... government systems are all about power and control.

Agreed.

Our Consitutional Republic is designed to create power from We the People, from the ground up.

That is the theory. More importantly, the Constitution (a) created the federal government, (b) detailed its authority, and (c) limited its authority to that which was specifically delegated.

Any power not expressly granted to the federal government in the US Constitution is reserved for the States.

... or the People (see: 9th Amendment and 10th Amendment -- the 9th is the one everybody wants to pretend is not there).

As we all know, democracy gets thrown around all the time as a representative government of the people. Ture democracy creates a tyranny of the majority and the minority loses all rights, as the majority can simply "vote" for whatever they want.

Right. Democracy is nothing more than 51% dictating to the other 49% what the "law" is on any given day, subject to change whenever 51% can make it so.

There is nothing at all that is stable in a true democracy, which is why the world's first democracy in the city-state of Athens was constantly changing policies.

Communism, Marxism, and Socialism, are all nearly the same thing and they seek power by placing it with a select number of people.

Technically, communism is "communal ownership," which could take the form of Marxism or something else.

Socialism, again, is a vague term with different definitions, depending on who you ask. So, the term itself is meaningless, and something more specific needs to be used to describe the concept that someone is attempting to explain.

Fascism is when government and big business collude to achieve power and express their power.

That is a definition that has been used, but "crony capitalism" could also use this definition.

I would argue that we have crony capitalism, whereby "capitalists" (in name only -- they are not true free market advocates) get rich via big government contracts and protection when things are going well, and then get bailed out by big government when they screw up and face bankrupcty.

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, is not particularly brilliant. He screws up BIG TIME, but gets bailed out by Congress and/or Federal Reserve.

That is an idiot in a crony capitalist system, not a genius.

In a free enterprise system, he would have gone bankrupt long ago.

In my opinion, what we saw during the pandemic, and even now, is an expression of Fascism.

It was just straight-up tyranny. Certainly, big business and big government -- along with non-governmental organizations (WHO, WEF) -- teamed up to destroy human rights of millions of people.

Fascism, per se, has always been associated with nationalism, and what we saw in 2020-2022 was not at all anything to do with nationalism.

It was globalism, which is a form of communism, which is what the original fascists were fighting against.

I would call it crony capitalism, which is also a form of communism, but with fatter bank accounts.

Adam Smith wrote "Wealth of Nations," but he never mentioned "capitalism." He wrote about "free markets."

It was Karl Marx who wrote about "capitalism" as the antagonist of communism.

Ultimately, it is TYRANNY that we have to fight against, whatever labels might otherwise be used.

[They] constantly try to change the definitions of words (e.g. "gay" used to mean happy), so all these terms have been bastardized over the years to confuse the meanings, which is done for the purpose of making it more difficult to communicate ideas (all words are merely our convenient means of expressing concepts).

TYRANNY is the word I would use.

We basically have three types of people in the US right now.

1. Constitutional Patriots.
2. Communists, Marxists, Socialists, Fascists (take your pick).
3. People too dumb to realize what the hell is going on and willing to make decisions based on social media posts by celebrities, or perspectives from their "news" source.

... and ...

4. People who are so apathetic, that they would choose to ignore the light and loud noise at the end of the tunnel because they think it doesn't affect them -- until that train is barrelling down on them and it is too late.

These are the REAL idiots.

At least the celebrity-followers have an opinion, no matter how misinformed, and have some sense of duty to participate in the discussion to one degree or another.

The apathetic are the ones who allow evil to do its dirty deeds.

... government systems are all about power and control.

Agreed.

Our Consitutional Republic is designed to create power from We the People, from the ground up.

That is the theory. More importantly, the Constitution (a) created the federal government, (b) detailed its authority, and (c) limited its authority to that which was specifically delegated.

Any power not expressly granted to the federal government in the US Constitution is reserved for the States.

... or the People (see: 9th Amendment and 10th Amendment -- the 9th is the one everybody wants to pretend is not there).

As we all know, democracy gets thrown around all the time as a representative government of the people. Ture democracy creates a tyranny of the majority and the minority loses all rights, as the majority can simply "vote" for whatever they want.

Right. Democracy is nothing more than 51% dictating to the other 49% what the "law" is on any given day, subject to change whenever 51% can make it so.

There is nothing at all that is stable in a true democracy, which is why the world's first democracy in the city-state of Athens was constantly changing policies.

Communism, Marxism, and Socialism, are all nearly the same thing and they seek power by placing it with a select number of people.

Technically, communism is "communal ownership," which could take the form of Marxism or something else.

Socialism, again, is a vague term with different definitions, depending on who you ask. So, the term itself is meaningless, and something more specific needs to be used to describe the concept that someone is attempting to explain.

Fascism is when government and big business collude to achieve power and express their power.

That is a definition that has been used, but "crony capitalism" could also use this definition.

I would argue that we have crony capitalism, whereby "capitalists" (in name only -- they are not true free market advocates) get rich via big government contracts and protection when things are going well, and then get bailed out by big government when they screw up and face bankrupcty.

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, is not particularly brilliant. He screws up BIG TIME, but gets bailed out by Congress and/or Federal Reserve.

That is an idiot in a crony capitalist system, not a genius.

