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Aug. 27, 2019 - Ron Paul Liberty Report
04:41
Weekly Update --- Who Are The Real Extremists?

Yes, there are some extremists who need to be dealt with...

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Government Powers and Political Beliefs 00:03:48
Hello everybody and thank you for tuning in to the weekly report.
Who are the real extremists?
The recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton have reignited efforts to pass red flag laws which allow the government to take away a person's guns without due process and expanded background checks on those wishing to purchase a gun.
Some supporters of these measures acknowledge they would not have prevented the Dayton and El Paso shootings, but they think the government must do something, even if that something only makes it more difficult for average Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
The fact that one of the shooters may have been motivated by anti-immigrant views has led to calls for government surveillance of right-wing extremists.
There are talks of developing computer programs to search social media and identify those whose extreme views supposedly make them likely to commit violence.
There are also calls for legislation giving the government new powers to prevent domestic terrorism.
Proposals targeting individuals based on their political beliefs, no matter how obnoxious they are, are a step toward criminalizing those beliefs.
If the government gains new powers to treat those with abhorrent beliefs as potential criminals, it will not be long before those powers are used against anyone who challenges the welfare warfare status quo.
The current use of right-wing extremism as a justification for expanding the surveillance state is the mere image of the use of Islamo-fascism to justify the post-9-11 infringements on civil liberties.
That is why it is distressing to see progressives and Muslim advocacy groups pushing for new federal authority crackdown on domestic terrorism, just as it was disappointing when so many conservatives who oppose Bill Clinton's attempt to expand the surveillance state endorsed the exact same proposals when they were included in the Patriot Act.
It is ironic that progressives are supporting new laws against domestic terrorism while simultaneously protesting FBI targeting of Black Lives Matter activities as domestic terrorists.
This is not to say there are not those with extreme ideologies who threaten our liberties and safety, but they are the Republicans and Democrats located in Washington, D.C.
The most obvious example of D.C.-based violence extremism is the War Party, propagandists who spread falsehoods to build support for regime change wars.
By the time their falsehoods have been exposed, it is too late.
America is stuck in another no-win quagmire and the War Party has moved on to its next target.
Demagogic politicians also fan fear and hatred to protect and expand the welfare state.
Right-wing nationalists scapegoat illegal immigrants without distinguishing between those who come here to take advantage of the welfare system from those who come here seeking economic opportunity while left-wing progressives demonize the wealthy without distinguishing between those who made their fortunes in the market serving consumers and those who made their fortunes by manipulating the political process.
Fiat Money's Collapse 00:00:49
These extremists use scapegoating and demagoguery to gain power and keep the people from focusing on the real source of their discontent, the welfare warfare state and the fiat money system that makes it possible.
As the welfare warfare fiat money system collapses, we will see increased violence.
This will result in an increase in police state power.
The only way to avoid this fate is for good people to unite and replace the extremist ideology of the mainstream of both left and right with the ideas of liberty.
A good start would be applying red flag laws to remove neocons from any influence over the U.S. foreign policy.
Thank you for tuning in to the weekly report.
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