We began to compel individuals to act against their own judgement, to force them to turn over wealth and property for things they do not support, to deprive them of property, possessions, and personal values; which was the moment the American system began to decay, along this path America eventually will encounter the failure experienced by its predecessors. Human beings are now simply the means by which government can accomplish its ends.
More crap...in any "political system" which is to say any society of people who come together to form a nation, there are conflicting interests that require compromise.
Citizens may not agree on many issues, tangible and intangible, but must find a way to accommodate one another. Accommodation requires sacrifice...ie: you can't have your way completely anymore than I can.
To focus, as your paragraph appears to do, on taxation (deprive them of property, possessions, and personal values), at a time when taxation has never been lower and the wealthy have never been wealthier, while a large share of the population suffers through a decades long absence of mobility, not to mention poverty, is intolerant and uncompromising.
THAT is what breaks down political systems...democratic or otherwise.
Al |
