[CTRL] Corporate giants now enforce thought control
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SAMUEL FRANCIS
Corporate giants now enforce thought control
September 22, 2000
One of the distinguishing characteristics of a totalitarian system is
that not only does the state impose an official ideology throughout
society
but so do other institutions as well. The "totality" at which the regime
aims means that every sector of the society -- the economy and social and
cultural institutions as well as government -- tries to make certain that
no
one and no thing deviates from the pattern of thought and behavior being
imposed.
In the New Order now being constructed in this country and most of
the
world, Thought Control is enforced not just by the state ("hate crime"
laws,
public education and selective condemnation of dissident ideas) but also
by
the mammoth corporations of the "global economy." Here are several
examples
of how it's being done.
When the Supreme Court ruled recently that the Boy Scouts of America
are
not required to admit homosexuals as members or hire homosexual
scoutmasters, both local governments and "private" corporations
immediately
started retaliating by cutting off grants and access to important
facilities. Several cities denied the Scouts use of parks and other
public
services, while Chase Manhattan Bank and Textron Corporation "have
withdrawn
hundreds of thousands of dollars in support to local and national
scouting
groups nationwide," as the New York Times reported last month.
The rationale for this kind of ideological disciplining is, of
course,
"diversity," in the Orwellian language of Thought Control. "Their [the
Scouts'] position," a Chase spokesman says, "is, on the face of it, in
conflict with our commitment and our values on diversity." Chase's
commitment to diversity apparently does not extend to respecting the
Scouts'
different views of homosexuality. That's why it's Orwellian.
Go into a Barnes and Noble book store these days and you'll discover
even more diversity. The giant book chain, which contributes to
diversity
by driving out of business smaller book stores across the country, now
greets customers with a display entitled "Close the Book on Hate."
The display is part of a joint project of Barnes and Noble and the
Anti-Defamation League, which "have come together to help children better
understand the richness and beauty of our multicultural society." That's
sweet -- except that the project assumes that anyone who disagrees with
multiculturalism and its agenda of subverting distinctively Western
values
and institutions is imbued with "hate" and "intolerance."
"Intolerance," the display piously instructs us, "isn't something
children are born with. It's learned. Therefore, it can be unlearned."
The way to "unlearn" it, of course, is to buy the books on the display
table, which would just happen to be profitable for Barnes and Noble.
Most
of the books seem innocuous enough, mainly a lot of drippy moralism about
the "Holocaust" and several kiddies' books containing cute little lessons
in
cartoon versions of multiculturalism.
Nevertheless, the purpose is clear -- to popularize the idea that
insistence on maintaining the cultural integrity of American society is
"hate" and "intolerance" and that those who still believe in such
integrity
have something wrong with them that can and should be "unlearned."
Yet another lesson in how "tolerant" the corporate giants really are
comes from the behemoth Wal-Mart. Recently in South Carolina a gentleman
named Maurice Bessinger, who owns a small barbecue restaurant chain and
makes his own barbecue sauce, raised a South Carolina state flag outside
one
of his restaurants, along with the Confederate flag.
It's not the government Mr. Bessinger needs to worry about but
Wal-Mart,
which used to carry Mr. Bessinger's barbecue sauce nationwide. Wal-Mart
has
suddenly dropped the sauce from its shelves. When I called the customer
complaint number to ask why, I was told that Mr. Bessinger "was involved
in
activities with which Wal-Mart did not wish to be associated."
The munchkin with whom I spoke refused to say what those "activities"
were, why they were objectionable or whether the chain also scrutinized
the
activities of other suppliers to evaluate their "activities" as well. He
claimed the Confederate flag had nothing to do with it. My own bet is
that
you can find plenty of products at Wal-Mart made by slave labor, but
slavery
-- at least the kind that really exists today as opposed to the kind that
has been extinct in this country for more than a century -- apparently is
not "an activity with which Wal-Mart does not wish to be associated."
