Eminent philosophers throughout history have declared that the governed (“the People”) are always more powerful than the governors; the most recent being the 20th-century Egyptian Wael Ghomim. This universally empirical truism dates back to its declaration by the 18th-century philosopher, Jean Jacques Rousseau.
The Nation currently finds itself unprecedently standing on the precarious fault lines of democratic history. The present, bizarre, dystopian state of the Republic, the inarguable result of the populist election of Donald J. Trump, has been existentially threatened and constitutes the stereotypical scenario of a dark and chilling nightmare, contemporaneously experienced by traditional American citizens.
The elevation of Trump to the Oval Office has proximately resulted in policies plainly forbidden by the fundamental principles of our Constitution, the rule of law, and societal morality, as copiously detailed in previous writings. The idealistic Founding Fathers would, no doubt, be diagnosibly apoplectic in response to the shocking perversion and decline of their brilliant, radical experiment in political governance. The traditional, mainstream citizen, with sufficient cause, is fearful of an impending transmogrification of his unique Democratic Republic to an autocratic polity analogous to that as exists in countries like Hungary, Russia, and Venezuela.
The late, brilliant and lyrically articulate Elie Wiesel, notably declared, on a somewhat related subject, “The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference.” There is a contextual analogy to such a declaration concerning the presenting hazard to our democracy, viz., the abhorrent prospect of tyranny as the result of hapless acquiescence.
The historically empirical principle that the “governed are always more powerful than the governors” needs meaningful acknowledgement by the American citizen and determinably acted upon. It is of existential importance that, despite the startling incidence of their profound dismay, the citizenry importantly refrain from acquiescing in, and remaining silent in response to such perverse transgressions upon their unique and precious democracy.
For those who may require a measure of suggestive guidance as to actions, perceived as ultimately impactful to a desired restoration of our traditional Jeffersonian democracy, we have taken the liberty to relate some which presently come to mind, but not intended to be exclusive:
(1) The citizen, rather than choosing merely to passively wring his hands in dismay, must affirmatively resolve to take whatever personal action is possible, such as organizing, speaking, or writing in aid of preserving traditional American democracy.
(2) Staying empowered and emphatically supporting higher education and other institutions of learning and advancement, with mandatory insistence on the complete historical record truth and the rejection of “alternate or abridged facts.
(3) Non- cooperation with efforts, governmental or otherwise, in programs in opposition to the reliable implementation of the Bill of Rights, viz., book banning and censorship, restriction, and the on the right of citizen privacy (including abortion), and the promotion of empathic and just policies relative to immigration, including the promulgation of a pragmatic and fair procedure for the attainment of citizenship; and relegating deportation only to immigrants with a criminal record,
(4) Affirmatively and ubiquitously supporting the principle of Separation of Church and State and the individual right to believe, not believe, or subscribe to any religion,
(5) When appropriate, to impactfully oppose bigotry by supporting legitimate efforts by business and educational institutions, and to promote policies of freedom of opportunity for universal self-realization applicable to our diverse population.
(6) To keep well informed and active concerning the platforms of candidates for public office, with relevant knowledge of their past record and positions on governmental policies.
(7) To publicly boycott businesses and institutions that decry programs designed to promote equality, such as DEI,
(8) Creatively and affirmatively interjecting possible comments at anti-democratic or discriminatory speeches, employing relevant humor when appropriate.
(9) Peaceably refusing to cooperate or support any program that is empirically perceived to be antithetical to democracy,
(10) Vocally support and electively vote for morally capable, suitably acceptable candidates for political office.
Of all the appropriate and effective suggestions in aid of the restoration of our traditional democracy, we would stress that refraining from silent acquiescence to its present threats, and the positive assertion of the American Nation’s true and systemically definitional dedication to ubiquitous liberty, is the best route to the return of the traditional American democracy and its promise of freedom of self-realization.
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