http://www.doctorspiller.com/Rudyard_Kipling.htmThis was written in 2000...and it is spot on about where we are today in America.
scary stuff.
" Marxist socialism had never been tried on a large scale before. It's emphasis on rationalism and the rejection of God and his attendant religious values appealed to the educated elites who tended to resent religion as an imposition that interfered with their own pursuit of "happiness".
Marxist socialism appealed to the lower strata of society as well. Socially acceptable hedonism combined with "free money" from the state would appeal to everyone except those who clung to religion as their source of solace and social cohesion! "
sounds familiar doesn't it? "Who cling to their guns and Bibles" Obama said
"A people who had abandoned their moral values would eventually abandon each other. They would abandon honesty, and without honesty there would be no reason to trust anyone else. Without sexual morality, the traditional social contract based on trust between the sexes would vanish, and the people would eventually abandon marriage. Without marriage, the family, the most basic unit of any civilization would wither and die. Money would become the holy grail, and people would stoop to any depths to get it. At the top, leaders would betray their institutions and their countries, impoverishing virtually everyone else to get rich themselves. At the bottom, gangs of thugs would roam the streets stealing anything of value. "honesty: political correctness stops us from saying what we think...from discussing real issues head on. Flash mobs and hired rioters like we see in Ferguson.
"Unfortunately, few children (and few adults) today have any idea of what these proverbs mean or why each one is the doorway to a concept of basic morality and values that used to be universal in our society. In those days, common knowledge of these concepts acted as a glue that held society together and placed moral limits on an individual's behavior. Even if they all had cell phones, no kid in those days would dream of joining a "flash mob" to rob or assault innocents. They would all know from early childhood that "if you don't work, you die", and "the wages of sin is death"! These are just a few of the moral truths that were taught to all children in those days, and they were known and understood by the poorest members of society as well as the richest."**the poem was written in 1919..this analysis was written in 2000
