You are a statist at heart and believe in the American Empire. You, with out a doubt believe in a top down, centralized government. You may want it to be a ‘conservative’ government as you might perceive conservative. However, the concept of decentralized government.(Free Republic) is an anathema to you. So even if the current Federal government gains more power and becomes more left wing, even to the point of communism, there is nothing you would do about it, because it’s Constitutional. If any state or group of states confederates, they are to be invaded and crushed, no matter the reason. The more brutally it’s done the better. No matter what the cost, the Union will and must be preserved. Any duly elected state legislature that contemplates secession is committing a crime against humanity, regardless of the will of the people of that state or there intended reason. Federal Authority over the states is supreme, this power can’t be negotiated with or threats to this power tolerated in any way.
At the close of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 18, 1787, a Mrs. Powel anxiously awaited the results, and as Benjamin Franklin emerged from the long task now finished, asked him directly: "Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" "A republic if you can keep it" responded Franklin.
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