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originally posted by: datguy
a reply to: DBCowboy
The concept was to limit Federal Government, it made attempts to secure power to the states governments.
Lets not forget the constitution itself was a compromise of many conflicting ideas, it took time and debate to create.
The concept also included ideas that recognized and allowed for "we the people" to grow and change.
Change is inevitable, at some point "we the people" do and will make choices that others do not agree with.
Are we to simply dismiss these choices? wouldn't that be a detriment to the constitution itself?
I can say for sure that is where we are at right now in the US, and it is detrimental to freedom.
originally posted by: datguy
a reply to: DBCowboy
are you sure?
can you stake all of humanity on it?
Any government needs some power to function and fulfill its mandates. Its how that power is granted and who its granted to that creates the problem. A One World Government isn't defined by Despotism or Etatism, its simply a "new" world order, it can be whatever we make it.
Are you advocating for anarchy?
originally posted by: datguy
a reply to: DBCowboy
I would IF I could show any circumstance in history where people have willfully ceded power to any government, your comment is a trap and ignores the concept of not only a living constitution but also the idea that government can be a force for good.
Specifically in the US, how else would we get from one place to another so easily, send mail, osha regulations, FDIC insurance, interstate power distribution, Vehicle safety, Weather services/warnings, FEMA relief (yes I went there), EPA, FAA, research funding in universities, National guard, National cancer institute.....do I need to list more?
I can if this was somehow an insufficient example.
And this short list doesn't address government funded social programs like, SSA, food stamps, ADA, SBA, VA
AND all this doesnt even address the foreign relations aspect of the Government
Their mission is to use their Gundams to attack OZ directly, in order to rid the Alliance of its weapons and free the colonies from its oppressive rule.
And I believe that humanity can transcend that gap quickly, I feel like its already begun and is well under way.