Contra King
16th January 2023
On Martin Luther King Day, everybody loves Martin Luther King … except me.
The reason I dislike Martin Luther King is because he was a totalitarian fascist.
King was a fascist in that he thought it perfectly appropriate for the government to dictate to businessmen how they conduct their business: Whom they can buy from, whom they can sell to, whom they must admit to their premises, even what sort of products they can carry.
People get all hot and bothered by King’s statements about what ought to matter is the content of one’s character rather than the color of one’s skin. But actions speak louder than words. It doesn’t matter so much what King said as what he did: His entire program was based on forcing people to deal with others based entirely on the color of their skin. If person X has a black or brown skin, you have to deal with him; his (or her) character has nothing to do with it. Is he a petty criminal who is intending to rob you, like Michael Brown? Too bad; you have to let him in your store. Is he a drug addict hopped up on fentanyl and God knows what else, like George Floyd? Too bad; you have to deal with him.
King’s whole program, and that of the Social Justice Wokery that arose out of it, is essentially totalitarian. The fundamental characteristic of a totalitarian is that he (or she) believes that he (or she) is entitled to dictate how you live your life, whether you like it or not, whether you agree or not. You may not choose what you do, you may not choose what you say, you may not choose what you think, but those choices are made by the totalitarian.
Totalitarianism violates one of the most fundamental of human freedoms: The freedom of association. This was considered one of the ‘rights reserved to the people’ in the Constitution until the rise of the modern corporate state. If I don’t want to associate with person X, that ought to be my right, regardless of my reason for doing so (that’s what a RIGHT is all about). This is why American culture has been on the downward slope ever since the so-called Civil Rights Movement of the sixties.
If we’re going to have a holiday to celebrate Martin Luther King, then why not one to celebrate Benito Mussolini? It’s only fair. The only substantial difference between them is … the color of their skin.