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Noah Webster defined a “republic” in his dictionary as:
“A commonwealth; a state in which the exercise of the sovereign power is lodged in representatives elected by the people. In modern usage, it differs from a democracy or democratic state, in which the people exercise the powers of sovereignty in person.”
In order for a nation to be a republic, the people must be able to elect their own representatives. However, recent revelations are showing more and more that We the People, don’t actually choose our representatives. That one or more cabals have conspired to “protect” the election from the will of the people. By that, they mean choosing who they thought was the better candidate rather than allowing the “unwashed masses” to do so. After the 2016 and 2020 elections, I wondered if the American people would stand for such a blatant subversion of self-government. After the 2022 elections, my answer has to be I’m not sure.
As more and more reports, testimony, and evidence of the corruption of the republic come to light, I’m once again forced to ask, We the People, stand by while the republic is torn down and replaced with a corrupt oligarchy? As Daniel Webster once said:
“I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe… Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger.”
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