SECESSION IS GONE

The window of opportunity for secession is gone. Liberty as we once knew it in America is lost. There are those who still urge us to continue the fight. There are those eternal optimists who dream of taking back America and rescuing her from the socialism that is turning her into a communist state.

The movement for secession might be making more noise, but the ability to secede shrinks as the Department of Homeland Security grows. Why was it not created the Department of Homeland Defense under the authority and watch of the existing Department of Defense? Probably because the sheep no longer want to defend their liberty; they want now only to maintain their personal peace and affluence.

A nation is thought to be “secure” when it is free from the danger of outside military attack, outside political pressure, and outside interference with the nation’s economy. But this type of security does not exist. The entitlement mentality is conditioning the sheep, like Pavlov’s dogs, to come to the government for everything while believing they are owed free security. Why should anyone want to secede if all he needs is given to him by the federal beast. “I want it; my government will pay for it.”

What keeps the federal beast alive? The will to power keeps it alive. Big brother tells the sheep their security is possible if they will just bow down at the altar of nationalism. Secession is anti-nationalism. Secession denies the sacrifice to the state. And what is that first sacrifice to bring? Money and more money must be offered by the sheep as the sacrifice for the cause. The god of Mammon rules by the power of the tax.

Next, the dignity of the sheep must be sacrificed to the god of government Provision. Government Provision will supply all our needs including security. Secession requires risk. Secession cannot promise to supply all our needs. And as government Provision gives more to the sheep, they must give back with their labor—government service for the “free entitlements” received. Handouts, bail outs, and more handouts, no matter what the cost, the sheep have lost their self-reliance.

Secession was an attainable goal, but it’s just no longer a desirable one; that is, the old interest in freedom has been replaced by the new passionate desire for security. As long as there are Monday night football, beer, and TV remotes, it won’t matter that increased taxes, check-points with full-body scanners, warrantless searches and seizures, and detention camps continue to appear.