I recently got into an argument regarding John Lennon's
classic song, "Imagine." Like
most conservatives, I find the song to be dishonest precisely because it simply
assumes that if we got rid of things like religion and property, society would
become a happy place. What makes me a Burkean Conservative is that I can
imagine very well what the world might look like if the song was ever carried
out and it is a nightmare that terrifies me. The person could not imagine that
I could find the song objectionable because it supported wonderful things like
the end of greed and the brotherhood of men.
Imagine there's no afterlife
It's easy if you try
No damnation below
Just the nation above
Imagine all the people embracing the common good
Imagine no rigged elections
It’s easy to do
No need to be divisive
And no more Jews
Imagine all the people embracing the common good
You may say I'm an idealist
But I'm not the only one
I know someday you'll join our party
And the leader will make us one
Imagine no individuality
I wonder if you can
No need to be selfish
A bond of blood and soil men
Imagine all the people working harmoniously
You may say I'm an idealist
But I'm not the only one
I know someday you'll join our party
And the leader will make us one
As I hope readers have figured out, my new version of the song is now Nazi, instead of socialist, propaganda. Since all that most people know about Nazism is a strawman caricature fed to them in school, it is easy to forget that the Nazis were idealists, motivated not by hatred for non-Aryans but love for the German race. As Hayek understood, it is precisely the people who believe that they are building a better world who are most likely to commit mass murder. If you honestly believed that all that was standing in the way of a better world were a million people acting out of spite and greed. The only truly humane thing to do would be to kill them. It would be the height of selfishness to let the world fall into darkness because you do not want to get your hands dirty.
The fact that I have included "no more Jews" should no more disqualify the song from being about peace and love than Lennon's "no religions too." It should be understood that by Jews I mean Zionists, capitalists, and communists. In truth, anyone who tries to oppress other people.
As my song proves, Nazism is about people coming to work
together through their mutual love of the leader. The only reason why anyone
could be against Nazism is that they are selfish and do not want to work for
the common good. Alternatively, they are clinging to the superstition that
there are such things as free will and morality. If you fail to understand
this, it is probably because you are a hateful Jew. I am not asking you to
accept that Nazism is true. I just want you to broaden your mind and imagine
that Nazism is something wonderful.
2 comments:
Typo: anyone who tries oppress other people
Thank you.
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