How To Destroy America
by Richard D. Lamm
March 22, 2006
We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context
his thoughts are particularly poignant. Recently there was an immigration
overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled to capacity by
many of American's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college
professor by the name of Victor Davis Hansen talked about his latest
book, Mexifornia, explaining how immigration - both legal
and illegal was destroying the entire state of California. He said
it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges
of The American Dream.
Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up
and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America. The audience
sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction
of the United States. He said, "If you believe that America is too
smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It
is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages
of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise
and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great
nations commit suicide.'"
"Here is how they do it," Lamm said:
"First, to destroy America, turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual
and bicultural country." History shows that no nation can survive
the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages
and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual;
however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical
scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: 'The histories of bilingual
and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of
turmoil, tension, and tragedy.' Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon
all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for
autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided.
Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties
with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans."
Lamm went on: Second, to destroy America, "Invent 'multiculturalism'
and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. I would make
it an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are
no cultural differences. I would make it an article of faith that
the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice
and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out
of bounds.
Third, "We could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without
much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity.
As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: 'The apparent
success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might
have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the
dominance that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to
be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to
hold us together.' Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to
keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting
pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure
that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing
their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities."
"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the
least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated,
and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass
have a 50% dropout rate from high. school."
"My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations
and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest
in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.'
I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was
the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming
all minority failure on the majority population."
"My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship,
and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity.
I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people
worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when
they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society
is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity
it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The
Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed
a common language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods.
All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy, Persia,
threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough
to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions
that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. E. Pluribus Unum --
From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis
on the 'pluribus'. Instead of the 'Unum,' we will balkanize America
as surely as Kosovo."
"Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits; make it taboo
to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find
a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion
and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion
and debate. Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having
established multi-culturism, having the large foundations fund the
doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce
our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration
has been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every
individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of
millions of them."
In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow.
Profound silence followed. Finally he said, "Lastly, I would censor
Victor Davis Hanson's book, Mexifornia. His book is dangerous.
It exposes the plan to destroy America. If you feel America deserves
to be destroyed, don't read that book."
There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous
cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that
room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically,
quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today.
Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the
foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Even
barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing
as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are vanishing into the
Third World as corporations create a Third World in America - take
note of California and other states - to date, ten million illegal
aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book, 1984.
In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth
building: "War is peace," "Freedom is slavery," and "Ignorance is
strength."
Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at
the conference that the future of our great nation is deeply in trouble
and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration monster stopped
quickly, it will rage like a California wildfire and destroy everything
in its path, especially The American Dream.