Joseph Stalin and Mao Tse-tung could have learned something from
these
corporate leviathans. The tyranny over the mind their governments
imposed
required secret police, death camps, genocide and state terror for
generations, and still it
[CTRL] Corporate giants now enforce thought control
-Caveat Lector-
I see no one has commented on this article one way or the other, so I'm
curious. This being a conspiracy list, opposed to the NWO and all, is it
just me, or do I see an analogy to today's "liberal" mind-set of political
correctness, and it's INSISTENCE on "tolerance", Thought Control at its
best, regardless of who's other rights this idea of "tolerance" tramples on,
and sees no problem with it?
I only ask because there is something fundamentally wrong somewhere. I
suspect most people who define themselves as "liberal" are well-meaning
enough. But seeing where this Thought Control is leading, with its very
obvious clamping down on anyone who deviates from the pattern of thought and
behavior surely smacks of a certain
marxism/leninism/socialism/communism/nazism/fascism, does it not?
Don't get me wrong now. I'm only trying to feel my way, since politics was
never really of interest to me. But what with the New World Order right in
my face, well I find I must take notice.
Opinions?
Justine
SAMUEL FRANCIS
Corporate giants now enforce thought control
September 22, 2000
One of the distinguishing characteristics of a totalitarian system is
that not only does the state impose an official ideology throughout
society
but so do other institutions as well. The "totality" at which the regime
aims means that every sector of the society -- the economy and social and
cultural institutions as well as government -- tries to make certain that
no
one and no thing deviates from the pattern of thought and behavior being
imposed.
In the New Order now being constructed in this country and most of
the
world, Thought Control is enforced not just by the state ("hate crime"
laws,
public education and selective condemnation of dissident ideas) but also
by
the mammoth corporations of the "global economy." Here are several
examples
of how it's being done.
When the Supreme Court ruled recently that the Boy Scouts of America
are
not required to admit homosexuals as members or hire homosexual
scoutmasters, both local governments and "private" corporations
immediately
started retaliating by cutting off grants and access to important
facilities. Several cities denied the Scouts use of parks and other
public
services, while Chase Manhattan Bank and Textron Corporation "have
withdrawn
hundreds of thousands of dollars in support to local and national
scouting
groups nationwide," as the New York Times reported last month.
The rationale for this kind of ideological disciplining is, of
course,
"diversity," in the Orwellian language of Thought Control. "Their [the
Scouts'] position," a Chase spokesman says, "is, on the face of it, in
conflict with our commitment and our values on diversity." Chase's
commitment to diversity apparently does not extend to respecting the
Scouts'
different views of homosexuality. That's why it's Orwellian.
Go into a Barnes and Noble book store these days and you'll discover
even more diversity. The giant book chain, which contributes to
diversity
by driving out of business smaller book stores across the country, now
greets customers with a display entitled "Close the Book on Hate."
The display is part of a joint project of Barnes and Noble and the
Anti-Defamation League, which "have come together to help children better
understand the richness and beauty of our multicultural society." That's
sweet -- except that the project assumes that anyone who disagrees with
multiculturalism and its agenda of subverting distinctively Western
values
and institutions is imbued with "hate" and "intolerance."
"Intolerance," the display piously instructs us, "isn't something
children are born with. It's learned. Therefore, it can be unlearned."
The way to "unlearn" it, of course, is to buy the books on the display
table, which would just happen to be profitable for Barnes and Noble.
Most
of the books seem innocuous enough, mainly a lot of drippy moralism about
the "Holocaust" and several kiddies' books containing cute little lessons
in
cartoon versions of multiculturalism.
Nevertheless, the purpose is clear -- to popularize the idea that
insistence on maintaining the cultural integrity of American society is
"hate" and "intolerance" and that those who still believe in such
integrity
have something wrong with them that can and should be "unlearned."
Yet another lesson in how "tolerant" the corporate giants really are
comes from the behemoth Wal-Mart. Recently in South Carolina a gentleman
named Maurice Bessinger, who owns a small barbecue restaurant chain and
makes his own barbecue sauce, raised a South Carolina state flag outside
one
of his restaurants, along with the Confederate flag.
