Declaration For Greater Independence

Those claiming that reducing the size of government will result in improving the standard of living (i.e. prosperity), are advocating a reduction in Democracy. Since a Democracy, based on the premise that it is a government Of, By and For All The People; the size of a given population thus represents the size of government.

In a nation with 300 million people, the total population, or at least its eligible voters, represents the size of the government when an Actual Democracy is practiced. However, because an Actual Democracy is not nor ever has been practiced:

(Hence, the existence of an extremely limited democracy is camouflaged by labeling it a "Representative" Democracy, only that the actual "Representation" refers to a social system with a government that is rigged against the people from being able to exercise an Actual Democracy... thus making the need for a Revolution long overdue.)

There is no Actual Democracy because the self-professed Principled members of Congress and the other branches use such a self-proclamation only when it suits them and not the public at large. Hence, the principled members of the government remain hypocritically silent when the government is being taken over by a self-made business charlatan whose management style is like a junk yard dog that has no qualms in biting the hand that feeds it and expects to be respected for it nonetheless, or claiming the whole of the nation is its property to piss and defecate on at will... as well as expecting its neighboring nations to suffer the indignation of picking up afterwards so that he neither looks or smells bad to his small-minded followers who harbor an interest in dog, cock and gang fights because it suits their backward world-view of identifying with a mangy howling coyote allowed to run amuck because so-called principled leaders are only as scrupled as need be for their personal careers, and will throw the whole of the public under their chauffeured limousine if they think it will provide a smoother ride. Because the members of Congress are afraid to step up to the plate when they are called upon to do so, the game is thrown due to a forfeit and no one suffers but the public, because there is no means by which the public can replace the whole of the Congress at the same time... unless we kill them all... or at least enough of them to make the rest realize how serious we are.

One must therefore conclude that the reason a person or organization wants to reduce the size of the government even more than it already is— based on their stated principles; is to permit themselves or their supported confederates to gain an advantage which can cement the security of themselves in a position which, if established, will create provisions that will enable them to exclude any means or methods by which the public could guarantee for themselves a fuller practice of an Actual Democracy... since an era of a "despotic Democracy" (or Democratic Despotism) would be the principle order of effected social patriotism to be taught and pledged allegiance to. It would be a "politically correct" orientation that would seek to buttress its phony perceptions of being something that it is not by aligning itself with those and that who would likewise be viewed as being privileged because they are similarly thought to exemplify strength and character... such as having sports figures of a national sport championship attend a public ceremony with one or more government officials who deem themselves to be political champions, because the once strength and character of an alignment with the church is no longer defined or accepted as a virtue to advantage oneself with in order to exploit the naive and gullible public. Whereas there is a "separation of church -and- state" law, there should also be a "separation of sports, entertainment, academics -and- state" law as well. The public should not be forced to practice an hypocrisy just to the fulfill the insatiable vacuous ego of a narcissist.

If we say that out of 300 million there are 200 million voters or 150 million voters, this number represents the size of the government. In other words, an Actual Peoples Government, is a HUGE government... or at least it is supposed to be under the practice of an Actual Democracy. A practice that has never been tried before on the Scale of a large nation, but has been accomplished on a smaller scale such as in the case of Switzerland, which comes closest to the ideal of an Actual Democracy (though a "large nation model" of an Actual Democracy would no doubt have its own personality and characteristic functionality distinctly different than the phony democracies being practiced in so many countries):

"Switzerland, with its blend of federalism and direct democracy is unique in the world and is considered central to the country's political and economic success. And Switzerland is indeed a major economic power, thanks to its long tradition of financial services and high-quality, specialized manufactures of items such as precision timepieces, optics, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, as well as of specialty foodstuffs such as Emmentaler cheese and milk chocolate. Switzerland is regularly judged to have among the world's highest standards of living. Switzerland has long been a model multiethnic, multilingual society, a place in which diverse peoples can live in social harmony and unite in common interest." [Britannica —Switzerland— excerpt]

Those like the Cato Institute, Citizens United, Future of Freedom Foundation, Tea Party, Koch Brothers (via Bernie Sanders), and others in their own way, are advocating a further reduction in the already sparse practice of Democracy so as to limit its control by those whose perspectives are similar to their own in advancing personalized agendas as a privileged entitlement that has nothing whatsoever to do with promoting the practice of an enhanced model of democracy on behalf of the people. Such organizations are not promoting an enhanced form of Democracy, but a different model which permits the substitution of the current false democracy with a brand that enables their like-minded ilk to take charge of the personalized entitlement system. In short, there is no actually drafted blueprint like that seen at a construction site... because their's is written on the clouds of supposition created by a fog of sociability which often accompany the mentality of emotionalized mob characterizations to act as an induced neuroses whereby truth and reality are convoluted into inebriated states of imagined existence... just like the world's present governments practice.

