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Have you ever wondered why the
federal government seems out of control?
Do you wonder why the same stuff
keeps happening election after election?
Why to “voter mandates” not last
longer than the first 100 days of any new term?
Well, unfortunately, I am here
to tell you that there is a reason for your suspicion. The reason is simple to
state and easy to understand. It’s also difficult to recognize when observed, even
though it’s hidden in plain sight.
The answer to all of the above
is that the federal government is the single largest mafia still operating in
the United States. They are the Mob.
“So What?”
Why should this (let’s call it
an analogy for now) be important to you and me?
It should be important to all
Americans because the Mob has three driving motivations: get your money, get
your obedience, and get your acceptance. Otherwise, they will seek to get your
silence. In short, the Mob seeks to control you.
Why should you care?
You should care because the
money that makes this happen comes from you: your wallet, your consent, your
ignorance, your denial, etc.
As a side note, I find it ironic that citizens believe they
need the Mob at all. If the Mob disappeared tomorrow, then the citizens would
continue on their own merits. However, if the citizens disappeared tomorrow,
then the Mob would be destroyed by its own nature.
Mob Rule is Not a New Phenomenon
“People say this is a problem of campaign finance reform, but
that’s like an alcoholic who has a person with a liquid intake. No, it’s the
corruption.” – Larry Lessig, Harvard Law Professor
“We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace – business
and finance monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism,
sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the government of
the United States an appendage to their own affairs. We know now that government
by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.” –
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
“A mob is the method
by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or
irresponsible classes.” – Ray Stannard Baker, an American journalist,
historian, biographer, and author
“Our whole practical government is grounded in mob psychology
and the Boobus Americanus will follow any command that promises to make him
safer.” – H. L. Mencken, an American journalist, satirist, cultural critic and
scholar
“The gentlemen that wrote the Constitution were as suspicious
of efficient government as they were wary of democracy, a turbulence and a
folly that was associated with the unruly ignorance of urban mob.” – Lewis H.
Lapham, an American writer and editor
“In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you
can bet it was planned that way.” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The government will
take the fairest names, but the worst of realities – mob rule.” – Polybius, a
Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period
“We stand equally against government by a plutocracy and
government by a mob.” – President Theodore Roosevelt
The Mob is on the Side of the Mob
Today’s Mob represents the
hidden-in-plain-sight power application mechanism of modern American politics. In
general terms, the Mob is the combined effort of three factions: executive
governments, social institutions, and money and finance. Each faction is
aligned in an interlocking fashion to mutually support each other.
As a way of illustration, the Mob has a boss, a concierge, an
under boss, captains, soldiers, and associates. Money and finance act as the
boss. The concierge is played by the mass media and pop culture industries. The
under boss is performed by the executive governments at all levels. Social
institutions act as captains. The soldiers are split among activists and
anointed classes. The associates are the die-hard, partisan electorate.
Everyone else is treated as a cash generating pawn.
The government faction, through
law and decree, applies force to realize new, favorable behaviors. The
institutions apply judicial, academic, and dominate culture influences to
widely normalize those new behaviors through judgments, indoctrination, and
loudness. The financial factions, commonly known as lobbies, ensure the ruling
elites of governments see the future according to the proper color of the least
common denominator.
It’s all About Completing the Cycle
From where I sit, here’s how it
works. The lobbies provide financial “security” to various government
“untouchables.” In turn, the government applies force to create opportunities
for institutions to build foundations for new narratives. Once those narratives
are made sufficiently loud (in part by making dissent sufficiently quiet), the
government provides monies to the institutions, directly and indirectly. When
it becomes “good business” to support the narrative, the institutions begin to
distribute funds to the various lobbies according to their needs, wants, and
desires. That is one cycle.
Continuing the illustration, the boss directs the concierge
to change the distribution of preferences. Nearly simultaneously, the under
boss pulls the levers of power to direct behavior changes onto the masses. The
captains help reluctant associates see the new business case. In turn, the die-hard
and accepting associates curtail the pawns into compliance, acceptance, or
silence. All of this is taken in trade (paying) for the promise of “safety”
from the boss. This is one cycle.
Each time the cycle runs to
completion the Mob gets bigger in size and overall power. Today, there are
multiple cycles at different maturities running concurrently. This is why we
are bombarded with ever-changing social movements, and why we are made to
bailout “too big to fail” business, institutions, and industries every 8-12
years.
Fortunately, for Americans,
there is an answer…the Constitution.
The Constitution effectively
changes the mafia by restructuring the Mob. The intent of the Constitution is
to place the People in the role of the boss and the several States as the under
boss. The concierge is replaced by a mediator of “checked and balanced” fair play,
the federal government. Because the boss and under boss roles are much closer
to the captains, soldiers, and associates (businesses, activists, and
participating electorate) there is a much greater advantage to restrain
government in favor of sustaining themselves. Of course, there will always be
pawns.
Going Forward
Instead of taking charge of the
situation and addressing the problem directly, the People are empowering new
groups of “promising” politicians to correct the missteps of prior groups of
“promising” politicians. The focus is on selecting executive actors. The belief
is that entrusting the future with those that claim to be willing to act on
better thoughts and ideas will usher in a brighter future. Unfortunately, the
belief in a powerful executive solution is a regressive lie.
The belief in a powerful
representative solution, backed by a traditionally bound judiciary, is much
closer to a liberating progressive solution. The focus is on enabling people to
improve their lives according to their own merits. The key feature of this
approach is the selection of representatives and judges that are deeply
principled in the American way of life. This belief requires entrusting the
future to citizens that earn their due and safe-guard how disagreements are
resolved.
In my opinion, embracing the
American way of the past, that served our nation faithfully for over 150 years,
in a new and modern way will require us to abolish (not reform, abolish) what has
not worked for the past 50+ years.
The Great Society is a farce! Just how much more evidence do
you need?
Hang on a second…CLICK…now that the mass media is turned off…just how much more evidence do you need?
Hang on a second…CLICK…now that the mass media is turned off…just how much more evidence do you need?
Perhaps these are good places to
begin?
Abolish lobbies! If a company or interest wants the attention
of the government, then they can get their act together and get noticed in the same
way as every other citizen…as an individual.
Abolish corporate donations to government actors of any kind,
and on any level. Eliminate the ability of businesses of any kind, size,
configuration, or status to contribute to financing of government actors at any
level and in any manner.
Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment. The Senate was meant to
represent the States, not the People. The People have the House for that
purpose.
Amend the Constitution to allow the People to recall their Representatives
and the States to recall their Senators. Allow recalled officials to stand
trial for misdemeanors and felonies.
Amend the Constitution to mandate term limits on all publicly
elected officials at the federal level. This includes at least all
Representatives, all Senators, and all federal Judges, in addition to the
President.
Abolish the use of oligopoly market structures.
What was once sufferable is no
longer. If the Mob is a problem, and the Mob is aligned to protect itself, then
it’s time to eliminate the Mob.
Your View
I invite you to tell me what you
believe at samfrescoe@gmail.com. I am
looking forward to addressing your comments and furthering our American
discourse. Thank you. – Sam Frescoe
