OPINION:
Barack Obama, during remarks delivered before the 2024 Democracy Forum in Chicago, called out the polarized political atmosphere exploited by money-grubbers in the media and said what America really needs to restore “democracy” is a “renewed commitment to pluralist principles.”
First off, America’s not a democracy. It’s a republic — a democratic republic, or a constitutional republic or just a plain old republic. But definitely not a democracy. Second, taking advice from Obama on how to unify the country is about as fruitful an endeavor as asking an atheist to pray for the nation. And third? Thirdly, that word “pluralism” is a red flag for anyone who wants a nation of individual freedom, with rights and liberties that come from God.
Whenever Obama speaks, liberty bells everywhere shudder in disbelief.
He, the most divisive president in recent U.S. history.
His was the administration of divide and conquer — that is, divide the country into various factions by race, by sex, by income, by education level, by anything and everything, so as to allow the Democrats to drum up envy, anger and entitlement attitudes, so as to allow the Democrat Party to pretend to be the solution and in so doing, secure their own politicians’ power.
“The concept of pluralism should [be] and is actually familiar to all of us,” Obama said, at the forum, The Hill reported. “It means that in a democracy, we all have to find a way to live alongside individuals and groups who are different than us.”
He went on: “So, we commit to a system of rules and habits that help us peacefully resolve our disputes. We try to cultivate habits — those practices that encourage us not just to tolerate each other but also, every so often, join together in collective action,” he said.
Then he spoke about America’s supposed caste system — the fact that “for most of our history, our democracy was built on top of a deeply entrenched caste system,” one that divided the country by “race and gender and class and sexual orientation” and that left out “big chunks of the population” from achieving the American Dream.
And then he called for America to move toward a system of “pluralism” — which is really another word for collectivism, which is really the underlying concept of communism and socialism and Marxism.
Obama: you can take the man out of the White House. But you can’t ever get the communism out of the man.
“Can the idea of pluralism work in the current moment? And for that matter, is the concept even worth saving? I believe the answer is yes,” he said. “I am convinced that if we want democracy, as we understand it, to survive, then we’re all going to have to work towards a renewed commitment to pluralist principles.”
He can take his pluralist principles and put ’em where the sun don’t shine.
Remember who this man is and what he represents.
From Pew Research Center in January of 2017: “How America Changed During Barack Obama’s Presidency” — followed by a bullet point that stated, “Views of race relations are more negative now than they have been for much of the 2000s,” and by a statement that read, “America’s trust in the federal government remained mired at historic lows” and another that read, “During the Obama years, Americans were highly skeptical their personal information would remain private and secure,” and another that read, “About half of Americans say the U.S. is a less powerful and important world leader than it was a decade ago,” and another that read, “At home, financial prosperity — even stability — feels increasingly out of reach to many Americans.”
Obama’s legacy is that leftist Democrats, and only leftist Democrats, continue to love him — because leftist Democrats see him as a useful tool to continue to divide the nation so they can continue to try and conquer the people, seize individual liberties, and grow the globalist governments they want to ultimately rule over America.
His call for “pluralism” is just another way of redefining American Exceptionalism — of shifting individuals from taking rights and liberties from God, and instead forcing citizens to accept only what government gives. Pluralism equals collectivism. America is all about individualism.
• Cheryl Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com or on X @ckchumley. Listen to her podcast “Bold and Blunt” by clicking HERE. And never miss her column; subscribe to her newsletter and podcast by clicking HERE. Her latest book, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” is available by clicking HERE or clicking HERE or CLICKING HERE.
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