The Idol Of Humanism

The Idol Of Humanism
Resentiment (not resentment) is a French word used because there is no English equivalent. Resentiment begins with perceived injury that may have a basis in fact, but more often is occasioned by envy. The result is a persistent mental condition of hatred and the impulse to spite with vengeance. It seeks outlet in doing harm to its object. “Any perceived difference is enough to set the pathology in motion. Resentiment ‘whispers continually: “I can forgive everything, but not that you are – that you are what you are – that I am not what you are – indeed that I am not you.”’ The other’s very existence is a reproach.

President Obama and his ilk are consumed by resentiment. He hates America for existing. He can forgive everything except that America is – that it is what it is – that he is not what it is – indeed that he is not America. America’s very existence is a reproach to him.

In his so-called “social justice” idea A is “played off” against B. The support of the so-called downtrodden is really a disguised attack on the prosperous. The downtrodden is A and the prosperous is B. His “social justice” has its source in this poisonous brew. His “social justice” glories in the praise of the weak and base, if that will also debase the strong and good. American pioneers were once the downtrodden. But once the “downtrodden” become prosperous, they are now the enemy. His goal is therefore not to raise the downtrodden. The goal is to level the playing field by bringing the prosperous down to the level of the downtrodden. In his view, if all Americans were as downtrodden as third world countries, we would all be heroes. He does not understand that all men being created equal guarantees there will not be equal results.

Of course, he and his ilk (the ruling class) exempt themselves. Some are more equal than others. He and his family will not hesitate to live in pompous monarchical opulence. What a contrast with Harry Truman. When he retired 
from office in 1952, his income was 
a U.S. Army pension reported to have 
been $13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting 
that he was paying for his stamps and personally 
licking them, granted him 
an 'allowance' and, later, a 
retroactive pension of $25,000 
per year. After President 
Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess 
drove home to Missouri by 
themselves. There was no Secret Service 
following them.

Mr. Obama and his ilk resent the fact that God should prosper anyone, except you know who. “Therefore keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do” (Deuteronomy 29:9). But beware. You will be a target of resentiment.

The ideas in this article are from Herbert Schlossberg, Idols For Destruction, p. 52-55