Tipping Point
We stand at a tipping point in the evolution of our country. The Pandemic of 2019-2020 has brought significant societal dislocations. Further disruptions have been orchestrated by organizations such as Black Lives Matter and ANTIFA among others. Protests have become violent events oficonaclastic anarchy. Monuments honoring historically notable persons have been defaced, removed or destroyed, ranging from prominent confederate indeviduals to Columbus, various US presidents and even a monument to 9/11 First Responders. It doesn't seem to make any difference who they were or what they did. Civil authority has been usurped in several major cities as protesters have occupied significant portions fo inner citys and excluding all civil authority and emergency services such as Fire an Medical personell. at times through violent confrontation.
State governors and city mayors have allowed these events to happen and have encouraged the protesters and occupiers. They have explicitly refused assistance of any kind from federal authorities. City councils have generally reduced the effectiveness of police , reducing funding, abolishing special crime units and in Minneapolis, disbanding the police department entirely.
The coming election is perhaps more important to the future of the United States than the 1860 election before the Civil War. In his Gettysburg Address, Lincoln described the then raging Civil War as a conflict that would establish that our government or any government, of, by anf for The People " . . . .shall not perish from the earth."
The current unrest is somewhat like another Civil War. The national discussion has moved beyond conflicts over policy, poverty, privilege or civil rights. It is not about abortion rights or the rights of the unborn. It is not about increasing or lowering levels the unemployment or welfare support. It is not about issues involving labor unions and employers. These are all ideas that can be discussed, negotiated, legislated or litigated through the existing framework of our society as it stands now.
This has become about wrecking the structure of the United States as it is structured by the Constitution and its' Amendments. This is anarchy that threatens the existence of the United States as a nation-state.
You may consider yourself a moderate or left of center voter, or even a committed liberal voter, but . . . If the Democrat candidates are elected this fall, from President on down to State and local offices, the country cease to exist. In the twentieth Century, a significant number of oppressive governments have established themselves through an electoral process.
However; If the Republican candidates are elected, from president down to local offices, the country will continue to be. Any societal flaws systemic injustice or dysfunction can still be remediated through the mechanisms that exist.
If you are a committed liberal, a deeply loyal democrat, an independent libertarian, think about what is going on just now. The Democratic Party has been hijacked away from the ideals of President Kennedy President Johnson and Martin Luther King. Anything that you think is wrong with America now can be worked on as we have been doing. This coluntry is very different than it was in 1775, 1860 or 1957. Think of the societal evolution we have undergone since the Millennium. We are moving forward. However, if the Republicans are not strongly supported at every level in the fall, all of that could be swept away in general civil disorder and chaos.
This is no longer a matter of Left-Right, Democrat-Republican or Liberal-Conservative viewpoints in politics. this has become a conflict over the existance of the United States.
Please: think about this before you vote in Novenmber.