I thought I was the only one with thoughts this dour. I literally fear for the continued existance of this country. Of course, I am branded a whacko if I express it.
You are far from being a whacko... Just prepare for the civil war. I won't enjoy it, but am oddly looking forward to it...
Someday the Sun will go nova. Someday you'll die. Deal with it.
... the enemy within ... the most insidious and deadly ...
too many different sources or groups making a clamor and demands against the good of the nation. We are in a very dangerous time and the fragmentization is increasing. God help us.
Have been reading Allen Drury's Advice & Consent series for the past two weeks. What was inconceivable when he wrote (and we were reading) in the '60s is almost commonplace now. I swear today's democrat talking points come right from the mouths of Frankly Unctious, Fred Van Ackerman, Ted Jason.
The only way this country will "fall" is if good people do nothing.
I don't see that happening. I see good people all over this country standing up and pushing back against the evil influences trying to divide and destroy America.
GOD did not establish America so it could "fall".
Countries on the short list, for me: Philippines, many of the eastern Europe countries (such as devoutly Catholic Poland), any place where homosexuality is frowned upon and Christianity is more than thinly tolerated.
Believe me, you are not alone. There are many of us who feel the same way.
Here's a similar essay:
The founders didn't have any "vision". They were classically educated men born into the culture of English Common Law. They set about to create a government that would lesson or minimize the dangers that all Republics face.
They failed. We should admit that. The Articles of Confederation actually offered a far better bulwark against a central government. It is time to admit that the Constitution itself is a deeply flawed document and has over and over lent itself to centralizing philosophies, some very different from each other- but at the end of the day- the Constitution, as a document that protects our liberties and restricts government power- has failed- or actually we have failed.
That we have any semblance of liberty or freedoms left is merely because culturally some things are still taboo for our government to do, but with poor education even those taboos are fast disappearing- like "freedom of the press". Further- that our current federal power isn't more repressive is only because it doesn't feel the need to be. Certainly nothing is stopping it from becoming more repressive if it so wants- especially not a piece of paper like the Constitution.
It is, after all, a piece of paper. In order for it to work, the habits and mores of a free citizenry are needed. We have neither the habits or mores any longer much less the education or even basic historical understanding that all the founders expected every voter to have (and they didn't expect voters to be everyone who achieved the stunning accomplishment of managing to live to their 18th birthday.)
What should be done? If you mean "action" of a collective national sort to "save" or "Restore" the Constitution I would have very little faith in such a movement. In fact it is doomed to fail. I basically distrust any large political organization, even one dedicated to "Restoring the constitution". Generally- large orgs or movements like that offer the excuse to not really do anything yourself.
Plus I feel the inevitable is the inevitable. Macro historical forces can't be altered. It is vanity to try. Basically what we all should do- is focus on the micro- forget about DC, forget about "restoring the constitution", heck- forget about even getting a flat tax. Not going to happen. DC will sooner fall and burn before the Constitution ever means what is says again.
Instead? Run for town selectman. Deal with the pot holes. Join your church group- make your presence known on the local level. Do what you can to be a decent person who upholds the values of a free person. Lead by example in your daily lives. Look to the physical world directly around you- real people- and engage that world. Don't waste your time and energy on Macro events.
Create a world and network around you that will protect you from the maelstrom to come.
I am glad to see that people are worried for our country (as am I), but I refuse to let worry turn into fear. If I had lived in the 1970s and late 60s I would have thought the same way, and it took a great man named Ronald Reagan to help turn our country around.
The conservative movement is stronger today than it ever has been (since arguably the founding of the country). Unfortunately, success oft times breeds "progressive" thought and hard work, gumption and all the things that made America great fall by the wayside.
Things are not so bad in my opinion that we have reached the abyss (yet). And if we do, then perhaps that's a good thing. A little revolution now and then is not entirely bad :)
As long as there are people like those on Free Republic, there is hope for the future. And it appears as if God truly has blessed this country. Whenever we have faced a challenge, the right people seem to be in power.
I certainly wouldn't consider you a wacko - but I do understand why you'd say that. I think a lot more people have that fear than are realized right now, but due to the branding of such opinions, it's held quite close to one's chest.
>>I thought I was the only one with thoughts this dour. I literally fear for the continued existance of this country. Of course, I am branded a whacko if I express it.<<
The Sky is Falling - the Sky is Falling. Nonsense. The Roman Empire is doing just fine. Rome will never fall cuz it never has. End of brilliant argument.