Opinion

National Self-Empowerment

Our Greatest Weakness is not realizing our own People power. The People have the power.

Why do the DNC (Democratic National Committee) and RNC (ditto for Republicans) exist?

They really do nothing for the people. They are geared to just ask for your money and vote! Their excuse for being is “get you involved,” although the “who” is financed by “SuperPacks” (billionaires and corporations that collect money from their workers).

The WHO Without the HOW or WHY

Their “Wikis” explain who (collect and support candidates) and what(collect money)(D-Wiki, R-Wiki).

They both create a “Brand.” They both have “strategies for what they need.” All words focus on collecting people who can win elections and collecting money to facilitate winning.

As defined, their approach is a typical “corporate” approach for doing business, except corporates, before they are created, have already defined a reason for being (what, how, and why), and the entire effort after that is how competitive and how fast. These define the who (skills needed) and strategies (for methods) to achieve competitiveness.

Both Parties ARE totally focusing on the “WHO and strategies for winning.” Not the How or the Why. They really have no reason for being. This approach is exactly what has created “Partisanship.”

Britannica on Partisanship — “Partisanship, in democratic politics and government, a strong adherence, dedication, or loyalty to a political party — or to an ideology or agenda associated with a political party — usually accompanied by a negative view of an opposing party.”

Political party has been defined above. The “ideology” as defined by our political parties is boiled down by everybody with two words: “Liberal or Conservative.” These words mean nothing without a reference point. Liberal or conservative “from what?” No one explains that.

We have at least one document many countries in the world have copied and adopted as their reason for being — the “Constitution.” We have another that gives us our Moral Compass, “The Declaration of Independence.” This brings up another point.

On the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

As important as those documents are, they have no particular emphasis in public schools across the country. Thirty-six (36) states require students to study “Civics and Government.” Though this looks like many (36 out of 50), it goes downhill from there. Only 19 states require an “Exam” to graduate, and only eight (8) states require the course to be one year long.

Allow me to say — the KEY REASON FOR US “TO BE” IS MISSING.

Back in 1966, when I was a foreign student (who did not speak English yet) at the University, I was flabbergasted that people did not know what countries were in South America and where Vietnam was. History/Geography was missing, and at the time, I did not realize it was OUR government's fault this was so. As a “Permanent Immigrant,” I was obliged to sign up for the Draft, which I did as soon as I turned 18, and when I signed up for the armed forces guard, I also swore an oath to the “Constitution.” This oath is for life.

SOMEBODY PLEASE PRESS THE “RESTART” BUTTON!!

We, as a country, are lost in the desert of civic ignorance. This is why the “Department of Education” needs to be wiped off its existence — this is conclusive proof they are not the guardians of the key of our Nation.

National Self-Empowerment

The “Declaration of Independence” was made by “people,” NOT a per-say Government. The people got together and formed what turned out to be a “learning experience” of a government under the “Articles of Confederation” (1777) in order to declare “War” on England (a superpower in those days). It was our first Constitution.

We can say a “rag-tag” Army won our Independence. Why? — They had “the Will” to fight because they believed. This is the same difference that the Armies of Ukraine and Russia have. Guess who has the “will” to fight?

The Articles of Confederation was a Learning experience because all of its lacks and needs lived in the short time the “Articles of Confederation” existed. It enabled the colonies to manage themselves while tied together with a very weak central government. Many lessons were learned and put down on paper, “The Federalist Papers.” This became the basis for our current Constitution (1779). This is why today we have a “Federal Government.”

Today, with the 1913 4th branch’s total infiltration of the government to control and dictate our lives (The Administrative State), we HAVE to declare OUR INDEPENDENCE again by voting for the person who will do that.

We have to re-empower ourselves with the freedom convictions our forefathers fought for independence with. They had NO Ideology, just the thirst for freedom.

Today, we are the slaves of governments who think nothing to put us in debt so deep that three generations of people will not be able to pay it — THAT, my friends, is SLAVERY. Today’s adults, our children, our children’s children, and more will be paying our debt. Provided we do not incur MORE DEBT. Meanwhile, we have to live with inflation.

Any government whose attitude is to use tax money to ensure that they are responsible for helping specific people is not the type of government our forefathers had in mind. That in private business is called a pyramid scheme. Helping is the job of family and neighbors, not our government.

“The only person who can cheat you out of success is yourself.” (Ken Blanchard, 1998). This Nation was created for people who believed in self-leadership. Self-leadership lifts you from the role of victim waiting for the “government” to come to liberate you.

We have the “Power.” If we declare it the day we vote for our “federal government” — National Self-Empowerment” day.

I am here to serve my country; today, this is the best way to do it.

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