You may have seen something like this:
These days, that sentiment can apply to Americans in general – except that Congress is a worse boss than this cute little rock. Indeed, all things considered, the current Congress competes with the most stupid and disastrous regimes of history: Belteshazzar’s Chaldean Empire? Louis XVI’s Kingdom? The Weimar Republic? The Russian Constituent Assembly of 1917?
The recent debt deal reminds us of not just how worthless Congress is, but how dangerous it is. The talk show hosts bemoan the average American’s loss of trust in government – and that is true. And Congress and the White House have done it themselves. (Not that the Nine Nazgul and their inferiors haven’t also assisted.)
Yet too many American individuals, families, companies, and other groups continue to take their orders. Why? Everyone has their own ideas.
Is it that more and more people are unwilling to take responsibility for anything more important than changing their sex, what to drink, smoke, inject, or ingest? (Yes, being sarcastic here, folks.) Is it that Americans (like much of the rest of the world, perhaps) are so afraid of the FedGov that they bow their heads and kneel in front of their self-appointed masters?
What’s the alternative to the American Congress? A true “democratic” government, not a “representative democracy?”
In a recent survey conducted by the supposedly “nonpartisan” Pew Research Center, 76% of respondents said they have “little or no confidence in the wisdom of the American people in making political decisions,” up from 62% in 2021. There was also an increase in people who said the country cannot solve many of its important problems, from 41% last year to 56% this year.
Oops.
What else?
As much fun as people make today of Adolf Hitler, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Francisco Franco, are people so desperate for a “man on a white horse” that they are willing to willingly submit? Well, there aren’t many people in Congress who have as much charisma and skills (yes, skills!) of any of those historical monsters. Look at the pictures of powerful Senators and Representative and tell yourself “Oh, yes, I’d follow them into battle in a heartbeat!” Or for the more crass, even ask, “Would I follow any of these people into a whorehouse or a saloon?”
Did not, and do not, many people see The Donald as such a figure? Certainly many people seem to think that of De Santos of Florida. And clearly the People’s Republic of California view Newsom that way.
News for folks like this: in the fairly short term, men (or women) on a white horse generally leave their countries in far, far worse shape than it was: Napoleon after about 16 years, Hitler after 12 years, and some might add Vlad Putin to that list. The Third World has an entire encyclopaedia of such: we generally find Americans (and most of the First World) can only name a few: Peron, Castro, and Baby Doc, for example.
The problem, of course, is that with a system like mandatory, coercive human government, such failure is the typical result: the only variable is how bad the failure is.
The answer? Liberty. Freedom and personal responsibility. Self-government.
About TPOL Nathan
Follower of Christ Jesus (a christian), Pahasapan (resident of the Black Hills), Westerner, Lover of Liberty, Free-Market Anarchist, Engineer, Army Officer, Husband, Father, Historian, Writer, Evangelist. Successor to Lady Susan (Mama Liberty) at TPOL.
The Price of Liberty 
Congress – even a rock would be better?
You may have seen something like this:
These days, that sentiment can apply to Americans in general – except that Congress is a worse boss than this cute little rock. Indeed, all things considered, the current Congress competes with the most stupid and disastrous regimes of history: Belteshazzar’s Chaldean Empire? Louis XVI’s Kingdom? The Weimar Republic? The Russian Constituent Assembly of 1917?
The recent debt deal reminds us of not just how worthless Congress is, but how dangerous it is. The talk show hosts bemoan the average American’s loss of trust in government – and that is true. And Congress and the White House have done it themselves. (Not that the Nine Nazgul and their inferiors haven’t also assisted.)
Yet too many American individuals, families, companies, and other groups continue to take their orders. Why? Everyone has their own ideas.
Is it that more and more people are unwilling to take responsibility for anything more important than changing their sex, what to drink, smoke, inject, or ingest? (Yes, being sarcastic here, folks.) Is it that Americans (like much of the rest of the world, perhaps) are so afraid of the FedGov that they bow their heads and kneel in front of their self-appointed masters?
What’s the alternative to the American Congress? A true “democratic” government, not a “representative democracy?”
In a recent survey conducted by the supposedly “nonpartisan” Pew Research Center, 76% of respondents said they have “little or no confidence in the wisdom of the American people in making political decisions,” up from 62% in 2021. There was also an increase in people who said the country cannot solve many of its important problems, from 41% last year to 56% this year.
Oops.
What else?
As much fun as people make today of Adolf Hitler, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Francisco Franco, are people so desperate for a “man on a white horse” that they are willing to willingly submit? Well, there aren’t many people in Congress who have as much charisma and skills (yes, skills!) of any of those historical monsters. Look at the pictures of powerful Senators and Representative and tell yourself “Oh, yes, I’d follow them into battle in a heartbeat!” Or for the more crass, even ask, “Would I follow any of these people into a whorehouse or a saloon?”
Did not, and do not, many people see The Donald as such a figure? Certainly many people seem to think that of De Santos of Florida. And clearly the People’s Republic of California view Newsom that way.
News for folks like this: in the fairly short term, men (or women) on a white horse generally leave their countries in far, far worse shape than it was: Napoleon after about 16 years, Hitler after 12 years, and some might add Vlad Putin to that list. The Third World has an entire encyclopaedia of such: we generally find Americans (and most of the First World) can only name a few: Peron, Castro, and Baby Doc, for example.
The problem, of course, is that with a system like mandatory, coercive human government, such failure is the typical result: the only variable is how bad the failure is.
The answer? Liberty. Freedom and personal responsibility. Self-government.
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About TPOL Nathan
Follower of Christ Jesus (a christian), Pahasapan (resident of the Black Hills), Westerner, Lover of Liberty, Free-Market Anarchist, Engineer, Army Officer, Husband, Father, Historian, Writer, Evangelist. Successor to Lady Susan (Mama Liberty) at TPOL.