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How The American Republic Was Lost

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Posted By: DVC, 12/4/2023 12:34:34 PM

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government—lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” —Patrick Henry Periodically, the world produces a demonic leader who challenges the legitimacy of established order with force or an ideologue who does the same with utopian ideas. Nevertheless, America’s Founders refused to prevent those people from pursuing political office within the bounds of legality. Instead, [snip] When the Founders set out to keep tyranny from infecting the federal government, two of the most important and interrelated safeguards were the separation of powers and federalism.

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Long ago, I came to the same conclusion that the author has reached. The 17th Amendment fundamentally undermined the entire concept of federalism, where the Senators served strictly at the pleasure of the State Legislature, and represented the STATE, not the political party. Now it is the Uniparty DC Criminal Cabal running things.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: smokincol 12/4/2023 1:04:45 PM (No. 1610407)
one of the best written assessments of the Constitution I have read in a very long time which - purposefully points out the manner of deterioration of our sacred document by - the nefarious and big government administrations in the early days of our nationhood - the big government adherents consolidated their drive to revolutionize our government in coordination with the rise of Soviet Communism and the Soviet Union and - is the lynchpin manipulation that began the rise of Communism in our country - something we should all be schooled on if we are to survive, as a nation, for another 100 years but - unfortunately, the Democrat Party is infused with many of the most fervent adherents of the philosophy of Communism which leaves little, if any, room for altering the course we are on, at present and - with media and social network systems rah-rha,ing the rise of Communism in our country - changing our seemingly pre-destined end is inevitable
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Krause 12/4/2023 1:30:53 PM (No. 1610424)
We fall woefully short on the morality factor. And too bad the founders didn’t face the term limits issue more forcefully. Politicians in office for 20, 30, and even up to 50 years is ridiculous. These dinosaurs are pulling in so much dough from donors and k-streeters on the side, they don’t want to quit.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: DVC 12/4/2023 4:07:58 PM (No. 1610512)
How many even know what the 17th Amendment was? How many grasp how fundamentally it changed the structure of the United STATES of America?
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