In a free enterprise system, he would have gone bankrupt long ago.

In my opinion, what we saw during the pandemic, and even now, is an expression of Fascism.

It was just straight-up tyranny. Certainly, big business and big government -- along with non-governmental organizations (WHO, WEF) teamed up to destroy human rights of millions of people.

Fascism, per se, has always been associated with nationaism, and what we saw in 2020-2022 was not at all anything to do with nationalism.

It was globalism, which is a form of communism, which is what the original fascists were fighting against.

I would call it crony capitalism, which is also a form of communism, but with fatter bank accounts.

Adam Smith wrote "Wealth of Nations," but he never mentioned "capitalism." He wrote about "free markets."

It was Karl Marx who wrote about "capitalism" as the antagonist of communism.

Ultimately, it is TYRANNY that we have to fight against, whatever labels might otherwise be used.

[They] constantly try to change the definitions of words (e.g. "gay" used to mean happy), so all these terms have been bastardized over the years to confuse the meanings, which is done for the purpose of making it more difficult to communicate ideas (all words are merely our convenient means of expressing concepts).

TYRANNY is the word I would use.

We basically have three types of people in the US right now.

1. Constitutional Patriots.
2. Communists, Marxists, Socialists, Fascists (take your pick).
3. People too dumb to realize what the hell is going on and willing to make decisions based on social media posts by celebrities, or perspectives from their "news" source.

... and ...

4. People who are so apathetic, that they would choose to ignore the light and loud noise at the end of the tunnel because they think it doesn't affect them -- until that train is barrelling down on them and it is too late.

These are the REAL idiots.

At least the celebrity-followers have an opinion, no matter how misinformed, and have some sense of duty to participate in the discussion to one degree or another.

The apathetic are the ones who allow evil to do its dirty deeds.

... government systems are all about power and control.

Agreed.

Our Consitutional Republic is designed to create power from We the People, from the ground up.

That is the theory. More importantly, the Constitution (a) created the federal government, (b) detailed its authority, and (c) limited its authority to that which was specifically delegated.

Any power not expressly granted to the federal government in the US Constitution is reserved for the States.

... or the People (see: 9th Amendment and 10th Amendment -- the 9th is the one everybody wants to pretend is not there).

As we all know, democracy gets thrown around all the time as a representative government of the people. Ture democracy creates a tyranny of the majority and the minority loses all rights, as the majority can simply "vote" for whatever they want.

Right. Democracy is nothing more than 51% dictating to the other 49% what the "law" is on any given day, subject to change whenever 51% can make it so.

There is nothing at all that is stable in a true democracy, which is why the world's first democracy in the city-state of Athens did not last long.

Communism, Marxism, and Socialism, are all nearly the same thing and they seek power by placing it with a select number of people.

Technically, communism is "communal ownership," which could take the form of Marxism or something else.

Socialism, again, is a vague term with different definitions, depending on who you ask. So, the term itself is meaningless, and something more specific needs to be used to describe the concept that someone is attempting to explain.

Fascism is when government and big business collude to achieve power and express their power.

That is a definition that has been used, but "crony capitalism" could also use this definition.

I would argue that we have crony capitalism, whereby "capitalists" (in name only -- they are not true free market advocates) get rich via big government contracts and protection when things are going well, and then get bailed out by big government when they screw up and face bankrupcty.

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, is not particularly brilliant. He screws up BIG TIME, but gets bailed out by Congress and/or Federal Reserve.

That is an idiot in a crony capitalist system, not a genius.

In a free enterprise system, he would have gone bankrupt long ago.

In my opinion, what we saw during the pandemic, and even now, is an expression of Fascism.

It was just straight-up tyranny. Certainly, big business and big government -- along with non-governmental organizations (WHO, WEF) teamed up to destroy human rights of millions of people.

Fascism, per se, has always been associated with nationaism, and what we saw in 2020-2022 was not at all anything to do with nationalism.

It was globalism, which is a form of communism, which is what the original fascists were fighting against.

I would call it crony capitalism, which is also a form of communism, but with fatter bank accounts.

Adam Smith wrote "Wealth of Nations," but he never mentioned "capitalism." He wrote about "free markets."

It was Karl Marx who wrote about "capitalism" as the antagonist of communism.

Ultimately, it is TYRANNY that we have to fight against, whatever labels might otherwise be used.

[They] constantly try to change the definitions of words (e.g. "gay" used to mean happy), so all these terms have been bastardized over the years to confuse the meanings, which is done for the purpose of making it more difficult to communicate ideas (all words are merely our convenient means of expressing concepts).

TYRANNY is the word I would use.

We basically have three types of people in the US right now.

1. Constitutional Patriots.
2. Communists, Marxists, Socialists, Fascists (take your pick).
3. People too dumb to realize what the hell is going on and willing to make decisions based on social media posts by celebrities, or perspectives from their "news" source.

... and ...

4. People who are so apathetic, that they would choose to ignore the light and loud noise at the end of the tunnel because they think it doesn't affect them -- until that train is barrelling down on them and it is too late.

These are the REAL idiots.

At least the celebrity-followers have an opinion, no matter how misinformed, and have some sense of duty to participate in the discussion to one degree or another.

The apathetic are the ones who allow evil to do its dirty deeds.