Barack Hussein Obama makes the argument for moral relativism. Which leads inevitably to moral anarchy. Which in turn will lead to some form of tyranny. Because there WILL BE a moral order.
But really there is no solution short of God in the world. Everything else will fall short because everything else is subject to the agency of men. The form of government established by the founders of this nation is the best that humans have so far conceived. And it is based on limiting government by pitting it against itself in the hopes it would be hamstrung just enough to prevent it from becoming a tyranny. This is because the founders understood human beings and the motivations that spur them to act.
There is no perfect government. There is no fair government and never will be as long as humans reign in the halls of power. There is always controversy, contention and conflict. The only hope for liberty is that the parties involved will work to prevent one another from seizing supreme power. And this depends on a general agreement that the central law (the Constitution) is supreme and means what it says and all parties will be subject to it. Once the parties come to agree that they can make the Constitution mean whatever it is they SAY it means (regardless of what it actually says) our liberty dies. And this is exactly what is happening.
We are now at the point where the Constitution is almost meaningless. The checks are disappearing and the balance of power is shifting more and more towards the central government. At some point all three branches will be dominated by people determined to enforce their vision of what is right and wrong and who are in general agreement as to what that vision will be. At that point the American experiment will end.
Thoughtful post. Thank you.
“Barack Hussein Obama makes the argument for moral relativism. Which leads inevitably to moral anarchy. Which in turn will lead to some form of tyranny. Because there WILL BE a moral order.”
Well said.
“The form of government established by the founders of this nation is the best that humans have so far conceived. And it is based on limiting government by pitting it against itself in the hopes it would be hamstrung just enough to prevent it from becoming a tyranny.”
Thrown off balance by the Marxist law professors. It endured lasted a long time and still just might. But it’s a hard fight.
“Once the parties come to agree that they can make the Constitution mean whatever it is they SAY it means (regardless of what it actually says) our liberty dies. And this is exactly what is happening.”
While we desperately cling to a faint hope in McCain, we will need to fight him tooth-and-nail if he wins. If Obama or Hillary win, we will be demoralized and overrun with dual citizen votes. Checkmate.
“We are now at the point where the Constitution is almost meaningless.”
Ominous times, and the UN salivates over the prospect of a few more leftists in the Supreme Court.