Do We Want a King?

America was founded on the principal that everyone had the same rights, and that we all have the right to vote to have an equal say in how our lives are run.
We elect Representatives on a revolving basis to insure that the will of the people is what is adhered to.
We have a set of rules by which we are governed, the US Constitution, and if necessary those rules can be changed by following the procedure outlined in Article 5, and again we all get to vote on it.

Over the past several decades we have see a growing desire for the Federal Government to be given more and more authority over our everyday lives, to a point where we seemed hell bound for many socialistic policies and solutions.

Now socialism has been tried in America before. Various groups tried Utopian Socialism, The Harmony Society, The Shakers, Oneida Community to name a few. All to no real accomplishments or lasting very long. Mostly because, when you do not have an established set of governance that all agree to, you are doomed to the wishes and egos of everyone, and as has been said before "a house divided cannot stand".

Now the American plan was set up so that everyone knew the rules, could live their life and when they got out of bounds there is an way for you to be kicked back into play. No single figurehead was deemed necessary or wanted. We have lived that way for over 200 years and now suddenly we up and want to change.

Many desire the Federal Government take the lead in our lives. Do these people believe that because it's the government that the decision will be better? That, for example, a small committee of say 5 people will have more insight into building cars that dozens of individuals who have been doing it all their adult lives will? Or maybe many do not feel qualified to take on such weighty matters. That is interferes with their visits to the mall or time at the spa or takes time from their golf game.

I am amused that so many of our Hollyweird brethren support such government interference when no so long ago they gave us the fight against being blacklisted for communism, or stared in movies such as "The Manchurian Candidate", "Three Days of the Condor", "RollerBall", "Network", "Conspiracy Theory", "Capricorn One" etc, and other works that railed against the establishment and an over bearing, interfering government entities.

Many of our forefathers who rebelled against "no Representation", moved to the hills to make moonshine and not pay taxes, they ran away from the city to the mountains just to avoid the government for having too much say in their lives.

Today we cannot seem to get to a place fast enough where we will let the government tell us, what to eat, what to drive, how and when we can worship, how we define various institutions in our lives, how much of our own money we get to keep, how big our bonus will be, which doctor to see and whether we deserve a particular medical procedure and on and on. The list grows by the minute and we cannot find it within ourselves to say no.

Maybe this is just the nature of man. When the Israelites found themselves in the desert they panicked without out a leader and they built a golden idol to hold them together. The showed no confidence in their faith or their own abilities to carry on. Most civilizations throughout history had leadership that was gained and retained by might or passed from father to son etc. leaving the will of the people out of the equation.

Americans are different, at least up to this point. We love our independence, the rights we are guaranteed to speak our mind, to protect our own, to live where we want, to make our own choices about most everything in our lives. These rights have been paid for over and over again in the words of Crosby Stills and Nash, "buried in the ground."

The governments of Europe, their people have had a ruling class for 100's of years, so it remains as no shock that they have and enjoy a more heavy national ruling government.

The thought of this situation for an American should be revolting and go against all we believe and desire, but maybe we're too lazy to carry on the fight...................or are we.