Obama’s Inaugural Speech – Translation

Translation of Barrack The Hussein Obama’s Inaugural Speech from the original Marx.  12:06PM, January 20, 2009

Obama: “Now’s the time for unity, sacrifice and bold, swift action”

Translation: Now you must do what we tell you, sacrifice your wealth, property and liberty swiftly, or you will be dealt with as a traitor.

My fellow citizens:

Translation: My duped Comrades

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed …

Translation: I stand here today, a complete ineligible fraud and empty suit, laughing that you idiots actually voted for me.

Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. 

Translation: If you think things are bad, just wait until the Marxist remaking of America causes widespread misery and conflict.

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. 

Translation: I’ve been preaching this for years, and I need this crisis that I can use it to remake our foundations into a “New birth of freedom into Marxism”.

Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. 

Translation: Capitalism has failed and you are responsible for failing to embrace Socialism which is the Way of our future.

Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.

Translation: America sucks – badly, and our very way of life threatens the planet.

These are the indicators of crisis — a nagging fear that America’s decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.

Translation: I need this crisis to enact Pure Glorious Marxism. 

Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.

Translation: We have major problems, mostly caused by government, and these problems are not going away any time soon. So prepare yourself America – the only way to fix these problems is to become a Soviet State.

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

Translation: Whether you realize it or not – you will be One with our Socialist Reich. The majority have chosen this path, so if you don’t like it – you can shut up or be silenced.

On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.

Translation: Today, we proclaim an end to any opposition to our ideology, agenda or plans to remake America into a new Socialist state. These oppositions have too long prohibited the imposition of Socialism, and today – that ends – PERMANENTLY.

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. 

Translation: America as you knew her for 232 years was nothing but an immature child. The time has come to set aside all you have known, and reject the Liberty and Constitution that has prohibited government from doing to you all that it can.

The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history 

Translation: The time has come to affirm Socialism, and to reject our past history in favor of a new history shaped by government.

Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the fainthearted — for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. 

Translation: Personal wealth and prosperity should be rejected for the cause of working for the State. This of course excludes those on Welfare, who have earned the right to prefer leisure over work because they are not capable or taking any responsibility for themselves.

For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.

Translation: The Pilgrims were slave owners that forced good black people into Capitalist sweat shops making shoes for rich white people. Evil White people beat them, and forced the black man to settle the West for them and build places like Beverly Hills.

Time and again, these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.

Translation: Previous generations struggled and sacrificed until they were bloody because they saw America as the great hope of Socialism, where the Collective triumphs the individual and that the Collective is is more important and bigger than who we are or what we have.

This is the journey we continue today. 

Translation: This is the journey we continue today.

We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. …But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions — that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

Translation: We are the richest nation on earth and you have unfairly prospered by an evil system of freedom, and it is time to remake America into a Socialist utopia and undo the evil that was America.

For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act — 

Translation: Everywhere we look, we hate what we see in America, so there is work to be done to remake it all. Our crisis demands bold, swift action – and the government will act, whether you like it or not.

…not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. 

Translation: Not only will we make more government jobs, we will lay a new foundation in Socialism. You will be forced to build WPA-style roads, bridges and ditches. You will work to provide power and communication that will empower the government so that government can feed you and give you just what you need.

We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost. 

Translation: Government will Nationalize Health Care and make all scientists work for the State.

We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. 

Translation: You will drive what we tell you to drive, even if it is a pushcart. We will mandate sails be put on skateboards and that you put dirt in your gas tanks. Gas will be reserved for the Elites in the Politburo only.

And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.

Translation: We will transform our schools into re-education camps, to mandate that all must learn the ‘new way’ of thinking. All this we can do, and we will do – whether you like it or not.

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions — who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. 

Translation: Those of you who dare question me or my plans – will be silenced.

What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them — that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. 

Translation: What Americans who are stuck in the Old Way of thinking fail to understand, is that an earthquake of Marxist Socialism has swallowed them up. Any opposition or arguments they want to make in defense of what they call liberty, no longer applies.

The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. 

Translation: Your alarm that government is too big is irrelevant. Government will now do what the Constitution failed to address. Government will provide jobs. Government will provide your income. Government will provide your health care. Government will provide your retirement.

Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control — and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. 

Translation: Free Market Capitalism is evil, but because it generates unmatched wealth we must simply take it over and nationalize the Markets, allowing government to run and operate them. Socialism requires we penalize the prosperous because common rich people cannot be favored in a Socialist society.

