If there is a single feature distinguishing the left from the rest of civil society, it is the willingness to use force. While claiming to be for the people, the statists consistently use force against others. The use of force and disrespect for the property of others by the Wisconsin union mobs and the occupy-wall-street crowd are in sharp contrast with respectful and peaceful Tea Party demonstrations. Indeed, civil society proponents like the Tea Party oppose the use of force -- for example, when they advocate for reducing the size and intrusiveness of government or for repealing Obamacare.
The goals of the left can be implemented only by using force. The centerpiece of leftist politics, redistribution of wealth, requires taking by force from those who have. Proponents of higher taxes for "the wealthy" never advocate voluntary contributions; instead, they go for the full power of the federal government, including the threat of jail. Government control of health care (Obamacare) forces everyone to purchase insurance, forces the states to comply, forces employers to offer coverage, and dictates what kind of policies insurance companies can offer.
The lessons of history are clear and numerous. The use of force to create an idealistic society inevitably leads to tyranny and even mass murder. Stalin alone is credited with the murder of between 20 and 40 million of his own countrymen "for the people." Pol Pot, who said, "To destroy you is no loss," was responsible for more than 1.7 million deaths. More than 45 million never leaped with Mao's "Great Leap Forward." R.J. Rummel estimates the total murders by governments in the 20th century at 169 million. Mr. Rummel says this about government's growth of power and willingness to use force:
As a government's power is more unrestrained, as its power reaches into all the corners of culture and society, and as it is less democratic, then the more likely it is to kill its own citizens. There is more than a correlation here. As totalitarian power increases, democide multiplies until it curves sharply upward when totalitarianism is near absolute. As a governing elite has the power to do whatever it wants, whether to satisfy its most personal desires, to pursue what it believes is right and true, it may do so whatever the cost in lives. In this case power is the necessary condition for mass murder. Once an elite have it, other causes and conditions can operate to bring about the immediate genocide, terrorism, massacres, or whatever killing an elite feels is warranted.
Not only does the left try to force us, but the left also expects us to shut up and accept the use of force against us. To complain about the government's "boot on our throats" is to be called "uncivil." To defend our culture or even our borders is to be called "racist." To oppose 2,000-plus-page laws in the halls of Congress is to be called "partisan." To stand for the Constitution is to be called "radical."
The Tea Party is a continuation of Hank Williams's American spirit -- not a tax revolt, but a declaration of independence from government against the people. http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/10/government_against_the_people.html
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