I wish I could offer a credible argument to disagree about our environment, but I can't.
As a military brat and retired Army officer, I was raised on Horatio Alger/Norman Rockwell values and images of America and have been truly cut to the core with the decline of our once great country. Perhaps I was sheltered and America never was that way, but lost dreams are always painful. And so, although not a strident Trumpist, I am MAGA.
I infer from your argument that we could agree that the fault does not lie with one party.
Economically, I believe the decline began with Lincoln but recognize others may reasonably choose another start point. We really set the stage for our current big government dependency under the socialist and populist influences of Roosevelt and Huey Long.
Socially, I believe the decline began with Dewey's education reforms that changed education from providing what some have termed "the furniture of the mind" intended to equip an informed citizenry to an assembly line process designed to produce industrial workers.
Politically, I believe the decline, and the energy that amplified and built (or destroyed as you may describe it) on the others, was the advancement of the Frankfort School, integrating socialist/communists into our intellectual environment. Socialism and identity division are destroying us. In my observation, we used to recite the Pledge and really aspire to be One Nation. We no longer even pretend to that aspiration. That identity separation and segregation stem from the Marxist philosophies.
Finally I will say that as a (somewhat fundamentalist) Christian, I abhor the decline of moral values. We were founded on Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian values. As we have thrown those away, those we have lost our national soul.
The weight of all this has pushed us down the slippery slope of ruination. This has happened over a long time, under leadership from both parties. The one place I might modify your view of the political landscape is to say that I believe there are three political parties - hard left, hard right and confused middle trying to hang on. The hard left and right can - usually don't, but can - play a long game. The middle is constrained to a short term focus just to survive and consequently, if they are even paying attention, get tossed to and fro.
So where does that lead me wrt Gaetz? Bomb throwers like him - and again, the left has their own set - do nothing to unite us. Self servedness and preening for a camera shot and sound bite do nothing to advance any agenda but his own. Please do not mistake this as a call to capitulate - strong conservative leaders are necessary to attack each of the pillars of our destruction and reclaim our country. But conservatism in the service of our people requires accomplishments, positive movement. Gaetz has never been on that side of the ledger. A petulant child demanding immediate gratification is merely distracting the adults in the room - if there are any.
...I believe there are three political parties - hard left, hard right and confused middle trying to hang on. The hard left and right can - usually don't, but can - play a long game.
This is just my humble opinion...
The dichotomy that the media and the cabal want us to believe is that we have a two party system and we must choose a side.
The "two party" system has been around since our nation's Founding. Thomas Jefferson felt the party system would lead to the death of our nation. When Alexander Hamilton created a party to gain influence and a coalition to establish the central banking system, Jefferson realized the only way he could stop him, or at least counter Hamilton, was to create a party of his own.
So here we have a Founding Father adamantly against political parties, creating a political party out of necessity. So the party system was both warned against and embraced since the beginning. Different parties have come and gone. We have mostly had a two party system. Third parties have been tried, "Bull Moose," and mostly failed to win majorities and performed as spoilers to one of the two leading parties more often than not.
Since the Civil War we have had two main factions battling for control back and forth. Whenever third parties are brought up they are quickly cast aside for the reasons above. It's very difficult to beat the two parties because when it comes down to the very survival of the two parties, they will work together to remove any threats.
For example, had Trump run as a 3rd Party candidate in 2016, the RNC and DNC would have coalesced to defeat his 3rd party and remove the "cancer" from their dual system.
Wisely, Trump chose to run as a member of the RNC and take the party over from within. Politically, Trump is middle of the spectrum, pragmatic, and focused on all American's first, before serving other nations.
Somewhere between WWII and the 1990s America's largest companies grew well beyond the nation's borders. These Fortune 500 type companies became global companies and their corporate interests became equally aligned to globalism instead of nationalism.
Large multibillion dollar companies have always used money to gain power and influence. As the companies' interests became more global, so too has their influence and interest in directing politicians towards a global view rather than a national view.
Nationalism is the opposite of globalism, and with Trillions at stake for the globalists, they will do whatever is necessary to defeat nationalism. Members of both political parties are bought and paid for. The vast majority are. This is why I feel it is important that Gaetz does not take globalist lobbyist money. That takes guts. It takes great enthusiasm because you have to raise every dollar on your own without receiving checks from influence peddlers.
If I were to take a wild guess, yes just a guess, I would say 90% of politicians are bought and paid for with globalist lobbyist money. Could be less, likely more.
The media and globalist cabal want Americans to think we have two parties for a few reasons.
You can always blame "the other side" when things go wrong.
If you just turn out the vote, you can win. Your vote matters! We are a 50/50 country and turn out wins elections.
The media can fan the flames of extremism and create fear and anger in the population by always referring to the "far right" and "far left" as examples of the whole party on each side. You see this in nearly every article written. For example, most reporters would write something like this:
Far-right, extremist, bomb thrower Matt Gaetz destroyed common sense and moderate negotiations by exterminating Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House."
The media uses inflammatory language like this because it works to agitate the population and create intense anger and frustration. That's what they want. And the media does it over and over, day after day.
Here is what could have been written:
Matt Gaetz, a Republican from Florida, called to Vacate the speaker of the house chair after Kevin McCarthy repeatedly refused to keep his word on promises made to win the speaker role after 15 attempts earlier this year.
The reason the media and global cabal want everyone focused on the two party system is simple in my opinion. They want two sides to fight against each other. The reason they want this is that it keeps the wrath of the people focused on each other instead of DC.