The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart — not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.

Translation: To quote Karl Marx: “From each according to his ability. TO EACH according to his need”.

This will be our new national motto.

As for our common defense… to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.

Translation: If you hated America, we are now a friend to every enemy America and Bush has made. The war on Jihadist Islam was wrong, is wrong and we will correct this egregious affront to the peaceful jihadists of the world.

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.

Translation: No longer will we rely on our military to defend us from sworn enemies. Instead, we will rely on my power to sit down to tea and talk with our enemies. If needed we will use the United Nations to help us settle differences. We must talk and have dialogue with our enemies.

Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort — even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet.

Translation: The only exception to this rule will be our war against global warming and Conservative Christians in America. The Rednecks, the White Devils and those who deny the existence of man-made Climate Change are far more dangerous than nuclear weapons in the hands of Jihadists. These we will war on until they no longer exist or have surrendered to our way of thinking.

We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense.

Translation: We will not apologize for Socialism, nor will we waver in it’s implementation.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth

Translation: Diversity is our strength. Abandoning our past culture and principles to embrace all things for all people is the best recipe to homogenize us into a single unity – a single proleteriat.

and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.

Translation: Blacks must be given reparations for slavery, and America must become just another small state in a new world order of global Socialist governance. America must play this role in ushering in this new era of global government and world peace.

To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. 

Translation: To the Muslim world, we surrender.

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. 

Translation: American taxpayers will pay for all the world’s poor and pay for your farms and your clean water by diminishing what Americans have.

And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

Translation: If you are wealthy, you must hand it over and sacrifice it for the greater good. America can no longer have it’s wealth, or have the way of life it is accustomed. The world has changed into Socialism, and we must change with it.

We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment — a moment that will define a generation — it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.

Translation: Freedom means service to the government. To have freedom, you must be willing to sacrifice it to the greater good and become one with me and my new Amerika. This spirit of Collectivism is precisely the spirit that must inhabit us all.

For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. 

Translation: You must have faith, not in God, but in government, which is in what this nation now relies.

It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter’s courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent’s willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.

Translation: Government will mandate collectivist service and charity. Your church and faith can not be trusted to provide charity, or to those in need.

Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. 

Translation: The problems we face requires a new Amerika, a new government that is empowered to deal with them as it sees fit.

What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility — a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.

Translation: What is required now, is a new era of Socialism, a recognition on the part of every American that we have duties to the State, and to a brave new global world. Duties that you must be glad to do; sacrifices you will be happy to make. Firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying than to surrender yourself to any demands the Collectivist government makes.

This is the price and the promise of citizenship.

Translation: This is the price of Socialism Comrades.

This is the source of our confidence — the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.

Translation: This is the source of our confidence: government. The knowledge that God calls on you to surrender to an uncertain destiny that I am creating.

This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed — why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent Mall, and why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.

Translation: This is the meaning of liberty today, and our creed: Government is the answer. Government provides all that we need.

Today we celebrate my crowning, which is remarkable given your recent racist past as a nation.

So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. 

Translation:Let us mark this day with remembering how badly America has failed, who we were and how we must transform ourselves into a New Way of thinking

America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. 

Translation: America, in the face of our current miseries, remember my words: Hope and Change, and the hope to change, as we brave the icy currents and endure the opposition to our plans.

Let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested, we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back, nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God’s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.

Translation:Let it be said by future generations that when we were opposed, we refused to halt our march into Socialism. With everyone’s eyes fixed on me as their new messiah, we will carry forth the gift of Socialism and force it down the throats of future generations.

All Hail The messiah, Our king, Barrack The Hussein Obama!

At noon today, Barrack The Hussein Obama, takes an oath he will break the moment he opens his mouth and officially becomes America’s first holy Marxist monarch.

Obama’s oath today, officially ends American constitutional government.

May God forgive us our idiocy in choosing a man to be our sovereign, and make sure you read the essay ‘Here come the Squadrists’  by John Galt  below.

All Hail Obama’s Squadrists!

 

Here Come the Squadrists

By John Galt

January 19, 2009

Salve, o poplod’Eori,
Salve, o Patria Immorale!
Son rinati I figli tuoi
Con la fe’ dell’ideale.
Il valor de’tuoi guerrieri,
La virtu dei pionieri,
la vision de l’Alighieri,
oggi brilla in tt’i cuor

Dell’Italia nei confini,
son rifatti gli Italiani,
li ha rifatti Mussolini
per la guerra di domani
per la gioia del lavoro
per la pce e per l’alloro,
per la gogna di coloro
che la Patria rinnegar

I poeti e gli artigiani,
i signori e i containi
con orgoglio d’Italiani
giuran fede a Mussolini
non v’e povero quartiere
che non manda le sue schiere
che non spieghi la bandiere
del fascismo redentor.

