Two hundred and forty years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Seven score & fourteen years ago, we engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. The 2016 elections are a great battle-field of a new war, in a repeat of history. This war is a struggle for the soul of America. The conflict of today is the same, philosophically, as the other 2 major conflicts in American History.
"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite." -- Thomas Jefferson
That is the issue. Will America be a govt of, by, & for the people, or will we be controlled by a small ruling elite? Will the working man be a slave of King George, Plantation owners, or a collectivist class of media elite, propagandists, career politicians & their enablers? The working man has forever been the target of control & manipulation by these elitists, for all time. America was an attempt at self rule, where productive citizens represented the people in a system of checks & balances, & public service was an altruistic act for your fellow man, not a euphemism for lordship.
We are seeing a repeat of history, in the 2016 elections. The same forces are at work, as they have been for all of the American Experiment. Progressive ideology, with its anti American basis, has been driving us toward division & elitism for decades. I see the current election cycle as a temporary pause in our downward spiral. It is providential, & should cause us to reevaluate the direction we have been going.
Lincoln made the following statements, but i have heard similar things from Trump as he addresses the division & rancor in this post election season:
We have just carried an election on principles fairly stated to the people. Now we are told in advance, the government shall be broken up, unless we surrender to those we have beaten, before we take the office.
We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth.
Let us then turn this government back into the channel in which the framers of the Constitution originally placed it.
The forces of destruction are legion. I do not expect this pause to last, or to change the general direction of destruction of the American Experiment in self rule. This is a last gasp.. a brief recovery before we take our final breath. All of our institutions are controlled by progressive ideology, & its anti American collectivist values. They will continue looting the Treasury, indoctrinating the youth, & exploiting the working man. There is nothing to indicate otherwise. I would like to be optimistic, & see a new birth of freedom, & have hope that govt of, by, & for the people can endure. But i do not. I see a brief setback for the enemies of America, as a small minority of working people made their voices heard. But the elites control the megaphones, & the propaganda machine. They will get their subjects back in line, with more promises of free stuff from the working man.
Only a growing defiance & activism from the working man can turn the tide. But there are not enough producers, & little time to turn this juggernaut around. I grieve for the loss of America, but am amazed that she had such a great run. There has been nothing like Her in all of history, & i am glad to have been alive to see it before the forces of destruction ruined her.
