The Superhighway to Serfdom
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The Superhighway to Serfdom
23. Dec, 2009 Written by: Brian Roberts
highway1In 1944, nobel prize winning economist F.A. Hayek wrote The Road to Serfdom to describe the typical path tyrants use to lead free people from freedom to servitude. It’s not as long of a road as you might expect. In fact, it’s easy to see that America is on it and the pedal is to the floor. If you haven’t seen the illustrated road to serfdom, spend 5 minutes here: mises.org/books/TRTS/ (I’d guess we’re probably on step 9 or so.)
The founder’s were fully aware of the road to serfdom that Hayek describes. The Constitution itself provides “We the People” with many alternate routes that can lead to freedom in the event that a tyrannical government sets the country on a course to serfdom. In fact, the writers of the Constitution were extremely focused on keeping the powers of the federal government in chains so that our freedom would not be stolen from us in the dead of the night by politicians in Washington DC. That is exactly what the Bill of Rights was about and why the 10th amendment delegated most lawmaking to the states.
Over the last 100 years, many roadblocks have been put up to destroy these Constitutional protections. Through backdoor legislation, ridiculous judicial rulings and just pure misinformation, each carefully crafted protection has been under attack. But if you look carefully, the Constitutional exit ramps are still there; our choice as free citizens is to face the challenge and use our current freedom to get the hell off the road to serfdom before it is too late.
The Superhighway to Serfdom
Do you ever wonder why the country seems to be driving 150 mph, out of control, and politicians are screaming “Emergency!” at every turn? The answer is simple… these federal politicians are trying to keep us from jumping out of the car before we arrive at the final destination. Hayek states it more eloquently:...
Continue Reading: texas.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/12/the-superhighway-to-serfdom/
23. Dec, 2009 Written by: Brian Roberts
highway1In 1944, nobel prize winning economist F.A. Hayek wrote The Road to Serfdom to describe the typical path tyrants use to lead free people from freedom to servitude. It’s not as long of a road as you might expect. In fact, it’s easy to see that America is on it and the pedal is to the floor. If you haven’t seen the illustrated road to serfdom, spend 5 minutes here: mises.org/books/TRTS/ (I’d guess we’re probably on step 9 or so.)
The founder’s were fully aware of the road to serfdom that Hayek describes. The Constitution itself provides “We the People” with many alternate routes that can lead to freedom in the event that a tyrannical government sets the country on a course to serfdom. In fact, the writers of the Constitution were extremely focused on keeping the powers of the federal government in chains so that our freedom would not be stolen from us in the dead of the night by politicians in Washington DC. That is exactly what the Bill of Rights was about and why the 10th amendment delegated most lawmaking to the states.
Over the last 100 years, many roadblocks have been put up to destroy these Constitutional protections. Through backdoor legislation, ridiculous judicial rulings and just pure misinformation, each carefully crafted protection has been under attack. But if you look carefully, the Constitutional exit ramps are still there; our choice as free citizens is to face the challenge and use our current freedom to get the hell off the road to serfdom before it is too late.
The Superhighway to Serfdom
Do you ever wonder why the country seems to be driving 150 mph, out of control, and politicians are screaming “Emergency!” at every turn? The answer is simple… these federal politicians are trying to keep us from jumping out of the car before we arrive at the final destination. Hayek states it more eloquently:...
Continue Reading: texas.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/12/the-superhighway-to-serfdom/