What Happened To Our Democracy?
Author: Brian Ankner


What Happened To Our Democracy?
Dwight Eisenhower warned against the United States becoming
predominately dependent on military power as a means for
its security.  The biggest change in American democratic
history came about as a result of World War II and the
introduction of the nuclear bomb.  From the mid 40's to the
early 50's two different directions became available for
our government to choose from.

One direction was for our government to embrace the
principles of the newly formed United Nations, which was
originally handed all the tools necessary to civilize this
world through a system of International Law and Order based
on the establishment of an International Bill of Human
Rights.

After the devastation of World War II the world came to
realize future wars using nuclear weapons could destroy
this world and a new system for providing a more peaceful
and civilized existence in this world was needed, thus the
United Nations was formed.

The other direction governments could take was to pursue
military expansionism with nuclear weapons to ensure their
defense.

Once one single country pursued this path others were
forced to follow and the overall purpose of the United
Nations was nullified.

Today the American people have become oppressed slaves to
their military power and have been forced to give up their
democratic rights and freedoms for their security.

Ben Franklin stated, once you give up your liberty and
democratic rights for your security, you deserve neither.
The cost the American people have had to pay for their
military power is being a constant target always having to
defend itself from those who wish not to be militarily
dominated by the U.S. government.

The American people and their democracy has been oppressed
and dominated by fear as a result of their military power
and expansionism.

The United States government is now the most barbaric,
brutal, and uncivilized country in the world and has been
responsible for more deaths (approximately seven million
people killed) then any other country since the mid 1950's.

The strange thing is the American people act shocked when
someone attacks their country (911, the USS Cole, etc) and
can't understand why.

We have been conditioned to believe a strong military is
the best way to defend our country, but when that military
power jeopardizes our security and safety because our
leaders are abusing it for purposes other then to defend
our country, we should not be surprised.

Being civilized and living in Peace is the sacrifice we
have made for military power.

They say when you live by the sword you die by the sword
and we now live totally by the sword.

There was a time when it was patriotic to defend our
country and democratic way of life, which was back when our
democracy was one that was by the people, for the people,
and of the people.

Today, our government is corporate controlled, which means
we have sacrificed our democratic rights, freedoms,
security, and safety to defend a government, which is by
the corporations, for the corporations, and of the
corporations.

This was not part of the original deal when our democracy
was formed.  Nowhere in our Constitution, Declaration of
Independence, or Bill of Rights does it mention the
American people must yield their democracy to the corporate
powers.

The reason our democracy was formed was to be self-
governing and get away from totalitarian rule. The first
paragraph of the Declaration of Independence states clearly
the obligation to preserve our democracy rest squarely with
the American people, yet the American people are so
oblivious to their democratic responsibilities they have
allowed their democracy to fail.  A democracy is only as
strong as the people who participate in it.

Thomas Jefferson stated; this democracy would only last
about two hundred and fifty years before the people must
decide to rebuild it or let it revert back to totalitarian
rule.  We have been at it for two hundred and thirty four
years now, with sixteen years left to decide.

If the American people are satisfied with being oppressed
by fear as a result of our their military power, which is
controlled by a corporate run government then they should
do nothing, but they should understand it was they who
failed their democracy and they have no one to blame but
themselves.


About the Author:

The group at the We Want World Peace Organization have an
actual plan for World Peace. It's simple, replace war with
a system of international law and order based on human
rights not just the rights of other governments like the
United Nations currently supports. To learn more about this
plan go to http://www.wewantworldpeace.com