Topic: Globalism
A Journey's End "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure..."by Michael
(Libertarian)
Saturday, March 8, 2008
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from that treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship, usually after approximately 200 years.
Democracies have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from great courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependancy and from dependancy back to bondage."
Alexander Tyler
--This was written in 1890 concerning the various historical democracies of Ancient Greece--
there can be little doubt that we currently find our society afflicted with the final symptoms of dependency and upon the threshold of a return to bondage...this time around to be called global governance...
The success or failure of a journey cannot be ascertained until the destination has been achieved.
The judgment of the success or failure of a quest is not made whilst the quest is ongoing, but it is reserved to be made at that final point when the objective of the quest is either achieved or the quest is abandoned and its objective is considered to be either unachievable or nonexistent.
Historically, though it's "successful" period spanned centuries, the great, ancient Roman Empire must be judged as a failure for, however great and impressive it was, it has long ago collapsed and passed from the scene. The quest for an everlasting "Pax Romana" evidently unachievable by those means which were employed during and by the Roman Empire.
The conquistador's quest for the fabled City of Gold in the New World ended in failure. Its objective eventually being realized to be nonexistent.
History is an endless parading pageant of the journeys and quests of the many differing facets of mankind from those of the individual which unfold unto those of the family, the extended family, the tribe, the nation, the world and finally to those of the entirety of mankind collectively, seemingly all different according to the particular place and time yet still all facets of the same stone and inescapably interrelated.
However, we who exist at this point in time do have the potential to use historical perspective as an instrument to gauge the potential, even probable, outcome of some of the current and ongoing journeys and quests which a man and/or associations of men and/or mankind as whole is currently undertaking. Unfortunately it has been a longstanding, even antiquitous, observation that if there is anything constant by nature which is to be learned from the lessons which history teaches it is that mankind does NOT learn anything from the lessons of history--sadly...
...it is perhaps for this reason, i.e. that mankind patently fails to learn from the lessons of history, that the journeys and quests of mankind are destined to patently fail--eventually--sooner or later they all fall victim to the vicious patterns of civilization which are cyclical in nature; the rises and the falls of one form or another of society/government/economics which have come upon the scene, burgeoned, flourished, declined, collapsed and disappeared only to appear again later on in the ongoing historical panorama, perhaps under a different label, for yet another season and cycle to springing again into existence yet destined for eventual demise.
With the advantage of a historical perspective one would think that we could recognize those elements which are indicative of say, for example, a course of fascism and be able to accurately forecast the eventual outcome of a journey or quest undertaken according to the precepts of this particular course based on the advantage which a historical perspective affords, as Alexander Tyler recognized within the democracies of the ancient Greek and Roman city-states certain elements and the eventualities to which they almost invariably led. Historical perspective should indeed give us the ability to recognize a particular course and the luxury to even alter this course if and when we recognize and realize that the eventual outcome--which is all but inevitable--will not be a desirable one.
Yet, the subsequent appearance of something which has in the past failed is never recognized as such. It always comes under the guise of something new and by a new nomenclature or under the auspices of the "bugs" having been worked out of it and hence this time around it will work. No one questions the quest while it is being undertaken--the questioning and reservations come only after-the-fact that it has failed to reach its objective.
This is perhaps man kinds greatest curse, that he can imagine perfection but consistently falls short in his attempt to attain unto it under his own strength and by his own wisdom. He can conceive the theory, but consistently falls pitifully short in its application--this is the greatest threat which the globalists and their New World Order pose. In their hearts they think their intentions are good--and perhaps the intentions are--but it will only be a repeat historical lesson of what happens when wealth and power become concentrated in the hands of a few. Where we have observed this thing historically at sundry times on national scales we stand on the threshold of observing it first-hand on a global scale...and it is indeed alarming!
Indeed, the Founding Fathers of this nation employed enormous, if not phenomenal, historical perspective in the drafting of a form of government which they hoped would guarantee the preservation of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for the citizens of this nation forever. They all had a very real first-hand awareness of the consequences of absolute power in the hands of one man, in their instance it being the monarch of Britain.
