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. 

There would have to be a 4th class, right?  If the 3rd class are those that will not "sacrifice their private interests as to give themselves seriously and earnestly to the work of making a change" then either there are or there aren't ever some of those who DO.  Granted the 4th group is only as big as those that know who they are — if only that small minority could become a majority, the consciousness of America would reverberate around the world.

In 'No Treason' Spooner makes a very fine point: our ancestors cannot bind us to their words spoken in their time, they do not have the authority to do so.  I always felt that an American, when reaching adulthood, should sign the Declaration of Independence and make the words their own — that would be my agreement to be a responsible citizen.  Those that choose not to sign will continue to be treated as wards of the state until they are declared competent. ;-)

I've certainly been 'duped' into working for 'knaves' alongside a few who can see the naked truth but believe themselves powerless to do anything or even what to do.  Interesting that so many of us have no Civics training or simple understanding of Common Law — without that we are but inferiors to lawyers and made perpetual wards of the state.

Spooner makes himself perfectly clear from the very first page.  It is hard to argue with such facts, especially as Spooner expresses them!  No 'tough love' here, just hard fact.

Is this so hard to understand?  All those complicit benefit from the racket.  In the blame game, victimhood is currency.  Fame and influence are the prizes in a 'no holds barred' battle to impress upon the malleable minds of the masses their narrative, their branding, their authority, and ultimately their commands.

A republican form of government based upon the natural rights of humankind is regulated by the People, who are the source of the government's power and can take it away.  In an authoritarian form of government, the government is superior and the people inferior, the rights of the people determined by the authorities.  The government regulates the people.

Socialism is a democracy in which everything is up for vote, but the authorities still determine what is being voted on and what the choices are — as well as do the counting of the votes.  Authoritarianism whether from the Left or the Right is still Tyranny.  No matter how many people vote for authoritarianism, the dictates of tyranny have no lawful basis and we are not beholden to them.  Please note that government is a vehicle to tremendous power, wealth, and influence — no matter the form whether monarchy, socialist democracy, communist dictatorship, military dictatorship, or aristocratic oligarchy, you will never get the wealth out of government because that is THE game of wealth and power.  Better then we observe the American republican form with its distributed branches, and power inherent in the People so that no one can rule all.

If only!!  ;-)

The answer is Yes! It is possible "to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing about it."  It has never been more apparent in the mass media and social media.  The propagandist does not need 100% belief by all; to convince a small but loud minority is enough to sway the masses, if only to disrupt and attack the opposition.  Propaganda is a form of war upon the individual, to bring him/her into line, to control the 'narrative' and adopt it as one's own.

Without government regulators, what would we do?  Be fine.

They're not "gonna" go in, they have already been going in busting people, confiscating their homes, cars, money for a couple grams of pot.  The abuse of power is absolutely fascistic!  Where has the Constitution given the power to do this?  Alcohol prohibition required an amendment to the Constitution, which was later repealed.  Where is the amendment for drug prohibition?  Who made the American Medical Association a lawful governing body?  Why can we not receive medical services from someone not licensed by the AMA?  These are gate-keepers all, protecting their racket.  When will Americans rise up against arbitrary authority?

Marijuana is legal in Canada today!  More US States are voting on legalization in November.  Trump has signaled a desire to re-schedule marijuana and let the State governments decide their own regulations.  Mexico is likely to legalize as well.  All the Central American nations are ready to end this war.  Legalize all 'drugs' which are forms of medicine in varying strengths, risks and benefits.  Let people take responsibility for making informed choices.  The real resistance is from those that make money from the racket — lawyers, doctors, police, prisons, officials are all employed by the drug war, not to mention the foreign growers, the distributors, the corrupt cops, officials, and politicians that play a role.  The evils associated with prohibition far exceed the evils of consumption.  It's a racket.

That's all well and good, but it still requires the citizen to inform him/herself and to "react responsibly."

Controlling past, present, and future is immense power.  It is no surprise that every effort is being made to control what the world sees and hears about everything.  The narrative has been written and distributed to the powers-that-be — you can tell when the same 'talking points' are found in dozens of media outlets at the same time.  But too many people depend on this racket now, and the jig is up. 

The reputations of CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS have been decimated due to their own rhetoric.  Once trusted and respected, they now are believed less than super market tabloids.  It is obvious that these are not businesses to make money for their shareholders, but gate keepers and propagandists for political purposes.  Why don't people put 2 and 2 together and see that when the Democrats out spend Republicans 3 to 1 on advertising, that money goes to the networks, that is their bread and butter.  They constantly are merely making themselves richer hand over fist, even while the ratings are in the tank and voters reject them.  Campaign money forms huge slush funds earmarked for the media companies ultimately.  It's very expensive to distribute and maintain a narrative that contradicts reality, therefore, it takes lots and lots of money, and they get it.  Of course a discerning mind will not fall for it, and thus the dumbing down of America into feuding classes instead of stewards of independence and liberty.

The 'truth' already is, whether I know it or not.  The truth is 'realized' and 'discovered' — it is 'revealed.'  A good teacher will facilitate this realization in the student, but the question must be asked in order to receive the answer.  Why is the student studying?  What is it you wish to learn?  It is the seeking of truth that reveals the truth — otherwise we would already know the truth as it is always and forever in front of us (i.e. reality). 

I will remember the experience of realizing something more readily than the experience of being told something.  My biggest complaint about 'school' was that I was being 'taught,' being given 'answers' to questions I wasn't asking, highly suspect 'answers' to 'leading' questions at that.  I preferred the library with lots of reference indexes so I could pursue my own train of thought. 

True knowledge is gained through personal experience whether in school or the woods.  Discerning that experience I would call seeking truth.  I would rather pay to learn from elders with a life time of experiences, than to attend a free course 'taught' by a young professor with little experience — of course, I can learn from anyone.  An honest dialogue with anyone will reveal liberating truths if all speak truthfully and listen to what they say.  It's all in the question.  ;-)

The incestuous relationship between the Democratic Party, the dominant media corporations and the intelligence community has resulted in a propaganda machine to control the minds of the world.  Such utopian dreams have enslaved most of the world's populations under the thumb of their rulers.  The narrative is reality, control the narrative.