As I will argue here, so long as the state can collect funds by force to pay for national defense and crime prevention, it can collect funds by force to pay for anything, and so long as the state can legitimately enforce it’s monopoly of the defense and justice services, so too can it enforce a monopoly of any service.
History makes at least one thing absolutely clear: regardless of the stated purposes and proffered justifications, the United States of America has been the cause and source of untold death, destruction, and damage.
That may seem obvious to many of my readers, but an entrenched system of incumbency has made it near impossible for the foggy-minded masses to separate the person from the position.
In holding it up as the ideal, divinely sanctioned, standard of public government, Latter-day Saint Constitutionalists fail to recognize it’s major, real world, foundational flaw.
Their proper prioritization—most importantly, placing the Constitution before one’s own political desires—would solve a large number of problems in Congress and restore a decent amount of respect in the way our representatives conduct their business.
Strong Local Self-government is the Keystone to Preserving Human Freedom
It is not hypocritical to express support for the Constitution while suggesting ways it can be modified to be better.
Reflecting upon recent events, Latter-day Saints would be well advised to recall another time, in the early days of the church, when political opposition caused us great harm.
Would Joseph be a Republican if he lived today? A study of his views offers a surprising view.
“I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the united States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, Independent States under God, unified for the protection of life, liberty, justice and of private property for all.”
All of this political involvement by for-profit corporations is merely a symptom of what is the underlying disease: corporatism.
What would happen to the global Church in the world in a time when America’s political hegemony may no longer exist. What happens to the Church in a new world order? To do that, let’s consider a few scriptural vignettes.
Considering that liberty and justice always come at a price and that we will all be asked to pay that price, to make that sacrifice over the coming months and years, this addition becomes completely proper.
How can you identify the good guys from the bad in the upcoming election?
The Prophet Joseph Smith cautioned latter-day saints to avoid undue political partisanship because it didn’t amount to much more than giving one side or another the rope with which to hang us.
If a person truly wants to help another country or group of people, then their eyes should look not towards the government, but to their own wallet.
Efficiency and Dispatch Require Governments to Operate to the Will of the Majority, but Constitutional Provisions Must be Made to Protect the Rights of the Minority
When looking back at America’s history with the Tyranny-Anarchy spectrum in mind it is easy to see how the current two-party system is helping the people to carry themselves off to Tyranny at a quickening pace.
I live at the end of a long dirt road. And that’s just fine with me. But, in my younger years I abhorred dirt roads. My attitude then was, “Give me pavement or give me death.”
About two centuries ago Thomas Jefferson said “I consider Trial by Jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution”…
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