Elections Conceal Tyranny

[Keith Broaders]

Johannes Wolfgang Gothe wisely observed that "No man is more hopelessly enslaved than the man that falsely believes that he is free". Today those controlling our country gives us elections every so often to gives us the illusion that "We the People" have the final say on what happens in the Halls of Congress. In a totalitarian state, the government controls the people, while in a Republic the people control the government. Dictators can not enslave a people without first deceiving them. They first instill fear in the hearts of the people and then they offer to protect them. They convince the people that if they will give up just a small portion of their liberty they will guarantee the safety and security of everyone. In a Republic the people are governed by laws and individual rights are sacred. In the oligarchy in which we live, the government controls the people by making rules, regulations and ordinances. In a Republic, the people are free to do whatever they want as long as they do not violate the rights of others. In a totalitarian state the people must receive permission to exercise many of the rights granted to us by our Creator. In a Republic a crime is commited when one party is injurs another. No crime can be commited unless a victimm is created. In the totalitarian state a crime occurs whenever a person breaks one of their rules. The Founding Fathers drafted the Constitution to prevent the abuse of power by elected officials. Even though their intentions might be honorable, an elected official can not lawfully deprive the people of their rights under the pretense of taking care of them. Officials that put the best interest of their community ahead of the rights of the individual plant the seeds of tyranny. A statesmen is a public servant that represents the people and defends the Constitution while a politician's says whatever he needs to say to get elected and follows the Constitution whenever it is convenient to do so. We in order to restore our Constitutional Republic we need to separate the sheep from the goats. We need to identify those the candidates believe in the Constitution and those that only give lip service to the Constitution and fail to honor their oath to preserve, protect and defend it