Posted on 07/27/2016 3:21:14 PM PDT by OneVike
“So, what’s to stop this future dictator from using the wall to keep us from fleeing?”
1. No one in their right mind would want to “flee” to Mexico, so it’s a moot issue. You know, pretty much like how the Berlin Wall stopped all of those West Berliners from “fleeing” to East Germany.
2. There is no wall stopping anyone from “fleeing” to Canada.
Who in their right mind would flee to Mexico?
Those were a defeated people. They gave it all up in the early 1900s, fell for the propaganda, and lived with it. I'll tell you this, we know history, we know it repeats itself whether or not its lessons have been learned. There are always those who are going to try to impose their will on others, and those types always seek power. It's not that power corrupts, it's that corruptible people tend to seek power.
So, we know if they start passing laws that will lead to firearm confiscation that we will have to make a stand, or we'll be living on our knees from that point forward.
Now, to answer your question. The Berlin Wall was designed to do just what you are concerned about. It was built after the people had already been put under siege, and had been subjected to secret police, but people still escaped East Berlin and made it to freedom in the west. Where there is a will, there is a way.
Stupid voters yields stupid leaders. I'm not sure that anything can be fixed. They The People are idiots.
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