History Repeating

They say history repeats itself, which is probably why Democrats are so inclined to erase our history by tearing down statues, banning books that are used in our schools and teaching our children Critical Race Theory instead of the history of our country.  History needs to be taught in its’ entirety – the good, the bad and the ugly – so that we do not repeat the ugly parts.

A piece of history that not many people talk about was one article written by Sir Alexander Tytler, a Scottish historian who served as Professor of Universal History at the University Edinburgh. In 1787, the same year that our founders were writing the first draft of the Constitution, Tytler theorized that the lifespan of countries operating under democratic republican governance was about 200 years. He felt it could not sustain itself and eventually it would crumble because of human nature. History repeats itself because human nature does not change. He states, “A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.”

Sound familiar? That was written almost 235 years ago!

Tytler believed the average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the “Eight Stages of a Democracy” 

Let us take a look at Tytler’s “Eight stages of a Democracy” and see how it relates to our country’s history to present day.

Step 1 – “From bondage to spiritual faith” (1760 to 1769) In 1760 King George III becomes King of England where he enacts the Currency Act, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act and Townshend Act that was passed by the English Parliament to heavily tax the British controlled American Colonies. The Sons of Liberty was formed by John Adams, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, among others in order to fight the taxation implemented from the British Government. All of them became known as The Founders who were instrumental in the writing of our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution and forming our country.

Step 2 – “From spiritual faith to great courage” (1770 to 1783) In 1770 a group of 50 or so colonists were confronted by British soldiers resulting in 5 colonists being killed. This event along with the Boston Tea Party led to The American Revolution and ultimately freeing the colonies from British Rule by winning the Revolutionary War. In 1783 the Treaty of Paris was signed by King George III and representative from America. This recognized the existence of the United States of America as a free and sovereign nation and officially ended the Revolutionary War.

Step 3 – “From courage to liberty” (1784 to 1865) The Founders soon met to discuss improving the Articles of Confederation which ultimately led to the writing of the Constitution, which was the first step to cement freedom in the newly found country. Soon after George Washington was elected as the first President of the United States. Throughout the next 75 years the Constitution was amended through the Bill of Rights and the Amendments to further enhance our freedoms. This era also saw the ultimate acts of Courage – the process to end slavery – with the Emancipation Proclamation and the start of the Civil War. Once the Union won the Civil War against the Democrat controlled south and the Confederate Army, we saw the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment which brought an end to slavery.

Step 4 – “From liberty to abundance” (1866 to 1969) In 1866 we saw the Civil Rights Act which the first United States Law is to define citizenship for all races and to affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. America transformed itself into a country of abundance seeing things like the first trans-Continental Railroad in1869. In the next 45 years we saw the Industrial Revolution take hold with the invention of the telephone, the automobile and the airplane. We saw companies like General Electric, US Steel and Ford Motor Company being formed to manufacture many of the products that transformed America into an ultra-modern country.

As America transitioned, we saw the rest of the world turn into turmoil. World War I was followed by the Great Depression as we were not prepared for the economic toll the war took. It took another war to lift the economy back up but at a cost as America was fighting World War II against Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust in which 55 million people lost their lives. The Atomic bomb was used to force the end of World War II. The United States emerged from World War II as the only great economic power as the Marshall Plan was enacted to help rebuild Europe and Japan. America fought 2 more wars as they fought against Communism and the atrocities that Communism reigns on its people fighting in both the Korean and Vietnam War.

In the 1960’s America was the country of promise as we saw great things happen with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and seeing the first man walk on the moon in 1969. We told the immigrants who traveled to our shores: “You work hard, you are productive and honorable and a good citizen, there are no limits to what you can do for you, your family and your new country.”  Unfortunately, the country also witnessed great tragedy with the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and 5 years later the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Step 5- “From abundance to complacency” (1970 to 1989) In this era we saw the Vietnam War come to an end. We saw the President Jimmy Carter increase Inflation to new heights and we saw President Ronald Reagan use “Reaganomics” to fix the mess that he inherited. He built up the military with the idea of “peace through strength” and he did it all while cutting taxes at levels we had never seen before. This all led to happier times and as a nation we became content and complacent after witnessing the fall of the Soviet Union and the crumbling of the Berlin Wall.

Step 6 – “From complacency to apathy” (1990 to 2000) In 1990 we entered the Gulf War after Iraq invaded Kuwait in order to take their oil. We saw the “dot com” boom put a surge into the stock market. Life was good and the stock market was booming. There was no need to complain and no one had a care in the world. It was shocking to see that no one really cared about the infidelity taking place in the Oval Office as President Clinton – aka “Slick Willy” – had an affair with his intern Monica Lewinsky.  At first, he adamantly denied to federal investigators and the public of having had “sexual relations” with her. Clinton was later impeached because he had perjured himself by lying to investigators about his relationship with Lewinsky. The American citizens did not seem to care about his infidelities with Monica Lewinsky, the twelve women who came forward accusing him of rape or even the White-Water scandal where the Clinton’s scammed their way through bad real estate deals aimed at senior citizens buying retirement homes.

