Again this is not communism, this is self-determination of a voluntary community.  That's what America is all about, and is indeed the foundation of the agricultural societies that formed America.  And the local churches were central to the philosophy of the community.  Self-determination progresses when in accord with natural law.

GBO, you have identified the problem but it is not capitalism, it is 'credit-ism.'  A necessary plank of communism is a central bank that prints up the currency for the nation — it is backed by nothing other than promises.  Most of the Western world adopted central banking in the early 1900's and eventually replaced gold and silver as money.  Federal Reserve Notes are interest-bearing commercial paper that are borrowed into existence and are destroyed when the promise has been paid.  Unlike gold which is 'capital,' this fiat paper money is 'debt.'  In this system rather than people's savings being backed by real capital, the money we have is holding someone else's debt.  This allows governments to 'borrow' (i.e. create) loads of money, the interest of which is to be paid via income taxes (that's THE reason income tax was introduced, it did not exist before).

As a result, all governments have been turned into banking houses, all votes are to determine from whom to take and to whom to give.  The process itself makes the bankers the rulers of the world.  Learn about the creation and destruction of money and capital.  The word capitalism was not in common usage until it was defined as the enemy of communism.  It has since become the boogeyman to all communists. 

What people do not realize is that communism/socialism are totalitarian — the only limits to the power of authorities is that which they can seize.  They want no competition?  Game over!  The people have lost the game and all are subject to cleaning the stadium.

Absolutely!!  Thank you!

Again, this has never been realized in any communist country.  You cannot control the human desire to be self-determining.  Communism kills all spirituality — it is soulless.  Questions like 'who am I' and 'why am I here' are answered for me.  There is no truth other than what they say it is.  Communism is a prison for all.

Right on, Warren!

It takes courage to speak the truth because of the consequences of revealing the lie.  A power structure founded upon lies must ever prop up itself — if the truth is known, it all falls apart.

Yep!

An armed citizenry is the check against government power.  The power of arms rest with the People first, they charter a government to protect their rights from violation, particularly by government officers and employees.  No one can be trusted with absolute power, that is why power remains distributed and not to be centralized.  

It is a poor declaration, leaving room for legislation to determine the 'lawful' uses, and thus also the 'unlawful' uses.

There should be no question about the intent of this declaration.  I would like to suggest amending the Bill of Rights' 2nd Amendment to include this verbiage!

Denise is right.  Concealing a weapon when you can carry openly implies deception.  While the rights of humankind are inalienable, the Constitutions charter the power of the State, and if the legislature puts in a restriction of carrying concealed arms, it becomes the law of the land, whether in accordance with natural right or not.

The same issues are before us today as 2000 years ago — the truth remains the same.

Absolutely!

Clear enough!

Fascism is to the Right of Communism but both are to the Left of Liberalism upon which the USA was founded.  The Left has co-opted the word liberal but it is anything but.  The Bill of Rights is the defense of Liberalism and prohibits the government from implementing the supremacy of the State over the individual.  The Left is authoritarian claiming to be liberal — nothing but wolves in sheep's clothing.  The Left wages war against the Free perpetually.

This really should be in the Preamble of the Constitution.

The day when a majority of individuals declares or acts as if it wants nothing from the government, declares that it will look after its own welfare and interests, then on that day the power elites will wage all out war!  When in history have a people been permitted to accede from their rulers?  The history of humankind is that of liberation from slavery in all its forms.  It is the nature of this world.  We are at war now — don't you know?!

This has been the challenge for a republican form of government.  Once freed from the obligations of the Crown, soon classes of people demand favor from government like they used to get from the Crown.  Toynbee's points are valid and always used to justify government intervention.  But give an inch and they take a mile.  Sooner or later career politicians and their bureaus figure out that solving problems puts them out of work — peace is unemployment.  So more rules and regulations are put into place to keep lawyers and judges flush — they are the most highly paid than all other occupations (banking law is the most lucrative).  The State endeavors to expand its power and army of employees and dependents.  With time, all republican principles are traded for arbitrary power with nothing but promises for a better future while Rome burns.  

Toynbee's argument needs further discussion before implementing 'new deals' — the causes are real but mainly misunderstood.

The facade is cracking.  Duping Americans is getting harder, and the authoritarians are pulling out the stops to transform the American republic into a totalitarian State.  The cracks started in the Bush years, and have now devolved into a straight-up coup of the inalienable rights of the People.  The Trump card has exposed the rigged game and the roaches are scattering in the light.  We must keep this up! 

Or also, what of the practice of encouraging Somalis to apply for refugee status and put them all in one voting district eventually giving them a Somali mayor, congressman, attorney general, and essentially representing Somali interests?  Not to mention that there is an intention to colonize America with Islam (it is their creed) which is not just a religion but a central government — you can't have one without the other.  When is it considered an invasion?

How would the nation deal with say California opening its borders to Mexicans to settle en masse, enroll immediately in government assistance programs, and essentially establish a Mexican colony with allegiance to Mexican flags and Mexican culture?  Then vote themselves the money from their neighbors coffers?  The rights of man are for all people everywhere — but that does not grant the right to lay claim to others' labors, properties and ballot boxes.

The melting pot — all come out American.  ;-)

Sort of like natural born citizens attending school for 14 years to learn how to live in American society.  But the term is getting shorter and the education has turned into a racket, such that the American constitutional republic is being colonized by  authoritarian statists to which all are beholden to submit and must provide tribute for their own security.  Today, hoards of poor immigrants demand entry and subsistence from day one with no declaration to adopt the ways of an American sovereign, indeed to bring in their form of servitude instead.

Oh, to give this quote a thousand stars!

The American republican ideal has already been diluted, not with monarchists, but with statists that wish to live off the State.  Socialism is no different than monarchy in terms of the common man — he is beholden to the whims and passions of others.  The principle of America is to be free from the dictates of men and respected as the 'noblemen' we are, pillars of fellowship.  We have yet to see how it could be ...