Revolution
As I venture off today to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration of Donald J. Trump, I reflected a bit on America’s Constitution. It has long been my feeling that the Constitution of the United States of America is the greatest work to come forth from the mind of man. I believe it tops Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation, Einstein’s Special and General Theory of Relativity, the formulation of quantumn physics, the Standard Model of Particle Physics, the Theory of Evolution, Mozart’s String Quartets, and Rembrandt’s self portraits all of which are excellent candidates for this honor. However, as brilliant as these achievements are, they still rank, in my opinion, below the Constitution Of The United States of America. Not only has the Constitution proven to be a very practical tool by which we control this amazing leviathan that we call America, it established the principals by which free people should live AND has proven to be extremely effective in settling disputes and solving problems (some that were not even anticipated by its framers). In the construction of this document, the framers incorporated a profound knowledge of human nature. If the Constitution were drawn up today, we would say that it correctly embodies the principles of psychology, sociology, philosophy, political science, economics, history, and, even, theology! It is, perhaps, the greatest blessing of the many blessings that have been bequeathed to us by our forefathers.
This last Presidential campaign cycle and election illustrate this point perfectly. It is my opinion that this past election has been nothing less than a PEACEFUL REVOLUTION. And, I believe it’s instructive to compare it to other revolutions that were not so peaceful: the communist revolution in Russia and the communist revolution in China, as two examples. While we see there are many parallels between our current revolution and other revolutions in the past, ours played out quite differently.
Each of the revolutions mentioned above involves a ruling “elite”. In Russia, these “elites” were the ruling dynasty of Czar Nicholas and his functionaries. In China the “elite” was Chiang Kai-Sheck and his supporters. In America today, the ruling “elite” is the Clinton/Pelosi/Reed/Soros gang and their supporters in government, academia and the media.
Each of these revolutions involves the “elite” growing more and more distant from the populace it is supposed to serve. And in each case the “elite” fails to properly represent large chunks of its citizenry. In Russia and China, it was the peasant and worker class that became underrepresented. Likewise, in America today, the working class is underrepresented as well.
In Russia the Czar and family were murdered, and the ensuing chaos (Stalin’s purges, etc.) took 20 MILLION noncombatant lives. In China Chiang Kai-Sheck was forced to flee to Taiwan and the ensuing chaos (Mao’s Long March, cultural revolution, etc.) took 40 MILLION noncombatant lives. In America, by contrast, we’ve had an election resulting in essentially a compete transference of power from the Clinton/Pelosi/Reed/Soros Democratic “elite” to the Trump “Rebel Alliance” (to borrow a an appropriate term from “Star Wars”). Yes, there was some hysteria in the elite cabals and, yes, there were a few ugly demonstrations, but the transition has, by-in-large, been peaceful. Noncombatant lives lost: NONE.
So, as I head off to DC, I thank God for our Constitution and I take pride in my fellow citizens, the majority of whom, despite all odds, have gotten it right. May God bless America.