Wesley J. Smith, a columnist for “The Epoch Times” newspaper, wrote an article with this title comparing the ideology expressed in the French Revolution (which he accurately claims is very similar to the ideology of the Leftist regime currently in power in America) to the ideology behind our American Revolution.
Smith lists seven observations comparing the two revolutions: 1. “The French Revolution is utopian; it believes in the perfectibility of society that requires a strong centralized power structure.” The Leftist are into power, and now they have it in their control of two of our three branches of government. “The American Revolution is, paradoxically, conservative. Its locus of power is the free individual. 2. The French Revolution focuses on self-indulgence; the American, on self restraint. 3. The French Revolution is authoritarian. It deploys institutional power to coerce adherence to the revolution’s values. In today’s parlance, that goal is equity, meaning the equality of outcomes. (focus on wealth inequality). The American Revolution stands for equality of opportunity, by creating a system in which people are enabled to go as far as their talent and character allow without regard to the color of skin, sex or any other categorization. 4. The French Revolution tolerates only approved speech. It dictates acceptable lexicon. The American Revolution understands that reasonable people may differ. The answer to bad speech isn’t to punish but refute it with better speech. 5. The French Revolution detests traditional religion, particularly orthodox Christianity, and seeks to establish a mandatory secularity in the public sphere to which all must give obedience. (For example, the Equality Act would impose transgendered ideology throughout society, including forcing women’s sports to let biological males compete.) The American Revolution upholds the free exercise of religion; that is, the right to live according to the precepts of one’s faith as a fundamental right. (Muhammad Ali used this right to declare himself a conscientous objector during the Viet Nam War). 6. The French Revolution believes that its arguments are based mostly in hyper-emotionalism. Its great potent tools are moral panic and the aroused mob sweeping all before it. (Hence its tacit support of the BLM riots). No disagreement allowed. The American Revolution thinks. Its most effective strategy is free and open discourse as applied to established moral and legal principles, from which people are allowed to dissent. 7. The French Revolution believes in ‘postive rights’ secured by an all-powerful government, even if that means citizens are coerced into their provision. The American Revolution perceives rights as emanating from God or as integral to human nature (“self-evident” rights). Thus, government isn’t established to guarantee happiness but to maintain an open and free society for its pursuit. “
Smith concludes that “the historic fruits of the French Revolution have been despotism, death, and destruction as exhibited in the Reign of Terro in France, the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, and the catastrophic Cultural Revolution in China, all of which were pursued with French Revolution values and zealotry.” No wonder one of the goals of the cancel culture is to cancel the history of the founding fathers of this country.” It surely doesn’t want to remind of us of what the founding fathers did for us. “The values they represented and implemented in our country produced a society unique among the world’s societies.
When those classic liberals (who aren’t to be confused with Leftists) who voted for this Leftist regime (without knowledge of its policy) come to realize what the Leftist ideology really stands for and how similar that ideology is to the ideology of the French Revolution, they will come around to our conservative awareness and concern and join the fight to stop Leftist ideology from destroying our country. America must continue to uphold the values of our revolution and not allow the American Revolution to be attacked by the French Revolution.
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