The American Experiment: What Your History Teacher Didn't Tell You

by Sal Mayweather

it failed on July 4, 1863 with the fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi - the turning point of Lincoln's war - where he and his generals discovered the effectiveness of making war on civilians.

“A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.”

Cicero weighed the pros and cons of the three forms of government, and rejected all three. Of democracy, he cited the Greek experience, writing that, “...the absolute power of the Athenian people…changed into the fury and license of a mob.”

Each time man placed restraints on government, whether in Athens or Rome, society soared to new heights.

During Lincoln’s rule (and rule it was) the Bill of Rights was shuddered entirely. Over 10,000 northerners were arrested for voicing opposition to the war.

“I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists.”

Some free blacks and slaves even fought for the South during Lincoln’s War.

The Emancipation Proclamation applied only to the states in rebellion, where Lincoln had no authority. Slave states who remained loyal to the Union on the other hand were allowed to keep their slaves.

and in a larger sense, of the legislative branch as a whole. Recall that prior to this time, senators were appointed by the various state legislatures. This was a feature, not a bug.

To get the American people to go along with such a rancid scheme, the federal government assured them that it’d only be a small tax on the highest of incomes, but not long after the tax came into effect in 1913, its size and scope quickly expanded uncontrollably.

Surely, you don’t want to wind up like Snowden, Manning or Assange? Best then to stay quiet and mind your place.

Some emergency - whether real or imagined, manufactured or naturally occurring - brings about widespread fear among the people, who in turn call upon the government to do something, anything to resolve the problem.