FOURTH TURNING 2022 – BAD MOON RISING (PART THREE)

In Part One & Part Two of this article I laid out how those in power have used the power of propaganda and the psychology of fear to weaponize a flu to further their Great Reset agenda, while ensuring an economic and financial collapse through the issuance of trillions in unpayable bad debt. In Part Three of this article, I will examine how the civic decay in our society, created by the ruling class, will coalesce into a bloody firestorm of death and destruction during the remaining years of this Fourth Turning.

“One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.”George Orwell, 1984

“The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed.”George Orwell, 1984

There had been a theory discussed a few years ago regarding the nature of Fourth Turnings alternating between externally focused and internally focused. It is more about the key drivers, as all Fourth Turnings are impacted by domestic and foreign influences. Even though the sample size is small, this Fourth Turning appears to be following the alternating pattern. The American Revolution was driven by conflict with a foreign power (Great Britain), with another foreign power (France) tipping the scales in favor of the patriots. The Civil War was almost entirely a domestic internal conflict, with Great Britain not fully supporting the Confederacy, and tipping the scales in favor of the North. The Great Depression was created by global central bank machinations, with World War II almost entirely fought on foreign soil, leaving the U.S. as the unchallenged leader of the free world after 1945.

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BOILING POINT

“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”H.L. Mencken

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After writing a particularly depressing article where I come to a logical conclusion, based upon the factual evidence of all previous Fourth Turnings, I always wonder whether I’m being too pessimistic and peddling doom, like many of the clickbait websites. The conclusions I reached at the end of my last two articles were particularly gloomy and made me wonder whether I was going too far. I thought maybe I was too pessimistic and my predictions of civil chaos and global disorder were overblown.

“A failure to meet the challenges ahead with bravery, grit, good judgement, adherence to our Constitutional principles, and a fair amount of luck, could lead to a defeat from which we will never recover. No one knows how and when the climax of this Crisis will play out, but the acceleration towards our rendezvous with destiny is in motion.” Fourth Turning Accelerating Towards Climax – May 10

It just so happened I published my last article on May 24, predicting a 2nd Civil War. I figured we might have a couple years to prepare, as there is likely five to ten years  before this Fourth Turning reaches a climax. Little did I know a black man with a long criminal background, high on fentanyl and resisting arrest in Minneapolis, would be killed by a white police thug named Derek Chauvin, who had seventeen complaints against him over his illustrious career, on the day after my article was posted. Oddly, it seems this murder will be our Fort Sumter/Pearl Harbor of this Fourth Turning.

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Guess What — It’s a Hustle

Guest Post by Jim Kunstler

Of course, George Floyd didn’t deserve to die with a cop’s knee on his neck and his face mashed into the pavement, but after yesterday’s first of what will be several funerals for the now revered former armed robber and convict, you’d think he was the second coming (and going) of George Washington. Uh, check that… Washington was a slave-owner and, by definition, a racist. Make that Julius Caesar — based on the way that the Rev. Al Sharpton was bellowing at funeral No.1 Thursday in Minneapolis. Say, what? Julius Caesar owned slaves too? How about Abe Lincoln then? Naw, just another white man? And a secret racist (so they say).

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – A media controversy ignites over the case of Tawana Brawley – 1987

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Tawana Brawley is found covered with feces and wrapped in garbage bags outside the Pavilion Condominiums in Wappingers Falls, New York. Brawley appeared to have undergone an extremely traumatic experience: parts of her hair were cut off, her pants were slightly burned, and there was a racial slur scrawled on her body. Brawley told authorities that for four days she had been held against her will and repeatedly raped by a gang of white men, one of whom she claimed had a police badge.

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LEFT WING HYPOCRISY

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Are Trump Protesters Just Completely Brainwashed Idiots?

Guest Post by Martin Armstrong

Trump DC Protests

Al Sharpton seems to be doing whatever he can to mislead minorities in a very dangerous way. He has been organizing civil rights activists vowing to defend what they say are hard-fought gains in voting rights and criminal justice prior to the presidency of Donald Trump. Sharpton is not stupid. He knows what he is doing. Why did he not do this against Obama who kept defending police? Why now?

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Civil Rites of Passage

Guest Post by Stilton Jarlsberg

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In order to cultivate the approval of black voters, Jewish Bernie Sanders is inviting the Reverend Al Sharpton to “feel the bern.” Which is ironic, considering that was also the last phrase heard by the seven people torched at Freddy’s Fashion Mart after Sharpton inspired an angry black mob to set fire to the store out of hatred for (wait for it!) Jews.