It's not the government Mr. Bessinger needs to worry about but
Wal-Mart,
which used to carry Mr. Bessinger's barbecue sauce nationwide. Wal-Mart
has
suddenly dropped the sauce from its shelves. When I called the
[CTRL] Corporate giants now enforce thought control
-Caveat Lector-
I see no one has commented on this article one way or the other, so I'm
curious. This being a conspiracy list, opposed to the NWO and all, is it
just me, or do I see an analogy to today's "liberal" mind-set of political
correctness, and it's INSISTENCE on "tolerance", Thought Control at its
best, regardless of who's other rights this idea of "tolerance" tramples on,
and sees no problem with it?
I only ask because there is something fundamentally wrong somewhere. I
suspect most people who define themselves as "liberal" are well-meaning
enough. But seeing where this Thought Control is leading, with its very
obvious clamping down on anyone who deviates from the pattern of thought and
behavior surely smacks of a certain
marxism/leninism/socialism/communism/nazism/fascism, does it not?
Don't get me wrong now. I'm only trying to feel my way, since politics was
never really of interest to me. But what with the New World Order right in
my face, well I find I must take notice.
Opinions?
Justine
SAMUEL FRANCIS
Corporate giants now enforce thought control
September 22, 2000
One of the distinguishing characteristics of a totalitarian system is
that not only does the state impose an official ideology throughout
society
but so do other institutions as well. The "totality" at which the regime
aims means that every sector of the society -- the economy and social and
cultural institutions as well as government -- tries to make certain that
no
one and no thing deviates from the pattern of thought and behavior being
imposed.
In the New Order now being constructed in this country and most of
the
world, Thought Control is enforced not just by the state ("hate crime"
laws,
public education and selective condemnation of dissident ideas) but also
by
the mammoth corporations of the "global economy." Here are several
examples
of how it's being done.
When the Supreme Court ruled recently that the Boy Scouts of America
are
not required to admit homosexuals as members or hire homosexual
scoutmasters, both local governments and "private" corporations
immediately
started retaliating by cutting off grants and access to important
facilities. Several cities denied the Scouts use of parks and other
public
services, while Chase Manhattan Bank and Textron Corporation "have
withdrawn
hundreds of thousands of dollars in support to local and national
scouting
groups nationwide," as the New York Times reported last month.
The rationale for this kind of ideological disciplining is, of
course,
"diversity," in the Orwellian language of Thought Control. "Their [the
Scouts'] position," a Chase spokesman says, "is, on the face of it, in
conflict with our commitment and our values on diversity." Chase's
commitment to diversity apparently does not extend to respecting the
Scouts'
different views of homosexuality. That's why it's Orwellian.
Go into a Barnes and Noble book store these days and you'll discover
even more diversity. The giant book chain, which contributes to
diversity
by driving out of business smaller book stores across the country, now
greets customers with a display entitled "Close the Book on Hate."
The display is part of a joint project of Barnes and Noble and the
Anti-Defamation League, which "have come together to help children better
understand the richness and beauty of our multicultural society." That's
sweet -- except that the project assumes that anyone who disagrees with
multiculturalism and its agenda of subverting distinctively Western
values
and institutions is imbued with "hate" and "intolerance."
"Intolerance," the display piously instructs us, "isn't something
children are born with. It's learned. Therefore, it can be unlearned."
The way to "unlearn" it, of course, is to buy the books on the display
table, which would just happen to be profitable for Barnes and Noble.
Most
of the books seem innocuous enough, mainly a lot of drippy moralism about
the "Holocaust" and several kiddies' books containing cute little lessons
in
cartoon versions of multiculturalism.
Nevertheless, the purpose is clear -- to popularize the idea that
insistence on maintaining the cultural integrity of American society is
"hate" and "intolerance" and that those who still believe in such
integrity
have something wrong with them that can and should be "unlearned."
Yet another lesson in how "tolerant" the corporate giants really are
comes from the behemoth Wal-Mart. Recently in South Carolina a gentleman
named Maurice Bessinger, who owns a small barbecue restaurant chain and
makes his own barbecue sauce, raised a South Carolina state flag outside
one
of his restaurants, along with the Confederate flag.
It's not the government Mr. Bessinger needs to worry about but
Wal-Mart,
which used to carry Mr. Bessinger's barbecue sauce nationwide. Wal-Mart
has
suddenly dropped the sauce from its shelves. When I called the
