The pushback against Trump 2.0 comes as no surprise. His attempt to “bring efficiency” to the FedGov while ending at least some of the corruption and theft is naturally going to be opposed by those who have grown fat with stolen money doled out by government agencies. To say nothing of the millions of government employees. Or the millions of people who have benefited from government welfare: whether “official” welfare recipients or beltway bandits and all the contractors. If they were not screaming so loudly (and calling in the tabs of their corrupt judges), we might worry that is was just another example of playacting.
So far The Donald has not done much to threaten the gun-control machine. Nor a hundred other unconstitutional and immoral operations. And in some cases, efforts have been rolled back. Hopefully temporarily.
Much of this has to do with the fact that generations of Americans have been coddled and cozened into believing that government can save us. Not just that government is essential and can follow different rules from us mere humans. Or the hundred other lies perpetrated by the true beneficiaries of government. And especially those running the agencies and the “private” firms grown wealthy from government largess.
Here is a thought experiment: Go down a street and ask a couple of dozen people “is government responsible for the safety of your children?” Don’t be surprised if most will tell you “yes.” (Don’t argue with them. It’s common to believe this.)
A few months ago, an article by the Associated Press promoted efforts nationwide by parents to see “meaningful” gun control laws passed to prevent tragedies like those in Nashville and Uvalde. The article decries “mixed results.” Using our TPOL (unpatented, uncopyrighted) Regressive Language Interpreter (RLI), this means “gun bans” and “failure to outlaw guns for all but cops and celebrities’ security guards.”
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More about rule by judges and a look at juries
Is a governmental system of rule by judges (called a kritarchy) acceptable? Tolerable? Able to be endured? Better than what we are supposed to have?
In our recent commentary, we concluded that such a system would be intolerable. And what we seem to have morphed into in these Fifty States today, a form of kritarchy, is just as intolerable.
(We are not alone in this idea, though our reasons may be different than that of others. Consider what Craig Paul Roberts wrote: “The incompetent two-bit punk ideologues that Congress has appointed to the bench are hardly to be respected. They are the enemies of justice and the American people. They are currently busy at work overturning the presidential election. Little wonder the ruling establishment let Trump win. They knew that they could stop him cold with the judiciary and move him in their direction with advice that gives him ‘broader perspectives.’ “
Supporters of international progressivism (Communism) claim, “They just didn’t do it right all these other times. But now we know better and will make it work!” There is no doubt that advocates of judge-rule will make the same claim.
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