There is a famous quote we see often about the whole idea of ignoring the excesses of government until it affects us personally. It goes like this:
"In Germany, the Nazis first came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, but I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak for me." (Rev. Martin Neimoeller, German Lutheran Pastor. Rev. Neimoeller was arrested by the Gestapo for opposing Hitler and was sent to Dachau in 1938. He was freed by Allied forces in 1945.)
Now some people will say this is "trite." But it is one of those quotes that speaks volumes more than it was meant to speak when originally said because it so neatly applies to every case where the people ignored what the government was doing until it DID affect them. By then it was too late because there was no one left to speak for them. This is what is happening in this country now as we sit back and cheer the "alphabet soup agencies" as they rape citizens unconstitutionally in the name of the government's insane "drug war."
We have allowed them to make rules that allow them to stop us on the street (or in our cars), search us without a warrant, and "confiscate" (steal) any large amounts of money we may have (or take any other property including real estate they may want to steal) by simply saying "It must be drug money."
It "must be" drug money. Not "is." "must be." This is how law enforcement is conducted today. They take what they want and force us to "prove a negative," our innocence, in order to get it back, after posting a bond to assure that WE will pay THEIR legal expenses BEFORE we can sue for its return.
Lawyer Nancy Johnson said in a recent "Sierra Times" article: "The ugly precedent here is that like the IRS, OSHA, BLM and the FDIC, the ATF has joined the ranks of alphabet soup agencies who engage in rule-making by fiat. Meaning: no notice; no comment, just that anything they deem illegal...is. Even if it was legal when you bought it. Nice weapon to use in the anti-gun war when you can't get a bill past the House of Representatives."
They're using the "subjective" ("open-ended") laws they've passed specifically to make laws such that they may be "defined" by those "enforcing" them. That way, a policeman or government agent can "define" what you may be doing legally as a crime, at his/her discretion and "put you away" for it.
Ayn Rand best described this process for enslaving people: "There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one "makes" them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted --- and you create a nation of law-breakers --- and then you cash in on the guilt." (Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged")
Think about it. Look at all the conflicting "laws" and "regulations" that have been passed and promulgated. In many cases when you obey one, you violate several others and they can "get you" any time they wish. They are in the process of "criminalizing" everybody in this country in some way so they can at will come to them and say: "You will do as I say or I'll put you away for a long time."
This is one of the most basic scams used by the power seekers today to continue our enslavement. Even better than "chattel slavery" is "political slavery," where you are "the property of the government" and must do its bidding. That is the enslavement they wish for us, with them being the masters. Make no mistake about it. That is the goal of the power seekers: that we work to benefit them, not ourselves. If we don't start doing something to turn this back, it won't be long before we are all "vassals" to "King Government.
If you ignore what they're doing until it affects you personally, you'll be like Rev. Neimoeller, who spent seven years in a concentration camp since he ignored what they were doing to others "because it didn't concern him." So when they "came for him," there was no one left to speak for him. Don't let that happen to you.
This article first appeared in "Sierra Times."
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