By Ray DiLorenzo ——Bio and Archives--March 16, 2024
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Spring is in the air. The weather is getting milder by the day. But many people are getting nervous. We can pretend all we want that everything is normal, but many of us know better. An election is coming unlike any election in our lifetime or even our history, if anyone even reads history anymore.
2024 will decide the future and fate of our country.
Will we remain a democratic republic in its federalized form? Or will we continue the route toward totalitarian socialism?
So that you are not perplexed, a republic is a form of government where the people hold the power. Ok, we were designed as such, but the founders wanted to give both the majority and the minority a voice. A democracy, in its purest form, is a government of the majority. Our founders were wise in that they knew a pure democracy was not benevolent; it can and often is oppressive. A common metaphor would be two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for lunch. So, pure democracy was out. A federal government was created to disburse power between the central government, states, cities, local governments, and so forth.
Our founders decided that an electoral college was necessary to give representation to the minority. Otherwise, only large cities would choose our leaders.
It did not age well. The tendency of mankind is to take power and keep it. Our government was no different. Yes, we have state and local governments. And yes, we have a federal government where power is divided, with an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch, and so do the states. But early on, to the horror of George Washington, we divided into political parties (wolves).
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Any government watchers out there, if they're honest, will tell you that the Democrat Party is notorious for sticking together. Many of them have more loyalty to their party than their country.
The central government developed........