At the summit meeting of these two enormous hypocrites, Sharpton questioned the aging socialist on important policy issues like guaranteeing racial discrimination in employment (Affirmative Action), preventing police officers from making arrests of criminals of color or protecting their own lives, and the water quality in Flint, Michigan. Water which is hated simply because it’s brown.

Of course, Sharpton’s endorsement of a Democratic candidate will only go to the highest bidder, which is why Hillary Clinton will also be meeting with the emaciated race-baiter to kiss his, uh, ring.

Still, Bernie has got a decided edge in cultivating Rev Al’s favor. After all, he’s the one promising the biggest boost in entitlements for the nation’s underclasses. But unfortunately, such entitlements have become a modern form of slavery which gives complete control to those holding the checkbook.

Hope n’ Change doesn’t actually think that Bernie sees this (while we’re damn sure that Hillary does), and that his intentions are probably good. But we know where the road paved with such intentions inevitably leads (even if the White House is a rest stop on the way).

Case in point: Bernie is gleefully shouting that he’ll give free college to everyone. But what good is free college to black students who’ve been trapped by Democrats in underperforming inner city schools and denied the ability to choose a real education? Many black students “graduate” from these high schools with reading levels insufficient to follow the directions to prepare a TV dinner (seriously, that’s an actual metric used to measure their abilities).

So either the “free colleges” will turn them away or have to be dumbed down to a 5th grade reading level (spoiler alert: it will be the latter).

Barack Obama has been an unmitigated disaster for black Americans, and neither the Criminal nor the Commie hoping to succeed him would be any better. Which is why Hope n’ Change thinks that the best thing which could happen during Black History Month would be a dramatic shift among black voters to a party which actually wants to lift them out of poverty rather than continuing to build ever-higher walls of entitlements around the Democratic plantation.

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NOT A HATE CRIME?

So a white family has been systematically bullied for months, verbally abused, beaten, had their heads slammed into railings, and pummeled with brass knuckles by feral black animals in the Juniata section of Philadelphia, but only one news station even mentions the attack. Where are the black leaders of Philadelphia declaring this a hate crime? Oh, I forgot. Only white people commit hate crimes. Where is the black mayor of Philadelphia calling this an outrage? Where are the protestors in the streets supporting this white family?

Where are the fucking arrests of the feral dogs who committed this hate crime? The people in this neighborhood know exactly who committed this crime. Why aren’t they turning in the black perpetrators? I’m sure Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are on their way to Juniata Park to support the white family as they recover from their beating. The teleprompter in chief will surely be making a statement.

What do you think would be happening today if this had been the only black family in an all white neighborhood who had been beaten by whites? The outrage and shrill declarations from black “leaders” would be deafening. What we hear today is silence. Who are the real racists in this country?

Witnesses: Father, 2 Daughters Beaten by Crowd During Memorial Day Cookout

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A father and his two daughters are recovering after witnesses say they were beaten by a large crowd on Memorial Day in an attack they believe was racially-motivated.

A Bucks County man, who we are not identifying, told NBC10 the incident was the culmination of several months of bullying. The man’s mother, sister, brother-in-law and four nieces and nephews between the ages of 7 and 12 live at a home on Lawndale Street in the Juniata section of Philadelphia.

The father told NBC10 his sister’s family is the only white family living on the block and that for the past year the children have been the victims of racially-motivated bullying, name-calling and attacks. The father also says his own children, his 6-year-old son who has autism, 12-year-old daughter who has Asperger’s syndrome and asthma and 14-year-old daughter who has Type-1 diabetes, have been the victims of bullying whenever they visit.

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Liberals’ Use of Black People

Guest Post by Walter E. Williams

Last week’s column focused on the ways liberals use blacks in pursuit of their leftist agenda, plus their demeaning attitudes toward black people. Most demeaning are their double standards. It was recently reported that Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the House majority whip, spoke at a 2002 gathering hosted by white supremacist leaders when he was a Louisiana state representative. Some are calling on Scalise to step down or for House Speaker John Boehner to fire him. There’s no claim that Scalise made racist statements.

Hardly anyone blinks an eye at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s racist statements, such as: “White folks was in the caves while we (blacks) was building empires. … We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was. … We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.”

Sharpton again: “So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket. That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.” Sharpton also offered, “If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.”

