BOTH COMMUNISTS & CONSERVATIVES ARE WORTHY OF RESPECT

Reds and rednecks together? No, these pejorative labels don’t apply to those I’m talking of here.

I’m talking of the ideal form of both, not the figures of loathing held in contempt by those on the lower levels of mental insight.

In both the true communist and conservative viewpoints I believe there is common ground.

Both care deeply about values that are beneficial to people and not simply to those within their gene pool. They share the goal of a stable, decent society of consistent value and integrity where each individual nurtures the foundations they stand on and preserve them for the generations to come. They are not at all inclined to embrace chaos, aware that only when a sustainable and predictable platform for society exists can it lead to the dignity, integrity and mutual respect needed for future growth.

The templates of both communism and conservatism share the values of good order and preservation of a solid heritage as the building bricks of character and mutual respect combined with that generated by mutual solidarity, work and family.

The truest form of each, communist and conservative alike, desires no harm to anyone but will certainly protect the standards they know most vitally require preservation for the good of all.

Both mindsets are largely known quantities with generally fixed belief systems where there can be little doubt of outcomes if applied in their most idealistic form. All problems arise from those who may be misidentified as one or the other but whose mindset is far from ideal.

Each society has those posing as the wise. They claim to be this or that and unless recognized as false prophets may well be incorrectly given either the communist or conservative label and so degrade those belief systems. These will generally show themselves as the prejudiced, the haters, the intolerant, the know-it-all boasters and narrow minded bigots of either left or right. In addition to these are the greedily ambitious who will use any road to power available, the amoral, the criminal, the sociopathic, system climbers without conscience or integrity.

In a world where the supposed left and right endlessly battle each other for the souls of the endlessly confused there is a unity of certain principles regarding human dignity among the very best of us. That this so seldom evidences itself to lasting effect is perhaps the most tragic aspect of our common human existence. In the long timeline of humanity it has seldom been the case that such men and women of integrity as I am speaking of have held any semblance of power for long. In fact a case can hardly be pointed to with complete accuracy. Kennedy could be mentioned in this respect to some degree, Krushchev also. Gorbachev too. But these cases were only glimpses of what could be.

Such people do exist but rarely gain power. Power tends always to be gained by those who deserve it least, those who use the various underhand means referred to above. These are those with the ability to leverage groups of the greedily and egotistically ambitious like them, desirous of power itself rather than to enable the creation of societies of dignity and well being.

At its heart my message here is simply one of hope. It is also an appeal to recognize one particular individual as a combination of both categories mentioned and more. In my opinion he is that rare occurrence in the world of politics and geopolitics, an individual who by some quirk of fate has risen to power while being outside the usual political arena altogether. He has been a communist and I believe still is in the deepest, most ideal and truest form in which they come. He is also highly conservative and dedicated to the traditional values of his society, devoted to the values of work, family, nation and personal integrity.

That man is Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. The perfect example of how both communists and conservatives are worthy of your respect.