Misusing history…

The original title of this piece  by Jeff Fynn-Paul is “The myth of the ‘stolen country'”,  but it is a timely and well-written warning for all sides to refrain from  misusing history  to score points.   I would note that most of the excesses are on the Left because it must control the narratives and memes , and the use of language in order to obtain total control.  There just aren’t the same number of nut-jobs on the right by comparison.   The Left creates “facts” to win arguments,  and when they are shredded,  it reverts to its customary ad hominem attacks.   Leftists have run on emotion and group-think for so long that they are no longer able to engage in reasoned discourse.   Logic is anathema.

Just ask any protester what he is protesting.  This week the answer is likely to be “Breonna Taylor”.   The most recent riots are because she was shot and killed by Louisville police who were executing a warrant on her apartment for her possibly ex-boyfriend.   She was named on the warrant as well.  Should she have been shot?   Of course not.   But should her boyfriend have fired at the police as they entered the apartment?   Of course not.   Should she have let her ex, a known drug dealer, into her apartment?   Of course not.    Should she have thrown herself on the floor at the first shot?   Of course she should have.    Apparently she was a emergency medical technician (EMT) and was trying to “turn her life around.”   That is commendable,  but if you are attempting that, you do not consort with drug dealers and gun runners and the like, and if you have quit them,  you do not allow them anywhere near you or your apartment.

The protesters and the media have lied since day one about this particular case.  It wasn’t a no-knock warrant for starters,  and Ms. Taylor was named on the warrant.  Two facts you won’t hear from the protesters or the media.  If you don’t like the truth,  create your own history and twist it to suit your purposes.

I enjoy reading Jeff Fynn-Paul’s work.   A history professor at Leiden University in The Netherlands,  he describes himself as “an economic historian who looks at the impact of institutions on economic growth and well-being.”   I disagree with his view that zero-growth economics, “prosperity without growth,”  as advocated by an increasing number of economists,  is the most likely economic strategy for reaching the full global potential.