Totalitarianism --- The Witnesses Speak
Most Americans have had little or no teaching about totalitarianism, or about its conjoined twins, Communism and Nazism. Our schools do not teach about it, and our media, by and large, ignore it. When they do address it, it is to tell us that it does not exist.
Now, some of its victims and witnesses are speaking out. They are trying to warn the American people that what has happened in their former countries is rapidly approaching us, also.
One such witness, Hilmar von Campe, a former German Hitler Youth member, sounds the alarm. An article by WorldNetDaily dated November 13, 2008, quotes von Campe.
"Every day brings this nation closer to a Nazi-style totalitarian abyss," writes Hilmar von Campe, now a U.S. citizen, and author of 'Defeating the Totalitarian Lie: A Former Hitler Youth Warms America'". ...
"I lived the Nazi nightmare, and, as the saying goes, 'A man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with an argument,'" writes von Campe. "Everything I write is based on my personal experience in Nazi Germany. There is nothing theoretical about my description of what happens when a nation throws God out of government and society, and Christians become religious bystanders." ...
"It took me a long time to understand and define the nature of National Socialism", says von Campe. "And, unfortunately, their philosophy continues to flourish under different labels remaining a menace to America and free human society." ...
"Democratic procedures can be subverted and dishonest politicians are like sand in the gearbox, abundant, everywhere and destructive," he writes. "What I see in America today is people painting their cabins while the ship goes down. Today in America we are witnessing a repeat performance of the tragedy of 1933 when an entire nation let itself be led like a lamb to the Socialist slaughterhouse. This time, the end of freedom is inevitable unless America rises to her mission and destiny."
But, aren't people in our government watching out for us? Where are the guards?
Some are bound by the sinews of political correctness. Many are drugged, frozen by poison. Arsenic? Sarin? Cyanide? No, TV, which has immobilized them. Many are counting their bribes.
Why don't we hear more about this? Does the serpent announce himself before his fangs pierce the soft flesh of his victim? His poison stills its resistance, precluding any chance of survival.
Stealth is employed by the totalitarians. They are chameleons, covertly hiding among us.
A similar witness to totalitarianism comes from Gemma Meyer, in an article titled "The Coming Darkness. A Warming for Americans: A Message from South Africa."
She writes that America's structures have given us the right to try to sway our government by writing letters, manning stands at country fairs, hosting fund-raising dinners, attending rallies, setting up conferences and writing to our Congress people. However, she warns:
"But, woe to you if --- or more likely, when --- the rules change. White Americans may soon find themselves unable or unwilling to stand up to challenge the new political methods that will be the inevitable result of the ethnic metamorphosis now taking place in America. Unable to cope with the new rules of the game --- violence, mob riots, intimidation through accusation of racism, demands of proportionality cased on racial numbers, and all the other social and political weapons used by the have-nots to bludgeon treasure and power from the haves --- Americans, like others before them, will no doubt cave in. They will compromise away their independence and ultimately their way of life.
"That is exactly what happened to South Africa. I know because I was there and saw it happen."
"Faced with revolution in the streets, strikes, civil unrest and the sheer terror and murder practiced by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC), the white government simply capitulated in order to achieve 'peace'".
"Westerners need peace. They need order and stability. They are builders and planners. But what we got was the peace of the grave for our society." ...
"Those in the West who forced South Africa to surrender to the ANC and its leaders did not consider Africa to be the dangerous, corrupt, and savage place that is now in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Those Western politicians now have a similar problem looming on their own doorsteps: the demand for power and treasure from the non-western peoples inside the realm.
"It is already too late for South Africa, but not for America if enough people strengthen their spine and take on the race terrorists, the armies of 'politically correct' and, most dangerous of all, the craven politicians who believe 'compassionate conservatism' will buy them more votes, a few more days of peace.
