Posted on 01/24/2024 8:50:43 PM PST by chickenlips
Concertina wire is razor wire.
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Concertina is a female word.
Razor is a male word.
This is exactly what James Madison feared might happen in 1787 when he wrote about Article IV Section 4 in Federalist #43.
Madison was afraid that states will admit such large numbers of "alien residents" to the point that they become the majority of the people in the state. These people, Madison suggests, would become "an unhappy species of population" living below the average means ("are sunk below the level of men") who ultimately resort to riots and violence to elevate their cause with the purpose of rallying support.
The argument could be made that a tyrannical government might purposely admit such numbers of "alien residents" so they can incite them to riot against the regular order in 2024 the way they got ANTIFA and BLM to riot in the cities in 2020.
From Federalist #43 (James Madison):
...in a trial of actual force, victory may be calculated by the rules which prevail in a census of the inhabitants, or which determine the event of an election! May it not happen, in fine, that the minority of CITIZENS may become a majority of PERSONS, by the accession of alien residents, of a casual concourse of adventurers, or of those whom the constitution of the State has not admitted to the rights of suffrage? I take no notice of an unhappy species of population abounding in some of the States, who, during the calm of regular government, are sunk below the level of men; but who, in the tempestuous scenes of civil violence, may emerge into the human character, and give a superiority of strength to any party with which they may associate themselves.In cases where it may be doubtful on which side justice lies, what better umpires could be desired by two violent factions, flying to arms, and tearing a State to pieces, than the representatives of confederate States, not heated by the local flame? To the impartiality of judges, they would unite the affection of friends.
Madison wrote that "the minority of CITIZENS may become a majority of PERSONS, by the accession of alien residents." Biden is opening the borders to flood the states with alien residents who are thanking him for being here.
Madison asks: "but who, in the tempestuous scenes of civil violence, may emerge into the human character, and give a superiority of strength to any party with which they may associate themselves. Again, Biden's loyal aliens will align with him against the citizens of the states who are blocking border crossings for their fellow aliens from their home countries.
-PJ
You can join up to the age of 67.. must retire at 70.
I’m doomed to be a camp follower.
And so far half of the states are backing Texas so don’t mess with Texas.
Sorry, Colorado is not one of the states joining in with Texas to seal the border.
You might talk to joe. He has said he would be willing to deliver them to the people with one of his shiny new F15s.
Texas has plenty of alligators
The mention of confederate states is spot on! The same radical party that plunged the nation into 'civil war' to defend slavery is now marching us towards a civil war to end the Constitutional order in favor of a globalist hegemony.
I am forced to conclude that the Democrat Party probably should have been outlawed after the first conflict. Rush Limbaugh as well as Mark Levine have stated that the Democrat Party hates their country as constituted. Their history since the 1860s has been disruptive to normal order - KKK, etc. . . . . . . . . . . sigh
bttt
The mention of confederate states is spot on!
First, this was written in 1787, way before the Confederacy of the Civil War.
Second, when Madison writes of "confederate states," he's referring to the Articles of Confederation that was the current organizing document for the states. He's saying that other states in the confederation would join the state being assaulted by the federal government to block the overreach of federal power into the states.
-PJ
As I said: Spot on! You seem to presume that I am unknowing... 🤔
Not necessarily.
I was clarifying a possible confusion for other readers.
You called out "confederate states" and then segued into the Civil War. I wanted to remind readers that "confederate states" in the context of the Federalist papers referred to the states as ratifiers of the Articles of Confederation.
"Confederate" and "confederate states" is used throughout the Federalist papers.
-PJ
Thanks to both of you for teaching me a bit more of our countries history.
Well, that’s a fine how d’ya do!
I was willin’ to ride it to the ground, hootin’ and hollerin’ and wavin’my hat the whole way. :)
It will never happen because, if nothing else, Democrat-Nazis are craven cowards! They slide on the blood of others.
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