When I think of America, I think of freedom. Freedom to pursue my goals, freedom to worship or not worship if I choose, and freedom to express myself.
Wait a minute, this freedom to express myself is having a hard swim in waters where so-called knowledge is received and accepted, rather than challenged and criticized. Take, for example, the phenomenon of political correctness. For the first time in American history, we cannot say what we think. We can be in serious trouble for saying things deemed offensive, insensitive, or god forbid, hate-speech.
This begs the question, where did political correctness originate and more importantly what is its purpose? When we trace PC back to its roots it goes as far back as the early part of the 20th century. Up until that time, Marxists theorists believed that the working-classes of European countries would unite and support each other and revolt against the ruling parties of their countries because of their working-class identity to each other. In 1914, after WWI, this theory proved wrong. The working classes were loyal to their countries and fought each other, embarrassing Marxist theorists such as Antonio Grumshi and George Lukacs. They argued that western culture blinded the working class of its true Marxist class interests and in particular Christianity had to be destroyed. By 1923 in Germany a think-tank was established (later known as the Frankfort School) to create the basis for political correctness as we know it today.
Max Horcheimer a young German-Jewish Marxist, which later became famous for his work in critical theory, realized that a revolution would not come from the working-class and that a substitute needed to be found.
He found that culture, particularly western culture, could be destroyed by being critical of it. Martin Jay, chairman of the history department at Berkeley and author of his famous book “The Dialectical Imagination-A History of the Frankfurt School” goes on to say “They (Frankfurt Scholars) were radical Freudians in hopes of using psychoanalysis to end what Reich had called sexual alienation.”
In other words, they wanted societies to feel that they were being oppressed by morals and values, largely derived by Christianity.
So you might ask, how did this ideologies spread to the U.S? After the Nazis came to power in Germany, they shut down many institutions and with it the Frankfurt School. These Marxist members fled. Guess where? That’s right, to America: To New York City, with the help of Columbia University I might add.
Max Horkheimer and another prominent Marxist, Herbert Marcuse, who also worked for the Office of Strategic Services-OSS, (the predecessor of the CIA) moved to Hollywood.
In 1952, Marcuse began a teaching career as a political theorist at Columbia University and finished his career in 1965 at the University of California, San Diego.
During the 60’s, Marcuse saw a golden opportunity to advance Marxist ideology with the student rebellions to the Vietnam War.
In his book “eros and civilization”, which virtually became the bible for student rebels he makes philosophical inquiries about Freud, but the general sentiment is Marxism. In it he espouses to “do your own thing,” “if it feels good do it,” he is also the man who created the phrase “make love, not war.”
Ladies and gentlemen, our society is in trouble, we live in an ideological state, and if we fail to recognize it, this political correct Marxist ideology will destroy us, just as it was planned decades ago. The alternative is to live as a true American, say what you think for god sake. I know many dead Marxists are rejoicing every time we come up with more censorship of speech.
In Liberty……
TEXT: JAVIER VALLES