Introduction
Throughout the United States many Americans are being forced down the road to socialism; a road that if we venture down, will be difficult to return from. Everyday the government is spending hundreds of millions of your tax dollars all in the name of, “the greater good”, ”economic recovery”, “healthcare for all” or “democracy”. These comments are thrown around by many politicians, politicians who are not Democrats or Republicans, but politicians who are progressives. Progressivism is an ideology that regards the individual as being nothing if the individual’s ideas conflict with the goals of the state. In simpler terms this means the government is more important than you. Politicians will hide behind curtains and say that what they are doing is to better the society or as our President put it, “fundamentally transforming the United States of America”. My question towards the progressives is what are we going to transform to? And why? America is the freest, most prosperous republic ever seen.
Democracy and Republicanism
Today in America, the words’ Democracy and Republic are thrown around interchangeably, but when in reality they are very different concepts. First of all America is a republic, not a democracy and it would be beneficial to know the difference. In a republic everyone’s rights are subject to the law and the government is limited by a Constitution; however in a democracy every citizens rights are subject to majority rule. Within democracies the majority of people are not restrained, if more than half of the people can be convinced to want something, they rule.
Even America’s founders recognized the dangers of democracy; Thomas Jefferson once stated: “A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” In this he is right, if America were a democracy then the law would not apply to all people, but would apply to the people who the majority have decided it should apply to.
For example: In a country that is a democracy, there are two political parties; Party A and Party B. Lets say the population of that nation is 1,000,000 people; 49% of them are registered with Party A and 51% are registered with Party B. If Party B decides to imprison Party A, since they are a democracy, they have the ability to do so. Consider the same scenario in the United States, a Republic: Party A has 49% of the people registered with them and Party B has 51% of the people registered. Party B cannot imprison Party A, because we have a Bill of Rights, where there is rule by law, not by political party and not by majority.
Democracy to Oligarchy and Socialism
In the recent past we have seen nations go from a democracy to a socialist oligarchy. On October 1, 1949, the People’s Republic of China was officially proclaimed under Mao Zedong. Along with proclaiming its establishment, Mao created a new Constitution for the nation, a constitution that described China as, “a democratic people’s dictatorship”. This is what happened in China:
1. The majority supported Mao and his party to rule China
2. Mao Zedong officially proclaimed establishment of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949
3. Government power was used to take land from land owners and give it to peasants
4. Mao Zedong moved to the “second step of socialism”; collectivization and democratization of the economy
5. “To overtake Britain and catch up with America”(in steel and agriculture production) as Mao said, he launched a five-year plan, known as the Great Leap Forward
6. In 1961 the Great Leap Forward was cancelled because of its failure (famine and the deaths of millions)
Make Mine Freedom, the video shown below, warns of the dangers of progressivism:
What is described above can happen in the United States, history does repeat itself. Think about it, the majority supported progressives in the last two elections who spoke of “transforming America”. Then those progressives took over the auto industry, the financial industry, and are now struggling to nationalize the healthcare and energy industries. Stand up America, Save the Republic!
It is also important to note that even though the official name of China was the People’s Republic of China, China was never a republic. In reality, China was a communist state or a state-controlled democratic oligarchy. Nowadays in China, there are ongoing political and economic reforms, which are moving China away from communism.
TEA Party Time
Since our government went out of control and began spending hundreds of billions of dollars on “the greater good” and “the economy”, TEA Parties have been uprising all across the United States. The message is simple: “we want our Republic back”, and we want politicians who have a spine to make decisions for the individual, not the collective. We also want low taxes, less government, more freedom, free and fair elections, and the ability to sink or swim on our own without government intervention. Is that so much to ask for? We had it in 1776, when our nation was founded. Where did those principles and values go over the years?
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