Despite such racism, President Barack Obama has made Sharpton his go-to guy on matters of race. But not to worry. Obama himself spent 20 years listening to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s anti-Semitic and racist sermons. The news media and intellectual elite don’t condemn Sharpton or Obama, because they have two standards of behavior: one for whites and a lower one for blacks.

The news media’s narrative about the police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, is that a white cop shot and killed an unarmed black man who was holding his hands up. Their New York City narrative is that a white cop used a chokehold that killed a black man. The news media people and their liberal allies know the facts, but they need to promote the appearance of injustice to keep black people in a state of grievance.

During grand jury testimony about the Ferguson incident, seven black witnesses testified that Michael Brown was charging the policeman when he was shot.

The autopsies, performed by three sets of forensic experts, including one representing Brown’s family, confirmed Officer Darren Wilson’s version of the event. The news media’s narrative of Eric Garner’s death in New York is that he died because a chokehold had stopped his breathing. He actually died later, in an ambulance, where his heart stopped while being taken to a hospital. The chokehold was instrumental in triggering Garner’s pre-existing health problems of acute and chronic bronchial asthma, obesity and heart disease, but he was not choked to death as claimed by the media. Both Brown and Garner would be alive today if they had not resisted arrest. But pointing that out would not serve the purpose of keeping blacks in a perpetual state of grievance.

I’m old enough to remember the racist lynching mentality of yesteryear. Regardless of the evidence, if a white woman merely accused a black man of raping her, the man was all but dead. Emmett Till, a Chicago teenager visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, during the summer of 1955, was accused of flirting with a white woman. Klansmen took him to a barn. They beat him and gouged out one of his eyes. Then they shot him in the head and tossed his body in the Tallahatchie River.

The New York Times published the street name on which Officer Wilson lived. Had the frenzied mob caught up with him, regardless of evidence, he might have suffered the same fate as Till.

Multiethnic societies are inherently unstable, and how we handle matters of race is contributing to that instability. Decent Americans should see the dangers posed by America’s race hustlers, who are stacking up piles of combustible racial kindling, ready for a racial arsonist to set it ablaze.


James Woods calls Al Sharpton a ‘race pimp’ and says the ‘disgusting pig’ is responsible for NYPD cop murders

  •  Actor has blamed Sharpton, Mayor de Blasio and President Obama for being ‘responsible’ for the murder of two NYPD officers on Saturday
  • Sharpton came in for the worst of Woods’ abuse, with the former Academy Award nominee calling him a ‘race pimp’ and a ‘disgusting pig’
  • This disgusting pig is DIRECTLY responsible for the murder of two good policemen. No discussion,’ he tweeted – before deleting
  • Woods tweeted throughout Sunday using a series of hashtags including ‘#PigSharpton’, ‘#RaceHucksters’, ‘#TurnYourBack’, ‘#BlueLivesMatter’

 

Actor James Woods took to Twitter on Sunday to blame the Rev. Al Sharpton, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and President Obama for being 'responsible' for the murder of two NYPD officers on Saturday

Actor James Woods took to Twitter on Sunday to blame the Rev. Al Sharpton, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and President Obama for being ‘responsible’ for the murder of two NYPD officers on Saturday

Actor James Woods took to Twitter on Sunday to blame the Rev. Al Sharpton, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and President Obama for being ‘responsible’ for the murder of two NYPD officers on Saturday.

Sharpton came in for the worst of Woods’ abuse, with the former Academy Award nominee calling him a ‘race pimp’ and a ‘disgusting pig’.

At one point on Sunday morning Woods’ tweeted: ‘This disgusting pig is DIRECTLY responsible for the murder of two good policemen. No discussion’.

The tweet included a photo of Sharpton at a protest against police.

Woods later took down that post, reports Daily Caller, but he continued tweeting using a series of hashtags including ‘#PigSharpton’, ‘#RaceHucksters’, ‘#TurnYourBack’, ‘#BlueLivesMatter’

Woods, 67, even called for a boycott of Sony Entertainment – after executives from the company recently promised to work with Sharpton after leaked emails featured racist comments.

The president also came in for criticism including a tweet that featured a photo of Sharpton and Obama and the text ‘mission accomplished’.

Woods also applauded the NYPD officers who turned their backs on Mayor de Blasio during his press conference following Saturday’s shootings.

