I’ve done some work in a couple of fusion centers. We need to be very concerned with the patriot act. They are extremely capable work sites thst don’t care about civil rights
There is always a trade-off between freedom and safety. For the past twenty years or so "we" have been rapidly and massively giving away freedom for the illusion of safety.
In the American Revolution times there was a fairly clear "us vs them" (colonists vs England) so the freedom fighters could rally to the cause. Now it's neighbor vs neighbor and not very many people want the chaos of neighbors shooting neighbors because of disagreements.
True enough. The issue isn't so much neighbor v. neighbor though - it's asking government to provide "protection" of which they are neither able nor authorized by the Constitution, and sacrificing liberty in the name of, as you so aptly put it, an illusion. The government is utterly incapable of making us "safe," and the only such safety with which the federal government is tasked is guarding the borders, a task they have overtly eschewed. Even state government can't provide "safety;" not without complete control, and when government has complete control, there is no liberty.
Absoutely. And education is the reason why I write what I write. People simply don't see, don't know, and/or don't understand - our history, liberty, government encroachment, our founding documents - and I seek to educate.
I like it. I almost gave more of the history of the second Virginia Convention, but I found it taking me off track from the primary aim of this particular piece.
Yes it’s be one week. It happens when you allow more people who did not grow up in the culture and are very well accommodated, not even iexpected to speak English. It dilutes all culture.
I’ve done some work in a couple of fusion centers. We need to be very concerned with the patriot act. They are extremely capable work sites thst don’t care about civil rights
There is always a trade-off between freedom and safety. For the past twenty years or so "we" have been rapidly and massively giving away freedom for the illusion of safety.
In the American Revolution times there was a fairly clear "us vs them" (colonists vs England) so the freedom fighters could rally to the cause. Now it's neighbor vs neighbor and not very many people want the chaos of neighbors shooting neighbors because of disagreements.
True enough. The issue isn't so much neighbor v. neighbor though - it's asking government to provide "protection" of which they are neither able nor authorized by the Constitution, and sacrificing liberty in the name of, as you so aptly put it, an illusion. The government is utterly incapable of making us "safe," and the only such safety with which the federal government is tasked is guarding the borders, a task they have overtly eschewed. Even state government can't provide "safety;" not without complete control, and when government has complete control, there is no liberty.
The only way to fight this battle is with education. That takes times, education is not a fast process.
Absoutely. And education is the reason why I write what I write. People simply don't see, don't know, and/or don't understand - our history, liberty, government encroachment, our founding documents - and I seek to educate.
https://frederickrsmith.substack.com/p/partick-henry-reincarnated
I like it. I almost gave more of the history of the second Virginia Convention, but I found it taking me off track from the primary aim of this particular piece.
Yes it’s be one week. It happens when you allow more people who did not grow up in the culture and are very well accommodated, not even iexpected to speak English. It dilutes all culture.