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Socialism and Democracy by Woodrow Wilson

Progressivism was a movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  Whatever its different iterations, progressivism was rooted in the belief that the natural rights principles of the American founding were fine for an earlier age but no longer relevant in a mass, industrial society.  The modern age, as the Progressives saw it, was characterized by great inequality and concentrations of wealth.  The “interests” controlled the masses for their own self-interest rather than the public good.

In order to remedy social inequality and combat the interests, Progressives envisioned a stronger federal state that would regulate the use of property and wealth in the public interest rather than narrow individual self-interest.  They implemented a series of reforms that created executive agencies that would fundamentally alter the relationship of the government to the people.  These agencies would be part of a greatly expanded bureaucracy that would be administered by scientific experts guided by the ideals of efficiency and order.  The Progressives rejected popular, consensual government of and by the people.

As the Hillsdale College Constitution Reader makes plain, the ideology of progressivism persisted throughout the twentieth century, but it reached its first high tide during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.  The hallmarks of the progressive Wilson administration were the creation of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Sixteenth Amendment that allowed a federal income tax (contrary to the Founders and the express prohibition in Article I, section 9 of the Constitution), among other reforms.  Wilson also persuaded Congress to wage an idealistic, progressive war to “make the world safe for democracy.”  The ideas for these reforms were laid down clearly in Wilson’s writings decades before when he was a graduate student and young professor in search of a permanent position.

In the 1880s, Woodrow Wilson was pursuing a quintessentially Progressive educational path.  Attending graduate school based upon the German model, Wilson earned a Ph.D. in political science and history at Johns Hopkins University in 1886.  Until he found a home at Princeton in 1890, he was a professor at Cornell, Bryn Mawr, and Wesleyan.  Like any aspiring professor, he produced a number of publications.  They unapologetically revealed his embrace of progressivism and a large administrative state.

Written in 1887, few of Wilson’s writings more blatantly spell out his praise of a state with virtually unlimited authority than “Socialism and Democracy.”  As he states, the new question that Progressives were asking was “not whether the community has power to act as it may please in these matters, but how it can act with practical advantage — a question of policy.”  The philosophical argument of limited constitutional government is swept aside by a triumphal progressivism that announces the victory of the federal state and simply decides the best reforms to pursue.

Wilson states that although some thinkers have attempted to turn the public mind against socialism, he is trying to render it not only intelligible but attractive and valid.  He proudly supports the idea of unlimited government and public control.   “It proposes,” Wilson argues, “that all idea of a limitation of public authority by individual rights be put out of view, and that the State consider itself bound to stop only at what is unwise or futile in its universal superintendence alike of individual and of public interests.”  Could any statement more clearly illustrate how far the Progressives had come from American founding principles?

If anyone thought that Wilson was merely theoretically praising socialism, he then shockingly equated socialism with democracy on the grounds that both agree that there are no limits on government power.  “It is very clear,” he writes, “that in fundamental theory socialism and democracy are almost if not quite one and the same.  They both rest upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members.  Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals.  Limits of wisdom and convenience to the public control there may be: limits of principle there are, upon strict analysis, none.”  As he states only a bit farther down in the essay: “The germinal conceptions of democracy are as free from all thought of a limitation of the public authority as are the corresponding conceptions of socialism.”

In the founding conception of American constitutional government in the Declaration of Independence, a limited government was created for the express purpose of protecting God-given rights of individuals.  The great fear of the Founders was that the government would violate those rights and become tyrannical.  The sovereign people then had the right of rebellion when the government broke the terms of the social compact.  But, according to Wilson, “The contest is no longer between government and individuals; it is now between government and dangerous combinations.”  In light of the circumstances of the modern industrial age, the government must “lay aside all timid scruple and boldly make itself an agency for social reform as well as for political control.”

If the history of American government in the twentieth century shows anything, it reveals the startling success of Wilson’s progressive view of the federal state.  Only some of the proofs that the Wilsonian vision has became a reality in this century are a massive administrative state free of popular control and yet are ironically controlled by the very interests the Progressives originally sought to control, massive government taxation and spending (and debt), a government that reaches into nearly every aspect of American life, and politicians who routinely consider themselves above the law.

Read Woodrow Wilson’s “Socialism and Democracy” here

The Socialist State Today In America 

This lecture is given by a renowned scholar that teaches the Constitution. Please set aside the time. I promise you will not regret it!

“The modern administrative state transformed American republic into an oligarchy. Today, an elite and insular administrative class rules without the consent of American citizens. Moreover, administrative rule is both anti-constitutional and pre-constitutional, because it replaces the rule of law with unaccountable regulatory agencies.”

Biden Opposes Oil & Gas and More!

Socialist Democrats Are Willing to Destroy Our Economy Over Misguided Science! 

It’s official: Joe Biden wants to end production of American oil — and likely natural gas, too. He said as much during last week’s debate, even though it would undermine our national security and cause untold harm to American families.  Biden’s comments are just his latest flip-flop on energy. During the primaries, he said he’d ban fracking. Then he did an about-face this summer. Now he’s saying he would “transition” America away from oil — which can’t be done without the fracking ban he claims to oppose.  Keep in mind: the oil and gas industry is essential to the American economy. In Texas alone, it provides more than 400,000 direct jobs and more than a million indirect jobs, while funding education and preventing the need for an income tax. Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia — every state benefits substantially from oil and gas, in one way or another. The Biden campaign is now saying their boss didn’t really mean it. But we know that does not matter, because The Cabal that will really be running the country WILL ban oil and gas. It is a basic demand of the liberal left. Joe Biden has shown basically no willingness to buck the Socialist-wing of the Democratic Party, no matter how many millions of Americans it hurts. This is not the most egregious plan by the left, but it will come fast and be devastating!

