"How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and totally dissolve; how difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to preserve their dearest rights and best privileges, impelled as it were by an irresistible fate of despotism."
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James Monroe
(1758-1831), 5th US President
Date:
1788
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The de jure States united was conceived on a basis of individuals that would represent inalienable rights and liberty - all defined by nature's law. The wisely organized institution / legal fiction was to be extremely limited within its scope of action. From inception, the intended body politic lost the implemented checks and balances with a near total dissolve of implementation. The occupying statist theocracy infesting this land has replaced rights, freedom, liberty and nature's law with an irresistible fate of despotism.
 -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    We must not let our paths be swayed or interrupted by this negativity. Humankind's struggle continues. Humankind will reach the stars literally.  US debt clock indicates well over 31 trillion dollars as December 20, 2022. We must raise GDP. Socialism is the vision of social abilities to create a debt free United States of America.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Socialism is a theocratic vision that is a lie, implementing chaos, poverty, pain, death, destruction and mental illness in every form it has been tried. 
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Mike, Norwalk, Socialism is scientific strategy to enhance the potential and the effectiveness of the human race by scientifically refining its social interactions by properly coordinating it's social abilities and capabilities.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    In the complexity of the universal arrangement wouldn't the idea of preservation of  "dearest rights and privileges" not lead to decay in our arrogant expectations not altering for maturing dimensional requirements?  Change can be rigorous and we must be able to keep pace.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Sillik, you are an childish imbecile that knows NOTHING of science and can only reference the subject matter in circular word salads that are too broad and vague to even consider. The social interactions you reference are religious by substance and effect. Socialism is: any of various economic, religious and political theories, philosophies or movements outside nature’s law advocating collective or governmental / religious ownership and administration of property (real / chattel / sensorial beings, etc.) along with the means of production and distribution of goods. When socialism is interfaced with in any degree of ethics, morals or perception of correctness, it becomes a religion (NOT science)
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Mike, Norwalk, religion has no ethical, moral basis, or proper correctness, only science can provide proper formulas for ethics, morals and correctness. Socialism is such a science to provide these formulas.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Sillik, you truly are a socialist in the finest tradition of the word; AND, you follow so well after one of your many gods  Lennin: "a lie told often enough becomes the truth". In your propaganda, you must say day is night, black is white, front to back is inverted, demonic perversion is ethical, poverty is moral and slavery properly inflicted (socialism) is correct  for, that is truly how socialism progresses. One of the reasons you've never been able to use scientific methodology to answer any question ever posed to you is you have NO idea what that is. As stated to you many times, socialists must regularly change the meaning of words so not to be identified as the sadistic / mentally ill child that you are.
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Mike, Norwalk, thank-you very much for that first line, and as for John Lennon, I never was much of a Beatles enthusiast. And for the rest of your message, you gotta be you. Good bye, I off to search for mental health, and as always you keep me searching other literary contributions.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Sillik, you gota love auto correct  Lenin
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Mike, Norwalk, seriously, you calling me a Socialist of the finest traditional is among the most sane literature I've come across. Thank-you, once again, very much.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Mike, Norwalk, John Lennon, Jack Lemon, Vladimir Lenin, Jay Leno, they are all in the same category, they were like a copy of ladies I was asking of their exploits earlier in the day, they were "pretending." See, I am also the Socialist of the worst tradition as well of the finest tradition. I am the only tradition of the ideology of the revolutionary consciousness called Socialism.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    The US Constitution and Bill of Rights are the best attempt to preserve republican government and protect the rights of the People who chartered it in human history.  The post-Civil War amendments mark the start of the "decay" culminating with a central bank ruling over all.  The transformation from republican to statist government relies 100% on the receivership of the USA to the Federal Reserve under a state of emergency that has never been lifted. 

    Socialism, or more specifically one of its forms, fascism has replaced the American government model but only be default.  We need only reclaim our republic from this false leviathan that lays claims to the labors and property of all.  Socialism is a con self-evident to any who have tried to exercise responsibility for themselves without government approval or permission.

    Servitude is still the biggest racket in the world  and socialism is the 'science' behind it.
     -- E Archer, NYC     
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