"An 'Establishment' Always Evolves
Into An All-powerful Oligarchy"
from "In Defense of
Rural America"
By Ron Ewart,
President
National Association of Rural Landowners (www.narlo.org)
and nationally recognized author and
speaker on freedom and property rights issues for over 10
years
©
Copyright Sunday, April 10, 2016 - All Rights
Reserved
"When Sulla died in the year 676,
the oligarchy, which he had restored, ruled with absolute sway over the Roman
state; but, as it had been established by force, it still needed force to
maintain its ground against its numerous secret and open
foes." Theodor
Mommsen, Rome Historian 1817 to 1903
It must be made clear from the start that we do
not endorse or take sides in the current Republican Presidential race for the
White House. We have been less than enchanted with the whole lot of the
original 17 candidates who raised their heads above the water to seek the
highest office in the land. Nevertheless, we hold a particular loathing of
"The Establishment" in either party and fear them more than any one
candidate. That "The Establishment" would do everything in its power to
derail the will of the people is beyond contempt but quite representative of
what politics in America has become today and maybe always was.
Powerful, rich men (and some
women) have but one remaining goal in life before they die, seeking
power over the masses. Political power is an elixir and is equally, if not
more addictive than drugs, sex, or video games. In fact, many of man’s vices
seem to appear together in powerful personalities who find themselves hopelessly
in search of, or lust after, power, sex, drugs and money, not necessarily in
that order. Alabama Governor, Robert Bentley, is up for a recall for an
affair with his top advisor. Two recent Oregon governors have fallen to
sexual affairs. General David Petraeus, with a long, celebrated career, fell
from grace because of an affair and the mishandling of classified
information. Bill Clinton lost his law license for lying about sex and was
publicly humiliated over his sexual exploits. The list of these political
miscreants that have trouble keeping their sexual emotions in check, grows
longer by the day. God help some of them if the infamous Manhattan Madam’s
(Kristin M. Davis) list of clients is ever made public.
Many politicians use their position of power to
obtain sexual favors of one kind or another. Many more use their office in
the quest for large sums of money. Politics seems to magnify all of the
obsessions, addictions, proclivities and vices of the human male and probably
the human female.
An oligarchy is "a small group of people having control of a
country, organization, or institution."
That powerful men band together in oligarchies
is not a new phenomenon. It dates back to antiquity when the Sumerians
invented money and learned they could loan it out at interest. The lender
always rules over the borrower. The Sumerians were one of the earliest
urban societies to emerge in the world in Southern Mesopotamia more than 5,000
years ago. Today it’s the Trilateral Commission, or the Bilderbergers, or
maybe even the Council on Foreign Relations.
Since then, men have been banding together to
form tight nit groups that wield political and monetary power over the people of
every nation on earth, from the most backward tribes to the most advanced
civilizations. There is only one other entity that is more dangerous than
an oligarchy and that is a brutal King who invents his own law and administers
it with fear, intimidation, hunger and the threat of death, or death itself.
Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, or Mao come to mind.
It is an axiom of political power that
representative government always morphs into an oligarchy, where a group of men
(and women) seek to control all power within their sphere of influence, while at
the same time insulating themselves from any accountability. For the last
100 years or more, both dominate political parties in America have done just
that. Notice how they always exempt themselves from the laws they pass.
The glue of money-for-favors holds "The
Establishment" together and gives it immense power. But be an outsider,
dare to be different, or step out of line and the oligarchy will come crashing
down upon you like a pride of lions on a gazelle.
An oligarchy is no different than a violent
street gang. It just uses different weapons but for the same reasons …..
control. The guns of the street gang are replaced with the political power
the oligarch’s wield through the passing of laws and the enforcement of those
laws. The laws they pass are in many cases tied directly to their drug of
choice, money. The money and lots of it, comes from those who demand
favors of the oligarchs. In short, the oligarchy eventually becomes just
as corrupt as the street gang and can become just as violent, taking the
oligarchy to the extreme of a Soviet Politburo.
"The Establishment", of either party, is by any
definition, an oligarchy. What "The Establishment" fears most is a
potential or new politician rising from out of nowhere with the support of the
people ….. a man or woman who has no master and cannot be bought. Trump,
right or wrong, is just such a man.
With Trump’s rise in popularity, the fear in the
ranks of "The Establishment" was so great it could be cut with a knife. They
oozed with Trump loathing. "The Establishment" immediately began to close
ranks around a plan to prevent Trump from ever getting anywhere near the
nomination. The wagons circled and the pocket books opened up to the tune
of millions of dollars for super pacs and national ad campaigns attacking
Trump. Some in "The Establishment" even endorsed Ted Cruz just to stop
Trump, while holding their collective noses.
