Religious revolution

"But there is something better and stronger than picturesque chivalry in the world, religious enthusiasm," according to historian H.G. Wells. If dissatisfaction in a populace can convert itself into a religious cause, the limits of its fervor are limitless and possibly scarey. In 1649, England demonstrated this when Charles I was overthrown and beheaded. Wells also writes that: "This was indeed a great and terrifying thing that Parliament had done. The like of it had never been heard of in the world before. ... A section of the people should rise up, try its king solemnly and deliberately for disloyalty, mischief, and treachery, and condemn and kill him, ... " Such change was short-lived in England, but did not go unnoticed in other countries around the globe. Wells’ further take on history is that: "the ordinary human being, ... will acquiesce in any collective activities that are going on in this world in which he finds himself, and any phrasing or symbolization that meets his vague need for something greater to which his personal affairs, his individual circle, can be anchored." ... "Most revolutions are precipitated, as this English one was, by the excesses of the ruler, and by attempts at strength and firmness beyond the compass of the law; and most revolutions swing by a kind of necessity towards an extremer conclusion that is warranted by the original quarrel."

The false perceptions by extremist, leftist liberals about our outgoing President George W. Bush and the false accusations leveled against him with serious, religious fervor, lend themselves to future indictments for who knows what. I also wonder what H.G. Wells would predict when President-elect Obama takes office. His oncoming socialist agenda, ( a New Deal on steroids), may shock citizens of each class - lower, middle and upper - and test the awe of the bare majority of voters who elected him. The history of civilization that Wells writes about yearns to repeat itself. In a revolution, of course, every strata of society loses in spite of the original enthusiasm for the cause of the ‘greater good.’ Expectations run high now before the Obama takeover, reminiscent of the waves and parades that welcomed each new monarch of the past.