I would like Americans and the World to appreciate the humanity George Washington and the Framers had when defining the principles of the Constitution. The attitudes, values and logic these men used to institute our Federal Government have been ignored and misinterpreted, by the current elected administration. Washington expressed his excitement in establishing the first government conducive to happiness:

We exhibit at present the novel and astonishing spectacle of a whole people deliberating calmly on what form of government will be more conducive to happiness; and deciding with an unexpected degree of unanimity in favour of a System which they conceive calculated to answer the purpose.

James Madison understood that no democracy could survive without some form of government; if left to nature, anarchy would ensue, he explained:

In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature, where the weaker individual is not secured against the violence of the stronger; and as, in the latter state, even the stronger individuals are prompted, by the uncertainty of their condition, to submit to a government which may protect the weak as well as themselves; so, in the former state, will the more powerful factions or parties be gradually induced, by a like motive, to wish for a government which will protect all parties, the weaker as well as the more powerful.

Over two hundred years later the United States governs under an Oligarchy form of government, where groups control power and authority. In addition to American oligarchical powers we also have International Oligarchies, comprised of Academics, Governments, Media and Humanitarians. With concern, I believe their teachings, policies, and actions encourage an economic, humanitarian and political environment which creates global apartheid. Where, a small group of individuals from different countries, nationalities, religions, and races use propaganda, fear and power to segregate countries, corporations, organizations and individuals for the benefit of a few.

Oligarchy Government

Today, parties and special interest groups govern the United States; the Constitution and the People are at the mercy of oligarchy opinions, decisions, and power.  The oligarchies (political parties and special interest groups) control political discourse, legislation and dissent.  James Madison, warned Americans, if permitted individuals and groups would promote their needs and interests over the Nations, therefore the need to honor the Constitution.

The most powerful oligarchy organizations - Entertainment, Federal Government, Health and Technology have influenced and pressured elected officials to govern or not to, based on their products, services, financial interest and values, thereby usurping the powers of the Constitution and the rights of the people.  George Washington explained why oligarchy interests were not compatible with the principles defined in the Constitution:

But if the Laws are to be so trampled upon, with impunity, and a minority (a small one too) is to dictate to the majority there is an end put, at one stroke, to republican government; and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be expected thereafter; for Some other man, or society may dislike another Law and oppose it with equal propriety until all Laws are prostrate, and every one (the strongest I presume) will carve for himself.

Furthermore, in Democracy in America (1835) Alexis de Tocqueville said,

great political parties are those more attached to principles than to consequences, to generalities rather than to particular cases, to ideas rather than to personalities.

Utilizing Tocqueville observation, I remain concerned with the following political behavior: oligarchies function by utilizing public opinion versus the principles of the constitution; govern by utilizing individual cases and solutions versus the general public’s interests; and they use favoritism, popularity and associations to determine agency versus competency. Also, these powerful oligarchy’s have the resources and power to control, the amount and scope of protesting, accessibility to legal representation and quantity of research. Lastly, instead of enacting legislation which has been evaluated and weighed in comparison to competing funds, resources and people rights; we have legislation enacted on oligarchy interests.

The separation of power and encroachment doctrines were incorporated into the Constitution to ensure adequate checks were established to protect liberty and happiness. History has proven time and again, when power becomes centralized, governments and corporations have a greater likelihood of corruption and authoritarianism, while suppressing dissent. The solution to stop Oligarchy rule is to elect an independent majority into the White House and Congress, as designed by our Framers and Founders.

Similarly of concern, the Republican and Democratic Congress have allowed Federal Agencies to operate without adequate checks, oversight and tenure guidelines. Congress has granted several Federal Agencies executive, legislative, and judicial powers; George Washington discussed his concerns with department and encroachment logic in his 1796 Farewell Address.

The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power and proneness to abuse it which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories and constituting each the guardian of the public weal against invasions by the other, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern, some of them in our country and under our own eyes. To preserve them must be as necessary as to institute them.

The Framers could not have predicted the evolution of technology and science; however they would have expected the Federal Government to protect the people from these advancements. Washington argued “If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be correct by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates.” Technology and Science have created redundancy in many of the agencies; these similarities justify merging departments; however maintaining separation of power. The agencies have become too expansive; they function more as a regulatory arm for businesses, then the protector of the United States and its people’s rights.

Global Apartheid

Lastly, I have become convinced that globalization has created global apartheid, a powerful group of academics, humanitarians, media, and government officials who believe international peace and well-being are achieved through representation from a global consortium. I believe their teachings, policies, and actions encourage an economic, humanitarian and political environment that creates global apartheid.

I define, global apartheid,

Where, a small group of individuals from different countries, nationalities, religions, and races use propaganda, fear and power to segregate countries, corporations, organizations and individuals for the benefit of a few.

I surmise peace and liberty can only be achieved when individuals and groups focus on National interests. This strategy would encourage posterity for all countries, nationalities, religions and races creating ‘a more perfect union’. I believe the global consortium has failed, because most members have minimal allegiance to their countries; however, within the consortium they gain influence, power and money. Unfortunately, instead of promoting and developing solutions that can be evaluated, weighed, and implemented based on a nation’s interest and posterity; we now have global investments and resources that benefit a few.

When our Nation began, we were a small independent country trying to survive against fully-advanced economies and rulers who had enormous wealth and power. The respect granted to our country was for the courage and leadership to establish a Republic on the values of liberty and happiness. We shall respect those differences or similarities.

United States unique Republic will no longer sacrifice individual liberty and happiness or be prone to inflation – we will accept our wrongs and errors – we will accept our enemies – we will lead again by silent example and not by force and hypocrisy.

It is my experience and love for my country that makes me honor our Founding Fathers legacy therefore, I ask the richest, the happiest, the poorest, the smartest, and the most vulnerable to welcome the unique form of government they established. United States was the Republic where all citizens had the right to happiness and liberty - irrespective of race, gender, income, ethnicity, disability, education, or political thought.

The greatness of the Constitutional framers and founders cannot be disputed, for I have lived the American Dream and now I have experienced living without liberty, happiness, and justice. These men knew how to achieve liberty and they knew what would destroy liberty.

There will never be global peace without liberty; and peace without liberty will be global apartheid. Assimilating into one is for a minority society not one for majority peace.

Definition of Liberty recognized by the Supreme Court of the United States:

Without doubt, it denotes not merely freedom from bodily restraint, but also the right of the individual to contract, to engage in any of the common occupations of life, to acquire useful knowledge, to marry, establish a home and bring up children, to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, and generally to enjoy those privileges long recognized at common law as essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men. (1923)

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