Many in "The Establishment" are hoping that the
Republican Convention in July will turn into a free for all, where Trump and
Cruz will most likely lose on the first ballot. In the place of Trump and Cruz,
they will advance a candidate that belongs to "The Establishment" and
gerrymander the delegate votes to control the outcome. The millions of
people who voted for Trump and Cruz in the primaries and caucuses will be thrown
to the wolves. What’s left of the Republican Party after the Convention and the
November election won’t be worth salvaging. It’s as if the Republican
Party has a death wish, split between those oligarchs who want desperately to
remain in power, no matter who wins the presidency and those who still believe
in the principles for which the Republican Party used to stand.
The Democrats have been so successful in moving
America to the left by buying votes that the Republicans felt they had no choice
but to follow the trend. But by so doing, they were forced to forsake
their principles. Sadly, a politician once in office cares not about
principles. He or she only cares about preserving the power and percs of
their alleged elected office. They feign concern for their constituents in
order to secure votes, but it is all a ruse.
To maintain their lifestyle of the rich and
famous, they band together in caucuses to support each other in the pursuit of
perpetual power, no matter what the label might be next to their name on the
ballot, or the color of their skin. They trade favors and money in that
pursuit. "R", "D", "I", "S", or "C", it makes no difference.
Those in "The Establishment" exclude and drive
out those that won’t play ball. "The Establishment" quickly surrounds new
politicians where the rules are explained to them. The explanation comes
with a warning to never break the rules, or be banished from the "club."
Although a new politician may start out with an altruistic mindset for the good
of the country, that mindset is quickly expelled once the "rules" have been
explained to them and they have established their credentials as an
"Establishment" club member.
The average voter is under the illusion that
their vote counts. It is just that, an illusion. The oligarchy
controls the outcome of any election. The Party controls the rules and
maneuvers the delegates to get the outcome they want. Just ask Ron Paul.
If a politician is a threat to the oligarchy, as they believe Trump is, (and Ron
Paul was) he or she will be immediately shunned or tarnished beyond repair,
never to seek public office again.
So why is Trump a threat to the Republican
oligarchy? He is a monkey wrench in the smooth running gears of the oligarchy.
He plays by his own rules, not the rigid rules designed to protect the party’s
power. He says what he believes even though he says it like a truck driver
in a beer hall. He is not afraid to pull the tiger’s tail and throws
political correctness to the winds. He’s refreshing, even if he leans
towards the crass and unrefined side. He stirs the pot and makes the party
uneasy and worried that he will lose the election because he ticks off so many
constituency groups ….. who vote.
Time will tell whether Trump is done in by the
Republican oligarchy, shoots himself in the foot one too many times, or becomes
President in spite of it all. But what Trump has done is to expose "The
Establishment" for what it is, an all-powerful oligarchy that will do everything
and anything to maintain its power and the status quo. "The Establishment"
cares not one whit about who will be president, just so long as "The
Establishment" survives in tack at the end of any election.
"The Establishment", Democrat or Republican, is
part of a corrupt system that has grown more corrupt over the last 100
years. They are the oligarchy. Can the "System" (the oligarchy) be taken
apart and defeated? Yes! We describe the "System" and
how to defeat it in one of our articles from late last year. In the
article we wrote:
The "system" is an intertwined
entanglement of interlocking national and international interests of commerce,
finance and trade, accompanied by government enablers of the "system" in the
executive, judicial and legislative branches. The tentacles of one
interest are inextricably interwoven into the tentacles of all the other
interests. Finding out what drives one, leads to a complex maze of
closed doors, backrooms, deep subterranean caverns and secret meetings. All the
sources are purposely hidden and camouflaged. Traces to find the truth go
down dead end paths, or are blocked by impenetrable obstacles. Sources of
the "system's" power are elusive and they are anything but constitutional.
The "system" exists because of citizen apathy and survives, thrives and grows on
the people's money and special interests.
The "system" can be defeated, just
not all at once. It has to be taken apart in small chunks. A small group of
dedicated individuals could take on a city hall or the county commissioners. A
larger group of dedicated individuals could take on the state. These
individuals would have to be prepared to unravel the system in their area
through research and study, expose what is going on very publicly and get the
people outraged enough to demand common sense changes. These individuals
would have to fight to overcome media bias (the "system"), which means they
would have to push their message until the media could no longer ignore the
"story."
You can read our full article at this link: "The ‘System’ – Impenetrable, Inflexible and
Un-yielding."
But don’t be fooled. No one man can defeat the
"System." The "System" will not just vanish in the night because some
people will it so. It will take the combined efforts of millions of Americans
who are of one mind and committed to restoring the true vision of America, no
matter what it takes. The time for that to happen has not appeared on the
horizon as yet but it will. We only hope it isn’t too late when it does
appear.
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NOTE: The foregoing
article represents the opinion of the author and is not necessarily shared by
the owners, representatives, employees, or agents of the
publisher.
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Ron Ewart, a nationally known author and
speaker on freedom and property rights issues and author of this weekly column,
"In Defense of Rural America", is the president of the National
Association of Rural Landowners (NARLO) (http://www.narlo.org) an advocate and consultant for urban
and rural landowners and a non-profit corporation headquartered in
Washington State. He can be reached for comment at: info@narlo.org.
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