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It’s looking more and more like the last days of the old Weimar Republic, isn't it? The collapse of the rule of law and the pass given to thuggery is all you need to tell you what’s coming next:

"On August 9, 1932, the government decreed the death penalty for those convicted of ‘political’ murder. The next night a band of Nazis invaded the home of a Communist worker in the Silesian village of Potempa and stomped him to death, kicking his larynx to pieces. When the killer s were arrested, tried, and sentenced in accordance with the new law, Hitler responded with threats and demonstrations. On Sept. 2, the government gave its answer: the death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. The killers were freed by Hitler next year. "
"The civilized men in the country did not know what to do. In the words of one historian, the moderates voiced desperate "appeals to reason… [But] their techniques were distinctly out of tune with the wild emotionalism that seemed to have gripped a large part of the nation"
"The civility cherished by the civilized men had finally been defeated by their ideas, although they did not know that this was the cause. After years of preaching contradictions and of evading principles with an anti-ideological shrug, these men were astonished to see the nation conclude that man cannot live by principles, that reason is no guide to action, and that anything goes. After years of institutionalizing interest-group warfare, which they had justified as sacrifice or collective service, these men were astonished to see hostile gangs take to the streets and demand one another’s sacrifice. After years of undercutting the mind by preaching the primacy of gentle feeling (whether ‘progressive’, religious, or skeptical), these men were astonished to find that they had nothing more to say, and that there was no one left to listen."
"The moderates were helpless. The authorities were helpless. The killers were taking over. On January 30, 1933, after due attention to every requirement of German law and of the Weimar Constitution, Nazi rule was made official… It took six months for the Chancellor to transform the country into a totalitarian state."
Leonard Peikoff - The Ominous Parallels - 1980

This excerpt from Peikoff's sobering work deserves a thread of its own, as it speaks directly to our present circumstances. For decades now, as Peikoff has said, we have been told by the intellectual elite that "man cannot live by principles, that reason is no guide to action, and that anything goes". We are witness now to that worldview in action as demonstrated by the filth currently infesting the highest offices in the land. We have seen the fruits of 'values-neutral' upbringing in children who cannot even articulate the basic principles of freedom.

Well, folks, it's late in the day and the killers are taking over - it's no longer a question of whether they will or not. The abrogation of the rule of law and the destruction of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution have proceeded apace for years now - and with no signs of slowing down, much less reversal. You are no longer secure in your person or your property.

It is significant that mere mention of the founding documents of this nation is now sufficient to brand you as a 'un-American' or as a dangerous 'extremist'. Now is the time for those us who have not done so to consider where your 'line in the sand' is drawn. When will you stand up and say 'no' to the next intrusion into your lives? When will you resist those who have arrogated to themselves the right to determine the terms of your existence? When will you refuse to sacrifice your lives and your children's lives to the statist monsters who claim them as their 'assets'?

The killers have taken over - and they will eventually come for you...