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Introduction
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George Washington warned in his Farewell Address, 1796:
Usurpation...though...in one instance, may
be the instrument of good, it is the customary
weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
This book will examine the cycle:
1) CONCENTRATED POWER - The
recurring story in history is that in times of
uncertainty and crisis, power concentrates into the
hands of one person, a monarch. From Indian
chiefs to gang leaders, Pharaohs to Sultans, Kings
to Communist Dictators, the rule by one person,
historically called a “Monarch,” has been the most
common form of human government;
2) SEPARATED POWER – A few rare
experiments exist in history of alternatives to
monarchy, of which America has been the most
successful. Without a monarch to enforce order by
external control, order in society had to be maintained
by citizens embracing voluntary internal controls. To
prevent a return to monarchy, America’s founders
separated the power of a king into three branches,
then separated it again into Federal and State levels,
then tied up this new Federal Frankenstein with ten
handcuffs, the First Ten Amendments, resulting
in an unprecedented explosion of individual
freedom, opportunity, motivation and prosperity;
3) POWER CONCENTRATED – In times
of internal civil disorders, external threats and loss
of public virtue, power reconcentrates, like a
rubberband snapping back, resulting in a loss of
freedom, opportunity, motivation and prosperity.
Concentrated –> Separated –> Concentrated
CHANGE TO CHAINS - WILLIAM J. FEDERER