Chorus:

Giovvinezza, viovinezza
primavera di bellezza!
Della vita Nell’saprezza
il tuo canto squilla e va!

‘Giovienezza’ – The anthem of Mussolini’s Fascist Party (translation at the end of this article).

The thunderous ovation which we shall be exposed to over the next twenty-four hours will only be diminished by the cloud of dust raised by the modern day version of the ‘squadrists’ and their ability to distort truth or force you to accept from the particular point of view of the ruling party. The mainstream media is pleading for everyone to please work together in a new era of cooperation where the smiles of the Republican hypocrites shaking hands with the same people who called them “baby killers” not too many years ago indicates that the nation has come full circle and the air of crisis shall supersede principled reason and logic; which of course means bypassing that damned piece of paper that our Founding Fathers fought so hard to create.

The opinion piece you about to read is not a particularly joyous one to pen tonight. In fact much of it was concocted over the last two weeks in bits and pieces as I listened to and witnessed the desire of our nation to find some sort of universal saviour for the errors of the citizens, neglecting their duties to be self-sufficient for their lives and instead leaving the responsibility for their lives in the hands of the elected help who had an alternative motive, the same that all elected bodies eventually have deteriorated to for the past two thousand plus years of civilization. The debate of when, where and how the average American surrendered control is an issue up for debate for a new generation of historians that may yet to have even been born. The ideals of freedom and debate though, will soon be extinguished like a wooden match struck in a hurricane. This entry is an attempt to provide a perspective I have not heard nor witnessed in the discussion of the upcoming Obamanation.

The “Hope” Squadrism Religion

The definition of the word “hope” is subjective when used in the English language properly and perverted into a political philosophy when used to provide a perceived benefit to the masses to advance the cause of the ruling party. What you have witnessed with the song ‘Giovienezza’ and its historical importance was the desire to change a political philosophy into a political religious movement, thus obscuring the desired political activities by blinding the masses with a false religion. If you watch this video about “Yes We Can” and how that anthem has been changed in the same manner, you realize that we not only on the same path. The children have no clue what they are being used for. But th programming of a generation to achieve change without a defined goal in a fervor of religious blindness is what created the nightmares of the 1920’s and 1930’s and will repeat itself once again; this time though in our nation.

By using the English language as a scalpel instead of a blunt instrument the intent of words and their meanings help create a philosophy where none exists to mask actual beliefs of the new ruling party. This is what the Democrats and Obama have learned in the past twenty years from their hiatus in power. Instead of insisting that Republicans or Conservatives favor “murdering children” by blocking absurd food subsidy and government sponsored health care, they will use the religion of “hope” to point out that anyone opposed to their agenda is blocking America’s new future, thus depriving the elderly, the children, the handicapped and the sick of much needed care which could giver them the hope they need to survive and change their lives for this brave new world.

This religious fervor will expand beyond the political rhetoric and be merged into the Christian churches of this nation willing to adopt a philosophy the creates a national ideal of socialist piety despite the Amendments and rulings of the courts in the past. This fervor will mask the philosophical ideals of Marx under the guise of Jesus, allowing the wolf into the temple to create a fog of war between various religious sects, which could take decades to reverse. Legitimate philosophical debate will become a stifled art as the squadrists will shout down and forcefully eliminate opposition to their ideals, as nebulous as they might be. If you do not believe that this is possible, the model has been tested, used and implemented with great success over the last century in Italy, Germany, Chile, Argentina, Soviet Russia, Communist China (heck the entire Communist Bloc for that matter) and inside many other authoritarian and semi-democratic regimes. This might sound like a drastic declaration for an administration that has not even been sworn in at this time, but trust me, as the economy deteriorates the religious fervor will grow.

The Media Squadrists 

Does this really need any explanation? 

