Thoughts on Patriotism

[SteyrAUG]

I voted against Hillary, I felt and feel Rubio was a much better candidate than Donald Trump. DT was a much better president than I expected, I will say.

Andy

I went through several. Started with Rand for the 10 minutes he was relevant, then Carson, then some other guy I can't even remember. I had immigration issues with Rubio and credibility problems with Cruz so when Trump ended up as the "wild card" I was pretty much screw it...I'm in.

[lowprone]

Now days it's kinda like religion, basically whatever you want it to be !

[SpecWired]

I have posted here before some thoughts about my core beliefs on patriotism.

A cornerstone of my beliefs is that the Declaration of Independence founded our Nation. I am, and always will be, loyal to my country.

The Constitution is only the foundation of our current (remember the Articles of Confederation) government. I've never felt any allegiance to my government. The government owes allegiance to us, we the people.

Once the government isn't "of the people, by the people, and for the people," that's when we get ourselves a new one, by any means necessary, as our Founding Fathers did.

The era of "of the people, by the people, and for the people," was a just a sneeze of time in the entire period of USA history. When did the change happen? Whiskey Rebellion? Three-Fifths Compromise? First Bank of the United States?

Robert Michels and the "iron law of oligarchy" pretty clearly identifies what the preordained trajectory of any organized government is. Now add rampant corporatism to the mix...