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Friends of Liberty,
It wasn't always certain that the states would be as united as they are today. In An Empire Wilderness, Robert D. Kaplan explains that James Madison, one of the authors of the Federalist Papers, envisioned America as "an enormous geographical space with governance but without patriotism, in which the federal government would be a mere 'umpire,' refereeing competing interests."
Much of the current conflict among possible friends of liberty could be avoided (it seems to me) if we could accurately identify friends from foes.
I have yet to read the whole article above, and I may pass it off, since the tone of that article, to me, smells rat like.
I say it smells rat like in the sense of smell referred to by Patrick Henry when he smelled a rat, or so the story goes, back in the days of liberty - before The Constitution.
If I say to you, or to anyone, that "The Constitution" usurped Liberty in an otherwise freer America - the knee jerk reaction might be the word "No".
No, Joe, you are wrong since "The Constitution" is our protection against usurpations of Liberty.
Why jerk the knee?
What has knee jerking produced so far?
To that question I call upon the subject of James Madison. He jerked his knee, wrote the Federalist Papers (the ones not written by the Nationalist named Alexander Hamilton - who disguised his "nationalism" behind a false flag of "federalism"), and later, later on after knee jerk federalist paper euphoria, James Madison saw the light.
James Madison went from a proponent, all blind with colorful language, promises of paradise, and other lies, went from a proponent of The Constitution to somewhat of a skeptic - certainly not as skeptical as, say, Patrick Henry.
Reading Patrick Henry, as a critic of the nationalism being paraded around as "federalism", in that day, reading his predictions of "what will be" if that "Constitution" were ever to be enforced, God forbid, reading those predictions is to read what is.
Patrick Henry warned us, we (the true friends of liberty), for the most part, didn't listen.
James Madison came around. You can too.
What follows the knee jerking "No" shouted in my direction (which has happened in actual reality, in public meetings, as all heads turn at once and shout in unison, and I have a witness, it isn't recorded for viewing on YouTube, but it is true) is, what follows the "no" is, politics.
Why resort to politics?
Power is the answer. There is power in numbers.
Now, friends of liberty, guess what the Nationalist feared the most?
Did they fear the rabble, the insurgents, the rebels, and the ignorant masses, or just the ignorant masses?
You may be as wide eyed (in wonder) as I was when I read how the Nationalists managed to get their "Constitution" enforced into law.
Well...the story continues doesn't it?