And you must not be capable of grasping the necessity of turning that power back against the enablers of such government. Unless we make them feel the burn, they will have no incentive for ceasing their support for big government.
Wasn't it Lincoln who said the quickest way to repeal a bad law was by strict enforcement? Give them all the regulation and force of law they can want. Make them choke on it, and then maybe they will think twice before they conclude that the answer must be "More Government."
I think you're remarkably foolish. I don't want to use unconstitutional government against anyone. I want to DESTROY unconstitutional government.
I think you are remarkably naive if you think that is going to happen without the use of that very weapon they have created. The founders designed the government to balance forces, and it is when those forces are out of balance that the mischief occurs.
They rightly recognized that the public would understand the wheel would turn, and that the out party would eventually become the in party, and so therefore the in party would temper their agenda out of fear of the consequences they would generate for themselves once they become the out party.
Government is tempered by the fear of what would happen if one party became too abusive of the other, and the abused party would be eventually given the opportunity to enact revenge.
Well this is where we are. We need to put the fear of government into the supporters of government. We need to make them *HATE AND DETEST* the idea of an all powerful government which they think they are justified in using as a club to beat their opponents.
Because they will not learn any other way.
Quite the contrary. I understand and utterly, categorically REJECT the idea of using unconstitutional government power for any purpose whatsoever. Indeed, I support only the complete DESTRUCTION of unconstitutional government power.
I think you are remarkably naive if you think that is going to happen without the use of that very weapon they have created.
I think you are absolutely insane if you believe that abusive, unconstitutional government power can be turned to any good purpose at all, even its own destruction. The bloody XX Century (which Lincoln did not live to see) testifies against any mad belief that abusive government 'in the right hands' can be used for good.