... "We lost our country through skillful propaganda, pressure from abroad (not least from the USA), unrelenting charges of 'oppression' and 'racism' and the shrewd assessment by African tyrants that the white man has many Achilles heels, the most significant of which are his compassion, his belief in the 'equality of man' and his 'love thy neighbor' philosophy --- none of which are part of the Third World's history.
"The mainline churches played a big role in the demise of Western influence throughout Africa, too; especially in South Africa. Today's tyrants were yesterday's mission school protégés. Many dictators in Africa were men of the cloth. They knew their clerical collars would deflect criticism and obfuscate their real aims, which had nothing whatever to do with ‘brotherhood of man'".
(A priest friend, who had spent several years teaching in South Africa, could hardly wait for the new government to take over. When asked, several months after the takeover, how it was going, his disappointment was acute. He replied,
"New government, same problems". He was soon faced with a robbery inside the Catholic compound where he taught. He was held up at gunpoint and feels lucky to have escaped with his life. He had reason to fear his murder, as some had been committed against clergymen.)
"Other tyrants, like the infamous Idi Amin, were trained and schooled by the whites themselves at Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard. After receiving the best from the West, they unleashed a resentful bloodlust against their benefactors."
Gemma Meyer says she fears that Americans will capitulate. They don't want to quarrel or obstruct claims of those who believe they were wronged. They like peace and quiet and they want to compromise and be nice.
Indeed, that is the main thrust of societal teaching in our schools today, even to the point of not disagreeing with the crowd. Think this isn't so? A case in point is the massive hordes of Hispanics that took to the streets, demanding "rights" for illegal aliens. Not many pointed out that, being illegal and not citizens, they were not entitled to any of the common rights citizens enjoy.
And, Meyer asks what will happen when the new majority repudiates the rulings of judges, claiming they are racists?
"In America, the courts are still the final arbiter of society's laws. But what will happen when your future majority refuses to abide by court rulings --- as in Zimbabwe. What will happen when the new majority says the judges are racists, and that they refuse to acknowledge 'white man's justice'? What will happen when the courts are filled with their people, or their sympathizers? In California Proposition 187 has already been overturned."
What will you do when they change the names of streets and cities. These may not sound like important issues, but it is part of our heritage. Meyer says we should not laugh about this. When the "majority" took over in South Africa, the first targets were national symbols. So, while we may not deem these symbols to be important, it was to those who took charge there.
Gemma Meyer notes that:
"When Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe murders his political opponents, ignores unfavorable court decisions, terrorizes the population, siphons off millions from the state treasury for himself and his friends, South Africa's new President Thabo Mbeki holds his hand and declares his support ..."
Does this sound like something our own two parties would do? Does "Kelo" come to mind? The Supreme Court, by a slim majority, told We the People that we do not have property rights any longer if a government wants that property to give to a developer to make a profit. Also, does the word "bailout" ring a bell?
The witness Gemma Meyer gives good advice:
"Unfortunately, your habits and values work against you. You cannot fight terror and street mobs with letters to your Congressmen. You cannot fight accusations of racism with prayer meetings. You cannot appeal to the goodness of your fellow man when the fellow man despises you for your weaknesses and hacks off the arms and legs of his political opponents."
... "Millions around the world want your good life. But make no mistake: They care not for the high-minded ideals of Jefferson and Washington and your Constitution. What they want are your possessions, your power, your status.
"And they already know that their allies among you, the 'human rights activists', the skillful lawyers and the left wing politicians will fight for them and not for you. They will exploit your compassion and your Christian charity, and your good will."
"They have studied you, Mr. and Mrs. America, and they know your weaknesses well".
"They know what to do."
"Do you"?
Hilmar von Campe and Gemma Meyer have sounded the alarm. They have given the best witness they could give. Will we heed their bitter experience? Will we use it to fight the totalitarianism that looms before us?
My thanks to Daneen G. Peterson Ph.D. for making Gemma Meyer's testimony available on her site StoptheNorthAmericanUnion.