On MSDNC (formerly ‘MSNBC’ but why not call it what it is?), the entire staff has fawned like love sick schoolgirls at a Beatles concert in the early 1960’s. The network news has declined to a point where Goebbels would have been proud to have power like this under his thumb and the Republican enabled NPR sounds like a twenty-four seven version of the old Radio Moscow World Service singing the praises of their elderly communist chairmen. I did not make a mistake by the way my fellow readers; the Republicans had the past eight years to put a stake in the heart of public broadcasting yet failed to do so due to political cowardice. The evolution of the Algore internet has allowed free speech to find alternative broadcast mediums, along with the expansion and success of A.M. talk radio. 

Those days are numbered and the methodology used to kill free speech will be in defense of free speech itself.

The alternative media, of which yours truly as a blogger and part time broadcaster is proudly a part of, has a weakness and that is the inability to accept the religion of hope and the correct way to address the changes that are forthcoming. By reporting facts and reality you now become an obstacle to the greater good and the freedom of the masses to succeed with government help, thus creating a material threat to the very existence of this nation in the eyes of the new political order. The new media squadrists will concoct stories, create libelous exaggerations, and using the power of the government gun eventually collapse the alternative media to a point of irrelevancy in the debate on our future. That is how a successful socialist revolution is executed and that is the path we are on. 

So to my fellow bloggers, internet and shortwave broadcasters, talk radio mavens and mega-stars, I offer this advice:

Watch your six.

The Economic Squadrist Movement

I can just hear the squeals now: “Gee Galt, you’ve lost your ever loving freaking mind. You’re just one of those radical right wing nutcases that thinks everyone is out to get you and will say anything to obscure the truth from being spoken.” Why do I anticipate this hew and cry from the detractors? That answer is simple. 

The headline screamed out:

Butffett says the U.S. is in the Midst of an “Economic Pearl Harbor”

The key phrase from the article is this statement from Mr. Buffett:

“Barack Obama is “the absolute right commander in chief” to guide the country through the financial crisis.”

Sound familiar? It should if you watch financial media or mainstream media programming at any point during the past year or so. His minions have been out there proclaiming this party line for well over a year with the help of some very powerful U.S. CEO’s. Wall Street hedged their bets by donating heavily to the Obama campaign and Democratic candidates in the hopes of creating a huge shared oligopoly where government mandated industry by industry consolidations financed on the backs of the taxpayer will protect weakened financial companies and specific sectors that are deemed “in the national interest” to prevent an outright collapse, whether real or not. This power grab is astonishing not because of the blatancy, but the absolute drubbing that opponents to the ideas of shared risk and government ownership are taking from the economic powerful in this country.

By creating a series of oligopolies with government having a seat at the board, it insures that the party in power will always have some degree of control for political payback to the workers, or employees who vote for them and in that same breath the corporation is guaranteed a safety net no matter how mediocre or pathetic the products or services offered may be. This game will work infinitely as long as man other nations in the world continue to accept the U.S. Dollar as the world’s reserve currency but the Federal Reserve is preparing the American people and those parties who will not play along a rude awakening. The most powerful squadrist entity, the Federal Reserve, is making its play to become the fourth branch of government and in the new administration it has a willing ally to succeed. This means that those people and entities will no longer just have a fight on Main Street for competitive viability or pure capitalism; it means to succeed they will have to join the party and contribute heartily or be ‘absorbed’ to prevent a national disaster as the squadrist religious and media factions would call it. The economic future America faces is bleak and saddening for the inability to engage in normal business transactions based on a level playing field is being whittled away first by the Bush administration and now by the squadrists who have a new plan, one which promotes stability but no competition or equality.

The Constitutional Squadrists

The Founding Fathers, as wise as they were, could never have foreseen Ipods, personal computers, the internet and cell phones. So based on their inability to accommodate the Constitution for modern evolution the courts used societal input when modifying the original intent and creating a ‘living’ document for the times we live in.

It’s total horse crap but you know that is what the socialist left believes and in fact they are teaching younger generations at this time. Why then should we fear the Constitutional squadrists? They will be using their legalistic authority to crush all opposition to their initiatives. Gun Control? If you oppose it, you are against the intent of the Founding Fathers and the belief that Americans should own no more than a hunting rifle and that amendment was for militia only. Habeas Corpus? That ideal shall be for those only engaged in physical crimes or crimes of necessity to feed their families, not those crimes against the state or the Republic. The interpretation of the law is just as important as the judges selected but when you create an intricate web of Executive Orders and massive new legislative initiatives the ability of the courts to create findings that defend the original Constitutional intent will be diminished as the courts may not address the cases for years if not decades. 

