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With the exit of England from the
European Union, does England’s action give credence to a movement in the United
States to eliminate our Union? Some would say that England’s exit from the EU
has nothing in common with the United States but upon careful analysis, there
may be more shared ideology than one thinks.
First of all, is there a movement
in America to destroy our Union? There is plenty of evidence, a mentality by certain
Americans to revive the efforts of the Confederate States of America, does
exist. “States’ Rights” is what it is called on our shores. With a similar
desire in England, Brexit is the EU’s version of “States Rights”.
In our beginning, our founding
fathers emphasized the word Union. The name of our country, the “United” States
of America, reflects how people believed in our formative years. Our Founders
gave us a Rule book (the Constitution) providing “Equal Protection Under the Law”,
The “Due Process Clause”, a “Bill of Rights” and most importantly, the “Supremacy
Clause”.
All these Clauses, and Rules were
designed for only one thing. UNION! Americans, in our beginning years believed,
“United We Stand, Divided We Fall”. At the time, this concept was quite unique
in the worlds history. Unique because the “United” philosophy was prefaced by
the term “By the People, FOR the People”. Emphasis on the word “FOR”.
The idea a government is “FOR” the
people, treats all citizens equally and law is applied equally “FOR” all the
people, is what made the American concept of government, unique in all the
world. No other nation in the world had ever approached governing in this
manner. In the past, people only existed to serve the government. America
introduced the notion that government exists to serve and be “FOR” the people.
Europe has envied America ever since. The European Union was a poor attempt to
emulate the American dream.
In order to serve the people and to
be “For” all the people, our Founders created rules to be applied equally to
all the States. That’s why the term “Freedom of the Press” means exactly the
same thing in California as it does in New York. “Freedom of Religion” does not
have “special exceptions” in South Carolina because South Carolina has a
preponderance of a particular faith.
Our government, being “FOR” the
people, must protect “ALL” the people using “DUE PROCESS”, providing “EQUAL
PROTECTION” under the law through the use of the “SUPREMACY CLAUSE”. That is
what the American dream is about. It is what made America unique in all the
world’s history. A government “FOR” the people, using tools to guarantee the
“Civil Liberties” of “All the People”, equally, can do no less.
Opposite to the vision of “Unity”,
is the belief individual “State Sovereignty” knows what is best for its
citizens. In America, it’s called “States Rights”. The Confederacy once opposed
the “SUPREMACY CLAUSE”. They fought a war over the issue. The American “States
Rights” movement is equivalent to the Brexit movement in England. All over
Europe people are opposed to a European version of the “SUPREMACY CLAUSE”.
In America, many people no longer
believe our national government has the final say in all matters concerning
law. Many Americans have rejected the “SUPREMACY CLAUSE” and because they have,
they no longer believe in the American Dream.
That my dear friends is at the
heart and soul of almost all conflict in America. We are currently engaged in
in a battle between those who still believe in “UNITY”, the American Dream, and
those who believe in “State Sovereignty”, the destruction of the government
envisioned by our Founding Fathers. This conflict was at the heart of North
verses South, in our Civil War. This differing philosophy drives Brexit in
England. This struggle is tearing America apart as we speak.
This idea of “State Sovereignty” has
prevailed through most of human history and throughout most of the world. It is
the practice of “State Sovereignty” that has prevented Europe from forming the
United States of Europe.
When America first formed, the idea
of a unified nation guided by “Federalism”, or the all-important “SUPREMACY
CLAUSE”, gave birth to the most envied country in all the world. There are
powerful forces within America today, who still believe in “State Sovereignty”
and are intent on destroying the dream of men much wiser than they are.
Republicans are in opposition to our Founding Fathers.
Europe still suffers under an old
and antiquated notion of “State Sovereignty” and is the reason any attempt to
provide government “FOR” all the people of Europe has failed. Civil Liberties and
their meaning, varies widely in Europe, even under the illusion of the European
Union.
If the “States Rights” movement in
the United States progresses any further, “Civil Liberties” will vary widely
from state to state, in America. “Freedom of the Press”, “Religion”, “Speech”,
etc., Etc., would have different meanings and interpretations in each state.
Without a government “FOR” the
people, insuring “EQUAL PROTECTION” through “DUE PROCESS”, enforced by the
“SUPREMACY CLAUSE”, individual American states would interpret “CIVIL
LIBERTIES” in very different ways.
Ultimately, the goal of Brexit is
to not adhere to a “SUPREMACY CLAUSE”, forcing a common set of laws all
Europeans they must abide by. The English people have rejected “Unity” with
their European neighbors. The English people don’t want to adhere to “EQUAL
PROTECTION” under law applied to all the citizens of Europe. The English people
don’t want “DUE PROCESS” enforced by the “SUPREMACY CLAUSE” of a government
“FOR” all the people.
The English people decided to go
their own way and they have inspired many Americans who would like to do the
same thing. In a few years, “CIVIL LIBERTIES” in England will have different
meanings than in other European nations. Many Americans want the same outcome
for each state.
In the United States, under “States
Rights”, Civil Liberties will have different meanings from state to state. If a
state eliminates a Civil Liberty enjoyed by a citizen in one state, but not
another, a central government “FOR” the people will not be able to provide
“EQUAL PROTECTION” through “DUE PROCESS”, enforced by the “SUPREMACY CLAUSE”.
States will interpret “Civil
Liberties” according their local customs or religious beliefs. Absolute chaos
will break out across America. The United States of America will come to an
end.
The “EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE”, “DUE PROCESS
CLAUSE” and the “SUPREMACY CLAUSE” of a government “FOR” all the people will no
longer exist in America under “STATES RIGHTS”.
That is in essence what Brexit is.
A European version of American “States Rights”. An independent England, not
subject to universal law, may work out for Great Britain, because that is how
it has been in Europe for centuries. However, an American version of Brexit
will not work in our fifty states.
Here is what I predict in the near
future during our Election process. Donald Trump will embrace Brexit and
suggest states have no obligation to adhere to a government “FOR” the people.
The “States Rights” movement is already very strong in our nation. Millions
will rally to his call for division.
Donald Trump will embrace Brexit
style “States Rights” and Hillary Clinton will defend “Union”. A political
“Civil War” is about to engulf our nation. It’s going to be Union verses
Confederate Traitors. This war against our Union has been going on for a number
of years already, championed by the Republican Party.
Democrats simply have not awoken to
the fact, we are in a war and must defend our Union or we will lose all the
things our Founding fathers envisioned. Brexit will be used by Republicans in
many ways and the Confederacy could win through legislation, that which they
could not win on the battlefield.
Brexit and “States Rights” have a
lot in common.
