In the last 100 years the US Supreme Court only needed to hear one case to maintain peace and stop an insurrection from happening. They only had to rule one-way or the other on the 2020 presidential election in 4 or 5 states. Then the country could have moved on and waited for the mid terms for another chance to vote. But no! The people that were trusted as the final gatekeepers of peace have demonstrated themselves to be real cowards in the face of adversity.
I went to school in New Zealand near the end of Democratic National Socialism in that country. In 6th grade we studied American history and even in a socialist country the teachers revered the robustness of the US systems as a republic. Of course, the teachers chose to focus on the US and its serious pollution problems at the time, mainly in California, to demonstrate the evils of capitalism. Remembering, this was just after the introduction of the Clean Air Act of 1970.
Despite this discouraging brainwashing I was determined to become an American from the age of 12. The more I understood the US constitutional system the more impressed and determined I was to become a US citizen. There were safeguards on safeguards to stop the country falling into anarchy and layers of processes to maintain a free market democracy.
In 1984 (I am not joking it was actually 1984) the New Zealand government ran out of our money and the Democratic National Socialist government failed. In short the Queen of England stepped in (she was, and still is, the constitutional sovereign of New Zealand) and dissolved the government appointing a government elect who promptly moved to a low tax free-market system. I got to live through the failure of Democratic National Socialism only to roll unwittingly into Black Monday (16 October 1987). This highlighted the importance of having sustainable and robust systems that would not let people down in time of crisis.
Again I looked to the US and it’s two hundred plus years of reasonable stability under what appeared to be a failsafe system of democracy. However failsafe a system, the system is completely reliant on people doing the job that they are paid to do. In fact, nothing extraordinary is required of them in the US system they just have to do their jobs. In the case of the 2020 election the US Supreme Court just had to hear the cases that was put in front to them.
For years, I have watched as the Saul Alinsky’s plan, to implement socialism, has been insidiously implemented in the US with little resistance until President Trump came to power.
- Universities infiltrated – complete.
- Media (and social media) controlled – complete.
- Convert free market Capitalism to “Crony Capitalism” – complete.
- Control the words people can use, through things like “hate speech” – complete.
- Set the populace against each other through race and gender differences – complete.
- Destroy people’s confidence in elections – complete.
- However they missed one – disarm the populace.
The US is unique in the world, being the only country that I am aware of that gives the constitutional right to the people to own and bear arms. New Zealand has disarmed its populace a number of times the first time resulting in the countries first mass shooting (look up Stanley Graham- there is a movie on it – Bad Blood 1981). The last time was in response to the mosque shooting in Christchurch. This is where the NZ Police had issued an “E Endorsement licence”(I believe like a “Class 3 firearms licence” in the US) to a foreigner without any of the correct checks.
So why is this important. It would appear at the point of writing this blog that all of the other safeguards have failed and there are two remaining options –
Capitulate to the left and the very questionable election:
Or, fight what could be perceived as a tyrannical government, as is your right under the 2nd amendment.
People have already died and if the US is to remain a free democracy the deaths will sadly continue. However if capitulation is the choice then I have a picture, based on experience, of what the future will be like in the US. To be fair the failure of National Socialism was nowhere near as brutal as the failures of Soviet Socialism, so I can’t really complain.
If you want to know what life under socialism is like you need to ask someone who has lived it. However, when you don’t know any better life under socialism is liveable but uncomfortable. When you have known comfort moving to socialism is going to hurt. This assumes that you are not one of the chosen socialist elites. They seem to do very well under socialism.
How US citizens act now will determine the future of the US as a super power. The short-term alternative as a consequence of capitulation will result in China rising to be the world leader. After China’s inevitable failure (however long that takes) India is likely to be the next major power as they are a democracy with a more sustainable system.
My heart goes out to the families of the people that have died and to those who may die in this time of chaos. I need to believe that their sacrifice will not be wasted. I also believe that their blood is on the hands of the judges of the US Supreme Court who sit comfortably in their plush heated offices having not done their job in the one case that required them to do so.
