Along with blessings experienced by a countless many, come a number of life’s inescapable realities. Such as, to note but a few: some among us pay taxes, others do not; there is no such thing as “free” (someone, somewhere, at some point, pays); death eventually applies to all; the Sun comes up in the East; you can’t eat a bowling ball (at least not in its intended-for-use form); life is not fair; freedom of speech does not only apply to what you or I agree with, but also the views of others; only those who successfully win the battle against evil and oppression will have the opportunity to realize the inalienable (God-given) rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness; and, both our “voting” and “not voting” have truly serious, long-lasting, and otherwise profound consequences.
Yes, the conduct (good, bad, or indifferent) of our local, state, and federal government is ultimately the consequence of votes cast, or not cast, by “we the people”—past, present, and future. A reality not erasable by any amount of wrongly assigned blame/credit. For, in our U.S. constitutional republic, it is our votes or lack thereof that determine who will be granted positions of governmental power and influence over our lives and livelihood. An extent of power and influence our country’s Founding Fathers wisely intended to be duly limited and held in check. By way of the Bill of Rights and other liberty recognizing provisions of our very unique and most precious U.S. Constitution—our firewall against tyranny—our safeguard against cruel or oppressive government or rule.
And, for those who continue to maintain that our votes don’t matter, note that our recently completed 2018 midterm elections reportedly entailed campaign spending totaling well over a staggering $5 billion. An unthinkable expenditure that of course does not include the untold millions upon millions of untraceable dollars (so-called “dark money”). All spent in a grueling battle for our votes—in an unrelenting struggle for positions of power and influence within our government. Votes, and lack of votes, that truly have consequences!
For, in the end, it will be our votes and failure to vote that determine, for example:
Whether our liberty-sustaining U.S. Constitution survives, or is replaced by life/liberty-destroying Sharia Law or other cruel and oppressive rule; whether our nation’s foundation blocks of secured borders, common language-English, and common culture founded on Judeo-Christian values, continue to survive, or are destroyed by irresponsible immigration policies; whether we have a free-enterprise economic system that promotes continued growth, prosperity, innovation, individual opportunity, and security, or the nation/liberty-destructive ravages of socialism/communism; whether our ever-growing and out-of-control $21 trillion national debt is responsibly dealt with, or we self-destruct from continued out-of-control government spending; whether our educational institutions teach truth and help prepare our nation’s youth to responsibly deal with the realities of life, or condition them to scramble for the false security of a taxpayer-funded “safe space” and delusional comfort of an “anxiety-relieving kitten/puppy,” at the first encounter with a view not aligned with that of their own; whether we accept the reality of “limited resources,” or self-destruct under the delusion that the cost of so-called “free” food, clothing, housing, education, transportation, entertainment, legal services, smart phones, and other wants and needs, will somehow be paid for by the “tooth fairy” or some other “elusive them.” And, by no means the last nor least --- whether our nation is constructively supported by an election process of integrity, inputted by informed and responsible voters, or suffers the liberty threatening consequences of a system contaminated by input of non-U.S. citizens, sabotage by foreign governments, and/or from the ignorance, apathy, complacency, denial, and greed, of we U.S. citizens.
It seems Abraham Lincoln was unsettlingly prophetic when reportedly stating, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
—William James Moore
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