Freedom
of speech: It takes great courage for
someone to speak out against what is wrong with government in America today
and this does not just mean running the risk of being ridiculed or labeled
politically incorrect. Speaking freely
about how we are governed in the United States of America today will affect
your job, opportunities for employment, opportunities for advancement through
promotion, and your ability to earn a living for you and your family. If the consequences for speaking freely are
this severe, then free speech is not free and has a terrible cost associated
with it.
Petition
Government: In America today,
writing to elected officials is a waste of time for matters of substance
because professional politicians cater to special interests when it comes to
deciding such matters. This being the
case, our final redress should be the courts.
However, the courts have wrongfully and unconstitutionally ruled that
citizens alone or in concert have no legal recourse over the actions of
Congress that affect all citizens equally as a group. It is more than ironic that the Judicial
Branch of our go vernment, which is constitutionally tasked with ensuring that
the other branches of government abide by constitutional precept, has acted in
an official capacity to ensure that the other branches of government do not
have to and that no one, not even all of us acting together, can do anything
about it. Not only is this a gross and
flagrant violation of our Constitution, it abrogates one of our most important
inalienable rights.
Accountability: Americans can no longer achieve redress of
their grievances by petitioning government officials or by suing them in a
court of law. Thus, we have no means of
holding them accountable other than voting them out of office. However, voting them out office will only
produce results if there are alternative candidates who hold different views
from the incumbent official that coincide with ours. While some third-party candidates offer such
options, the simple truth of a matter is that the two major parties have such a
lock on the electorate and elective process that addressing issues about how we
are governed through the ballot box is impossible. The inescapable result of all this is that
elected government officials are accountable to no one other than the special
interests that help get them elected and keep them in office.
Majority
Rule: The only thing that the majority really decides in America today
is whether Twiddle Dum or Twiddle Dee will hold office. However, average citizens have absolutely no
say in who becomes Twiddle Dum or Twiddle Dee and once either one is elected,
as far as our system of government is concerned, they are one and the same
person. Furthermore, there are many
important actions taken by our government today that, if the truth were known,
the majority would be dead set against, yet our government is able to take
these actions anyway.
Minority
Rights: Minority rights in America
have come to mean rights solely associated with one's color, creed, gender,
sexual preference, or national origin, and no longer includes protecting the
rights of an individual against majority preferences and excesses. Not only are the minority rights of an
individual no longer afforded any special kind of protection by government, we
have also been stripped of our God-given inalienable rights. Our perception of rights and minority rights
has changed and because of this, we docilely accept a government that instead
of protecting our rights extends or takes them away at will.
In
conclusion, Americans are free to go to the bathroom when the need arises, but
when it comes to enjoying the elements that comprise political freedom, all of
them have been compromised and are essentially dysfunctional. Yet, we go about our business thinking this
is not the case. We think we are free
because we confuse personal freedom with political freedom and no one in
government, the media, or our educational institutions will risk their jobs or
future well-being by clearing up our misconceptions. We have lost the only thing that ensures our
personal freedom--our political freedom--and an inevitable result is that we are
now losing our personal freedom as well.
If we
have been robbed of our political freedom by those elected to serve us, what
then does this say about the kind of democracy we have? No American would intentionally vote away our
political freedom, yet it is gone and has been taken from us without our
consent. This makes a mockery of
democracy and establishes that the democracy we have is only an illusion.
For
several generations, this nation was locked in a cold war with Communism. Indeed, we called ourselves the free world
and looked upon those living in the Soviet Bloc as enslaved and downtrodden. The question is how free are we
today in comparison to those who used to live under Communism. The truth is that we are now not much better
off than the citizens of the Soviet Union
during the cold war. We have a two-party
system that in matters of substance is one party, we no longer have inalienable
rights, we no longer own the fruits of our own labor, our property is not safe
and secure from confiscation and seizure, we are being systematically robbed of
our wealth and heritage, and we can be arrested and held without being charged
or tried at the discretion of government bureaucrats. Where then is the freedom that we take such
pride in having?
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