The incumbent political parties have long done their level best to ensure that political discourse in America is divided (more or less equally) between two supposedly polar opposite groups. The "Left", currently represented by the Democrat Party and the "Right" the province of the Republican Party.
The struggle between Left and Right is a valid contest. However, the failure of our current two party system is that there is another axis of political discourse that both the Left and Right parties are content to ignore. That axis is "Liberty" (personal freedoms supported by personal responsibilities) verses "Statism" (that is State-ism, or total control and responsibility belongs to the government alone, a.k.a. Tyranny).
Statism is like gravity. An apple is naturally drawn to the ground by gravity, and is incapable of resisting gravity without an outside influence. Likewise, incumbent Politicians and established political parties are unable to resist the draw of Statism. Power corrupts, is a truism that aptly describes this. The draw of Statism is the increase of personal power it offers the government official. The "outside influence", the only power that can resist Statism is Liberty.
As the parties of the Left and of the Right see-saw back and forth in their political tug of war, we all as a Nation slowly sink into the pit of Statism. We are all aware of this, we all feel the frustrations, even if we are unsure of the reasons. The Democrat and Republican parties are seemingly as irreconcilably different as they have ever been, yet the people on the Left feel they are not being represented by their party and the people on the Right feel the same about the their own. This is because, true Liberals and true Conservatives are not Statists!
While Liberals and Conservatives are not Statists, neither are they Anarchists (the extreme of Libertarianism), rather they both see the need for some level of Government control (just what that should be is the crux of their true and correct Political debate). But one thing that both true Conservatives and true Liberals should be able to agree on is that the current level of Statism is too much. We may argue about what order or priorities need to be cut, but we all should agree that our present course is untenable.
"When you find yourself in a hole, the first step is to stop digging." Not to keep digging with a smaller shovel, which is the proposal of both the left and right wing Statist parties in Washington. But as long as they can keep distracting the electorate by squabbling over the left or right-handed shovel, we will never climb out of this hole!
It is time for all Americans to work together to lift ourselves out of this hole, and present the leadership of the Two Parties the option to lead the way, or be buried when We the People begin backfilling this hole we have allowed ourselves to fall into.
To the parties' leadership; the first one of you two to grab, espouse, and follow sound Libertarian (small government, fiscal responsibility) principles will win the tug of war for the next decade or two. If both parties refuse, then one or both of you will be replaced by new Third Parties which are chomping at the bit and raring to go!
It is up to us, the American People to stand for the Libertarian ideals for which this Nation was founded, or submit to enforced slavery to our masters in Washington, as they in turn destroy our Nation in their fiscally irresponsible bid to keep power no matter the consequences.
I say, if you're a Liberal, join the Green Party, or whatever political Party best represents your beliefs. Resuscitate the Democrat party if you so choose and believe you can.
If you are a Conservative, join the Constitution Party, or form up with whatever Tea Party is forming in your State. The National Republican Party is dead to me.
If you are truly a Libertarian, then join that self-same party and help lead the way in a resurgence of the ideals and principles of your party and of this Country's Founders!
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