Freedom and Fulfillment 39
Stand-alone Chapter 39 - Constitution Part 4 - Economic Freedom
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Chapter 39 - Constitution Part 4 - Economic Freedom
The great Chinese general and strategist Sun Tzu taught: "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle." (The Art of War, p.11)
The first thing that must be done to help save our constitutional republic is to know our enemies. Failure to identify and understand enemies is ruinous. Mistakenly believing an enemy is a friend can lead to getting a knife in the back.
Most of those who voted for democrats in 2020 did not think that they might be voting for enemies of the Constitution who would quickly move to eliminate free and fair elections (HR 1),[i] freedom of speech and religion (HR 5),[ii] hundreds of thousands of jobs, and affordable energy. Most Biden supporters did not realize that he might quickly make disastrous decisions that would create a crisis at the border, cripple the economy, and cause skyrocketing inflation.[iii]
Yet, in less than a year the Biden/Harris administration did all these ruinous things, and more. And the dumpster fire raged on. The speed of descent from freedom, peace, and prosperity toward oppression, misery, and conflict is stunning.
Sun Tzu said that the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. (p.8) The enemies of the Constitution seem to be tricking millions into voting for them while waging war against prosperity and freedom without firing a shot. In word and deed, they seem to be proceeding with plans to kill economic freedom and replace it with collective control.
In order to maintain the enormous power grabs they were orchestrating, those at the helm attempted to disarm civilians, defund police, and even purge patriots from the military.[iv] Why do you suppose they were so anxious to disarm any citizen or oust any officer who might oppose the Marxist ideology being put into practice? Political philosopher John Locke gave us the answer:
For I have reason to conclude that he who would get me into his power without my consent would use me as he pleased when he had got me there, and destroy me too when he had a fancy to it [and] he who makes an attempt to enslave me thereby puts himself into a state of war with me. (John Locke, The Second Treatise of Government, chapter 3, paragraph 17)
Many of those who were conned into voting for constitution violators appear to be awakening to the fact that they have empowered their enemies—enemies who are in a state of war with the Constitution and those who uphold it.
Potential Solution
Sun Tzu's strategy works both ways. Devious enemies can be defeated by revealing who they are and what they are doing. Sun Tzu taught that all warfare is based on deception (p.2) and our constitutional enemies have been deceiving us for years. But now we can plainly see that their political poison is deadly.
Surely, the best way to save the constitutional republic is for Americans to quickly unite in voting constitutional outlaws out of office. On the other hand, if half the country continues to support constitution violators, the chaos will continue, and we will learn much more than we want to know about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.[v]
© Copyright 2024 Gene Van Shaar
[i] https://www.gingrich360.com/2021/04/10/the-democrats-do-not-want-voting-integrity/?fbclid=IwAR3JuKLE36bX9KHpgu3F8etTeHwn6CSr9oYCQfvXo8N3qJF_aACus5Vjm7k
[ii] https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/16/family-research-councils-tony-perkins-equality-act-egregious-attack-religious-freedom/
[iii] https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-inflation-skyrockets-to-highest-levels-since-great-recession-follows-disastrous-jobs-report
[iv] https://americandefensenews.com/2021/05/16/pentagons-new-leftist-mccarthyism-space-force-commander-fired-for-denouncing-marxist-agenda-at-dod/
[v] https://www.britannica.com/topic/four-horsemen-of-the-Apocalypse