Though they had a great sense for the Rule of Law being put to work for the benefit of the citizenry they also had first-hand experience of the equal power of injustice which could be had in the Rule of Law being abused and taken beyond natural right. They or their immediate ancestors had seen the Rule of Law make it illegal for the Scottish to own weapons; make it illegal for traditional Scottish attire and customs to be worn and practiced in an effort to subdue the Scottish spirit and nationalism; even so far as to make it illegal to be named McGregor after the clan McGregor ended up on the losing side of an insurrection against such injustices and abuses of the Rule of Law taken beyond natural right. They and their immediate ancestors had been witness to the monarchy making retro-active laws which criminalized persons for things they had done in the past yet which in the past had not been illegal. Indeed, the Rule of Law is a double-edged sword which, depending upon how it is administered, can be either ultimately beneficial or ultimately dangerous!
Within the current paradigm towards global governance the Rule of Law is being much touted--but this makes me feel none the more secure for the fact! The Rule of Law is only a security when it is undertaken objectively and in subjection to the superiority of natural right which is according to Divine Law which the current powers that be and their Humanistic philosophy do not regard.
The LAW OF NATURE Dictated by God Himself is Superior to any other. It is BINDING OVER ALL THE GLOBE, in ALL Countries and at ALL TIMES. No Human Laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid derive all the Force and all the Authority mediately and immediately from this original.
Upon these Two FOUNDATIONS- The Law of NATURE and the Law of REVELATION depend all Human Laws. Human Laws are only Declaratory of and act in subordination to
DIVINE LAW.
William Blackstone--1723-1780
(This quote is on the wall in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court building-the oldest continuous court in America)
That Life is a journey and/or a quest is a preponderance to which many adhere. A journey has a destination. A quest has a final objective which is hoped to be achieved. Very many subscribe to a belief system and so hold to a hope that there is something more to the meaning of this Life than just this Life itself; something beyond this brief physical existence; a greater design of which we might continue on to be a part after this Life is lived and we exit it in Death.
Yet another great many believe that there is nothing beyond this Life so one must live it to its fullest for it is the one and only chance to be had to do so.
The philosophy of the latter might be summed up in part by this statement:
"Live and learn; die and forget it all..."
The philosophy of the former might be stated:
"Live and learn; die and learn why you had to learn it all to begin with..."
Those who believe that there is more beyond this Life subsequently subscribe to various sets of beliefs and practices which must be adhered to in order to qualify ones self for a position of benefit in whatever lies beyond this Life. To them the reward of what lies in this Beyond outweighs and is of greater value than anything they might have deprived themselves of, according to the aforementioned beliefs and practices, during this lifetime. Such a ones Life is undertaken as a journey which is ruled and governed by precepts which if adhered to will take one to the Ultimate Destination of whatever one believes lies beyond this Life. It is, as it were, a journey undertaken with a well-plotted map in hand which is not to say that the course which is set upon this map is easy to follow or without difficulty, for the whims and vagaries of Life seldom make it such, but still it does set ones course in a particular direction. It is a quest, the objective of which is achieved only after departure from this Life via Death, which gives direction, structure and purpose to such a ones Life. These are like unto well outfitted ships which have sails, rudders and anchors.
Those who do not believe that there is anything more beyond this Life subsequently view the other as something which seeks to restrict their pursuit of pleasure in this lifetime. Their ultimate destination is to seek pleasure and enjoyment for the moment. These are sadly like unto ships which whilst having sails have no rudders or anchors so that the winds of their whims and fancies send them through this Life without direction or purpose other than the pleasure of the moment. Certainly they might have plans and designs beyond the moment; but these are only laid and undertaken in order to secure the pleasure of the moment in their future, both near and distant.
Now I, as being one who subscribes to the belief that there is indeed something beyond this Life; a greater design of which I hope to qualify to be a part (which qualification I feel is contingent upon how I live and what things I do and do not do during this Life), set may sails for this greater destination.
Now this so far has been a discourse on the ultimate destination/objective of the journey/quest undertaken by the individual. But we, being the social creatures that we are, transfer such destinations and objectives beyond ourselves to the family, the extended family, the tribe, the nation and the world. Insodoing we fabricate societies, religions, governments, economies and other such institutions which bring together people in order to pursue and accomplish a common objective which ideally is supportive of the objectives held dear by the individual.
It could hence be said that the ultimate objective of this nation is to secure an ongoing right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for the individual citizens of which the nation is comprised.
Are we to replace this with global concerns? Are we to allow the continuance of a constitutional government that has become unconstitutional in its involvement in global endeavors? The journey/quest is not yet over so it yet remains to be seen...
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Posted By: barry dinthot
Date: 2008-03-08 00:05:54
Athough at points I found it wordy, in the end it was a strangely moving and insightful article (almost poetic in nature) with many threads weaving in and out. Thanks Michael!
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