Self-appointed, unelected elites think they know what’s good for us peons, so they work behind the scenes to steer us in what they claim is the right direction.
It happens internationally, nationally, statewide and locally.
That’s the first red flag — that these all-knowing types need to operate in secrecy lest the rest of us get wind of their plans and attempt to have a say in things, which one would think might be fitting considering this is supposed to be a democracy rather than a socialist/fascist Frankenstein of a government.
Repeat, it’s supposed to be so.
It’s a basic rule of life that I was taught as a child: If you don’t want people to know that you are doing something, you probably shouldn’t be doing it.
I’m not talking planning surprise parties or the like in terms of harmless activity. This basic rule applies to doing things that might affect other people negatively, from breaking their windows to importing immigrants secretly to their already troubled community.
Our crime-ridden, economically underachieving, educationally deficient Johnstown has elites operating behind the scenes to flood the area with immigrants, first from Afghanistan and more recently from Ukraine, all ostensibly in the interest of filling jobs and revitalizing the area.
The main problem is these supposedly altruistic and benevolent elite types have only a passing acquaintance with full disclosure.
To its credit, the local liberal house organ newspaper has decided to commit journalism on the matter and publish some lengthy stories.
To its discredit, this seems to have happened only after a citizen activist had railed long and loud on social media about the secret agenda and, through a right-to-know request, had obtained documents that proved there had been information withheld from the public.
A cynic might speculate that the paper had gotten onboard late to spare itself further credibility damage.
The City of Johnstown recently hired a city manager who not only refused to move to Johnstown, he won’t even be living in Cambria County. Now there is a vote of confidence.
If residents of Greater Johnstown are concerned about the downside of a possible influx of newcomers, perhaps it has to do with daily crime reports listing perpetrators formerly from Philadelphia, Florida, Baltimore and other far-flung regions.
We are told to trust the government in vetting the immigrants. Is that the same government that so badly botched the Afghan pullout and guaranteed us the country would not fall quickly to the Taliban?
Is it the same governmental intelligence bureaucracy asleep at the switch when non-U.S. Citizens were hatching and enacting the 9-11 terror plots on our soil?
Sure, they might say, we dropped the ball badly in the past, but this time . . .
I say, fine, bring in the immigrants. And, should any of them be convicted of criminal activity while here, their behind-the-scenes elite enablers should serve the same amount of jail time, maybe even in the same cell.
Do you think they would agree to that? I don’t, which means these elites aren’t as confident in it all being positive as their words would imply.
An already troubled Greater Johnstown School District doesn’t need to deal with an influx of students who might not speak English, might be behind in terms of education, and likely would leave school each day to return to homes where English is not spoken very well if at all.
This brings us back to the beginning point of this post. Beware of people who think they know, better than you, what is in your best interest. Be on additionally high alert when they feel the need to keep their machinations secret.
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