In the beautifully thought out system that your Founding Fathers built, there are still some remaining safeguards. These all involve weapons and all involve force. All the best to you, our US friends and the path you choose. To do nothing and capitulate is an easy option, to fight to keep what you have takes real courage.
“The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing”
Ironically used by President John F Kennedy
Would you believe just before the Covid-19 outbreak I was lined up for an executive role in a company in the US. This would have given me an L1-A visa, a clear path to US citizenship. Following the outcome of the 2020 election I have submitted the paperwork to become an Australian citizen instead. I am now completely disillusioned with my lifetime desire and effort to become a US Citizen, this makes me very sad. I do not wish to suffer the discomfort of a socialist country ever again.
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Best of luck to you and thanks for sharing. 🙂
Not sure if Australia is a great bet either right now. The Draconian covid rules over there seem pretty bad.
Thanks De – that is such a good point – Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, is being run by a tyrannical leftie and is a showcase of lefties behaving badly. Think of Victoria as New York state and I live in Queensland that is the same as Florida. In Queensland we have a leftie in charge but she is very careful about locking us up as the people here are a lot less compliant.
Having said that, New Zealand has a woman in charge that could be Sandy Cortez’s sister. The national propaganda has turned the whole country into xenophobes towards anyone from outside the country. This is a country where the number one income is from tourists. New Zealand will go bankrupt again.
There are two good things for me from Covid19 – my guitar playing has improved significantly and I get to see how different states react to business. TX, TN and FL have impressed me so far. When the world does come right (sorry for the pun) I will know where to build factories in the US and Australia.
Again thank you for your comment. Sean
I’ve been sharing this quote a lot lately in various places. I’ll share it here as it’s pertinent to one of your main points:
That is such a great quote. Still from the age of ten I remember “that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” I believe from the Gettysburg address. When we see politicians running their own agenda and not working in the interests of the people this is not what President Lincoln visioned.
The point is – look how quickly, given the smallest amount of power, these corrupt politicians impose draconian measures on the people. You wonder (it wonders me) how quickly they would get to the situation above once ultimate power is achieved.
It is not just this story in Russia or the USSR, it is in every Socialist state once ultimate power is achieved. Cambodia, Venezuela, Cuba, China (still today) North Korea etc. You are “The land of the Free” – to remain that you will need to also be “The Home of the Brave!” you could make a song out of that!
Thank you for that Kyrielle that is a great and chilling quote! Sean
I think these power-hungry people have always existed. It’s just that before the Industrial Revolution, the world was much bigger than it is now. It was also far less technologically advanced. Prior to electricity, the limits of a tyrant’s ability to torture were restricted not just by the physical limits of existing tools but also by the physical limits of people involved. There was not enough luxury to provide the time needed to devise the cunning and awful methods of torture and execution we’ve seen blossom since the early 1900s. People still had to do tremendous amounts of work just to eat!
But once you introduce gas and electricity, now you have the conveniences that come with that. Now you have an easier life. Now you have time to let the evil of Man’s mind go to work. “Idle hands are a Devil’s workshop”–how little we’ve understood that quote! The mere allowance of time has given Man the room to invent such acts of horror that we here are acutely aware of, and what’s more the room to distance himself from that horror so as to invent even worse ways of dealing with his enemies.
In this way, our technology which has made our lives so marvelous and wonderful, has grown out of proportion with our ability to properly handle all of the extra time we now have. Our minds and spirits have not adapted well to having so much time on our hands. Just look at what social media did to us in the span of 10 years. 10 years, and half the population is fully addicted to a piece of plastic and glass the size of a Poptart.
Now expand that to 100 years of time spent devising ways to subject other people to your will. The Communism of yesteryear is child’s play to those who wish to do evil. Technology has leapt forward so far beyond what existed even in the 80s.