Can a real Republic last forever if the society it serves and which props it up no longer exists in the form that created it? If we look at the Foundations of the Republic it must be clear that just about every single Amendment after the first 10 diminished what that Republic stood for and which the various Colonial and State Representatives wrote, approved and voted for. Using a term the left misunderstands, that the orignators held that there was a Social Contract that bound the original 13 colonies together as one and which each new member state agreed to. They debated it and debated every single word before they approved it.
There is not the slightest shred left of that Social Contract. We like to think that this is because our society has evolved. I don't think that this is so but a lot of people think that things are better and better every day and the way they and previous Courts have muted the clear and singular notes that made this country so different from any other is lost on them. The amusing thing is how many of the left hate what we are today and really hate anything and everything they know about the founders of the Republic. Thanks are owed to the loathsome Howard Zinn. That's the history of America the schools taught your kids and grandchildren.
When I was young there was a coin used in the measurement of the social contract and it had two sides. There were your Rights and on the other side there was your Responsibilities. I'm pretty sure that right now almost nobody who calls themselves a liberal or democrat or socialist has the slightest idea what the responsibilities of citizenship are but if pressed I'm sure they'd all agree that Society "owes them, and owes them big."
Every time the Court acts these days it diminishes the Republic. There is simply no reason to tolerate an endless procession of bad laws that are allowed to persist for decades simply because we have idiots on the Court and because every Court tries to throw down the worst laws using only the most narrow and limiting language so that no destruction of bad law ever gets applied to every bad law exactly like it without further Court review and shenanigans.
People are still allowed to say what they like here but that right is being winnowed and harrowed away every single day and the sheep nod wisely because, "offensive or mean-spirited or hate speech." I don't think I'll like the place 30 years from now but then, I have a cunning plan.
On the other hand, things mostly work out.
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I, too, have a cunning plan--faith in my Creator. I'm 61, so in 30 years I'll almost certainly be dead.
--Tennessee Budd
Nailed it.
No form of governance lasts for long because they are all created by humans. Stupid, slothful, greedy self centered people. We are a clever species...but
I don't believe our country will last another 5 years in its present form. I am hopeful for a resurrection of the Confederacy (since most of the red states are former members of the CSA) with its government modeled after this current one with changes applied from lessons learned. I doubt I'll live to see it, but I hate the country I am leaving for our children.
I’m more optimistic now than I was 5 years ago and way more than when Obama and the machine were running things. The tools to deal with tyrants are now fully in the hands of the people. On the other hand, an awful lot of police and officers of the Court are a major disappointment.
I was reading that the leftists are looking forward to getting all those "new tools" in their hands in about 2 years or less.
History shows power once granted to "our side" is abused madly by their side.
After all, 911 legalized and empowered our police state. Ring cameras and Flock cameras are just symptoms.
I fear for our children as Central Bank Currency with no doubt AI oversight completely replaces "money".
"Sorry Comrade, your social score is too low, no gasoline for you. Can I suggest you attend a struggle session to improve your score?"
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