Bush's Real Religion
The Real Religion of the Bush Administration
By Daniel G. Jennings
Since evangelical Christianity is not the real religion of the George W. Bush as the media elite believes. We have to ask ourselves, what the faith of the Bush Administration and how does it affect Bush’s policies? The answer is an obvious and somewhat disturbing one, Bush II places its faith in a ruthless Social Darwinism.
The Bush Administration like corporate America today is a ruthless meritocracy where survival of the fittest is the name of the game. Don’t believe me? Just look at the people Bush surrounds himself with, Dick Cheney poor son of a Wyoming railroad cook, Colin Powell son of Jamaican immigrants, Labor Secretary Elaine Choi Chinese immigrant who came to the US on a freighter, Attorney General Gonzalez son of immigrant farm workers, and a Commerce Secretary who started his career driving a truck. Bush is surrounded by self made men and women who rose to the top through hard work and determination.
In other words, Bush is a Social Darwinist, pure and simple. A surprising development because Bush is a child of privilege the son of a president and a Skull and Bones man from Yale. Yet his administration is Social Darwinism in action, pure and simple.
The Bush Administration’s policies are also those of Social Darwinism, they favor the abolition of Affirmative Action and welfare government policies to help the underprivileged. The imposition of a harsh testing regime on the public schools designed to ensure high standards. A volunteer military that emphasizes the best and the brightest. Free trade policies based upon pure capitalism in which ruthless competitors are allowed to destroy less productive rivals. The use of military force to destroy regimes that stand in the way of progress. Social programs that reward those who work hard and save namely privatization of social security and medical bank accounts. Even the faith based initiative is based upon the idea that religious charities are more efficient and effective than secular agencies.
So why does the Bush Administration cloak itself in the veil of religiosity? To get elected and reelected, Social Darwinism is a popular philosophy in America but Christianity is far more popular. If Bush were to run as a Social Darwinist he wouldn’t get elected. If he pays lip service to popular notions of Christianity and morality he will get elected and reelected.
The impact of this unofficial regime of Social Darwinism will be obvious. A government and a society that cares and does little for the poor and unfortunate, and treats though with different cultural values and beliefs with contempt. As well as very wealthy society in which people will have the freedom to do virtually anything provided they can make enough money to pay for it. The question we have to ask ourselves is do we want to live in such a society?
By Daniel G. Jennings
Since evangelical Christianity is not the real religion of the George W. Bush as the media elite believes. We have to ask ourselves, what the faith of the Bush Administration and how does it affect Bush’s policies? The answer is an obvious and somewhat disturbing one, Bush II places its faith in a ruthless Social Darwinism.
The Bush Administration like corporate America today is a ruthless meritocracy where survival of the fittest is the name of the game. Don’t believe me? Just look at the people Bush surrounds himself with, Dick Cheney poor son of a Wyoming railroad cook, Colin Powell son of Jamaican immigrants, Labor Secretary Elaine Choi Chinese immigrant who came to the US on a freighter, Attorney General Gonzalez son of immigrant farm workers, and a Commerce Secretary who started his career driving a truck. Bush is surrounded by self made men and women who rose to the top through hard work and determination.
In other words, Bush is a Social Darwinist, pure and simple. A surprising development because Bush is a child of privilege the son of a president and a Skull and Bones man from Yale. Yet his administration is Social Darwinism in action, pure and simple.
The Bush Administration’s policies are also those of Social Darwinism, they favor the abolition of Affirmative Action and welfare government policies to help the underprivileged. The imposition of a harsh testing regime on the public schools designed to ensure high standards. A volunteer military that emphasizes the best and the brightest. Free trade policies based upon pure capitalism in which ruthless competitors are allowed to destroy less productive rivals. The use of military force to destroy regimes that stand in the way of progress. Social programs that reward those who work hard and save namely privatization of social security and medical bank accounts. Even the faith based initiative is based upon the idea that religious charities are more efficient and effective than secular agencies.
So why does the Bush Administration cloak itself in the veil of religiosity? To get elected and reelected, Social Darwinism is a popular philosophy in America but Christianity is far more popular. If Bush were to run as a Social Darwinist he wouldn’t get elected. If he pays lip service to popular notions of Christianity and morality he will get elected and reelected.
The impact of this unofficial regime of Social Darwinism will be obvious. A government and a society that cares and does little for the poor and unfortunate, and treats though with different cultural values and beliefs with contempt. As well as very wealthy society in which people will have the freedom to do virtually anything provided they can make enough money to pay for it. The question we have to ask ourselves is do we want to live in such a society?
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