I was watching a TV show about the Waffen SS and how the defeat of the axis left the survivors of that army with nothing. Indoctrinated into the beliefs of the Nazi war machine, left with nothing when defeated, realizing in fact that they were the baddies. I have also been reading the Constitution of Liberty by Hayek.
The fight for freedom.
Liberty the freedom from arbitrary coercion.
The prize fight of history
In the blue corner is liberty in the red corner arbitrary rule.
1788 - US vs British - in the form of Imperialist Monarch
1815 - Allies vs France - in the form of Imperialist Emperor
1914-18 - Allies vs Germany, Austrian Hungarian and Turkey. - in the form of Imperialist Kaiser
1939-45 - Allies vs Axis. - in the form of Dictatorship
1945-90 - NATO et al vs Soviet Bloc - in the form of Dictatorship
1970-? - West et al vs Islamic Jihadist - in the form of theocracy dictatorship.
1970-? - Man vs Greens - Destruction of modern society, the removal of human environmental impact.
In between we have countries decimated by various forms of dictatorship taking the form of
1) People's dictatorship - reign of terror France
2) Communist dictatorship - Russia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, North Korea
The underlining theme is the fight against coercion.
It is a fight against a romantic ideal in the form of
1) People's utopia
2) Good and Just Kingdom utopia
3) Imperial Rome utopia
4) Some distant legend time utopia
5) Man as beast utopia
6) Garden of Eden Utopia
7) Heaven Utopia.
Do you get the drift. The aggressor is always looking at the past or the perceived or mythical past. Sometimes quoting holy books as evidence.
The defender (liberty) is looking forward what can I do now with liberty.
Have Fun
Paul
