The Second Amendment ensures the other nine Amendments.

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Only a few prefer liberty--the majority seek nothing more than fair masters.

Sallust, Histories

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[O'Brien states]

'But always -- do not forget this, Winston -- always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face -- for ever.'

'He paused as though he expected Winston to speak. Winston had tried to shrink back into the surface of the bed again. He could not say anything. His heart seemed to be frozen. O'Brien went on:

'And remember that it is for ever. The face will always be there to be stamped upon. The heretic, the enemy of society, will always be there, so that he can be defeated and humiliated over again. Everything that you have undergone since you have been in our hands -- all that will continue, and worse. The espionage, the betrayals, the arrests, the tortures, the executions, the disappearances will never cease. It will be a world of terror as much as a world of triumph. The more the Party is powerful, the less it will be tolerant: the weaker the opposition, the tighter the despotism.'

From Orwell's 1984 online

My thoughts :

Lawsuits are the atomic weapon of the environmentalists who want the USA to regress to an 18th century lifestyle. Of course environmentalists see themselves as the elite who will live in posh manors while we peasants live in stick huts with dirt floors. Practice tipping your hat as it will be a required skill in the new world order.

As long as government can use your tax money and your concession of all power to government to control lives and the economy by a grant of concessions, money and contracts to one business or group over others, all done without review or accountability, there will be no reform.

If you want reform, limit government's ability to tax, spend and set oppressive rules. Stop expecting government to baby sit your kids and grow their minds. Stop using government to move you to the head of the hand out line. Stop electing the same old fools and crooks.

Get active now in real reforms or expect to live like worker ants in the future.