Politico-economic conservatism and the ‘surreptitious subliminal subjugation’ syndrome
Fri May 31, 2013
Editor: When Jesus was on earth, he told a parable to his disciples. He likened the kingdom of heaven to a master who was about to take an extended trip to a foreign country and divided up his goods among his servants. The story is well known (Matt: Chap. 25). When he returned the servant who was given one talent had decided that he would be “conservativeâ and did not invest his masterâs money, but instead had dug a hole in the ground and buried it. He returned it to his master with no interest. The other servants invested their talents and were able to give dividends to their master upon his return.{{more}} The master rewarded those servants, but he ordered that the “wicked and slothful servant be cast into outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teethâ.
Nineteenth century British Prime Minister Benjamin “Dizzyâ Disraeli defined Conservatives as “An unhappy crossbreed, the mule of politics that engenders nothingâ. It is important to note that the reference here to “muleâ is not from the perspective of the strength or usefulness of the mule, but rather from the perspective of the muleâs genetical and physiological inability to reproduce. The mule being a crossbreed between a donkey and a horse; whose offspring are monogenically masculine. Politics is defined as “the art of the possibleâ or as United States politician Robert Marion LaFollette defined it: “economics in actionâ, as distinct from “economic inactionâ. When one therefore juxtaposes the definition of a “conservative politicianâ against this definition of “politicsâ, an oxymoron is discovered. How do you reconcile the “conservativeâ, “the mule of politics that engenders nothingâ with “politicsâ, “the art of the possibleâ, “economics in actionâ?
Please donât be “connedâ by the “servileâ shenanigans of the “politico-economic conservative politiciansâ. It is all about “polyâ (many/multiple) “tricksâ used to maintain their advantaged place in society and to keep “ordinary peopleâ in a state of subservient servility and abject poverty. After all the conservative politicians are bent on emulating the caste system handed down to them by their colonial masters.
Having accomplished their diabolical scheme, they will even use scripture to keep their “subjectsâ in line: “Servants, be obedient to your Masters.â No to Education! No to Reparation! No to decent housing! No to Rabacca Bridge! No to International Airport! No to Petro-Caribe and ALBA initiatives! “I will unsign them.â Doesnât matter that Congressman Joseph Kennedy of the state of Massachusetts, through his non-profit philanthropic organization Citizens Oil have also negotiated with the Venezuelan Government to supply discounted and in some cases free heating oil for over two hundred thousand poor families on the eastern seaboard of the United States, over the last seven years, family members who may otherwise freeze to death, in the winter when the temperatures hit subfreezing levels. But, incredibly, a local conservative politician is more concerned about “What will America say?â I recommend American abolitionist and novelist Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stoweâs book “Uncle Tomâs Cabinâ for a more satirical and paradoxical understanding of the mindset and psyche of the post-emancipation Caribbeanâs, so-called “Politico-Economic Conservative Politiciansâ and those of their ilk.
Benson Feddows