Is the Truth on the Move?

Laws with vague definitions designed to murder freedom on a governmental whim.

Proving that it takes very little for the world’s oligarchs, technocratic and managerial bigwigs, and ruling class to get their knickers in a knot, two elections in a row have produced screeching, unhinged shock and horror from Davos to Washington, London, and beyond. These followed the resounding victory of a new conservative government in New Zealand in October that saw a former airline executive, Christopher Luxon, become the Primer Minister, replacing the unpopular “social democrat” PM Jacinda Ardern and her party.    

Two weeks ago, a 53-year-old economist and author, Javier Milei, won Argentina’s presidential election by defeating the incumbent party’s candidate in a stunning election win. Depending on whom you read, he’s either a “libertarian firebrand,” a “far-right, bombastic anti-establishment” politician, or  a “far-right populist,” or – you knew it was coming –  “Argentina’s Donald Trump.” Much of the world’s media barely mentioned that  Argentina’s economy is in free fall, with one of the highest inflation rates in the world, along with skyrocketing poverty. Mr. Milei just voiced  the truth.  

If this wasn’t bad enough, the world woke up Sunday morning to find that Geert Wilders’s Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV) won a smashing victory in the Netherlands, overturning the establishment apple cart. Like Mr. Milei the week before, Mr. Wilders has been called every name under the sun. “Far right” and the “Dutch Donald Trump” are big favorites. But to be called Prime Minister, his now dominant party must form a coalition government. Nonetheless, it’s a sweet victory for the 60-year-old who has spent decades building and leading the PVV.

Geert Wilders has been the canary in the coal mine for “free speech” and “freedom” in the Western World for more than two decades. Over that time, I’ve written several articles on his three trials for essentially hate speech violations – laws with vague definitions designed to murder freedom on a governmental whim.

The Dutch Parliamentarian, during his famous defense of freedom of speech (read full text here), faced sanctions and jail for “hate speech” and inciting racism for comments he made about violent Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands in 2011.

“The lights are going out all over Europe. All over the continent where our culture flourished and where man created freedom, prosperity and civilization. Everywhere the foundation of the West is under attack.” (Mr. Wilders was paraphrasing the famous quote of Sir Edward Grey as the First World War descended over Europe.)

Time has proved Mr. Wilder to be a prophet, not a radical. A truth-teller, not a vile, contemptuous member of a self-appointed global elite engineering the dismantling of our  civilization to be replaced with a technocratic prison for both the body and soul, where we will “own nothing and be happy.”

The questions that these elections raise seem obvious. Worldwide, are regular citizens starting to get it? Do they want to turn over their core freedoms to a handful of men and women who actually disdain having elections in the first place? Do they want barbarism and brute rule to replace civilization and freedom?

In Argentina, candidate Milei was very straightforward. He believes in freedom. You can’t spend your way to prosperity – you must produce your way to prosperity. Soon-to-be President Milei has promised a series of reforms – immediately labeled “radical” by the world media – that include cutting public spending by 15 percent, abolishing Argentia’s central bank, and switching the gravely devalued peso to the US dollar. He has also stacked out conservative policies on social issues and climate change.

Likewise, in the Netherlands – the second-largest exporter of food in the world after the US -where recently the government declared war on Dutch farmers and dairies in the name of supposed climate change – the voters have changed course.   

During the election, Mr. Wilders tapped down  – without abandoning – his biting anti-immigrant message to broaden his reach and emphasize addressing the economy and cost of living through tax cuts and tackling the housing shortages. His platform still calls for a referendum on leaving the EU, however, ending asylum for illegal immigrants and deporting immigrant felons. During his remarks after Wednesday’s election, he vowed that the PVV would not override Dutch laws or the constitution that “enshrines freedom of religion and expression.”

Whatever else these elections point to, two things seem clear. First, brave men and women who simply and plainly state the truth can still make a difference. Courageous truth-tellers will be vilified in the corporate press, cursed, and taken to court in lawfare. But the truth never gives up.

These men speak to and for ordinary people about living and maintaining an extraordinary life in freedom. Nations, borders, and economic order may not mean anything to the ruling class, but they do to those who have to live in them.

Second, average folks are beginning to see very clearly that the West, at least, is being run by really awful people. They don’t have their citizen’s best interests at heart. They have their interests – power and money – on their minds. To them, freedom of expression, thought, and action is an anathema to be rooted out and destroyed. It’s hard to be a king or queen without subjects.

Predicting political outcomes a year out is always dangerous. But here in the US, the same temperament and recognition of danger seems afoot. Washington has never been so out of touch with average Americans. Antagonistic even. The establishment ruling class seems almost daring the “little people” to revolt.

My money is on the little folks.