What Happened To Our Democracy

Dwight Eisenhower warned against the United States

becoming predominately dependent on military power

as a means for its security. The biggest change

in American democratic history came about as a

result of World War II and the introduction of the

nuclear bomb. From the mid 40's to the early 50's

two different directions became available for our

government to choose from.

One direction was for our government to embrace

the principles of the newly formed United Nations,

which was originally handed all the tools

necessary to civilize this world through a system

of International Law and Order based on the

establishment of an International Bill of Human

Rights.

After the devastation of World War II the world

came to realize future wars using nuclear weapons

could destroy this world and a new system for

providing a more peaceful and civilized existence

in this world was needed, thus the United Nations

was formed.

The other direction governments could take was to

pursue military expansionism with nuclear weapons

to ensure their defense.

Once one single country pursued this path others

were forced to follow and the overall purpose of

the United Nations was nullified.

Today the American people have become oppressed

slaves to their military power and have been

forced to give up their democratic rights and

freedoms for their security.

Ben Franklin stated, once you give up your liberty

and democratic rights for your security, you

deserve neither. The cost the American people have

had to pay for their military power is being a

constant target always having to defend itself

from those who wish not to be militarily dominated

by the U.S. government.

The American people and their democracy has been

oppressed and dominated by fear as a result of

their military power and expansionism.

The United States government is now the most

barbaric, brutal, and uncivilized country in the

world and has been responsible for more deaths

(approximately seven million people killed) then

any other country since the mid 1950's.

The strange thing is the American people act

shocked when someone attacks their country (911,

the USS Cole, etc) and can't understand why.

We have been conditioned to believe a strong

military is the best way to defend our country,

but when that military power jeopardizes our

security and safety because our leaders are

abusing it for purposes other then to defend our

country, we should not be surprised.

Being civilized and living in Peace is the

sacrifice we have made for military power.

They say when you live by the sword you die by the

sword and we now live totally by the sword.

There was a time when it was patriotic to defend

our country and democratic way of life, which was

back when our democracy was one that was by the

people, for the people, and of the people.

Today, our government is corporate controlled,

which means we have sacrificed our democratic

rights, freedoms, security, and safety to defend a

government, which is by the corporations, for the

corporations, and of the corporations.

This was not part of the original deal when our

democracy was formed. Nowhere in our

Constitution, Declaration of Independence, or Bill

of Rights does it mention the American people must

yield their democracy to the corporate powers.

The reason our democracy was formed was to be

self-governing and get away from totalitarian

rule. The first paragraph of the Declaration of

Independence states clearly the obligation to

preserve our democracy rest squarely with the

American people, yet the American people are so

oblivious to their democratic responsibilities

they have allowed their democracy to fail. A

democracy is only as strong as the people who

participate in it.

Thomas Jefferson stated; this democracy would only

last about two hundred and fifty years before the

people must decide to rebuild it or let it revert

back to totalitarian rule. We have been at it for

two hundred and thirty four years now, with

sixteen years left to decide.

If the American people are satisfied with being

oppressed by fear as a result of our their

military power, which is controlled by a corporate

run government then they should do nothing, but

they should understand it was they who failed

their democracy and they have no one to blame but

themselves.