Sharpton came in for the worst of Woods’ abuse, with the former Academy Award nominee calling him a ‘race pimp’ and a ‘disgusting pig’

Sharpton came in for the worst of Woods’ abuse, with the former Academy Award nominee calling him a ‘race pimp’ and a ‘disgusting pig’

The president also came in for criticism including a tweet that featured a photo of Sharpton and Obama and the text ‘mission accomplished’

The president also came in for criticism including a tweet that featured a photo of Sharpton and Obama and the text ‘mission accomplished’

Woods also applauded the NYPD officers who turned their backs on Mayor de Blasio during his press conference following Saturday's shootings

Woods also applauded the NYPD officers who turned their backs on Mayor de Blasio during his press conference following Saturday’s shootings

This isn’t the first time Woods has used Twitter to express his political views.

Last year he called President Obama ‘a true abomination’ and then tweeted that he didn’t think he would work again because of his opinions.

‘I don’t expect to work again. I think Barack Obama is a threat to the integrity and future of the Republic. My country first,’ he wrote in response.

The Rev. Al Sharpton said Eric Garner’s family has no connection to a man who murdered two New York City cops in an apparent retribution killing as he revealed at a Sunday press conference threats made on his life in racist profanity-laced voicemail.

He also said there is no place for angry rhetoric that blames protesters or New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

‘We are now under intense threat from those who are misguided,’ he said. ‘From those who are trying to blame everyone from civil rights leaders to the mayor rather than deal with an ugly spirit that all of us need to fight.’

In one tweet, Woods accused Sharpton of being 'DIRECTLY responsible for the murder of two good policemen. No discussion’, although he later deleted it

In one tweet, Woods accused Sharpton of being ‘DIRECTLY responsible for the murder of two good policemen. No discussion’, although he later deleted it

Woods tweeted throughout Sunday using a series of hashtags including '#PigSharpton', '#RaceHucksters', '#TurnYourBack', '#BlueLivesMatter'

Woods tweeted throughout Sunday using a series of hashtags including ‘#PigSharpton’, ‘#RaceHucksters’, ‘#TurnYourBack’, ‘#BlueLivesMatter’

Woods, 67, even called for a boycott of Sony Entertainment - after executives from the company recently promised to work with Sharpton after leaked emails featured racist comments

Woods, 67, even called for a boycott of Sony Entertainment – after executives from the company recently promised to work with Sharpton after leaked emails featured racist comments

Sharpton told The Associated Press that he’s considering tightening his personal security after receiving nine messages threatening him — all within hours of the shooting.

He then clicked on his cellphone and played one message in which the male caller used the N-word to address the preacher, followed by a stream of four-letter words used to describe protest actions Sharpton has led against police-involved deaths of unarmed blacks.

‘The language is “Hey N word, stop killing innocent people, I’m going to get you,” and I have several like this,’ he said, according to silive.com. ‘We are now under intense threat from those that are misguided, by those that are trying to blame everyone from civil rights leaders to the mayor rather than deal with an ugly spirit that all of us need to fight.’

Sharpton continued: ‘There are those of us committed to nonviolence and making the system work.

‘And there are those committed to anarchy and recklessness who could care less about the families of police or the families who have raised questions about police accountability.’

He was joined at the National Action Network by the wife and mother or Eric Garner, who both advocated non-violence.

Threats: Al Sharpton appeared at a press conference Sunday in which he played a racist threat he received in the wake of a double cop killing in Brooklyn on Saturday

Threats: Al Sharpton appeared at a press conference Sunday in which he played a racist threat he received in the wake of a double cop killing in Brooklyn on Saturday

Not involved: Rev. Al Sharpton holds up his phone after saying he received threatening voice mail messages as he is joined by Esaw Garner, Eric Garner's widow, during a press conference denouncing the shooting deaths of two New York Police Department officers at the National Action Network on Sunday

Not involved: Rev. Al Sharpton holds up his phone after saying he received threatening voice mail messages as he is joined by Esaw Garner, Eric Garner’s widow, during a press conference denouncing the shooting deaths of two New York Police Department officers at the National Action Network on Sunday

Community reacts to NYPD officers shot while on duty

Brown’s family condemned the shooting in a statement posted online by their attorney.

‘We reject any kind of violence directed toward members of law enforcement. It cannot be tolerated. We must work together to bring peace to our communities,’ the family said.

Garner, who was black, died after he was taken down by a white officer during an arrest on suspicion of selling loose cigarettes. The 18-year-old Brown, who was black, was fatally shot by a white officer. He was unarmed.

Most of the protests have been peaceful, particularly in New York. Bratton said police were investigating whether Brinsley had attended any rallies or demonstrations and why he had chosen to kill the officers.

De Blasio said the killings of Ramos and Liu strike at the heart of the city.

