Over the past year I’ve come to two realizations that are driving some important actions in my life that will manifest themselves in the months and years ahead.
The first is that the federal government is beyond repair. This country is so deep in debt, so far astray from the Constitution, so uneducated on the principles of liberty, so controlled by centralized power and corrupt deals, and so unwilling to take the steps to reverse course, that its future is looking increasingly grim.
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The best hope that exists in our current system is to work through the state governments to reject unconstitutional legislative and bureaucratic mandates from the national government. Asking the feds to please play nicely and follow the rules has rarely, if ever, worked; the states must be utilized, as they were intended, to “erect barriers at the constitutional line,” as Thomas Jefferson wrote.
This is no easy task. It requires a legislature, a governor, and an attorney general with spines sufficiently strong to take a stand and deal with the consequences. It requires a people who are informed of their individual rights, the Constitution, and the principles of moral government. But these are things that are much more manageable at the state level. Communicating with, persuading, pressuring, and/or replacing somebody in state government is far more achievable and realistic than working to do the same at the federal level.
The author raises some thought-provoking points, and has some proposals to consider. It's worth the read.
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I'm starting to appreciate Madison's argument - that is, that through the Federal system, the prejudices of differing factions have a moderating effect on each other. With complete state sovereignty, Georgia might have kept legislated segregation, while Massachusetts may have disarmed its subjects completely decades ago. Because the Feds have some overruling power, and factions from every state have a voice in it - no single state becomes so disordered as it might otherwise.
... on the other hand, Good Lord has it become such a devouring Leviathan.
10A alliances are a good idea - certainly concentrating on local gov'ts is wise. I'm thinking though that in the end it will be the parallel institutions - of affinity and mutual support groups, especially churches, that will be the most help in the coming decades.
We'll see I guess. Thank you!!!
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