Excellent!

Wow, right on the money!  By voting for either of the government approved candidates, I essentially consent to their rule.  And their jurisdiction ever widens to eventually include everyone and everything.  American government was chartered to protect the people from being ruled by church or state, to protect them in their lives, liberty, and property.  However, now the government has become the predator and plunders the people just like the emperors of old.

The primary facade being that the US is a democracy.  The game has been rigged for a long time now.  Public education is the training ground for socialism, in which American History is now optional.  Then the students are conditioned in socialist rhetoric, ignoring the very premise of American independence.  We now learn that the election process is completely fixed and biased.  The Justice Department, FBI, CIA are all tools of the Left with the media on contract and delivering the daily propaganda necessary to delude millions into redefining themselves, to deny themselves and adopt a narrative of excuses and blame.  It is just another form of servitude, self-imposed.

Very good, Mike.  Political zealots are as religious (and self-righteous) as any fundamentalist Christian or Muslim.  They may not believe in a metaphysical god, but they believe in collective POWER to force their will upon others (just like fundamentalists of all stripes).  The power to command, to rule, is what they want — of course, for our own good.  Robert, can you not see the similarity between your socialist religion and the others?  Interesting, too, that while Buddhism does not recognize a 'god' per se, they do recognize the devil called 'Mara.'  What is the devil?  Our lies and hatred incarnate.  Starve the beast, and let the truth set you free.  ;-)

My humanitarian work is mine to offer, it is not through charities but charity.  You are so stuck in groups and social work mindset.  As for due diligence, perhaps you should brush up on your Karl Marx and the 10 planks of communism.  The only brilliance in them is the amount of power it centralizes.  Central fiat bankers rule the world — it's the Vatican of Vatican's, the theocracy to which all must pay tribute.  Socialism is the tool by which the nations become indentured.  And also note, socialism never saved any country from tyranny — the libertarians did that.  Socialists use central banking to overthrow the power of the People.  Socialists call this capitalism, but it is in fact debt-ism as the capital is all claimed and owned by the state and our 'money' is all interest-bearing debt markers.  I know you are against the Federal Reserve, so pick a side, you can't have it both ways.  Socialism is akin to chemotherapy — it makes a lot of people rich, may work for a while, but kills most, and is called health care.  Socialism is a bill of goods — don't buy it.

Authoritarianism leads to totalitarianism, in many forms, not the least of which includes communism, socialism, fascism, monarchy, oligarchy, theocracy.  All these forms of statism consolidate power and rule the people.  The fascists are only to the right of the communists.  Socialists are admittedly thieves with a Robin Hood complex — acting as high and mighty as the religionists they abhor.  Robert, I do not want your form of authoritarianism — Marxism is just another power grab and is only suitable for social workers, psychiatrists, academics, politicos, bureaucrats and all who live off the state.  The producers become slaves, the workers beasts of burden.  Communist China is the proud embodiment of Marxism.  There is not a socialist alive that wants to admit that socialist governments around the world have murdered millions of political dissenters.  NEVER has that happened in America, but you can believe it could if Marxist theology is embraced in the US.

;-) Robert, I am not responsible for the wars in Yemen or Palestine.  I am responsible for some other things that need to be addressed, and that is what I am doing.  My humanitarian work has not been giving to charity but on site, hands-on, years long and I am honored to be doing it.  Good luck with your own battles, but try not to be so judgmental about everyone else that does not share your interests.  You have a somewhat illogical sense of responsibility and blame — it is common with progressive liberals, altruists, and utopians. 

Robert, are YOU to blame for Yemen and Palestine?  Are you responsible for the war there?  Are you responsible for ending it?  Say so, then I will know who you are.  Until then, you blame ME for war without blaming yourself.  That's OK, because it is illogical.  You can only take responsibility for what you are responsible for.  Why aren't the warriors in Yemen and Palestine listening to your letters?  The war should be over by now according to that logic.  ;-)  Oh, that's right, I am responsible for the atrocities, you are responsible for telling me.  Start a sentence with "I am responsible for ..." and I will listen.  You caused a lot of trouble in your life, fess up, make amends, and take correct action.  Those are the only wars that are yours to end, and they need ending as much as any other.

My goodness, your self-righteousness would give Jerry Falwell a good run for his money.  I am not to blame for Yemen or Palestine, nor do I have the power to impose my will upon them, nor am I arrogant enough to believe that I have the cure to their political ills.  What, are we going to vote peace into Palestine?  You are free to pick your battles, but I doubt you will join their front lines. 

