Hall Monitors and Referees - understanding the purpose of government

Be that rare person who seeks out the root cause of what troubles them. Then utilize your inherent fortitude to combat and conquer it.


America 1: Founders create republic & weak federation. Most founders see a limited future for the new country.

"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people." - George Washington

"Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." - John Adams

"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." - Thomas Jefferson

"Government at its best is a necessary evil, and at its worst, an intolerant one." - Thomas Paine

"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." - James Madison

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." - Thomas Jefferson

"Let the people think they govern and they will be governed." - William Penn


America 2: Federalists win civil war, federal government starts growing. Liberty loses, power and taxes are new central government priorities. This spelled the end of America as the founder's knew it (TEOAATFKI).

From: "I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far as it in no way interferes with any other men's rights." - Abraham Lincoln

To: "Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt." - Herbert Hoover


America 3: Third world finance wins as America seeks the promised land by becoming a banana republic. Unbridled money creation enables uncontrolled legal plunder of citizen's lifestyles.


America 4: A strong man (or woman) "saves America," becomes president for life. Voters have already proven willing to remove term limits.



Is the future set in stone? Of course not. Just because history has shown this is always the progression of governments, is no reason to absolutely believe it has to happen just this way. Republic - democracy - dictatorship - collapse - repeat.

In fact I think (dangerous words here), this time it may be different. Notice i put collapse in the sequence instead of anarchy. Anarchy means no government. If society is to avoid being trampled once again, if it truly will be different this time, It will be because a remarkably different form of governance will arise.

There have been periods and groups in the past; Iceland, east coast Native Americans, and the European Hanseatic league for instance, where there was no cohesive central government. Perhaps even the pioneering west in early America might fit that description.

Pioneers have usually had people they respect to arbitrate difference, they might join together to defend themselves, but it was always on a voluntary basis. There was no draft, there were no press gangs, at the Alamo.

Perhaps as technologically empowered individuals and small voluntary teams lead us out of the depression, we will be able to avoid many disasters. A state of freedom, such as once existed in America, might once more be found.

See.

There is hope.

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