There are still troops in the streets in Washington, D.C. Are we becoming an occupied country? Well, no, since those troops are our troops. If you somehow think that a democracy, with a constitution that delineates and limits the power of government, where power is vested in civilian authority rather than the military, is less democratic with troops enforcing the power of government, then you are a step ahead.
Right now those in government are acclimating us to accept an active troop presence in our nation’s capital. Saying there’s a risk of violent extremists acting again.
As if there hasn’t been a risk every single day of this country’s existence.
The entrenched Democrats, many of whom have been in DC for 20 years, 30 years, 40 years, are talking in Congress about purging “conservative” news channels from cable. Do you support purging from the public sphere “conservative” media, reporters, presenters, commentators? So you can “feel safe”.
The crushing of freedom sometimes has been through violent seizure of power, such as in the Russian Revolution. Other times, however, it has developed gradually, such as in fascist countries in the 1920s/30s.
Freedom entails risks. “Safety and security” do not. They only cost our freedom. And when freedom is gone, so are the limits on those who have power. Or did Robespierre actually die from natural causes, safe and secure in his bed?
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