Today is
the birthday of George Washington, the Father of Our Country. In his time, the
ownership of slaves was a widespread practice, and he owned some. But his
principles and those of the country he founded guaranteed the end of slavery.
They
did so by positing for the first time in human history the existence of
individual rights to which laws and governments were to be subordinate
Far-leftists
have no right to condemn Washington for owning slaves, for they advocate the
fresh imposition of slavery, universal slavery, in the form of socialism. Under
socialism, everyone is compelled by force to work for the government. Socialism
is forced labor camps—Gulag.
Such
camps are what those who tear down the
statues of Washington want to construct.