‘Our city is in mourning. Our hearts are heavy,’ said de Blasio, who spoke softly with moist eyes. ‘It is an attack on all of us.’

Scores of officers in uniform lined up three rows deep at the hospital driveway. The line stretched into the street. Officers raised their hands in a silent salute as two ambulances bore away the slain officers’ bodies. The mayor ordered flags at half-staff.

New York police officers killed in ambush

Sharpton and the family of Eric Garner appeared together at a press conference Sunday to distance themselves from the cop killings

Sharpton and the family of Eric Garner appeared together at a press conference Sunday to distance themselves from the cop killings

Defended: The families of Michael Brown (left) and Eric Garner (right) have condemned the killings of two police officers after it emerged gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley said his attack was avenging their deathsDefended: The families of Michael Brown (left) and Eric Garner (right) have condemned the killings of two police officers after it emerged gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley said his attack was avenging their deaths

Defended: The families of Michael Brown (left) and Eric Garner (right) have condemned the killings of two police officers after it emerged gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley said his attack was avenging their deaths

In a statement Saturday night, Attorney General Eric Holder condemned the shooting deaths as senseless and ‘an unspeakable act of barbarism.’ Obama, vacationing in Hawaii, issued a statement saying he unconditionally condemns the slayings.

‘The officers who serve and protect our communities risk their own safety for ours every single day — and they deserve our respect and gratitude every single day,’ Obama said. ‘Tonight, I ask people to reject violence and words that harm, and turn to words that heal — prayer, patient dialogue, and sympathy for the friends and family of the fallen.’

The shootings ended a bizarre route for Brinsley that began in Maryland early Saturday. He went to the home of a former girlfriend in a Baltimore suburb and shot and wounded her. Police there said they noticed Brinsley posting from the woman’s Instagram account threats to kill New York officers.

Baltimore-area officials sent a warning to New York City police, who received it moments too late, Bratton said.

Officers pursued Brinsley after the shooting to a nearby subway station, where he shot himself in the head as a subway train door full of people closed. A silver handgun was recovered at the scene, Bratton said.

NYPD officers salute their fallen comrades

Assassinated: Rafael Ramos (left) and his partner Wenjian Liu (right) were shot dead while on patrolAssassinated: Rafael Ramos (left) and his partner Wenjian Liu (right) were shot dead while on patrol

Assassinated: Rafael Ramos (left) and his partner Wenjian Liu (right) were shot dead while on patrol

Killer: Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot and killed two police officers while they sat in their squad car on Saturday

Killer: Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot and killed two police officers while they sat in their squad car on Saturday

Mourners gather at a memorial for two slain police officers

Racism Is More A Product Than A Problem

Guest post by Monty Pelerin

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Racism still exists in this country. But it does so on a remarkably small level compared to both history and other countries around the world.

Racism Compared

Despite all the commotion, just how racist is the US? Facts suggest that it is among the least racist countries in the world. Jamie Weinstein provides this perspective:

America Is Among Least Racist Countries In The World

racism13With all the recent race clang clanging on MSNBC and other cable news networks, now’s probably a good time to remind everyone that America is among the least racist countries in the world.

 

I know this statement will be shocking news to regular viewers of “PoliticsNation,” but it also has the quality of being true.

From 2010 to 2014, the World Values Survey asked residents in over 50 countries who they would not want as neighbors. Just over 5 percent of respondents in the United States said “people of a difference race.” That’s far more tolerant a response than citizens of most European, African and Asian countries gave. As a comparison, 15 percent of Germans, 41 percent of Indians and 22 percent of Japanese said they wouldn’t want to live next to “people of a different race.” The Washington Post depicted the results in a useful chart.

The survey is probably not a perfect indicator of how pervasive racism is in a given society, but the results do correlate with what we know anecdotally. Take, for instance, the fact that America elected and then reelected a black man for president.

Yes, I know. Some in the civil rights industry like to argue that this doesn’t mean anything. But of course it does. Blacks make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population. There aren’t too many examples of a democratic country electing someone from such a distinct and previously persecuted minority to their top office.

It is totally impossible, for instance, to imagine a person of color being elected to lead any major country in Europe, at least anytime in the near future. Same with Canada. Same with a racial or religious minority anywhere in Asia or Africa. Perhaps there are examples of leaders from minority groups being elected in free and open elections to the top office of the land in a few countries, but none come immediately to mind. Even the white interim president of Zambia doesn’t exactly qualify because he wasn’t elected to the post. The point is, if it is not unprecedented, it is pretty rare. It means something that the United States elected an African-American president.

