Kim Jong-un. Wow.
As of late, he has been doing a lot of saber rattling and calling attention to how powerful his nation supposedly is. They do have a large military, and they may indeed pose a threat to certain countries in that region. If he really decides to push it, things in South Korea will be bad for some time.
What I wanted to address in this post stems from how I found myself feeling at some of their threats.
A video surfaced a while ago showing New York City being destroyed by bombs – presumably nuclear – from North Korea.
As I watched the video, I had two reactions.
I’ve spent a lot of time analyzing my first reaction. It was “Well, it’s only NYC. Who cares?”. As I thought about this, I realized that between the nanny-state efforts of Bloomberg and his idiot ideas to control every little aspect of the lives of those in NYC, and the apparent acceptance of those living there to be ruled and controlled by him, it really wouldn’t hurt anything. In fact, in many ways, the nation might indeed be better off without them.
My secondary reaction – and I found myself surprised that it was my secondary reaction – was “Well, mess with the USA and get what’s coming to you”. I’d like to think that as Americans, this would be everyones’ first reaction. But I soon found many others that had the identical set of reactions that I did, in the same order.
As I see it, nanny-state NYC (including the leadership there AND the people that voted them into office) isn’t really, well, American. They have become more of a cowardly people that don’t trust themselves, and want a king to rule over and control them – someone that will protect them from themselves. They don’t trust themselves with freedom, and so they seek government that takes it away. It’s the same in Chicago, many places in southern California, now in Denver, and in many other cities around this nation.
It’s like the majority of people in those places have given up on the core principles that resulted in the formation of this American nation. They are more like Torries than Americans, and I found myself not really caring as much if they take a nuke.
That’s sad. But it speaks to the state of things. It speaks of an apparent majority in certain places that have regressed back to where they should be British. They are certainly working to try to make their cities little British Empires for their desired kings.
Today, the North Koreans released photos of their “Dear Leader” in front of a map showing possible nuke strikes on Los Angeles, Washington DC, Hawaii, and Texas.
As I look at the first two, I’d feel regret about the historical sites in Washington DC, and the documents and history there, but little worry about the politicians and people there. They support far too many things contrary to the Constitution – just as those in Los Angeles, and to a very unfortunate degree, Hawaii (which could actually be under a threat from that regime).
If they’d get on board, act American again, and “come in for the big win”, I’d feel very differently. I’d stand beside them and defend them. But would they stand up and defend themselves, or would they sit back, collect their government checks, and having turned in their guns, would they expect the rest of us to stand up for them?
It’s an interesting conundrum. Ask yourself how you feel about it. Would you want to stand up and defend them? Do you have any confidence at all that they would stand beside you, or would they either be behind you, or worse – would they be more likely to just welcome their new tiny overlord and his great army?
If he promised them an obamaphone and a bigger check than they get now, I’m honestly expecting the latter. And I won’t defend that.
A sad state of things indeed.