Step 7 – “From apathy to dependence” (2001 to 2007) In 2001 the United States was just gliding along and not a care in the world – a complete state of apathy. It was a year that will forever be remembered as we saw the horrific terrorist attack of 9/11. We saw the stock market bubble burst, partly due to the terrorist attack and the fall of the dot coms. The United States entered the War on Terrorism as we invaded Afghanistan and Iraq. Homeland Security was created in order to enforce our borders and to deter any future terrorist attacks. We saw the devastation that Hurricane Katrina did to Louisiana in 2005, but we also saw the rise of the housing market that nearly doubled the cost of homes early in 2006.

Step 8 – “From dependence back into bondage (2008 to ????) In 2008 we saw the housing market collapse due to former President Clintons’ implementation of subprime loans in order to let everyone buy a home regardless of your credit record. Loans started to become due and foreclosures skyrocketed resulting in loan companies such as New Century and American Mortgage to file for Bankruptcy. The Treasury announced a takeover of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that held over 5 trillion dollars in loans. This prompted the government to bailout multiple companies in order to prop up the world economy.

In 2008, we also saw the first black president become elected running on “hope and change”. People were desperate for change after seeing the economy start to plummet, but they failed to see that the change that was being brought upon us was introducing Socialism. We saw Obama Care being rammed through Congress in order to subsidize Healthcare for all, thus creating a more dependency on the government. A classic move to redistribute wealth by relying on ever increasing taxes on the working class while giving benefits to those with lower incomes. We saw the United States become weak on the world stage as ISIS was allowed to be formed. The War on Terror was stagnant and multiple factions of terrorists took hold.

In 2016 we saw a change in direction as people wanted to be more independent. President Trump brought back the “Reaganomics” persona back. Lowering corporate and personal taxes to levels not seen since President Ronald Reagan. The result – a booming economy, record breaking stock market levels week after week. Unemployment levels were at a historical low in all demographics and for the first time in US history we were 100% energy independent.

Then came COVID.

A manufactured disease coming out of Wuhan, China that turned our economy upside down with mandated lock-downs and closures of schools. Many small businesses were destroyed to never come back again. In the midst of this was the 2020 election where we also witnessed an election with countless illegal activities going on with our ballots. Mail in ballots were allowed nationwide along with ballot harvesting opening the door for election fraud. Joe Biden was declared the winner of the Presidential race. As of this writing 41 of the 50 states have asked for an election audit to question the legitimacy of the election.

As a result, America was plunged into Socialist ideology. Biden quickly undid “everything Trump” with over 50 Executive Orders in his first 100 days in office. Congress is currently trying to desperately pass a 3.5 trillion dollar “Infrastructure Bill” that is basically doing everything but build any type of infrastructure but to promote socialist ideals such as:

1. Raise corporate tax rates to 26.55% with modifications to international tax laws that will favor foreign companies.
2. Small businesses will see crippling tax hikes which were already hard hit from COVID 19.
3. Low Income and middle-class tax hikes will be implemented through many avenues such as the per mile tax for vehicles and doubling the taxes on cigarettes all the while giving tax breaks for the wealthy and unions.
4. Programs to expand our welfare state to the biggest levels in modern history such as free college, reparations for the black community, unemployment extensions, free childcare and severe climate change policies.
5. The opening of our southern border created an influx of illegal immigrants. As of September 2021, we have had 1.9 million Illegal immigrants coming into our country.
6. The Freedom to Vote Act or the For the Peoples Act. This is a clever way to disguise making voter fraud much easier to achieve. This strips away the States power to run their own elections and puts the power solely in the hands of the Federal Government in direct violation of Article IV of the Bill of Rights. This will give whatever party that controls Congress to skew the election in their favor and allow the party in power to stay in power, ensuring a one-party rule.

In addition, we are seeing another key factor being implemented to garner Socialism.

Division.

We are being divided by race as well as being shamed and hated because of freedom of choice to have or not have the COVID 19 Vaccine.  Critical Race theory is being taught in our schools teaching kids as early on as kindergarten that they should feel bad and guilty for their “white privilege.” Teaching them that they were born flawed because of the color of their skin by drilling into our children that they were born a racist and need to repent. It is a twisted way to “end racism” by using racism to get their message across. It is sickening to see. We are seeing our police be defunded because “all cops are racists” as crime skyrockets and seeing the murder rate increase 16% across US cities. All this is going on while Congress is fighting take our rights to keep and bear arms.

Clearly, we see the American public being apathetic and willing to allow the US government to take over more and more of our lives, and thus becoming more and more dependent. Democrats might call this the “new normal.” Patriots would call it bondage.  Those who celebrate, know you are celebrating your dependency in the government, and the loss of your freedom.

If Tytler is correct, we are in trouble because it seems to explain what we are going through as a country right now, where people are more interested in how they can somehow soak the system to get their free ride, than building anything. Lord Tytler continued to say that neither democratic republics nor pure democracies last for more than 200 years for one simple reason. “It only exists until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury.” Once the voters realize this, they only vote into office those politicians who give them free stuff without the need to work for it. This causes economic and eventual national collapse, and a dictatorial totalitarian government replaces the democratic republic.

There has never been a President so dictatorial in American History. We are in trouble because America as a whole bought into this Socialist scheme and supported these 2 fools in the White House. We have until November 2020 to take the House and the Senate in order to have a chance to right this sinking ship. If we don’t, we will become just like Venezuela. We will no longer be the “Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave” We will be the land of the Poor and the Home of the Hopeless”