Political parties- Should we have political parties?
Media
Public education
Career politicians
Third parties not winning- If we should have them is the two party system holding us back
Other-explain
Everyone has their own opinion so I think we start somewhere to address the issue.it
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The regulatory state. ( Administrative agencies.)
Didn't even see the pole, my bad .
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Other: because of the Constitution.
Banks.
I think its a combination of political parties and career politicians. Its feels impossible to vote out incumbents due to the many advantages they enjoy. This leads to voter apathy.
I just want objectivity on this forum and will point out flawed sources or points of view at my leisure.
Originally Posted by spudea on 01/15/24
Banks/Empire
Interest thread considering Rand's recent speech on the Bill of Rights. Trump is leading the polls being very anti-first amendment. Voters keep electing politicians whom erode our rights more each year. This country does not hold our government accountable.
I blame lazy voters. They/we have the power to elect officials that believe in limited government but don't.
Polls. That's "Why do we have lost freedoms"
Pfizer Macht Frei!
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The Federalist Papers, No. 15:
Except as to the rule of appointment, the United States have an indefinite discretion to make requisitions for men and money; but they have no authority to raise either by regulations extending to the individual citizens of America.
The fake money system called the Federal Reserve.
“[T]he enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table.” (Heller, 554 U.S., at ___, 128 S.Ct., at 2822.)
How long before "going liberal" replaces "going postal"?
All of the above, and more. But mostly indoctrination in my opinion.
"The Patriarch"
Sheeple.
The worship of the state.
All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.
-Albert Camus
Endless war. Most of the spending goes to fuel our global interventions around the world. Freedoms always decline during periods of war.
All the above.
There is no spoon.
Other:
END THE FED
Unfounded Patriotism
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.
RON PAUL
Winner
The wisdom of Swordy:
On bringing the troops home
On fighting corruption:
Fascism Defined
Agreed. It's not "public" education, it's government schooling. As TJ said, "The natural progress of things is for the government to gain ground and for liberty to yield."
There is no better way for a government to "gain ground" than to teach the nation about their benevolent omnipotence.
"And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works." - Bastiat
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." - Voltaire
Yep.
Public school was formulated to provide compliant factory workers- The Matrix.
Worked pretty good, I would say.
There is no spoon.
CPUd
I picked public education, although I would really say -
Societal and governmental forces that encourage complacency, ignorance and apathy, of which public schooling is the leading culprit.
Partisan politics, misleading or emotional bill titles, and 4D chess theories are manifestations of the same lie—that the text of the Constitution, the text of legislation, and plain facts do not matter; what matters is what you want to believe. From this comes hypocrisy. And where hypocrisy thrives, virtue recedes. Without virtue, liberty dies. - Justin Amash, March 2018
An ignorant populace more concerned with snapchat and Marvel movies than actual issues and responsibilities.
WAIT-
Can't we have Freedom AND Marvel movies????
There is no spoon.
To those who answered "public education"....what excuse do you have for those who went to parochial and private schools who keep making the same dumbass choices over and over and over?
For me, the answer is political parties.
If they are "accredited" they are still part of the state and still have to teach the prevalent lies.
There is no spoon.
I think the blame always comes back to the people.
No matter what system of government you have, or even if you have no government at all, if people exhibit no interest or willingness whatsoever maintain their freedom, they will lose it. Complacency and apathy are good terms for it.
This is getting silly.T.S. Eliot's The Hollow Men
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato
We Are Running Out of Time - Mini Me
Ah, victim-blaming. How not-so-unexpected. :P You realize that by this reasoning a rape victim is at fault for her/his own rape, yes? :P Fail.
All of the above, with public indoctrination taking first chair.
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