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We are entering a very Jeffersonian period in which more of our governance will come at the state level, because the federal government has showed itself to be massively corrupt, in the pockets of powerful special interests, unresponsive to we the people, and incapable of leadership.

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State governments, and local, can be equally corrupt. Their lesser power reduces the damage they can inflict. We hire governments to provide services we need. Like any other employees, they must be supervised carefully, of they'll take advantage of their powers to abuse us.

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and state and local governments can be willfully corrupted by the federal government. I would suggest this is more common. The purposeful and deceitful federal grant money! It comes with a price that is not monetary!

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Take the Declaration as a template and craft a modern version of it with the DC swamp and you will be stunned how much worse things are now and getting worse.

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The difference was the colonists didn't have a choice. No one voted for their king. In modern America, we volunteered. We voted for our abusers, and sat and watched while they accumulated their king-like powers. Our primary abusers are ourselves. The king and his army were an easy, identifiable target. Our neighbors' apathy and greed are harder to correct. Things will need to get much worse before they react. Our rulers are pretty good at keeping the pressure just below the explosive level.

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Judging by the level of election fraud, Clif High estimates that as many as 30,000 public officials were elected through fraudulent votes in down ballot races. If thatтАЩs the case, there is no difference between an unselected king and an unselected assembly of public officials.

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Yep, and lots of theives steal money and property. The world is full of dishonest people. We track them down and punish them, and that discourages others from doing it. If we accept it and ignore it, we get more.

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in a word: insidious.

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We need to not accept Fed money. Non-profits too. All my volunteer orgs, will not allow me to volunteer, because I an unvacc'd. Sadly, adaptive sport orgs (special needs) who's clientele KNOW of pharma corruption - they will tell you!, they are perfectly ok with me helping them. We need to start over again - in so many ways. Orgs that want to help - do not accept FED money, or Fed tax help. Sorry, but it's gonna be the only way if the True intention is to help those in need.

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Greed is a powerful force.

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