“Classical conditioning (also known as Pavlovian or respondent conditioning) is a learning process in which an innate response to a potent stimulus comes to be elicited in response to a previously neutral stimulus.” — Wikipedia
“A bully pulpit is a position sufficiently conspicuous to provide an opportunity to speak out and be listened to. This term was coined by President Theodore Roosevelt…” — Wikipedia
Have you ever wondered why politicians adopted and spread propaganda-style the expression Bully Pulpit, a term that reeks of religious connotation?
First, allow us to advance an explanation as to the true meaning of the term Bully Pulpit, not the “terrific platform” meme that was peddled by Theodore Roosevelt and his ilk.
When Christians go to church they are “bullied” to no end by a preacher who stands behind a “pulpit.” The reason it is qualified as bullying is because the preacher single-handedly commandeers Christ’s authority unto himself, as he disregards every gathering or assembly law stipulated by Christ and the Apostles in the bible. See Church Services Are NOT Biblical for an exposé.
Christians have been so “properly conditioned and programmed” by the Bully Pulpit practice that politicians salivated with envy, and could not resist the compulsion to appropriate it for their own end.
Who can blame them?
Let’s face it. Bully-Pulpitism is a very effective brainwashing method.
When believers attend church they are not allowed to speak or express their minds, even when the “preacher” spews out false dogmas. They are trained to passively sit in the pews and to robotically say “Amen.” They are thus perfectly molded to accept anything a mortal and fallible man says as long as he happens to stand behind a “pulpit.”
Consequently, from a spiritual perspective, the Body of Christ suffers a debilitating paralysis. See Church Services Are NOT Biblical for an exposé. However, for government leeches such a method is Nirvana or Elysium; Scoundrel Heaven, if you prefer.
The Pavlov Experiment
“Preachers do it and get away with it,” they properly deduced. “Why not use it for our benefit? Most of the work is already done. All we have to do is get the sheeple to associate us with the word ‘pulpit’ and… Abracadabra!”
Hence, politicians have not only arrogated Bully-Pulpitism, they have perfected it to such a degree that Authoritarianism is becoming the norm almost everywhere.
That’s why Presidents, Congressmen, Politicians, and Public Servants of all stripes act all indignant whenever people question their actions or their stands on the issues.
“How dare the sheeple talk back to us?” they bark. “They’re supposed to stay quiet and acquiesce with just ‘Amen.'”
The political practice of Bully-Pulpitism has become so bad that the People’s Representatives even vote against the will of the people they supposedly represent, not feigning so much as a modicum of care for the wishes of their constituents. Said disposition has even trickled down to cops who have turned savagely wild on those they have sworn to protect and serve.
To further cement the process, these government rascals, in cahoots with the Medical Community, have engineered a solution for those who dare think for themselves and question “Authority.” See Of Authority and Christians for an exposé.
In reality, such a dubious “scientific” diagnosis should have been expected. It wasn’t long ago that these whorish pseudo-scientists bravely concluded that two-year-olds who naturally act out suffer from Oppositional Defiant Disorder. It must be that behind their own “pulpit” of Make Believe or Make Disease, Anti-Authoritarianism – as a “sickness” – is a natural extension or progression of that invented kiddy disorder.
CONCLUSION
Bully-Pulpitism originated in the Church. It then extended to the political arena where savvy propagandists made sure it infiltrated every stratum of society. Unfortunately for all, it has turned fully cognitive humans into pitiful Pavlov dogs.
“We must obey God rather than human beings!” Acts 5:9
Countries are constructs designed to better manage man’s affairs, and not to separate mankind and pit people against people; and no one, except God, owns these countries because no human created the earth.
“The earth is the Lord‘s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” Psalm 24:1
Even with their imaginary borders, countries are not delineated to be the exclusive domains of specific groups or races.
That is why God is constantly stirring the pot.
“If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself… I am Yahweh your God.” Leviticus 19:33-34
BORDER CONTROL AND BORDERLESS WORLD
It is true that if God wanted countries to have immovable borders, He would have carved them into the earth for all to see. But He didn’t.
Countries have no divinely carved borders
It is also true that nation-states are a fairly new concept. They were engineered by European powers to facilitate the reining in of their own territories and Empires. Prior to that mostly city-states existed, and people freely moved about from one city-state to the next.
It is also very true that today things are quite different. We have now more people alive than at any other time in history – billions of people to be exact. Imagine thousands upon thousands of people marching from one country to another. The result would be quite chaotic for the region being invaded.
Therefore, a certain type of border control in every nation is desirable until every country is economically self-sustainable and at peace. Once that happens everyone’s borders would be quiet, except for the normal flow of businessmen and tourists.
We can even envision a time when the great flow of earthlings will no longer require visas or passports, because no one will be afraid of foreigners anymore since every country’s economy will be doing peachy (funny how people allow money to change their perspective).
In turn, this will bring about a global fraternity of fellow men: one that could possibly engender a world with no countries, no borders, and no oppressive and ineffective central governments, just local governing councils.
Humanity will then become ONE nation again, just like it was before God divided it into many nations at the Tower of Babel; this time employing Jesus as the catalyst for this borderless reunion.
“There is neither Judahite nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all ONE in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3: 28
Still, that doesn’t mean God is getting rid of the various cultures and races – though if He decided to do so, it would be His prerogative. In essence, all it truly means is that God is uniting mankind through love and brotherhood, using Jesus our Lord.