Thus to protect our freedoms those freedoms must be redefined and as the living document gets older and older the “changing world” will require a massive revision to the Constitution and the last two states will vote for a new convention as the economic situation worsens. The Pandora’s Box will thus be opened and the new vision the new elite have for America can finally be implemented. If you oppose it, their legal squadrists and their fleet of subpoenas and lawsuits will be paying you a visit.

The “National Service” Squadrists

During my annual prediction show on the radio, I postulated the idea that due to sagging unemployment numbers and an over-extended military repetatedly deployed overseas, that the new administration would propose the creation of a new division for NORTHCOM to serve only inside of the United States or North America with the same benefits and no overseas deployments to the Middle East, South Korea, etc. The idea seemed absurd when I first thought about it, then the Army Times reports came out about moving brigades from Iraq to the U.S. for “domestic” service as needed. Now this idea of an expanded military, something the Republicans would endorse, being created and enlarged for domestic “national service” seems more like an eventuality rather than a talk radio fantasy. 

The “National Service” rhetoric has been ratatched up in recent days and with tomorrow’s inauguration calls for an “Era of Responsibility” and the proclamation Obama made today that “”Everybody’s got to be involved. Everybody’s going to have to pitch in, and I think the American people are ready for that,” you can see that we are no longer in for the standard Peace Corps type of volunteerism. This has all of the earmarks of the “you will volunteer or we’ll send people to volunteer you” type of bullying that the new party in power has used their leftist thugs to menace the unbelievers with. You might think that your children may be going to the zoo to learn or picking up trash as a public service; in many cases they might. But if they are all taught to march in uniforms in a straight line and sing “Yes We Can” over and over again, how much of a reach is it for them to begin reporting on your having a beer or cigarette, both legal substances, to the authorities to get you forced into a “health re-education” program or worse accused of child abuse. 

Squadrists can come in any size. In the United Kingdom there are already programs underway for children to turn their parents in for “not acting green or in the best interests of Mother Earth” as the envirocommies movement has gone off the deep end. What is to prevent such programs from coming to our shores as the opposition to Kyoto style accords is swamped by the new National Service to the Earth and Environment fervor sweeps the nation at every age level. See how this can deteriorate quickly as out national leadership determines what causes ‘volunteers’ are needed for and the political actions desired by those in power? The idea of national service is normally a laudable course of action for the citizens of a nation, but not when it is mandatory and not when it is used for political purposes. Be prepared for little kids marching up your lawn with grinning parents looking on to advance the cause of their superiors.

Why the Term Squadrist? 

Now that I have beaten that term into your head, a brief education on its origin and the relevance to the new political leadership assuming power in just about thirteen hours from now. In the book Mussolini’s Italy the author so eloquently pointed out how Mussolini rejected his Socialist Party origins during World War I and evolved into a populist leader by assuming control of a new political party of that time. When the use of brute force was necessary to achieve political goals or eliminate the competition, squadrism was employed where a group of paramilitary thugs were used to intimidate, injure or even eliminate the opponent(s). 

Insane as that might sound in the application of the current administration, that is the fear I have and the implementation of his goals. The use of brute force would be hopefully extremely rare yet the blunt trauma of the power of the state will make for a nice substitute of paramilitary gangs. This is a time to be cautious for what is ahead, prepared for a very unstable future, and measured in our words. The time for freedom is now and nobody within our nation’s borders can guarantee that will apply to the non-believers in the future. Thus the terminology and my concerns that we will see nothing less than the evolution of a modern day Italy, with similar goals of a massive corporatocracy ruled by the central party and a group of technocrats creating and manipulating policy to serve the daily needs. 

I pray I am wrong.

English Translation of Giovenezza; this should make you think:

Hail, O people of heroes, hail O immortal patria, you sons are reborn with faith in the idea. The courage of your warriors, the strength of your pioneers, the vision of Dante Alighieri, today shine in every heart. In the Italy with its natural borders, Italians are remade. They are remade by Mussolini for the war to come tomorrow, for the joy of hard work, for peace and the laurel, for those who are renegades of the patria to be placed beneath the yoke. The poets and the artisans, the gentlemen and the peasants, proud of being Italian, swear faith to Mussolini. There is no poor part of town which does not send its formations, which does not spread the flags of Fascism, bringing us redemption.

The Chorus:

Youth, youth, springtime of loveliness. Your song rings out everywhere in the bitterness of life.

Giovenezza translation and lyrics from p. 198-199 of Mussolini’s Italy by R.J.B. Bosworth, 2005