On "Centrism" and Other Misnomers

I would like to state, for the record, that, as a true conservative, I am also a true centrist. The founding fathers were true centrists. Other conservatives are true centrists. Arnold Swarznegger is not a centrist. Allow me to explain what the left, right, and center really are.

Many call conservatives "on the right," or "right-wing," even. This is a fallacy. "Right wingers" in history might include the Nazis, ancient Sparta, and Musollini's Italy. The idea of the "right," is that people exist for the good of the state. Nazism did not recognize individuals' rights, nor did it believe that the government should serve the people. All Germans, under this ideology, existed to serve Germany, de facto the Nazi party. The same was true of fascist Italy at that same time. In Sparta, the ideas were not much different. While that ancient society was actually freer than the Germans were under Hitler, the "right wing" ideas were still firmly in place. It is well known that the only way for a Spartan to receive a tombstone upon death was to either die in battle, or die during child birth. Why? Because that was seen as giving the ultimate sacrifice to the state, and only such a sacrifice ought to be rewarded in death. Spartans all existed to serve the state. In true "right wing" politics, the state comes first.

On the "left," however, the state supposedly only exists for the people. Now, this idea I can agree with, but the way the "left" everywhere carries out this idea is completely out of sync with this alleged goal, as well as reality itself. Communist Russia is the best example of true "left wing" politics, so our attention turns to the USSR in the early 20th century. Karl Marx (may his soul suffer for all eternity for what he's done to the world) theorized that, eventually, common people would revolt and depose the aristocratic elite. Eventually, he said, the state would disappear all together as the people, in their communist "worker's paradise" just did what they were supposed to do: followed laws, and all that... because they knew nothing else. It would all just fall in to place. Now we see the opposites: left vs. right, "all for the state" vs. "the state will disappear." It should be noted, however, that communism never reaches a stateless existence. It is first (and this was Marx's idea as well) set up as a dictatorship, in which the state controls all so to theoretically make everything equal for everyone. "From, according to your ability, to, according to your need" is the philosophy of communism. That is to say, in communism, the "left wing" of politics, you produce whatever you can for society, and the state will disperse it as it sees fit, based on the needs it interprets. In true "left wing" politics, there is no more freedom than in "right wing" politics.

And that is the sad irony of both these opposing ideologies: they are, in the end, the same thing. What is the difference between Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler? Not much. On the far right, and the far left, there is nothing but oppression and suppression of freedom.

However, despair not, there is a better way! In 1776, and the tumultuous years following, there came a new country; one that would soon lead the world in the ways of freedom. (Yes, there have been free societies before in history, but none like this.) America was the true "centrist" state, neither right nor left. The government existed for the people (as well as by the people), but it did not dictate for them. FREEDOM is the answer. It's so simple, I think I need to say it again. FREEDOM. To be in the center is to embrace (responsible) freedom.

Today, the Governator has coined his little term and calls himself a "centrist." That is nothing more than a convenient way of disguising the fact that he now fully embraces left-wing politics. For example, he has recently signed into law a complete socialized medicine policy. This means that the state now pays, with taxes, of course, for the health care of all. Including illegal aliens, mind you. There's your communism as shown above: the state takes from people according to whatever they make, then gives to others according to what the state sees fit. It is an affront to freedom. It is the state spending a man's money for him, rather than letting him do with his money as he pleases. It's communism-light, right here in America. And it's just the beginning of what the left wants to do.

The fact is this: there is no real right-wing movement in America. Sure, there are some right-wingers out there, but for the most part, the so-called "right-wing" consists of nothing more than conservatives in the true center like me, who want America to remain FREE. There is, however, a large left-wing following. The so-called "liberals" (who are actually nothing of the sort, considering that word liberal refers to freedom and "liberals" want anything but... another misnomer from the left) have a large following, as do the conservatives, who are actually at the center. So what the Governator calls the "center", is actually the "center" of two opposing sides: the real center and the left. Well, if one is on the left, and one is on the center, the middle is actually to the left. So there you have it... Ah-nold's "centrism" is nothing more than left-wing politics under a new name.

This is but one of many misleading misnomers that the left, desperate to take over and remake America in Karl Marx's image, has created to fool the "useful idiots" that Lenin referred to so often. They call themselves "progressives," referring to progress. (See Hillary Clinton or Barak Obama.) They fail to mention that their left-wing policies are throw backs to the early 1900s, when the first ideas of communism and socialism spread across Europe and beyond, only to result in monumental failure wherever they were put to the test. They fail to mention that the Nazis also poised themselves as progressives, when Hitler was a throwback to the days of dictators and tyrants. Even we conservatives call them "liberals," when in actuality a liberal believes in liberty and these people clearly do not.

To the left, everything is positioning and image, and that is because what they really want is a lie. They want a Marxist Utopia that cannot exist. They want people to follow their policies, but know that if their Marxist policies are shown for what they are, people will not accept them. They want people to believe that they care and will help, but they will not. So they call themselves things they aren't. Then they call conservatives anything else they can: "right-wing" and "fascist," when anyone who knows me, a true conservative, knows that we true conservatives despise everything Hitler had to offer. They go as far as to call abortion a "woman's right to choose," leaving out that it's her right to choose "to kill." They call it "gun control" when their aim is really to "abolish" gun ownership all together. They call it the "fairness doctrine" when it actually takes away the freedom of speech we all enjoy, letting the government decide who gets to say what on which issue, making it more of a "fascist doctrine." When I call "affirmative action" racist for discriminating against white people (reverse racism, if you will, since it's the opposite of the traditional kind against blacks), they turn it around and label ME a "racist." The same goes for anyone who doesn't want to give up the country to illegal immigrants who have no right to be here. Oh, I must "hate Mexicans." I could go on and on and on, but hopefully you get the idea.

The left in this country knows that a 1918-Russia style revolution can not and will not happen in this country, because we are not as discontent as the Russians were with the Czar at that time. Nor are we as uneducated and ignorant- that is, there aren't as many "useful idiots" to take advantage of as there were when Lenin needed them. However, there are some, and the left knows this. Instead of a coup, they have opted for a slower revolution. A revolution of generational change, of gradual erosion of what makes America great. They further their cause each and every day with lies. Many of these lies are simple misnomers. So please, think for yourself, reflect on what I have said. Do not fall for bumper-sticker-talking-points and little terms that some liar coins to sound good in a commercial. Realize for yourself what words like centrism, progressive, right to choose,racist, bipartisan, fairness, etc. mean, when used by certain people. See through the fog! If there is one truth in the world, it is that politicians lie.