Consequently, a xenophobic and bigoted control of any country’s current borders, which removes all trace of human and Christian compassion, is to be rejected. Such control is callous and turns those who enforce it into beasts.
“‘Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner…’” Deuteronomy 27:19
Imagine for a moment that Jacob and his eleven sons were denied entry into Egypt, as they sought to survive the seven-year famine. Imagine also that Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, as they fled Herod’s wrath in Judah, were turned away at the border of Egypt.
Unimaginable, isn’t it? If they were hindered, it would have been heartless.
In all things there must be balance.
As a community, as a country, as a world we must decide how far we are willing to go to impede the migrating tide of our fellow men.
While mulling over so fateful a decision, we should keep this in mind: we don’t own this earth, we don’t own anything. Let’s not act as if we’re God, and as if everything around us is to satisfy our own selfish ambitions.
The whole of earth is for all of mankind.
So let us use wisdom when deciding on things that will affect others, because one day, instead of them being the migrants, it could be us or our children.
WHAT IS NEEDED
In general, no one really wants to leave their home country, unless they are forced to do so either for political (war included) or economic reasons. Therefore, in order for every country’s borders to be at peace, mostly two things are needed.
First, all current superpowers, such as the US Federal Government, need to stop meddling in other people’s countries. A few examples:
1. Whenever the US Empire props up a foreign dictator that is oppressing its populace, no one should be surprised when people from that dictator’s country scurry over to the US. Remember the deluge of Haitian and Cuban boat people? Well, the US supported both Duvalier and Batista and imposed an embargo on Fidel Castro’s Cuba.
2. The US Empire also helped fix the Mexican elections against the populist Andres Manuel Lopes Obrador in July 2006, because they wanted to keep the oil safe for American interests by stopping another Hugo Chavez type.
Likewise, the US “Justice” Department activated their Fast & Furious operation, which had the corrupt DEA selling powerful weapons to drug cartels on the Mexican border. Yes, you read right. The US government was doing business with drug dealers and murderers, but as always they had an excuse: it was a sting operation, they said. The perfect lie since no one in these cartels got arrested.
Still, many Mexican border towns became ghost towns because of these cartels and their collusion with governments on both sides of the border.
“In the abandoned and burned-out remains of Guadalupe (town), former residents see a scorched-earth policy: The state colluded with capitalists and criminals, they say, to empty the area of both residents and industry so that large binational groups could swoop in and develop huge infrastructure projects on valuable borderlands rich in natural resources,” reported Aljazeera.
Where do you think the people of these abandoned towns went?
Mexicans crossing the border
3. When France’s African Empire collapsed, its oppressed people were left in abject misery after decades of subjugation. So tens of thousands packed up and left for France. Where else were they supposed to go? They spoke French now.
4. The US and its allies in Europe, wagged by the monstrous state of Israel, are currently destroying Syria (and most of the Middle East) with terrorist groups they finance. Why? To benefit Israel. After years of war in which 300,000 Syrians have been killed and wounded, with millions either displaced or refugees, Syrian emigrants made their way inside Europe and caused massive jitters throughout the West. Seriously, what did they expect?
Second, instead of casting stones rich countries should genuinely help poor countries in their struggle, and not take advantage of them via thieving and warmongering organizations such as World Bank, WTO, IMF, NATO, Pentagon, etc.
“The IMF and World Bank have for decades pushed a policy agenda based on cuts to public services, increases in taxes paid by the poorest and moves to undermine labour rights and protections,” writes Colin Todhunter. “IMF ‘structural adjustment’ policies have resulted in 52% of Africans lacking access to healthcare and 83% having no safety nets to fall back on if they lose their job or become sick. Even the IMF has shown that neoliberal policies fuel poverty and inequality.”
Therefore, these predators are choking the very life out of underdeveloped nations: with their usurious system they impose harsh conditions that are unrealistic and difficult to meet, while the other groups sneak in their imperialistic and militaristic agendas via bias trade agreements, skewed foreign policies, and occupation-style military bases.
These money and power-hungry wolves are willfully undermining these countries and holding them back from the very progress they seek.
If true and constructive help is provided, without meddling in these poor nations’ internal affairs, then illegals and refugees – economic or otherwise – could become a thing of the past.
CONCLUSION
The foreigner brings to a land a fresh pair of eyes, which allows him to see things in a whole new light. Therefore he can either be a force for positive change if he’s welcomed or for evil if he’s persecuted.
The United States of America, known as The Melting Pot, is the land of foreigners. It is also God’s laboratory, whereby He is demonstrating and proving to the naysayers the feasibility of a unified brotherhood of diverse races.
It welcomes the downtrodden, the poor, and the tired from all over the world without regard to race or religion, and gives them the freedom and opportunity to prosper.
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’” Matthew 25:37-40
It is a Christ-inspired act of kindness and love that is matched by no other country on earth. An act that is predominantly responsible for the USA’s greatness and for its numerous and dazzling innovations that immensely benefit mankind.
Thus those rejected as the rabble of the world become the lowly that God lifts up.
“The lowly He sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.” Job 5:11
Imagine then what the countries of the world would look like if they followed the USA’s example. Imagine also what the world itself could be like if it became borderless.
Meanwhile, let us not despise the foreigners who come knocking at our borders, while caring for and doing unto them what we’d like them to do unto us; especially since we are all descendants of our forefather Adam and his wife Eve, hence one family.
“So show your love for the alien…” Deuteronomy 10:19
Have you ever wondered why politicians adopted and spread propaganda-style the expression Bully Pulpit, a term that reeks of religious connotation?
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