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What Happened To Our Democracy?

Dwight Eisenhower warned against the United
States becoming predominatelydependent onWe have been conditioned to believe a strong
military power as a means for its security.military is the best way todefend our
The biggestchange in American democraticcountry, but when that military power
history  came  about as a result of World Warjeopardizes our securityand safety because
our leaders are abusing it for purposes other
II and the introduction of the nuclear bomb.then todefend our country, we should not be
From  the  mid  40's  to  the  earlysurprised.
50's two different directions becameBeing civilized and living in Peace is the
available  for  our government to choosefrom.sacrifice  we  have  made  formilitary power.
One direction was for our government toThey say when you live by the sword you die
embrace the principles of the newlyformedby the sword and we now livetotally by the
United Nations, which was originally handedsword.
all the tools necessaryto civilize this world
through a system of International Law andThere was a time when it was patriotic to
Orderbased on the establishment of andefend our country and democraticway of life,
International  Bill  of  Human  Rights.which was back when our democracy was one
that was by thepeople, for the people, and of
After the devastation of World War II thethe  people.
world came to realize future warsusing
nuclear weapons could destroy this world andToday, our government is corporate
a new system forproviding a more peaceful andcontrolled, which means we havesacrificed our
civilized existence in this world wasdemocratic rights, freedoms, security, and
needed,thus  the  United  Nations was formed.safety to defenda government, which is by the
corporations, for the corporations, and ofthe
The other direction governments could takecorporations.
was to pursue militaryexpansionism with
nuclear  weapons  to  ensure  their  defense.This was not part of the original deal when
our  democracy  was  formed.
Once one single country pursued this path
others were forced to follow andthe overallNowhere in our Constitution, Declaration of
purpose  of the United Nations was nullified.Independence, or Bill of Rightsdoes it
mention the American people must yield their
Today the American people have becomedemocracy  to  thecorporate  powers.
oppressed slaves to their militarypower and
have been forced to give up their democraticThe reason our democracy was formed was to be
rights  and  freedomsfor  their  security.self-governing and get awayfrom totalitarian
rule. The first paragraph of the Declaration
Ben Franklin stated, once you give up yourof
liberty and democratic rightsfor your
security, you deserve neither. The cost theIndependence states clearly the obligation to
American people havehad to pay for theirpreserve our democracy restsquarely with the
military power is being a constant targetAmerican people, yet the American people are
alwayshaving to defend itself from those whoso obliviousto their democratic
wish not to be militarily dominatedby theresponsibilities they have allowed their
U.S.  government.democracy tofail. A democracy is only as
strong  as  the people who participate in it.
The American people and their democracy has
been oppressed and dominated byfear as aThomas Jefferson stated; this democracy would
result of their military power andonly last about two hundredand fifty years
expansionism.before the people must decide to rebuild it
or let itrevert back to totalitarian rule. We
The United States government is now the mosthave been at it for two hundred andthirty
barbaric, brutal, anduncivilized country infour years now, with sixteen years left to
the world and has been responsible for moredecide.
deaths
If the American people are satisfied with
(approximately seven million people killed)being oppressed by fear as aresult of our
then  any  other country sincethe mid 1950's.their military power, which is controlled by
a corporate rungovernment then they should do
The strange thing is the American people actnothing, but they should understand it
shocked when someone attackstheir countrywasthey who failed their democracy and they
(911, the USS Cole, etc) and can't understandhave no one to blame butthemselves.
why.



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