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Jul 23, 2020Liked by Butch Porter

Perhaps the reasons for the social unrest lay not in nefarious schemes hatched by foreign forces, but from the inevitable implosion of capitalism itself. The capitalist principles of continued growth and profit are not sustainable. The phenomenal growth we experienced between 1950 and 1970, during which our middle class was solidified, started to wane in the 1970s as capitalist forces thought of new ways to increase profits. The American middle class no longer had a share in the the wealth as productivity soared and wages plateaued. It was only a matter of time until huge sections of the American work force were entirely eliminated and moved overseas. The push-back, the looting, the violence, are all predictable outcomes of a flawed system. The people have finally had enough. The gig is up. The game is over. But to replace it with the perverted form of Marxism set in motion by the soviet Bolsheviks would be folly, for it too was unsustainable - it just happened to fail first. And to embrace the form of fascism currently on the rise as an acceptable replacement is tantamount to nullifying the U.S. Constitution. "Land of the free" would simply be an epitaph on America's tombstone.

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Jul 21, 2020Liked by Butch Porter, Robert Jeffery

I appreciate the thought put into this article. It certainly helps us as the people of America to be aware and mindful of the heart of organizations. Often times these organizations pander to our emotions and we are often caught in the middle as we "wake up" seeing to entangle ourselves from the web of marketable lies in which we are laymen.

My husband and I were discussing the fact that the country is moving swiftly into Fascism under the hand of this president and his administration. They are assuredly stoking the fires of fear towards socialism while issuing executive orders to involve federal agents to states who did not request aid or assistance. The 45th President is a friend to Russia and a fan of federal force.

My question is, if it is socialism on the left and fascism on the right, what is a God fearing Christian to do?

(Jesus prophecies perhaps about this in Matthew 24 15-17 and suggests those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. An off grid life self-sustained in God's perfect nature sounds pretty sweet to me!)

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