Most Americans have had little or no teaching about totalitarianism, or about its conjoined twins, Communism and Nazism. Our schools do not teach about it, and our media, by and large, ignore it. When they do address it, it is to tell us that it does not exist.
Now, some of its victims and witnesses are speaking out. They are trying to warn the American people that what has happened in their former countries is rapidly approaching us, also.
One such witness, Hilmar von Campe, a former German Hitler Youth member, sounds the alarm. An article by WorldNetDaily dated November 13, 2008, quotes von Campe.
"Every day brings this nation closer to a Nazi-style totalitarian abyss," writes Hilmar von Campe, now a U.S. citizen, and author of 'Defeating the Totalitarian Lie: A Former Hitler Youth Warms America'". ...
"I lived the Nazi nightmare, and, as the saying goes, 'A man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with an argument,'" writes von Campe. "Everything I write is based on my personal experience in Nazi Germany. There is nothing theoretical about my description of what happens when a nation throws God out of government and society, and Christians become religious bystanders." ...
"It took me a long time to understand and define the nature of National Socialism", says von Campe. "And, unfortunately, their philosophy continues to flourish under different labels remaining a menace to America and free human society." ...
"Democratic procedures can be subverted and dishonest politicians are like sand in the gearbox, abundant, everywhere and destructive," he writes. "What I see in America today is people painting their cabins while the ship goes down. Today in America we are witnessing a repeat performance of the tragedy of 1933 when an entire nation let itself be led like a lamb to the Socialist slaughterhouse. This time, the end of freedom is inevitable unless America rises to her mission and destiny."
But, aren't people in our government watching out for us? Where are the guards?
Some are bound by the sinews of political correctness. Many are drugged, frozen by poison. Arsenic? Sarin? Cyanide? No, TV, which has immobilized them. Many are counting their bribes.
Why don't we hear more about this? Does the serpent announce himself before his fangs pierce the soft flesh of his victim? His poison stills its resistance, precluding any chance of survival.
Stealth is employed by the totalitarians. They are chameleons, covertly hiding among us.
A similar witness to totalitarianism comes from Gemma Meyer, in an article titled "The Coming Darkness. A Warming for Americans: A Message from South Africa."
She writes that America's structures have given us the right to try to sway our government by writing letters, manning stands at country fairs, hosting fund-raising dinners, attending rallies, setting up conferences and writing to our Congress people. However, she warns:
"But, woe to you if --- or more likely, when --- the rules change. White Americans may soon find themselves unable or unwilling to stand up to challenge the new political methods that will be the inevitable result of the ethnic metamorphosis now taking place in America. Unable to cope with the new rules of the game --- violence, mob riots, intimidation through accusation of racism, demands of proportionality cased on racial numbers, and all the other social and political weapons used by the have-nots to bludgeon treasure and power from the haves --- Americans, like others before them, will no doubt cave in. They will compromise away their independence and ultimately their way of life.
"That is exactly what happened to South Africa. I know because I was there and saw it happen."
"Faced with revolution in the streets, strikes, civil unrest and the sheer terror and murder practiced by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC), the white government simply capitulated in order to achieve 'peace'".
"Westerners need peace. They need order and stability. They are builders and planners. But what we got was the peace of the grave for our society." ...
"Those in the West who forced South Africa to surrender to the ANC and its leaders did not consider Africa to be the dangerous, corrupt, and savage place that is now in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Those Western politicians now have a similar problem looming on their own doorsteps: the demand for power and treasure from the non-western peoples inside the realm.
"It is already too late for South Africa, but not for America if enough people strengthen their spine and take on the race terrorists, the armies of 'politically correct' and, most dangerous of all, the craven politicians who believe 'compassionate conservatism' will buy them more votes, a few more days of peace.