If enough people in our country realize, it's not the other side that is the problem, but it is DC that is the problem, that is when the house of cards falls down.
I believe the largest party in our nation is right in the middle. I believe extremists on both sides are the minorities. There will always be the clueless sheeple bleeting around. But when it comes to parties, I believe the largest party is in the middle.
This party believes in our constitution. We believe in the rule of law. We believe in freedom and the pursuit of happiness. We believe in an honest days work and merit pay. We believe we can rise as high as we want with the freedoms we are born with. We believe God loves us and his providence will save our nation.
When the Founders came out of the Constitutional Convention and Benjamin Franklin was asked, "What do we have?
Franklin replied,
A Republic, if you can keep it.
Every generation since Franklin said that has been asked to keep our republic. We've been through civil war, depressions, crisis after crisis and each generation has risen to the occasion.
I wish I could offer a credible argument to disagree about our environment, but I can't.
As a military brat and retired Army officer, I was raised on Horatio Alger/Norman Rockwell values and images of America and have been truly cut to the core with the decline of our once great country. Perhaps I was sheltered and America never was that way, but lost dreams are always painful. And so, although not a strident Trumpist, I am MAGA.
I infer from your argument that we could agree that the fault does not lie with one party.
The weight of all this has pushed us down the slippery slope of ruination. This has happened over a long time, under leadership from both parties. The one place I might modify your view of the political landscape is to say that I believe there are three political parties - hard left, hard right and confused middle trying to hang on. The hard left and right can - usually don't, but can - play a long game. The middle is constrained to a short term focus just to survive and consequently, if they are even paying attention, get tossed to and fro.
So where does that lead me wrt Gaetz? Bomb throwers like him - and again, the left has their own set - do nothing to unite us. Self servedness and preening for a camera shot and sound bite do nothing to advance any agenda but his own. Please do not mistake this as a call to capitulate - strong conservative leaders are necessary to attack each of the pillars of our destruction and reclaim our country. But conservatism in the service of our people requires accomplishments, positive movement. Gaetz has never been on that side of the ledger. A petulant child demanding immediate gratification is merely distracting the adults in the room - if there are any.
Look forward to any thoughts you might have.
This is just my humble opinion...
The dichotomy that the media and the cabal want us to believe is that we have a two party system and we must choose a side.
The "two party" system has been around since our nation's Founding. Thomas Jefferson felt the party system would lead to the death of our nation. When Alexander Hamilton created a party to gain influence and a coalition to establish the central banking system, Jefferson realized the only way he could stop him, or at least counter Hamilton, was to create a party of his own.
So here we have a Founding Father adamantly against political parties, creating a political party out of necessity. So the party system was both warned against and embraced since the beginning. Different parties have come and gone. We have mostly had a two party system. Third parties have been tried, "Bull Moose," and mostly failed to win majorities and performed as spoilers to one of the two leading parties more often than not.
Since the Civil War we have had two main factions battling for control back and forth. Whenever third parties are brought up they are quickly cast aside for the reasons above. It's very difficult to beat the two parties because when it comes down to the very survival of the two parties, they will work together to remove any threats.
For example, had Trump run as a 3rd Party candidate in 2016, the RNC and DNC would have coalesced to defeat his 3rd party and remove the "cancer" from their dual system.
Wisely, Trump chose to run as a member of the RNC and take the party over from within. Politically, Trump is middle of the spectrum, pragmatic, and focused on all American's first, before serving other nations.
Somewhere between WWII and the 1990s America's largest companies grew well beyond the nation's borders. These Fortune 500 type companies became global companies and their corporate interests became equally aligned to globalism instead of nationalism.
Large multibillion dollar companies have always used money to gain power and influence. As the companies' interests became more global, so too has their influence and interest in directing politicians towards a global view rather than a national view.
Nationalism is the opposite of globalism, and with Trillions at stake for the globalists, they will do whatever is necessary to defeat nationalism. Members of both political parties are bought and paid for. The vast majority are. This is why I feel it is important that Gaetz does not take globalist lobbyist money. That takes guts. It takes great enthusiasm because you have to raise every dollar on your own without receiving checks from influence peddlers.
If I were to take a wild guess, yes just a guess, I would say 90% of politicians are bought and paid for with globalist lobbyist money. Could be less, likely more.
The media and globalist cabal want Americans to think we have two parties for a few reasons.
The media uses inflammatory language like this because it works to agitate the population and create intense anger and frustration. That's what they want. And the media does it over and over, day after day.
Here is what could have been written:
The reason the media and global cabal want everyone focused on the two party system is simple in my opinion. They want two sides to fight against each other. The reason they want this is that it keeps the wrath of the people focused on each other instead of DC.
If enough people in our country realize, it's not the other side that is the problem, but it is DC that is the problem, that is when the house of cards falls down.
I believe the largest party in our nation is right in the middle. I believe extremists on both sides are the minorities. There will always be the clueless sheeple bleeting around. But when it comes to parties, I believe the largest party is in the middle.
This party believes in our constitution. We believe in the rule of law. We believe in freedom and the pursuit of happiness. We believe in an honest days work and merit pay. We believe we can rise as high as we want with the freedoms we are born with. We believe God loves us and his providence will save our nation.
When the Founders came out of the Constitutional Convention and Benjamin Franklin was asked, "What do we have?
Franklin replied,
Every generation since Franklin said that has been asked to keep our republic. We've been through civil war, depressions, crisis after crisis and each generation has risen to the occasion.
We are being asked this same question right now.
Can we keep it?
I will give my life to do so.