How did America come to be “governed” by an entrenched ruling class, and what can we do about it?
It’s human nature to see to “first things, first”; to steward our own households’ immediate needs before diverting focus outward.
In a peaceful, prosperous, and largely well-ordered society (where the average person does not face physical peril in the course of routine living), WE HAVE THIS LUXURY. In fact, we expect that having entrusted those we elect with overseeing law enforcement, basic infrastructure, foreign relations, and other civic affairs, we are free to live our lives.
This, paradoxically, is the precise reason that the cultivation of a “ruling class” becomes inevitable; a noxious weed that becomes ever-more invasive, intrusive, and oppressive; threatening to consume the very society it was entrusted to serve. And while this is happening, be it years or decades in process, most people will be reluctant to risk anything on the “home front” in pursuit of correcting the problem. Only when sufficient numbers of people suffer a “nearly nothing to lose” position at the hands of such oppression is consequential revolt likely.
https://www.americaoutloud.com/it-is-urgent-that-we-lawfully-prune-federal-power-now/
Who is in charge of your children? That has been a perennial question that has grown in importance over the last few years. When I was a child, it was understood that, with rare exceptions, parents were in charge of a child’s upbringing. This included medical, religious, and educational decisions. However, over the last few decades, the role of the parent in these decisions has been replaced by experts. What happens when the goal of the experts differs from those of the parents? Who decides the future of the rising generations? It was understood that the state acted in loco parentis, in place of the parents, only for the safety of the child. A recent case in U.S. District Court shows that be it health departments, child services, schools, or even the courts. Government not only believes they know better than the parents, they are more than willing to act in loco parentis tyrannis.
https://constitutionstudy.com/?p=8897
With the release of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) applications, there has been a lot of speculation and downright assertions about our future. With over 30 years of experience in Information Technology (IT), not more than a passing understanding of AIs, I've come to the conclusion that much of what I've heard is more science fiction than fact. A recent court case decided in the D.C. District Court revolved around one very important question. Do AIs have rights?
In this third installment of the three-part series on the branches of government, we look at the role of the third and weakest branch. At least that is what our Founding Fathers thought of it. What is the role of the federal judiciary? What are the extent of their powers, how do they related to the other two branches of government, and why is a proper understanding of the role of the judiciary critical if the United States is to remain a constitutional republic?
https://constitutionstudy.com/?p=8575
In the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States we see the reasons that document was created. The second reason listed is “to establish justice”. But are we succeeding at establishing justice? Some recent news may lead us to question if that is true. - Live 4PM ET with Host Paul Engel @CyberEngel @OutLoudNews
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In our justice system, we have triers of fact and courts of appeal. Triers of facts are things like Grand Juries and District Courts, where the facts and evidence comes to light. As opposed to courts of appeal who try the process. When we let the triers of facts do their jobs, we can often find some very interesting facts. - Live 4PM ET with Host Paul Engel @CyberEngel @OutLoudNews
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According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:
Fact: something that has actual existence
Check: to compare with a source, original, or authority
So when something is being “fact checked”, it would be reasonable that someone was comparing whether there was a source or authority that something actually existed. However, that has not been true for modern “fact checkers”. - Live 4PM ET with Host Paul Engel @CyberEngel @OutLoudNews
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