As I said before, if you want peace and support, I suggest less self-righteousness and more specific requests for action — where is the root that is mine to strike?  As someone that does not believe in God, you sure sound like someone who wants to play  God while holding the moral high ground above the common person (well 90% anyway).  By the way, you promote authoritarian policies almost exclusively based on this very premise.

As one with the Tao, why are you getting sucked into all this maya?

Take responsibility for your own mess and clean it up.  Start there.  Blaming the common person for wars around the world does nothing.  There is war for a reason, and until that reason is addressed, it will continue.  I want peace as much as any hippie and an end to powerlessness of the common people (otherwise referred to as poverty).  But these ills have causes, and not to address the cause but to treat only symptoms does not heal but merely lend support to 'the long war.'  My advice to you is the same as I give to fundamentalist Christians with we must "save the world" rhetoric:  It is precisely due to those that wish to save us from ourselves that the power of the masses has been co-opted by 'authorities' acting in official capacity.  Believe you me, there are billions caught up in this — it is THE racket in the world, and getting people to demand it as their rights enslaves them willingly.

If you are sounding a clarion call over the corruption in the world, including in the USA, UK, EU, Middle East, Africa, etc., welcome to the club!  Others on this blog have been doing so for decades.

In any debate about war or power, I will bring my attention to the source of the power, the funding, the people.  It's a big chess game that has been going on for 12,000 years at least.  Where are we now in the game?  It takes power to wage a war (which is to acquire power).  Who is funding it?  Or more importantly, what is the process of transferring power?  Who controls the flow?  Why?  The only ones that can stop a war are those that are waging it, either by winning or losing or truce.  

The only thing the common people in these war-torn nations can do is snap out of their hypnosis.  Enlightenment is the destruction of everything one thought to be true, but unfortunately, a free nation requires the consciousness of a fairly enlightened person that knows he/she is not the subservient of another nor bound to the dictates of others — we speak for ourselves and are responsible. 

How to awaken people?  I don't say 'save people,' because if there is any saving to be done, they must initiate it, make it their own.  It's more to facilitate their own self-realizations and declarations.  That's certainly what I look for in a teacher, someone to facilitate the process of my learning as someone who has been through it before.  

My humble advice is to not wage war to end war -- don't feed the beast.  Do not use the same tactics as the fascists, communists, authoritarians of all stripes to force your ways onto others.  Can you expect anyone to respect your individuality any more than you respect others'?

Secondly, pick your battles.  What's it going to be, Palestine, Wall Street, Medicare?  (I have no interest in any of the causes you mentioned — I certainly do not want any government health care services which drug and poison the hell out of everyone.)  Your suicide prevention and Roatarian work fits the bill better than all the rest, in my opinion.  Are you not also aware of the millions of people contributing their time and money to their own charities and causes?  I have been involved in several humanitarian efforts to help the poor in 3rd world countries, and only if the people we are helping want to become self-sufficient will the work we started continue after we leave.  As ever, only the poor can raise themselves up.  Victim consciousness is the enemy, not a rallying cry, Robert.

Thirdly, Strike at the root! And always be ready for the response!

Yes "dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike" sounds so "charming."  The actual processing of 'dispensing a sort of equality' leaves a lot of room for personal interpretation, the dispensing of which is just a matter of one's taste for plundering the opposition.

It's not so much 'democracy' as with the 'jurisdiction.'  The US federal government's jurisdiction was restricted to a 10 square mile patch of swampland, all else belonged to the sovereign and free states who formed the federal government with explicit duties and some explicitly prohibited powers in case clever lawyers might find a way to pervert the plain meaning of words. 

242 years later, the federal 'jurisdiction' has expanded across the entire nation and even into other countries' sovereign territory all over the world.  By redefining through judicial precedent the boundaries of 'jurisdiction' and 'elector,' the fox is now guarding the hen house. 

Through judicial fiat, power has been and continues to be centralized to the nations' capitals and to their central bankers running the Monopoly game.  Is anything and everything up for vote?  And what are the limits to what those elected can regulate and tax/take?  Who are the ultimate decision makers really?  Not the voters ...