Beware of The Biden Economy

 

What would be the cost of Joe Biden’s economic agenda? The answer is in: Fewer jobs, lower incomes, a weaker economy, and a dimmer future for millions of American families. Those are the findings of a new study from the well-respected Hoover Institution. A team of economic experts looked at Biden’s plans on taxes, regulation, energy, and health care. As they show, Biden’s plan would give more power to the federal government in every area, leaving less opportunity for the American people. Check it out: - Jobs. Biden’s plan would eliminate about five million jobs over the next decade. Simple logic explains why: By raising taxes and regulatory burdens on job creators, companies of all sizes will find it harder to expand or stay in business.  - Wages. Biden’s tax-and-spend plan would take $6,500 off the median household income within the next 10 years. Once again, the cause is clear: When the government takes more of people’s money, families have less to spend and save.  - Growth. Biden would repeat the mistakes of the Obama years, leading to a painfully slow economic recovery. By 2030, the economy would be nearly 10% smaller than expected. That’s $2.6 trillion in lost innovation and lost progress for everyone. - Family Budgets. Biden’s regulation-heavy approach would push Americans to buy far more expensive products, from pricey health insurance to electric cars. The result would be more money for liberal special interests and less money for families. - Corporate Welfare. Biden’s plan for energy and health care would require massive government subsidies for politically favored companies. The government would double down on picking winners and losers, which would make the economy less fair and free. The list goes on. Other new studies have found that Biden’s tax plans would lead to a combined state and federal tax rate of 60% or higher in New York, California, and New Jersey. In other states, taxes would skyrocket as the government took a bigger chunk of people’s paychecks. Biden’s economic plan is a bad idea in normal times. It’s especially dangerous as America tries to reverse the damage done by the coronavirus. At a time when millions are struggling, why on earth would we make it harder for the American people to thrive again?

Coronavirus is growing exponentially – here is what that really means

 

Coronavirus is growing exponentially – here is what that really means

Excerpt from Christian Yates, Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology, University of Bath

 

This is an optimistic graphic. Even so, if we choose the 50% (middle) exposure rate. It is still eye popping!

For everyone person infected, 4 others will become infected. This is the nature of Pandemics. But what, precisely, is exponential growth? The mathematical definition says that a quantity that increases with a rate proportional to its current size will grow exponentially. This means that as the quantity increases so does that rate at which it grows. The more infected people we have of a disease outbreak, the more people they will infect and the more the cases will rise. As of October 19, we have 8.26M cases. That would tell us the exponential spread would result in over 33M cases in the future.

Recent media reports incorrectly report the increase in COVID-19 with alarm. This, when science predicts the results. The early panic may have caused a slowing (75%+ staying home) while we may have now fallen back to only a 50% reduction.

The point is, that people living in fear because of a seemingly unknown reason for the uptick in cases is simply wrong. People are living with great stress. They need to understand their environment. The purpose of this article.

This pandemic is doing what pandemics do. Following the protocols is the best individuals can do. The scientific community will come up with new antivirals and eventually a vaccine. Until then, we should all remain calm (relatively) while we live through this Global Pandemic.

 Liberals, Socialist and Conservatives

I cannot ignore the left’s behavior of late. I will bring one issue forward for your consideration that is at once instructive, but at the same time confounding.

As much as it has become politically popular for the left to resurrect the South with regards to Slavery and the Civil War that followed the behavior and thinking of these very people is much like the South regarding slavery.

The overarching similarity is that if the Constitution and the Republican form of government is agreeable to them, they accept it as the sovereign document and national form of governance. However, if they disagree, then they are inclined to want to destroy the today's Government. That is to destroy the Government to enable them to construe and enforce the Constitution as they see fit on all points. This is exactly what the Southern/slave sates did leading up to the Civil War.

The resemblance is remarkable and unseen by many. As Lincoln asked, what will it take to satisfy the progressives of the left. His answer then was brilliant and stands today. Stop telling them that Socialism is wrong! Then, join them in calling Socialism right!

The founders deeply reviewed history, cultures and societal failures. They studied, democracies, Oligarchy’s and despotism including socialism. They rejected all with much passion that can should be read in the Federalist Papers.

One  must only examine the “natural rights” that are the foundation of our Declaration of Independence that gave birth to the Constitution, to find the answer. After a great discourse from Lincoln and the founders the answer was conclusive. Man’s natural rights come from God. Period.

When examining the course of action by the Democrats of the left, we can see a clear pathway to drive God’s word from the public discourse and now overtly attempting to trample free speech and other liberty’s guaranteed by the “Natural Rights” that are NOT given by man nor can be taken away by man. They simply “are”.

There is not doubt the success of the Southern Succession would have become the end to a great Nation. Why? The liberty and freedoms given to citizens would have to be removed as the context of slavery begin to overtake our nation. It would have been the ruin of all. All men would be subject to the control of other men/people without any redress. It would become the natural right of the Oligarchy that had the power and means to subvert others. So it is with the current progressive/liberal movement. Once man has lost his "Natural Rights" he is doomed to misery and ruin!