Those on the edges, the parts of our culture where freedom is a fundamental part of life, where you don't need a building permit to put up a shed or a permit to cut down a tree, or who remember sending an order form and a check in the mail to buy a firearm, noticed long ago as these things changed.
Those who surrendered freedom for the convenience of living in town have felt the walls closing in as rule and regulation and reams of code have nibbled away at Liberty from every direction, much of it spurred by Federal edict or conditions placed on funding to build roads or other infrastructure, but some of it from as far away as the UN with its Agenda 21. We ceded no Rights to any international body, as such would be folly indeed, nor did we give our permission for our servants to do so.
We have seen the transition in my lifetime from kerosene lamps, outhouses, and wood stoves to tyranny based on "sustainability".
We used to be careful what we said because you didn't know who might be listening in on the party line, now you consider toeing the Party Line because you know the government is listening in.
But, even worse, Every April, or every quarter, or every paycheck, we see the resources we could use taken by a government which lies to us and uses those resources to support others or programs which are acting contrary to our interests.
We call or write, and nothing is done, often even no response because our representatives have been co-opted by the Leviathan inside the Beltway.
People we did not elect, and had no say in their employment, daily make new rules for us to live (or not live) by, extending their reach into our bathrooms, light sockets, diet, and every low spot in our yards and fields--and THREATEEN us with fines, loss of property, or incarceration for being stewards of the very resources The Almighty granted us to use.
We are told we will give generously, whether we can reconcile the 'cause' with the teachings of Scripture, whether the edicts we are told we must follow make any sense in even the most contorted of worldviews.
And we are told we are stupid for not admiring the emperor's new clothes when it is obvious to us that he stands naked.
Worse yet, those mass delusions which are used to denigrate our intelligence are used as a basis for yet more regulation and an excuse to deprive us of even more resources ad infinitum.
When the end comes, if there is no peaceful resolution, it will not resemble the American Revolution except, perhaps, at the onset. The denouement will closer resemble The Terror following the French Revolution, as those who have been the oppressors within are ferreted out and their matters resolved.
Yes, the storm is gathering.
These clouds have been building for decades, from the first wisps to the looming supercells of today.
Either our servants who would deem themselves our masters repent and reverse direction, or the storm will break with unimaginable fury.
I am tired of talk. I want to see politicians drug into the streets and beat to bloody pulps with clubs. The only thing that should be left to their fleeting memory is buzzard food.
I hope you are right, that the denouement is near and that it happens the way you suggest.
A lawyer suggested to sue someone the other day and I told him the amount was not enough to satisfy me. When I told him it was not money that I want I think he got scared. I’m that outraged these days.
I have written almost this very same thing:
We call or write, and nothing is done, often even no response because our representatives have been co-opted by the Leviathan inside the Beltway.
People we did not elect, and had no say in their employment, daily make new rules for us to live (or not live) by, extending their reach into our bathrooms, light sockets, diet, and every low spot in our yards and fields—and THREATEEN us with fines, loss of property, or incarceration for being stewards of the very resources The Almighty granted us to use.
We used to say back home to never pick a fight with an old man because he has little to lose and he’ll just kill you if he can and leave you in the ditch.
Lets pray there is a more sane option. But knowing the real nature of Despots, it is not likely to be a pretty solution.
But in whatever form, it must come.