THE GREAT MARCH TO TYRANNY: IS IT INEVITABLE?

It does not take a great mind to understand that, by its very nature, government is destined to grow. As human beings are organisms, the organic properties in human creations should be considered.  And government is a human creation.

For most who are engaged in one sort of undertaking or another, being part of that undertaking mimics an organic process, whereby  more time and effort are devoted  as attempts are made to  justify the existence of the undertaking by drawing in  others to its activity.  By this means, an organism grows, and, by growth, it is justified. Just like an amoeba, it enlarges and divides. So it is with government.

Legislators see their end all and be all as legislating.  If one is legislating, one is working for the passage of more laws.  More laws naturally lead to more regulation and more government.  And freedom inexorably suffers.

Chief executives in the modern era devote themselves to their "legacies."  One desires to have a prominent place in the annals of history, owing to a great achievement in the aggrandizement of prominence and power for government.  In effect, legacies grow government.

As government grows, bureaucracies grow.  After all, there must be regulators who regulate by establishing regulations for legislation and the legacies that prompted the legislation.  And, eventually, it always seems that the bureaucrats are subsuming the prerogatives of those who pass the laws in the first place.  And how ma
 legislative movements can you think of that have been devoted to nullifying laws?

And, if all else fails, there is always the judiciary, which has had a tendency under the left to act as an efficient conduit to change.  Yes, court packing schemes, some more discrete than others, invariably work toward growing government and limiting freedom.

Those who designed the oldest functioning written constitution in the history of the world were very much aware that freedom is a very fragile thing.  From top to bottom, the U.S. Constitution is replete with checks and balances, intended to protect ordinary citizens from the excesses of government.  Of course, there are many of a certain political persuasion who loudly proclaim that the Constitution, is a living thing, and should be interpreted in such a way as to allow for "modern" developments.  Some even say that the document is an impediment to providing for the poor and the downcast, as they disguise their own aspirations to monopolize political power.

When rights of the minority begin to be stripped, tyranny is at hand.  During the last week, we have witnessed an historic vote in the U.S. Senate, whereby the right of the minority to filibuster judicial appointments has been taken away.  By this action, the chief executive - with an approval rating in the polls presently resting at 36% - will be able to hammer his left-leaning judicial appointments into place, thus assuring favorable treatment for his legacy in the third branch of government.  In this way, alternative expressions of opposition will be muzzled.

With a left-leaning chief executive marinated in Ivy League Marxism and influenced by the innate anti-Americanism of his family background, power is all or nothing.  After all, the agenda of the far left has always experienced its greatest success in dictatorial environments.  Although support for this president is dropping precipitously, there are still too many of our fellow Americans who are all too willing to surrender freedom for security, not willing to realize that security is a double-edged sword .  Just as Esau surrendered his inheritance for a mess of pottage, too many of us are willing to sacrifice freedom for security.  And, in doing so, they are enabling those who would like for all of us to join them on the great march to tyranny.

Deo vindice!

May God bless Texas, and may the Lone Star State remain forever red!