With both left and right wingnuts running around playing 'Revolutionaries N Stuff' out in the Burbs, this article brings up some points worth considering re gun laws, politics, and the probable results of assorted morons who most likely have no clue as to the real life consequences of their sniveling.
http://www.claytoncramer.com/popular/RightsAndRevolution.PDF
It is one of the most stirring statements of political philosophy that the world has ever seen: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
Revolutionaries around the globe in the intervening 225 years have often copied it for their own nation’s declaration of freedom from a colonial power—though the resulting governments have often been a disappointment from the standpoint of human rights. While I uphold the principle of a right to revolution, we have depressing reminders that it may not always be the wisest step to take. The sentence immediately following this stirring statement that our rights come from God reminds of us this. “Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed."
In school, we learn about the great success of our Revolution—one in which all the principal leaders died in bed, of old age. This, unfortunately, made the American experience quite remarkable. The French Revolution, though started with a righteous cause, became a bloodbath, with revolutionaries killing royalty—and then turning on each other. Amid the chaos, a military man took control, and crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I.The Russian Revolution also started with reasonable concerns, but within a few months, the Communists had used their great skill—and greater viciousness—to take over a backward country, and make it even more backward. In five years, the Communists executed more people than the Czars had done in the previous century.Mexico spent more than ten years in revolution starting in 1910, as warlords roamed the countryside, fighting for control. To save ammunition, some warlords would line up prisoners to be executed so that they could kill three men with one shot. By the time Mexico was finally at peace, millions of Mexicans had fled to the United States, vast quantities of capital had been squandered, and a corrupt political party ran the country, which only recently has been willing to let its opponents win fair elections."
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A revolution is a dangerous method of righting a wrong. You do not know who will win, but all else being equal, it is wise to bet on the most ruthless forces ending up in charge—and very likely, they will be worse than the corrupt and oppressive government that the revolutionaries originally intended to overthrow.
.... and more in the pdf. Do the majority of Americans really want left or right wing sociopaths fighting some ridiculous civil war in our streets? This may be the last election where you have a choice.
http://www.claytoncramer.com/popular/RightsAndRevolution.PDF
It is one of the most stirring statements of political philosophy that the world has ever seen: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
Revolutionaries around the globe in the intervening 225 years have often copied it for their own nation’s declaration of freedom from a colonial power—though the resulting governments have often been a disappointment from the standpoint of human rights. While I uphold the principle of a right to revolution, we have depressing reminders that it may not always be the wisest step to take. The sentence immediately following this stirring statement that our rights come from God reminds of us this. “Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed."
In school, we learn about the great success of our Revolution—one in which all the principal leaders died in bed, of old age. This, unfortunately, made the American experience quite remarkable. The French Revolution, though started with a righteous cause, became a bloodbath, with revolutionaries killing royalty—and then turning on each other. Amid the chaos, a military man took control, and crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I.The Russian Revolution also started with reasonable concerns, but within a few months, the Communists had used their great skill—and greater viciousness—to take over a backward country, and make it even more backward. In five years, the Communists executed more people than the Czars had done in the previous century.Mexico spent more than ten years in revolution starting in 1910, as warlords roamed the countryside, fighting for control. To save ammunition, some warlords would line up prisoners to be executed so that they could kill three men with one shot. By the time Mexico was finally at peace, millions of Mexicans had fled to the United States, vast quantities of capital had been squandered, and a corrupt political party ran the country, which only recently has been willing to let its opponents win fair elections."
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A revolution is a dangerous method of righting a wrong. You do not know who will win, but all else being equal, it is wise to bet on the most ruthless forces ending up in charge—and very likely, they will be worse than the corrupt and oppressive government that the revolutionaries originally intended to overthrow.
.... and more in the pdf. Do the majority of Americans really want left or right wing sociopaths fighting some ridiculous civil war in our streets? This may be the last election where you have a choice.
