  It may look diverse and pretty, but personally I would rather have people selected based on substance and skill.  That might result in the same pretty picture, it might not.  But rather than looking right, shouldn’t we be looking for people based on criteria that assure us they can actually perform the job?   Using that substantive criteria, rather than superficial appearances, would certainly be better for America.

Many of those on Biden’s short list for key positions are avowed socialists or have taken a variety of anti-American stands in the past.  But the pretty picture presented makes people forget to look beneath the surface, to question.  And that is exactly what an authoritarian regime wants and needs:  people who do not question.

Of course, we all know that the Democrats are well versed in creating smoke and mirrors about their actions and those of their opponents.  They pull allegations and accusations out of hats (see Russia collusion or Kavanaugh MeToo accusations for example); they know these things are not true, are often manufactured or ignore actual and key facts, but they use them for nothing more than to assert and secure their power.

The great reset or whatever the Democrats are calling it today is not going to be good for America or its people.  The Democrats, with their eloquent words and their socialist dreams think they know better than the rest of us who we are, what we are, and who we should be.  They coach us to give them power by feeding us dreams of the great utopian equality and niceness of socialism.  But history tells us that once socialism comes to full power that niceness does not last long and the equality that is placed upon the masses is one of hopelessness as they struggle daily for their mere existence.

A good authoritarian regime requires that those in power be self-interested, care more about their own power than they do about the people over whom they assert control.   I think the Democrats certainly fit the bill.  They also have the necessary skill of being able to soothe the people into not noticing what is going on around them and hence there is no questioning of their narrative.  Personally, I do not look forward to the new regime, no matter how prettily and nicely those in power and the media paint it.