Healthy people normally don’t just make a decision one day to self-destruct nor does a free nation of people. Healthy little girls don’t dream of the day they can be a crack whore single mom. Healthy little boys don’t dream of the day they can be a mass murdering child rapist. Yet we witness these stories in practical circumstance. Self-destruction isn’t a fall, it is a gradual slipping into degradation until the supports collapse. A healthy nation does not suddenly collapse, there must be incremental changes that weaken the country leading to a collapse.
The shattering of the principles and Interests of America can be seen by the loss of respect, desintegration of authority and the dismantling of power to execute necessary and interrelated processes in the world. It is also seen by the stripping of wealth, property, and rights from honest citizens while giving away strategic interests to everyone from illegal invaders to foreign powers.
It starts here: Incremental erosion of your rights
The fundamental right to privacy: The Fourth Amendment guaranties our protection (from the government) for “unreasonable search and seizure.” Individuals have the right to personally expect their communications will remain private. However, we have become accustomed to the idea of the government snooping into our private affairs. See Katz v United States where the Supremes clarified that the 4th Amendment includes “reasonable expectation of privacy.” By chipping away at this, the government attempts to nullify any legal claim you may have about its intrusions. And how about corporations like Google grabbing pulling personal information.
Economic shocks have drastically changed the opportunity landscape and when you are at work you can be fired for expressing political view points on line.
Right to life: The question of whether a fetus has this right has long been questioned, recently we’ve moved this debate into the area of infant rights.
Restricting the flow of information: In 1984 the number of companies owning a controlling interests in America’s Media was 50, where today it is 6.
Representative democracy? Most Americans disapprove of Congressional performance, which means little when wealthy backers continue to fund, lobby, and bring about the continued employment of these elitists.
Freedom of Speech:
We all remember the University of Florida student who cried out “Don’t taze me bro!” after he was tackled to the floor and manhandled by police simply for asking John Kerry the wrong question….
Religious studies are banned in many areas where public funding is present (isn’t that just about everywhere in America now).
Political correctness and the politicalization of things a-political (like science) now tells us what may and may not be addressed and how at the risk of being charged with causing a disturbance, bigotry, hate speech etc.
Pursuit of happiness has become an entitlement for some and blocked for others based on gender, color, and ethnicity.
Tax: In 1998, the IRS vowed to become more taxpayer-friendly. How is that working.
Gun control is a top-down effort. Those in power are imposing laws that challenge an individual’s right to self-protection and to bear arms against a hostile government. How did it become a crime to make preparations for self-defense in one’s own home. |