The United States is also a country where seven of the eight most powerful celebrities, according to Forbes, are African American. That’s an amazing statistic — one also not indicative of a virulently racist society. Ayatollah Khamenei may attack America on Twitter as a racist country over the recent events in Ferguson, but I can assure you the most powerful celebrities in Iran aren’t Jewish.

If the best examples Al Sharpton can draw upon to prove America is a place where black people are routinely killed by cops without punishment are the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases, then it just shows you how weak his narrative is.

We don’t have cameras to know exactly went on in Ferguson, but the preponderance of evidence suggests that Officer Darren Wilson didn’t randomly shoot and kill Michael Brown for kicks and giggles. The Garner case appears far more problematic in terms of how the police acted, but even Garner’s family doesn’t think what happened had a racial component.

Cops sometimes overreact and there are probably too many police shooting deaths in the United States, but the Brown and Garner cases hardly demonstrate that racist cops are regularly and deliberately killing African-Americans with impunity.

None of this is to say that there is no racism in America anymore or that terribly racist events never occur here. There is and they sometimes do. We need and can do better as a country, but we also ought put things in perspective. We have come a long way since the 1950s. Far from being a bastion of racism, America today is in fact one of the least racist countries in the world.

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Why Racism Is Important

Mr. Weinstein’s perspective is one that most Americans believe and should believe. Sadly, there are elements in this country who thrive and even survive on racism. It is not the practice of racism that benefits these people. It is convincing others that racism exists that is their scheme.

racebaitingRacism is a product for these people. It is sold like other products and with similar rewards. Big dollars and votes are the rewards. The beneficiaries of these rewards are the race hustlers and the politicians. Bruce Thornton explains:

Since the rise of identity politics and anti-poverty programs in the 60s, the plight of the black underclass has worsened, even as the self-selected race tribunes––professors, “activists,” lobbyists, government employees, celebrities, politicians––have flourished. Given that the moral capital financing the race industry comes from the misery and suffering of underclass blacks, race-grievance entrepreneurs must ward off solutions to those problems that challenge the narrative justifying their own power.

Some race hustlers have dedicated their entire lives to the promotion of racism. For them, it is an occupation not unlike ambulance chasing. Keeping racism alive keeps them in the spotlight. It provides fame and fortune for these pimps that exceeds what they could obtain pimping street wares.

The Democrat Party sells racism as a product. This Party has no discernible governing strategy. It only has an election strategy and that is based on the notion of oppression. They identify and classify voters by group and then claim specific oppression of one sort or the other. Other than government workers, every Democrat constituency is  told they are oppressed. Blacks, for whatever reasons, have fallen for the fake compassion more than any other group based on the 95% or so who vote Democrat. The pretense of racism is necessary in order to keep blacks on the Democrat Plantation. If the Democrats lost even a small share of this vote, their viability as a meaningful national party would be threatened.

Democrats are now targeting Hispanics as the next oppressed group. Democrats pretend to be for amnesty regardless of the law in order to create and mine this new potential voting constituency. Republicans are painted as hating Hispanics just like they are supposed to hate blacks, women, welfare recipients, LGBTs, etc. etc. Any constituent of the Democrat Party is claimed to be a hate target of the Republican Party.

The Tragedy of Claiming Racism

racism chessFalse claims of racism are tragic. They make minorities believe that their fate in life has been pre-determined. Racism means they have no control over their future. If success is based on color or some other attribute, study and work to achieve success becomes meaningless. Because your ability doesn’t count, why bother to try? How many young people have been brainwashed into believing this nonsense? How many valuable lives were not fulfilled as a result? Conveying this poison is equivalent to a form of child molestation!

Continuing to perpetuate the myths of racism is dangerous to society. Pitting groups against each other substitutes anger and force for voluntary interactions and transactions. Social friction helps no one. When people see themselves as anything but Americans, society becomes coarser and less safe. Encouraging or condoning riots in places like Ferguson sets the stage for something much bigger. If society unravels, the minorities will come out on the short end. That has been the history of minority-majority conflicts throughout history. Don’t pick a fight where you are obviously outnumbered. Don’t pick a fight or be drawn into one that you cannot possibly win.

Unfortunately the race pimps and politicians who benefit from racial strife are not going to quit so long as they personally benefit. Nor do these low-life leeches care about the costs to the country. Their personal advantage is all that matters. If other Americans have to be sacrificed to advance their pursuits, so be it. Eggs need to be broken in order to make an omelet.