But let us also include those like the "Common Cause" organization whose aspirations venture the pronouncement of a blueprint for a presumed greater democracy— yet no actual architectural Blueprint is ever seen... only talked about like some word-of-mouth fairy-tale whose story-teller expects listeners to invoke some grandiose make-believe imagination as a projected reality because no actual construction will take place after their very many publicly announced ribbon-cutting ceremonies... which are all little more than a farcical show-and-tell social amusement meant to attract donations so they can sell their "blueprint" idea like a hawker of treasure maps in order to make a living for themselves by doing so, or use the amusement as a distraction for some other ulterior motive.

"Blueprint"-specific promoters, like the other mentioned organizations... are advancing their own limited democracy agendas.

Where their primary concern of, by and for the people is to use them as a tool to pry open, wrench, and chisel themselves into a controlling political position that will permit them to manipulate the public into thinking it as acquired a greater means and purpose of participation in self-governance; a "Limited Government" philosophy is pure and simple ignorance. It's a modernized form of snake-oil medicine to be used as a substitute castor oil cure-all (of which only some older readers will be able to recall from childhood.) Like their counter-parts in government, we can use an analogy between horses and humans to describe those who practice one or another form of "Limited Government" propaganda; as those who seek to rally their carrot-oriented, four white-socked sway-backed followers to promote their cause which will enable a few (of their like-minded ilk) to acquire a controlling position that they will thus be able to influence... in order that they can then define the parameters of further social constraint in an already limited practice of a falsified democracy. They promote only that measure of democracy which they can best benefit from, but exclude any further development of democracy if it suggests the people are to be provided with a level playing field. They do not want a level playing field, but a system rigged so that they and 'most important' theirs can best benefit from their standards of manipulation.

If you reduce the size of the government, you are thus telling a greater portion of the population they are not nor ever will be permitted to participate in a democratic self-governance, or that their participation must be limited according to the dictates of those who want unlimited or most of the control over a government's resources... because they privately think that the public is too stupid to know any better; except that the people are supposed to be momentarily smart enough to vote in those who assume themselves to be more intelligent, more experienced, and better suited to make governing decisions based on a presumed erudite wisdom... according to their self-proclaimed standards.

So who is to be excluded? Shall we exclude all Blacks, Hispanics, Red Necks, Rappers, Jews, White Supremacists, Christians, Islamists, the LGBTQ colonies, Native Americans, non-land owning whites, women, etc.? How about those with less than a billion dollar bank account? Or those with less than a 200 I.Q? Or everyone over 30? Or those without a job? Or those who don't belong to a Libertarian, Anarchist, Communist or Socialist organization? How about all musicians, poets, sports players, or those in some other entertainment industry? How about all blue collar workers? No collar workers? White collar workers? How about all Asians or Pacific Islanders? How about all Veterans? How about all non-Veterans? Or how about active duty Military personnel who are used to a non-democratic situation in their command-structured communist and socialist circumstances of living in what amounts to be a government subsidized welfare community? Since most people are already disenfranchised from effectively voting in laws based on the opinion of the majority, most people are already excluded from participating in an Actual Democracy; and instead must defer all judgments to those whose perspectives can't be trusted.

Those calling for a reduction in the size of government are practicing a philosophy of anti-democracy. They want to disable the public from being able to collectively choose the course of the nation so that they can lead the people by the nose along a trail which will best benefit their personal agendas under the guise of a (falsified) democracy.

By promoting a philosophy which reveals itself to be a hypocrisy, the current formula of governance is perpetuated (thus the insidious collusion); because the people feel they might be subjected to a worse situation if the "limited government" philosophy being advocated by some is permitted to freely practice a like-minded, self-serving free or open market without safeguards. Necessarily so, the usage of any safeguards thus admits that the so-called "open" or "free" marketplace is only as free and open as those who are placed into positions overseeing their interests. Who is to protect the people from being exploited when the present Constitution and Bill of Rights permits exploitation as part of its design to limit the public's ability to effect an enhanced checks-and-balances provision by way of an adopted Peoples Legislative Branch, which would enable it to protect itself? Both the American and British governments (not to mention so very many others), are logically unsound. And of course they appear to work because they all share the same stupidity, thereby enabling one another to cite faults in order to bolster their own illegitimized personas of would-be greatness. If idiocy is the primary game being played from one Nation to the next, there is no standard by which the public can easily access a model of comparison to which is better suited for humanity. In short, we don't have to live in a world with so many utterly ignorant forms of government that do so much harm to so many. We can do better than this... but not within the current pathetic practices of government. We need a new formula of government... a Cenocracy.