Fighting 'for the people'... we are 'for the people...'

As I watch this whole Egyptian demonstration unfold I keep hearing about how the 'Muslim Brotherhood' are moderates that are 'for the people.'  I really know little about them but I know history is riddled with tyrants that claim they are merely for the people.

Adolph Hitler was huge proponent of being 'for the people' and against some  abstract enemy.  He often times talked about better living conditions for Germans and more assistance to raise children.  He continuously preached about how the greedy bankers, oftentimes Jewish, were the problem.  Hitler often times talked about a vision of great German technology and architecture.  While much of what he talked about sounded like positive hope and change, history shows that his desire to help 'the people' only results in another power grab.  Always fear a person who claims they can bring prosperity or create jobs.  While Hitler promised prosperity and peace for Germans, he merely delivered an attempted Genocide of the Jewish people and countless deaths among the Gentiles.  While many men believe he is the penultimate evil; unfortunately, he is merely a single example of pure evil among a long line that promise to be only there 'for the people.'

Vladimir Lenin started and completed the Bolshevik revolution to promise 'the people' would be free and prosperous.  While all of the hope and change sells well, specifics are usually left out.  During the Soviet regime, there was no worker's Utopia.  While actual numbers of slaughtered citizens are not known, estimates are easily in the tens of millions and quite possibly over 100 million. 


In today's environment, the government entities attempt to be against the greedy corporate interests or Wall Street.  While it is true, that some of these folks are unscrupulous, far more atrocities and liberty thievery are committed by governments than a few renegade private interests.  If all is left alone, the private evils will be put out of business in relatively short order by the free market.  If government intervenes, then any mistakes are never ended. they are merely 'reformed.'  'Reformed' merely means some kind of reorganization that creates additional layers of bureaucracy and usually a greater power grab.

If you must make a decision, always look for the person that advocates the maximum freedom.  Never fall for a trick that promises housing, food or any other tangible good or service.  Look for the person who supports individual liberty and that liberty includes the freedom to fail.