Therein the greater risk. As I wrote, such exercise of power left unchallenged has a way of leading to more of the same. Some precedents are impossibly dangerous, and yet doing nothing is at least equally so, if not more.
What does one do when the population is so indescribably ignorant on the average, so divided, so apathetic, corrupt, cowardly, and greedy that they cannot or will not come together in agreement on the most basic elements of how life shall be? What does one do, given all that plus the fact that there are vested interests so deeply entrenched and accessing of the real power of the throne, so to speak, that not only can they set into motion that which we all claim to hate, but nobody will step up to put it to ends?
How much can a president really do in this context? How much can he do when Congress is so basically corrupt that men like Paul, Massie, and Amash constitute a proportion suggesting of a mosquito's fart in a hurricane for influence and the power to bring "real" change? That is why I brought up the notion of martial law as being the LEAST UNLIKELY path to the end in question. They are all unlikely. None of them seem very hopeful at all, but martial law seems the least hopeless... which is really saying next to nothing.
That all said, a truly good man in proper control of himself, given the minimal conditions, could perhaps pull off such a move. But once again, the precedent will have been set such that we all pretty well know that the next time a president will deem the situation sufficiently dire, he will repeat the performance. That might be OK, but what if it were another Obama who decided that we are at such a pass that we can no longer afford the BoR? We MUST have socialism for the greater good. He pulls that rabbit out of his ass and then where are we? Dangerville. Slavetown. $#@!itsburg. We're done.
And yet, to continue this way... are we any better off, as the general population becomes ever softer, more ignorant, and corrupted?
It would appear that the death spiral of an empire might be something that cannot be avoided due to the precise nature of the human animal. There are many examples of it, Rome not the least among them. They knew what was happening and still did nothing substantive to stop it. I wonder whether there is some superconscious aspect of the race of men that work subliminally and that actually wants its own destruction. How else does one explain what we see today? The world is literally gone mad and all we do is sit at our keyboards and talk about it as Theye continue to push us daily another inch toward a precipice that leads nowhere I would call "good".
It would be great to see Americans come to mass sense and put this to bed in a peacefully forceful manner. But we are not doing it. We sit, Theye act. How can anyone not think that this is going end poorly for the vast majority of us, if not all? Seriously, I'd like someone to show me a path forward, given the status quo and the current trends that doesn't end in our destruction, whether physical or "merely" circumstantial. Would anyone here suggest that Theye have a grand plan that will provide for us all lives of freedom and ease and prosperity? How does what we see lead to a better world, rather than one even more determinedly bent toward death, poverty, disease, and abject misery? Perhaps I am blind?
Site Information
About Us
- RonPaulForums.com is an independent grassroots outfit not officially connected to Ron Paul but dedicated to his mission. For more information see our Mission Statement.
Connect With Us