Thread by @nedryun

On Constitution Day, good to remember many things that have made the American Republic the greatest constitutional republic in history. But at the foundation, one of the most fundamental concepts the Founders got right was a correct understanding of human nature . . .

The Founders believed that we are imperfect human beings in an imperfect world who had been endowed by God with transcendent natural rights of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, etc. So how to solve this conundrum: imperfect human beings do what they can, not what they. . .

Should, therefore imperfect human beings should never be trusted w/ consolidated power. But a government in an imperfect world need to be created that allowed human beings to pursue and achieve God-given rights. So the Founders created a federal republic that diffused power. . .

Among the various federal branches & also to the states; the idea of federalism. Now understand what Progressives got wrong: human nature. They believed that it would be perfectly acceptable, desirable, to consolidate power into the hands of a relatively few educated elite. . .

Thus the birth of the massive Administrative State at the beginning of the 20th century. Consolidated power always ends badly. This is the challenge we face: you cannot have two very different competing philosophies of governance inside the same country; an Administrative. . .

State inside of a Constitutional Republic. If you want to understand the massive tensions breaking to the surface it really revolves around this and ultimately the question of who decides. In a constitutional republic, all power flows from the people to their representatives. . .

Who decide on behalf of the people. In an Administrative State, unelected bureaucrats decide. So if we want to truly restore the republic, the Administrative State must be significantly reduced: break the State, drain the Swamp, restore the Republic.