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Why must Americans insist on completely honest public disclosure of everything that is counterproductive in their society? |
| (- 5) An ethical-issues-related view: To remain healthy, leaders in a society must communicate frankly honest views on what is productive and what is parasitic (criminal) to a broad audience, and do this on a racial-biological level as well as use an environmental approach. Typically, people do not know what the real problems are unless they are explicitly communicated to them. Criminals and other opportunists usually do not back off unless they at least get their hands slapped. Just like the way a free market can cause supply and demand forces to come into balance in the economy, honesty and personal liberty generally help society find a fairly stable and productive path. Conversely, when real problems are not dealt with openly and honestly, they tend to accumulate and fester over time and can severely distort society. In essence, the people who should have honestly dealt with problems are dumping "load" on to others who come after them. This is analogous to irresponsible generations who run up national debt and pass on the risk of eventual national bankruptcy (usually manifest as hyperinflation) on to future generations. There are basic standards and moral tests that help define "productive" as a opposed to "criminal" behavior. One example is the question, "Will society stand or fall if everyone practices this behavior?" Without adequate open condemnation, criminals and other opportunists can corrupt society to the point that its very existence is threatened. At this point the only realistic options to resolve the problems may require a high risk of bloodshed. However, as horrible as this situation might become, the ultimate blame lies with the negligent and dishonest people who either created the distorted situation, or allowed it to fester. In either case the blame lies with them, not the people who are forced to finally clean it up. In the long run, truthfulness is always the best policy. |
. . . | (+5) An opposing view: In a complex multi-racial, multi-cultural, and highly urbanized society one simply cannot afford to put too much explicitly honest information out to the public. This can create considerable agitation. For example, even if it is completely true that Jews are more crooked as a group than the general population, discussing this publicly might hurt their feelings and ruffle the wrong feathers. Similarly, even if we can prove scientifically that blacks as a group are intellectually challenged compare to whites, openly communicating this information might contribute towards serious social tensions and might lead to forms of discrimination. Therefore, rather than try to "tell it like it is," we need to always keep our publicly expressed opinions within certain parameters of what we think the public might find fashionable. Even if it is true that a Jewish controlled national media in the 20th century succeeded in almost completely inverting the original WASP value system that characterized early America, one has to be careful about explicitly identifying this problem. One might appear "anti-Semitic" by explicitly identifying the Jewish source of the inversion, and "racist" by explicitly identifying the source of the early 19th century values. As further examples, to protect Jewish and black interests, it is entirely appropriate to maintain exaggerated accounts of the Holocaust and punish anyone who dares to make criticisms. Similarly, in order to insure that Martin Luther King's image as a popular icon is maintained at all costs, the FBI files that have been sealed for 50 years must remain sealed for this full period of time. It is too risky to allow the chips to fall where they may. We can never really trust people who claim to tell the truth. Everyone tells some kind of lie at some time or another and holds a hidden agenda. Therefore, since it often hard to attain perfect truth, why even bother to try all? We must learn to live with lies. |
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