Secession!\u00a0 Isn’t that a great word?\u00a0 Secede now, it’s the American way!<\/p>\n
Americans are great quitters, if you know anything at all about our history.<\/p>\n
In 1776, we seceded from a corrupt political system and from the dominion of Great Britain, over abuses to our 13 Crown Colonies, each of which had Charters granted by the Crown of England.\u00a0 Those charters were abused by the British Parliament, and the Colonists, who knew how to read and write and think independently, did not take it sitting down.\u00a0 They protested, they petitioned, they argued, etc, until King George was sick of them, and declared them all to be a bunch of paper terrorists, tearing up their petitions and legally “outlawing” the colonies — something not even a king can legally do.<\/p>\n
The most famous act of secession, in 1861, resulted in a bloody (and unnecessary) war of Northern Aggression against the Confederate States of America.\u00a0 That effort ended in a military failure, but it certainly did not dampen the enthusiasm of many Southerners to simple QUIT the game!\u00a0 They migrated to the Western states in huge numbers (along with many thousands who migrated to Mexico, Brazil, and other countries).\u00a0 They voted with their feet.<\/p>\n
When you are in a job that becomes intolerable, what do you do?<\/p>\n
When you are in a church that teaches doctrines that strike you as contrary to your understanding, and you get no hearing from the power brokers, what do you do?<\/p>\n
When you don’t like what the social engineers are teaching your children, what do you do?<\/p>\n
When you don’t like the way a company treats you, what do you do?<\/p>\n
You may not call it secession, but when you quit playing the game, and walk away from the job, or the church, or the school, or the company, you are seceding!\u00a0 We’ve al seceded from many things in our lives.\u00a0 Some people secede from marriages or families (an American trait that we should not be proud of).\u00a0 Some people secede from television, or borrowing money from banks.\u00a0 Etc.<\/p>\n
Well, you can secede, now, from the monopoly, or “duopoly” of what is called the “two party system” of American politics.<\/strong>\u00a0 It’s quite easy, actually.\u00a0 All you do is make up your mind that you aren’t going to take it any more, and act accordingly.<\/p>\n Will they notice when you leave?\u00a0 Unless you’ve been giving them lots of money, or are an elected representative at some level, no.\u00a0 But when you, and ten of your friends, walk out and start behaving like Independent Thinkers, and when your ten friends each get ten more to do the same, the cumulative effect will be felt, sooner or later.\u00a0 Sooner, if you work at it.\u00a0 Later, if you lollygag around.<\/p>\n It’s so simple, it’s amazing that no one has tried it on an organized level.\u00a0 Millions have done it, as individuals, but like the 1866 Confederate emigrants to Brazil, most of them return to the old political system, lured by fresh candidates and more campaign rhetoric.\u00a0 We vote for what we perceive to be the “lesser of two weevils” over, and over again.\u00a0 We wimp out.\u00a0 And the professionals play us like a fisherman playing a mullet.\u00a0 We have become a nation of mullets.<\/p>\n It’s time to make up your mind that you do not belong to the Socialist Party A, nor to Socialist Party B, and then take ten friends with you, right out the door!<\/p>\n