Brilliant point: "The main goal of those in power is to maintain and increase their control, they don't want to give up power. Their problem with the Bill of Rights is not only that it limits the power of the powerful, but it has provisions that make for a less fearful populace."
A less fearful populace is the one thing that scares these predators. The more awakened the world's people become, the less fear they may feel. The day that the masses' fear is replaced by courage and righteous anger is the day we win this war.
Leftists get power by claiming that if they aren't in control then chaos will happen. But the truth is that control is not the only kind of order. Spontaneous order, resulting from decentralized, voluntary exchange is usually better than a hierarchy of control.
Just after reading your essay, I happened on this 1987 book: "Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government". It's about "...how twentieth-century national emergencies--mainly wars, depressions, and labor disturbances--have prompted federal officials to take over previously private rights and activities..."
Serendipity. I think I'll get the book, sounds like it might provide context for your thinking.
Brilliant point: "The main goal of those in power is to maintain and increase their control, they don't want to give up power. Their problem with the Bill of Rights is not only that it limits the power of the powerful, but it has provisions that make for a less fearful populace."
A less fearful populace is the one thing that scares these predators. The more awakened the world's people become, the less fear they may feel. The day that the masses' fear is replaced by courage and righteous anger is the day we win this war.
Leftists get power by claiming that if they aren't in control then chaos will happen. But the truth is that control is not the only kind of order. Spontaneous order, resulting from decentralized, voluntary exchange is usually better than a hierarchy of control.
Civilization itself developed without conscious control.
Just after reading your essay, I happened on this 1987 book: "Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government". It's about "...how twentieth-century national emergencies--mainly wars, depressions, and labor disturbances--have prompted federal officials to take over previously private rights and activities..."
Serendipity. I think I'll get the book, sounds like it might provide context for your thinking.
Never let a crisis go to waste