Today's episode is about freedom and politics.
In the United States of America, politics is supposed to be for, under, and about the Constitution of the United States. There's a lot of room for discussion about how things ought to be under the Constitution but today both of our parties and many of our institutions are completely ignoring the Constitution.
Politics is supposed to be about working out the power relationship among individuals or groups mostly for the distribution of resources or status or things like that. The question of the day is this. What is politics about today?
I've had conversations with people and I've mentioned that politics is what we do up until the point we cross into war. Some people don't see it that way. They see it as politics and war – two sides of the same coin. It's an interesting topic and there's a lot to be said for looking at it through either lens.
But I think what we can all agree on is that when a line is crossed and people start getting harmed or killed; there is an element of death and severe injuries are happening, we are either in the realm of the criminal or we’re in the realm of war.
I've been thinking a lot about what's going on now. Our politicians look and sound and act like their enemies. Increasingly, day after day, they're acting as if they are enemies of We the People. I see things happening that are in obvious, open, and direct opposition to the needs of Americans.
And when people speak up about it there's aggression and disdain; a dismissal of any discussion of the regular needs of ordinary people. At the same time, people like myself, who are patriotic and conservative, are being officially labeled as extremist – even terrorists – by our Department of Homeland Security.
So yes, it feels like a threat to me when my own government comes up with a box and gives it a label and I fit into it and that label is “extremists” are “terrorist.”
I see it very differently and I invite you to look at it differently because what I see is an administration that itself is beyond extreme...
In the United States of America, politics is supposed to be for, under, and about the Constitution of the United States. There's a lot of room for discussion about how things ought to be under the Constitution but today both of our parties and many of our institutions are completely ignoring the Constitution.
Politics is supposed to be about working out the power relationship among individuals or groups mostly for the distribution of resources or status or things like that. The question of the day is this. What is politics about today?
I've had conversations with people and I've mentioned that politics is what we do up until the point we cross into war. Some people don't see it that way. They see it as politics and war – two sides of the same coin. It's an interesting topic and there's a lot to be said for looking at it through either lens.
But I think what we can all agree on is that when a line is crossed and people start getting harmed or killed; there is an element of death and severe injuries are happening, we are either in the realm of the criminal or we’re in the realm of war.
I've been thinking a lot about what's going on now. Our politicians look and sound and act like their enemies. Increasingly, day after day, they're acting as if they are enemies of We the People. I see things happening that are in obvious, open, and direct opposition to the needs of Americans.
And when people speak up about it there's aggression and disdain; a dismissal of any discussion of the regular needs of ordinary people. At the same time, people like myself, who are patriotic and conservative, are being officially labeled as extremist – even terrorists – by our Department of Homeland Security.
So yes, it feels like a threat to me when my own government comes up with a box and gives it a label and I fit into it and that label is “extremists” are “terrorist.”
I see it very differently and I invite you to look at it differently because what I see is an administration that itself is beyond extreme...
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