Is it possible that America is drifting or rushing toward Totalitarianism? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind and the words of the Leftists in Washington and elsewhere. If what they say accurately reflects what they desire, it is a resounding YES!
The only question is how much will the voting public put up with? How deceived are the masses? How willing to be led like sheep to the slaughter are we as a nation? Just a few years ago, I would not be asking those questions, but with the past decade or so of events, I not only ask them but am horrified by the likely answers.
As I watch the antics and actions of the national Democrats and the corporate Wokeism, I am convinced that is the endgame they have in mind. The terms ‘fascism’ and ‘dictatorship’ are being used to silence all dissent and disagreement. Sadly, I watch as the Republicans in Congress frequently cower in the shadows, fearing being labeled in an unappealing manner.
I sometimes would like to use the grade school chant to them, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” They fear words more than actions. They seem to be so aware of the media that they clamor for favorable reviews from sources that will never give it. They seem to believe that if they cower in silence, the storms will pass, and all will be Utopia. It Will Not!
The almost identical tactics and path followed by Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler are being used today by the Leftists. It is more than a little troubling, and the incredible impotence of those in Washington who should resist is alarming. Where have all the backbones gone? Does anyone in Washington have a spine or a conscience? Do we, the people, matter to any of them? I wish I could answer favorably, but the signs do not provide that hope.
Let me offer the Wikipedia definition of totalitarianism. I know Wikipedia is not usually a reliable source, but its definition is quite good.
“Totalitarianism is a form of government and a political system that prohibits all opposition parties, outlaws individual and group opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high if not complete degree of control and regulation over public and private life. It employs all-encompassing campaigns in which propaganda is broadcast by state-controlled mass media in order to control the citizenry.”
That is incredibly accurate and easily understood. The complete control and regulation that ensued during the COVID-19 Pandemic is an example of how they literally took control of our lives with almost no pushback. That was amazing. America has shifted from being the beacon of hope, liberty, and freedom to a politically suppressed society that is almost on life support.
Howard Zinn, a Socialist historian, said, “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.” Wow! I recall failed presidential candidate socialist Hillary Clinton saying, “We need to stand up and say we’re Americans, and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration.” Compare that to the actions of the Biden-Garland-Obama junta that has taken a direction in the opposite direction.
The allegations against the Biden family are countered with indictments against Donald Trump, their political nemesis. If questioning an election is a crime, then most all of the Democrats in Washington should be under indictment. They question when they are not in the winner’s bracket, but no questions are allowed if they are. Those actions smack of totalitarianism.
I do not want to get into the indictments against Trump, but I will reflect that there seems to be zero concern about the 1st Amendment or the Supreme Court precedent. The trial will be in the court of Obama appointee U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan. Who is she? She is the judge who handed down harsher than recommended sentences for the January 6 defendants. Trump’s trial will be in Washington, D.C., where 92.2% of the 2020 presidential votes went for Biden. The jury pool will share the judge’s prejudice. Basically, he is guilty unless he can have a change of venue and somehow have an impartial jury.
The many totalitarian actions being pursued today have caused many to believe that the American system of government is to be short-lived in its current form. I hope they are wrong, but something has to give and change for us to survive as the Free Constitutional Republic we were established to be.
If the globalists, Marxists, Socialists, and Totalitarians get their way, the U.S. will cede its sovereign powers to the United Nations, the WHO, and other diabolical international entities. Some freedom-minded patriots are working diligently to see a restoration of constitutional governance and reigning in the rogue federal government. Will their efforts succeed? Possibly, only God knows, and only time will tell. Something has to happen. No republic can remain free if the usurpation of the constitution is allowed to become the norm.
I agree with those who contend that our federal government, as it operates today, is operating as an extra-constitutional, illegitimate system. States’ rights are being infringed, as are our individual rights, privileges, and liberties. The American Constitution was not designed to eliminate the rights of the individual states but to protect them. That is not the mindset of the modern leftists. They are waging war on the Constitution, and most Americans are sitting in silence, watching it transpire.
If we were to magically return to the Constitution, it is estimated that 99% of the federal government would be tossed into the trash bin. The words of James Madison in The Federalist Papers (45) resonate.
“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, such as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce, with which, last, the power of taxation will mostly be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State.”
Simply stated, the individual states and the American people delegated a small number of powers to the federal government. If you research, you will discover that there are only eighteen enumerated legislative powers in Article I, Section 8. The 9th & 10th Amendments make it extremely clear that ALL other powers remain with the states and the people.
How did we allow this to transpire? The answers would be too numerous and lengthy to attempt. Suffice it to say that we slept while the political elitists stripped us of our Constitutional Rights and governance. We are being destroyed from within, as our founders warned.
We have a Constitution and a System of Government that would provide us with a Republic. Still, the politicians have ignored it for so long; they know the public has neither the information nor the aspiration to truly reign them in. They are, in their minds, our overlords. God help us to wake up!
God bless you, and God bless America!
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