Reply #22: They fear not being able to manipulate us with fear... [View All]

This adminstration is chuck-full of Straussians, followers of that wacko philosopher Leo Strauss. A study of Leo Strauss's flawed philosophy and his followers in the Bush* administration will shed some light on this huge deception perpetuated on this nation and will illustrate how they are attempting to manipulate us.

Here are a few of of Strauss's tenets that, well, speak for themselves...

The fundamental aggressiveness of human nature could be restrained only through a powerful state based on nationalism. "Because mankind is intrinsically wicked, it has to be governed. Such governance can only be established, however, when men are united –– and they can only be united against other people." - Leo Strauss

Strauss thought that a political order could be stable only if it was united by an external threat. If no external threat existed, then one had to be manufactured. Sound familiar?

For Strauss, "religion is the glue that holds society together”. Irving Kristol, among other neo-conservatives, had argued that separating church and state was the biggest mistake made by the founders of the US republic. "Secular society in their view is the worst possible thing," because it leads to individualism, liberalism and relativism –– precisely those traits that might encourage dissent, which in turn could dangerously weaken society's ability to cope with external threats. "You want a crowd that you can manipulate like putty".