The greatest American generation, without a doubt, is
the original – the founding. Many would
have us believe the WWII generation deserves that moniker. I disagree.
I’ll give them their due in defeating totalitarianism in Europe and
Asia, but they helped to install a thugocracy right here in America by expanding
the central government at the expense of individual liberty and our federalist
system.
They were Progressive Era babies indoctrinated by a political
and social movement that eschewed limited government and embraced an
administrative state. The American spirit
of community, as marveled by Tocqueville, was rendered antiquated and
inefficient for the dynamism of a modern age.
Progressives believed government at all levels – especially the federal –
could address the ills of society more efficiently than ordinary, motivated citizens. Populism and democracy was all the rage. Our founding fathers would have been
horrified.
States lost
representation in Washington D.C. with the advent of the 17th
Amendment. Populism would imbue the
upper chamber along with the House of Representatives.
Senators no longer feared censure from their State’s
legislature, or a recall. He could act
with impunity until Election Day, six years hence. That gives him plenty of time to raise money
from special interest groups that don’t necessarily have his State’s best
interest in mind.
Populism expanded under the WWII generation. LBJ’s Great Society was implemented to
address the plight of the poor. We now
know this government initiative is a failure and has devastated the black
community. The War on Poverty is the
biggest defeat the United States has experienced to date, yet, we still throw
trillions of dollars at an age old problem that will never go away.
Populism, once again, was forced upon the
States. They lost their constitutional prerogatives
when a progressive Supreme Court dictated the makeup of their
legislatures. Here is an excerpt from
one of my earlier blog post:
One of those considerations was meddling in States’
elections. A series of Supreme Court rulings dating back to the 1960’s
subverted the political process by retarding the rights of a State’s self
governance. These judges – this priestly class – molested
federalism by dictating the manner with which States’ shall choose their
senators and representatives. This was by no means a federal
consideration. This was purely local.
The rulings in question
are Baker v. Carr, Reynolds v. Sims, and Wesberry v. Sanders. The Supreme
Court fundamentally changed the legislature of States by dictating their
districts and how they were to be represented. Basically, rural citizens
were to be dominated by urbanites. Degenerate values that breed on city
streets would emanate from state capitols and spread throughout the
countryside.
More importantly, this
reconfiguration would benefit a political party that advocates centralized
government. Having Democrats dominate state legislatures, they would draw
districts that marginalize hard working, liberty loving citizens while packing
federal congressional districts with teat squawkers, who are looking for an
agent that would steal from his neighbors
Populism has gained more ground and is now a threat
to the republic. Progressives no longer
value citizenship. They advocate for the
rights of illegal aliens at the expense of their constituents. Hell, some of them want to grant these
invaders the right to vote. Congressmen,
such as Luis Gutierrez, openly declare their allegiance to foreigners who have
no regard for American sovereignty, laws, or citizens.
How can a congressman get away with this flagrant
hostility to the American creed? The answer
is the Census has configured illegal alien diasporas into a State’s
population. Congressional districts are
then forged to cater to these people. They
have just as much representation in the halls of Congress as an American. Here is an excerpt from The Center for
Immigration Studies:
This hearing is going to discuss one of
the most often overlooked, but nonetheless important, effects they have: on
political representation. If you take nothing else away from my testimony, it
should be that allowing in people, even as guest workers or just tolerating
illegal immigration, has board ranging effects. These effects include such
things as the redistribution of House seats. For example, if we take the 11
million illegals already here and grant them temporary status, the Census in
2010 will still count them, and seats will still be apportioned to states based
on their presence. On the other hand, if we enforce the law and make most
illegals go home, this too will have apportionment consequences in 2010. In our
discussion of immigration, therefore, we should not compartmentalize its
various impacts; instead, we must recognize the broad implications of
immigration on virtually every aspect of American life, including apportionment.
Populism
doesn’t recognize citizenship, nor does it accept the boundaries of a
constitutional republic. Populism becomes totalitarianism; it is a killer of democracies.
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