... "We lost our country through skillful propaganda, pressure from abroad (not least from the USA), unrelenting charges of 'oppression' and 'racism' and the shrewd assessment by African tyrants that the white man has many Achilles heels, the most significant of which are his compassion, his belief in the 'equality of man' and his 'love thy neighbor' philosophy --- none of which are part of the Third World's history.
"The mainline churches played a big role in the demise of Western influence throughout Africa, too; especially in South Africa. Today's tyrants were yesterday's mission school protégés. Many dictators in Africa were men of the cloth. They knew their clerical collars would deflect criticism and obfuscate their real aims, which had nothing whatever to do with ‘brotherhood of man'".
(A priest friend, who had spent several years teaching in South Africa, could hardly wait for the new government to take over. When asked, several months after the takeover, how it was going, his disappointment was acute. He replied,
"New government, same problems". He was soon faced with a robbery inside the Catholic compound where he taught. He was held up at gunpoint and feels lucky to have escaped with his life. He had reason to fear his murder, as some had been committed against clergymen.)
"Other tyrants, like the infamous Idi Amin, were trained and schooled by the whites themselves at Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard. After receiving the best from the West, they unleashed a resentful bloodlust against their benefactors."
Gemma Meyer says she fears that Americans will capitulate. They don't want to quarrel or obstruct claims of those who believe they were wronged. They like peace and quiet and they want to compromise and be nice.
Indeed, that is the main thrust of societal teaching in our schools today, even to the point of not disagreeing with the crowd. Think this isn't so? A case in point is the massive hordes of Hispanics that took to the streets, demanding "rights" for illegal aliens. Not many pointed out that, being illegal and not citizens, they were not entitled to any of the common rights citizens enjoy.
And, Meyer asks what will happen when the new majority repudiates the rulings of judges, claiming they are racists?
"In America, the courts are still the final arbiter of society's laws. But what will happen when your future majority refuses to abide by court rulings --- as in Zimbabwe. What will happen when the new majority says the judges are racists, and that they refuse to acknowledge 'white man's justice'? What will happen when the courts are filled with their people, or their sympathizers? In California Proposition 187 has already been overturned."
What will you do when they change the names of streets and cities. These may not sound like important issues, but it is part of our heritage. Meyer says we should not laugh about this. When the "majority" took over in South Africa, the first targets were national symbols. So, while we may not deem these symbols to be important, it was to those who took charge there.
Gemma Meyer notes that:
"When Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe murders his political opponents, ignores unfavorable court decisions, terrorizes the population, siphons off millions from the state treasury for himself and his friends, South Africa's new President Thabo Mbeki holds his hand and declares his support ..."
Does this sound like something our own two parties would do? Does "Kelo" come to mind? The Supreme Court, by a slim majority, told We the People that we do not have property rights any longer if a government wants that property to give to a developer to make a profit. Also, does the word "bailout" ring a bell?
The witness Gemma Meyer gives good advice:
"Unfortunately, your habits and values work against you. You cannot fight terror and street mobs with letters to your Congressmen. You cannot fight accusations of racism with prayer meetings. You cannot appeal to the goodness of your fellow man when the fellow man despises you for your weaknesses and hacks off the arms and legs of his political opponents."
... "Millions around the world want your good life. But make no mistake: They care not for the high-minded ideals of Jefferson and Washington and your Constitution. What they want are your possessions, your power, your status.
"And they already know that their allies among you, the 'human rights activists', the skillful lawyers and the left wing politicians will fight for them and not for you. They will exploit your compassion and your Christian charity, and your good will."
"They have studied you, Mr. and Mrs. America, and they know your weaknesses well".
"They know what to do."
"Do you"?
Hilmar von Campe and Gemma Meyer have sounded the alarm. They have given the best witness they could give. Will we heed their bitter experience? Will we use it to fight the totalitarianism that looms before us?
My thanks to Daneen G. Peterson Ph.D. for making Gemma Meyer's testimony available on her site StoptheNorthAmericanUnion.
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