Good luck with all that, Robert.  "I'm tired of people just going about their daily lives without giving frig about [enter your favorite political cause here]."  This is 'progressive' liberal-speak, virtue-signaling, blame-game, rhetoric.  You are 'tired of' a whole lot of other people whom you judge and attempt to shame who are merely living their own lives in their own country.  Textbook ;-)  Thanks for the invitation, but I have my own causes for which to fight for which I am taking responsibility — I don't blame you for not knowing or caring about them.  Your post is more of the 'sky is falling' approach that is the stock-and-trade of every con foisted upon the people of the world.  I do not take responsibility for war in Israel/Palestine — if you want to own it, go for it.

Most congress people do not actually sign their oaths or ever file them officially.  Notice that none are charged with violating their oaths of office.  Politicians lie continuously and avoid ever telling the truth whenever possible to protect themselves from ever testifying under oath.  Their whole currency is 'promises' — if ever caught that their word means nothing, the currency would be worthless.

Sure, within the democratic socialist nations in the EU, there is no fundamental right to free speech, for example.  In fact, hate speech laws make critizing powerful groups a criminal act.  These are among the most censored and propagandized countries in the world, so as to appear to be shining examples of socialism.  The Germans literally invented the science of 'propaganda.'  You  won't hear about the failures of socialism from those countries, nor of the horrors of Islam.  Blasphemy is considered to be a capital crime in the Muslim world, and the EU is adopting the same policy of criminalizing any criticism of Islam or Mohammed.  Indeed,  "socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude."

De Tocqueville titles his book, "Democracy in America."  The entire book compares the American political system based upon Liberty vs. the monarchical and socialist forms in Europe at the time.  If only someone had pointed out to de Tocqueville that the Americans formed a republican form of government not really a democracy.  But that would have changed the title of the book — and possibly even prevented the mistake of calling America a democracy.  But to the outside world, America was a democracy.  It should have been titled "Liberty in America."

I wasn't taught 'history' I was taught 'social studies.'  I see now that it was merely to dumb us Americans down to be 'socialized.'  Essentially, instead of American history, we are taught socialist ideology wrapped up in faux-Americanism.

I seem to have been on the other end of the astonishment interaction as most of my peers and teachers did not seem to ever understand me.  I had a realization early on that even though we all were going to the same school, wearing the same uniforms, taking the same classes, we were all very different.  I happened to love that difference, I despised blind obedience.  I am not so astonished at the choices of the masses these days — I expect absolute ignorance from most, but there will always be a few who dare to speak truthfully (now that is astonishing).

"Make the world safe for democracy" is one of the pillars of globalist totalitarianism.  'Make the world...' not the country, not the town, but the world. "Safe" because the world isn't safe but needs to be made safe.  How?  Democracy — are we voting for representatives to defend our Liberty?  No we lay claim to the Treasury and the property of our neighbors, and vote for the distribution scheme that best benefits us (at the expense of 'them') in the name of 'world safety' apparently. 

Funny how the elected are indeed the rich, and they get richer somehow even though they produce nothing.  Democratic socialism is the game of the central banks and lawyers, placing themselves at the top of the pyramid, regulating the powers of the people to their advantage, making them the most powerful people on the planet.  Any return to American republican fundamentals is a threat to their power.  Either the American people wake up on their own, or they will continue to be the unwitting game pieces in the global Monopoly game.

Until the nations of the world face their owners, the central banks, they will continue to be the unwitting tools of their own oppression.

It's more than just a belief, it's a fact for Americans: the government is the servant of the People, not the other way around.

Another reason that the USA was NOT founded as a democracy.  If our rights are up for vote, then they are not rights but privileges only.

From legalizing homosexuality to promoting LGBTQ+ rights above all else.  Pointing this out is hate speech, now a crime, but screaming I hate you! F* you! is somehow not hate speech but free speech.  The gun controllers shoot GOP representatives to demonstrate that people cannot be trusted with arms.  Social media companies censor honest dialogue in the name of "community values" to guide people to proper thought.  Why is liberty always to blame for socialist ills?  Because false flags are the oldest trick in the book, and the go-to move for any political cause — make it look like the other guy did it.  It's so overplayed these days that it doesn't work as well as it used to.

People talk about 'values' when restricting each others' 'rights.'  It is the Truth that sets one free — thus the eternal enemy of authoritarians.

It's like diluting the currency by printing more money without an equal amount of backing — current holders' money is now devalued, i.e. inflation.  Same for 'words' — it does not take many words to tell the truth.  But with a flood of words, often charged to fever pitch, simple truths are drowned out and diluted and tainted.  That's using 'free speech' as a weapon, and the same responsiblities apply to the speaker as to the armed citizen.