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Always have, but
The point ... is that time and scale have changed the nature, not just the age and the size, of the United States of America. It has become something the Founding Fathers had tried to avoid... and almost certainly wouldn’t like.but more now.
It was a metamorphic change, not just more of the same thing. But unlike Jesus, who turned water into wine… or nature, which turns an ugly caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly... the change from modest republic to aggressive empire was not necessarily for the better.
The Constitution was twisted into a new shape; like when an alcoholic chaperones a school party after he has had a few drinks, the kids can get away with anything.
The Bill of Rights, too, was run through the wringer. Citizens still have the right to life, liberty, and property – but only to the extent that the feds allow.
They can keep their firearms, for example, but under the Obama Doctrine, the feds can label them terrorists... and kill American citizens.
They still have the right to express themselves under the protection of the First Amendment, unless their opinions are considered “hate speech,” or the feds – or their agents at Facebook and Google – just don’t like what they say.
Your property is still safe, too; but under the doctrine of civil forfeiture, the police can take your money, your cars, and your house... with no due process of law.
Thus, were Americans mugged, mangled, and manacled. And then, the feds hit them in the face with a shovel.
Beginning in 2008, they distributed nearly $4 trillion to America’s wealthy stock- and bond-owners. Trillions more were taken from savers (most of us) by reducing interest rates... and given to big borrowers (corporations, Wall Street, and the feds themselves).
Is it any wonder that ordinary Americans are feeling a little testy?
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