Hidden Truth: The Poison of Statism

Canada Free Press ^ | 03/14/15 | Douglas V. Gibbs

[Sean_Anthony]

True enemy is statism and the ideology of statism is being implemented in a fashion of creeping incrementalism

The true enemy is statism. We can argue ideology, Democrat versus Republican, liberalism versus conservativism, or left versus right all we want, but in the end “big government,” especially in a manner that is in direct opposition to the rule of law, and the United States Constitution, is the enemy.

Every issue has its surface arguments, but in the end, the argument always comes down to if the issue is a local or central authority, and how it is being shoved down the throats of the American public.

During the founding of the United States, the people of that era called it “utopianism.” People like Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams and James Madison warned against the excesses of democracy (mob-rule), the schemes of leveling (redistribution of wealth), and communal systems (socialism). Jefferson so distrusted the concept of a central government that he believed there would be a bloody revolution every twenty years (water the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants and patriots). John Adams suspected the two party system would be the death of this nation. Benjamin Franklin warned that only a virtuous society is capable of freedom, and James Madison added that freedom was also dependent upon the people being educated in the matters of government and their republic. The specter of statism existed in that time, peering into the system through the eyes of people like John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and John Marshall. Anti-federalists like George Mason warned of what would become of the United States if the fires of liberty were not maintained by the people, and if the citizens became complacent in their relationship with the federal government.

[john drake]

We’re in the fourth quarter of the game, maybe five minutes left, before the statists pull a major power grab, over reach, and then maybe, maybe, the skirmish begins. They either back off and we start the push back to reducing government, or it turns into a full blown street fight. Either way, something’s gotta give. Most people are sheep regardless, and will roll over because they either ignore or enjoy being lied to and have their costs covered as long as “the other guy pays”.....hence the cycle. We’ve had a good run for the past couple of hundred years, although creeping government expansion, intrusion, regulation, taxation and loss of freedoms continued unabated. Either way, we attempt to live free, or die trying. Again and again and again.....

[sparklite2]

Are we libertarian yet?

[spintreebob]

Conservatives make stupid mistakes in thinking that a big government solution will work as intended. everify is a good example. Will giving the government the power to tell a private employer whom he can and cannot hire actually be used as intended? Or will it be used to impose a diversity agenda on employers?

Will NCLB really be used as intended? Common Core started as cooperation between states. How long did it take for the central government to grab control and tie federal funding to its interpretation of what it is?

The Bushes are the perfect example of not understanding how good intentions are abused. But Ted Cruz and Rick Santorum and others also have this blind spot where they propose a good idea, not realizing what it will become in a few years.

[justa-hairyape]

Would take it a step further. Statism is the devil. Plain and simple. It takes a village to destroy a village. Statism killed 100 million last century. How many will it kill this century ?