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The
Circle of Strife
March 10, 2002
It's the Circle of Life
and it moves us all
Through despair and hope through faith and love Till we find our place on the path unwinding In the Circle, the Circle of Life.
-- "The Circle of Life," lyrics by Tim Rice, ã
Walt Disney Co., 1994
Does
it matter what form government takes? There is endless
debate today, as there has been down through the ages, as to what
constitutes the "perfect" form of government.
Western nations today
unanimously tout democracy as the answer, though America's forefathers
specifically eschewed democracy in favor of a constitutional
republic. That was then, however - this is now.
Now the debate really is about
what form of democracy America has assumed, with "by public opinion
poll" being the leading contender.
Historically, theocracies were
the order of the day in most countries, a form of benevolent
dictatorship. Those theocracies have ranged from that uneasy
alliance between church and state evidenced in European empires of
a few hundred years ago to the Islamic fundamentalism at work in Iran
and many other Muslim nations today.
Dictators
have been the order of the day down through history, however,
regardless of the ostensible form that any government has taken.
Dictators have ranged from ruthless individuals (Idi Amin comes to mind) to
committees of the elite, such as those found in most communist
countries, and benevolent institutions (Popes, for example).
Dictators have ruled over mobs (Attila), fascism (Hitler), communism
(Stalin), theocracies (pick your Pope) and democracies (Zimbabwe's
Mugabi comes to mind).
My idea of a dictatorship
is, "You do it this way, and I couldn't care less what you
think." That is, to dictate, pure and simple. I know
that mine is a simplistic approach to things. Call it a weakness.
It probably did not escape your
attention that much of what is going in America today resembles a
dictatorship, given my definition. But, a democracy,
nonetheless. After all, the majority got to choose its
dictator.
Similarly, I view most
everything else, other than pure anarchy (every person for him or her
self), as involving some sort of participation by the people
governed (democracies and Republics being prime examples, with
Britain's parliamentary approach, as practiced today, being a variation
on the Republic theme).
And, no, it is not
contradictory to see participatory governments as being dictatorial -
how do you think Hitler, Mugabe and countless others assumed power in
the first place? Say what you will, it seems that most people
quite simply want to be told what to do at every turn, with
their choicemaking reserved for the more personal things in life - mate,
car, pizza, beer, football team, etc.
The
illusion of choice, as between Republican and Democrat candidates
in America today suffices, just so long as there are 47 brands
of beer in the supermarket aisles. After all, most Americans don't
even bother to vote any more (perhaps in recognition of the lack of
choice).
So, we have democracies
that act like dictatorships and dictatorships that produce greater
personal freedom than any democracy around. Does it really matter
what form government takes? I suspect that it doesn't.
Many will disagree with my take
on things, of course, but that is nothing new.
The
Circle of Strife. I see a pattern repeating itself all
through the fabric of society, down through history. I call it the
"Circle of Strife." And it happens everywhere, it seems,
regardless of the form of government. Simply put, the Circle of
Strife says: freedom fosters tyranny and tyranny breeds
freedom.
Regardless of a country's form
of government, its citizenry is subject to absolute tyranny or
near-absolute freedom, or something in between. And there is a
cycling between the two extremes, seemingly independent of the form of
government extant at any given time.
Only in a truly free country,
as America quite nearly once was, can tyranny be given the space to gain
a foothold and grow. Grow until, like the noxious weed that it
emulates, every bit of freedom is crowded out of existence.
However, then the seeds of freedom left behind (memories, be they actual
or hard wired via some sort of DNA encoding) begin to sprout. And
grow. And flourish. And finally vanquish the tyranny that
went before. Until freedom reigns supreme all over again, creating
space for tyranny once again to gain a foothold. And so it goes.
We create our own opposition,
in other words.
And
revolution does not necessarily mark a shifting of the
pendulum back along the course just traced. The Russian
revolution last century was merely a stopover from the relative freedom
under Russia's monarchy to the nightmare tyranny of the communists that
very nearly destroyed that nation. Trading the devil you know
for the one you don't is not always a good idea.
Men want to be led, for they
always choose leaders, even though that choice sometimes is in
allowing someone to assume control. Men want to be led benignly,
in their best interests. That can happen irrespective of the form
a government might take.
In fact, an argument can be
made that democracy is one of the worst forms of government,
since it always results in a form of mob rule. Two wolves and a
lamb voting about what's for dinner, as they say.
There
always will be a sizable minority in a democracy that gets tyrannized by
the majority, an everpresent fear of America's founding fathers,
which is why they established a constitutional republic, instead.
They knew about mob psychology; how a large group of people sheds its
morality and mindlessly thinks only of its primal desires. Lynch
mobs are the classic example. Welfare and open borders are two of
the results of mob rule, the inevitable result when two out of a group
of three find they can peacefully take the third's wealth by merely
voting it to themselves.
America
truly has become a democracy. The republican (not to be
confused with Republican, a political party that espouses
socialism) safeguards have been abandoned through time, casualties of
Supreme Court lawmaking, congressional sellout and Executive Order.
The order of the day: voting
for which dictator you want, then government leading by following the
polls, the results of which are engineered by the controlled media in
the first place. A form of democracy. A guided democracy.
A dictatorship, if you will.
Make
no mistake about the existence of an American dictatorship,
with the reigns of power held by those who stand in the shadows,
orchestrating the mob to flow in predetermined paths, much as Hitler
used his awesome powers of elocution to hold his mobs in thrall.
And ever-increasing
tyranny, as evidenced by the machinations of John Ashcroft's Ministry of
Homeland Oppression...er, Department of Homeland Defense...the
(anti-)Patriot Act and Bush the Second's neverending war against the
denial of the West its oil. And the fact that America has a higher
percentage of its population behind bars than any other country
in the world. And the formation of a federal police force by the
commandeering of each state's National Guard, together with the
arming of virtually every federal employee with a uniform. And the
ongoing disarming of private citizens. And the implementation of
thought crimes. And the nascent Gestapo now forming up under the
guise of the "Human Rights Task Force."
And...and...and.....
How long before the pendulum
reaches its maximum travel toward tyranny in America and begins to
retrace its steps? How long before all true freedom is snuffed
from existence, leaving only its seeds to germinate in the dark? Must
it be that, like William Wallace, we demand
"Freedom" only with our final breath?
Make no mistake. True
freedom will return to America. What form the government has then
doesn't particularly matter, but a constitutional republic did
work once. It's just a matter of time. It's all a part of
the Circle of Strife.
New
America. An idea whose time has come.
-ed "I didn't say it would
be easy. I just said it would be the truth." ã Edgar J. Steele, 2002 Forward as you wish. Permission is granted to circulate among private individuals and groups, post on all Internet sites and publish in full in all not-for-profit publications. Contact author for all other rights, which are reserved.
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