Thursday, December 16, 2010
Nixon the realist
Yesterday's release of old Nixon tapes seems to have a particular purpose. Considering which remarks have been emphasized, I'd guess the purpose is to make neocons dislike Nixon.
These quotes show him as a perfect realist. He understood the characteristics of various ethnic groups accurately. I can't judge whether he got the part about Italians right, because I haven't known enough Italians to form a valid impression. But his judgments about blacks and Jews are spot on. Would blacks be ready for prime time in 50 years? Nope. Since 1960 we've seen that nobody of African ancestry has successfully run a country, a state or a city. Not once. Failure, violence, and unimaginably filthy corruption every goddamn time.
Neocons are ferociously devoted to the Leninist lie of perfect equality, so this bit of plain reality should cause them to lose respect for old Dick.
And Nixon's wisdom in ignoring Russia's treatment of Jews also runs wildly against the neocon mindset. Though the modern neocon mindset was largely written by Jews, who are understandably insulted, that's not really the problem. The neocon mindset runs deeper, starting with Woodrow Wilson.
The conflict arises because Wilsonians are utopian busybodies who think America should use its military power to enforce the egalitarian lie everywhere in the world. They openly declare that we are fighting in Afghanistan because Afghanistan doesn't let women go to college!
That's nanny-state utopianism at its worst, and we now see that Nixon wasn't having any of it. If the Russians wanted to treat some of THEIR OWN PEOPLE badly, that was none of our damn business. Our business is to treat OUR OWN PEOPLE well, not to spend all our money on useless and pointless "reform" of other countries, which does nothing for their "oppressed" minorities. It only makes the other countries more likely to attack us.
Bravo, old Dickie! Wish we'd known you better. ¶ 3:27 AM
These quotes show him as a perfect realist. He understood the characteristics of various ethnic groups accurately. I can't judge whether he got the part about Italians right, because I haven't known enough Italians to form a valid impression. But his judgments about blacks and Jews are spot on. Would blacks be ready for prime time in 50 years? Nope. Since 1960 we've seen that nobody of African ancestry has successfully run a country, a state or a city. Not once. Failure, violence, and unimaginably filthy corruption every goddamn time.
Neocons are ferociously devoted to the Leninist lie of perfect equality, so this bit of plain reality should cause them to lose respect for old Dick.
And Nixon's wisdom in ignoring Russia's treatment of Jews also runs wildly against the neocon mindset. Though the modern neocon mindset was largely written by Jews, who are understandably insulted, that's not really the problem. The neocon mindset runs deeper, starting with Woodrow Wilson.
The conflict arises because Wilsonians are utopian busybodies who think America should use its military power to enforce the egalitarian lie everywhere in the world. They openly declare that we are fighting in Afghanistan because Afghanistan doesn't let women go to college!
That's nanny-state utopianism at its worst, and we now see that Nixon wasn't having any of it. If the Russians wanted to treat some of THEIR OWN PEOPLE badly, that was none of our damn business. Our business is to treat OUR OWN PEOPLE well, not to spend all our money on useless and pointless "reform" of other countries, which does nothing for their "oppressed" minorities. It only makes the other countries more likely to attack us.
Bravo, old Dickie! Wish we'd known you better. ¶ 3:27 AM
