RE: Words Matter
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Sorry if I'm not always able to reply, each post is a great thesis on it's own :D but I do enjoy reading them!!
I for sure hear your concern and agree with it. One of the issues I have with it is that although he is openly saying it, the Biden camp previously did not say it yet enacted as much control as possible. What is worse, overt or covert?
Perhaps in the long-term the overt reduces the semblance of what people think is a government, being people in suits who are formal and respectful. These days, it is anything but.
I vehemently disagree with the rule-by-dictate style that he is doing, because sure I agree many of the policies being used, however the most insidious aspect is when the shoe is on the other foot and the psychos who wanted to lock us all down and force us to take experimental injections get that type of control. Is this the calm before the storm, in that he is the facade ahead of the real totalitarian state, enforced by AI?
For sure a lot of crazy things to think about in these times! We have sadly come far from the rule of laws and congress doing the things that are enumerated in its powers, the same as judicial and executive.
A scary thought about the judicial side of it is more cases are being dismissed now than ever before, all citing a supreme court ruling I forget the details but seemingly almost like "this is a waste of my time" instead of giving people their day in court.
What will the fate of the future be?!
I am relieved to hear that you do not want rule by fiat. Where we disagree is in the degree of danger.
Government has too much power. I don't want my phones tapped. I don't want my property seized by a police officer because of a minor offense. I don't want the government telling me how to educate my children. However, the overt power grab of the current administration is a degree beyond where any other administration has dared to go. At least prior administrations acknowledged the power of the courts. They may have tried to get around the courts, but ultimately the courts prevailed. Previous administrations did not seize people off the streets and disappear them. Previous administrations used the power of the purse to influence universities, but did not actually take them over.
It is the brashness, the naked power grab, that terrifies me. There are no limits. Indeed, I wonder if by writing these words I may not some day be called to account. That's scary.
So sorry I write a lot. I appreciate your response and do not expect another. I wish you and your family good fortune. I wish that for all of us.