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The mandate of heaven

August 24, 2009 - 10:51 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2009-08-25 05:54:13

907: Capitalism has not “had its run”.

And we know what will replace the Republic should it fail.

There are really only two poles in the end: 1) Limited republican government with checks and balances, and the fundamental rights of the citizen as is well articulated by our Bill of Righst and 2) Tyrannical Oligarchy. Any other political forms are merely transitory, interim forms along the way to this poles. Either the State is the subject of the citizen, or the Citizen is the subject of the State. There is no third way.

The Founders were right. Their truths are objective truths. Let us have no doubt about it. The twentieth century demonstrates this in the most pronounced manner possible.

There is really no choice: Defend the Republic and return it to its founding principles or be destroyed, and it will not just be ourselves that is destroyed but the entire historical project of Western Civilization. Mankind will revert to an Asiatic beehive.

Are we so feeble that the likes of Obama and country can overturn all that is decent and noble in us? Will we let these louts destroy our civilization?
One hopes not.