Whatever happened to the US Constsitution?

I’m outraged at what has been done to our freedoms.

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"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government." --Ayn Rand

This is no longer the case. Now government prescribes the conduct of private individuals in almost all aspects of life. America has become the very opposite of what was intended. How could this have happened?

The worst act of treason in history is the US government’s destruction of the US Constitution.

The US Constitution prescribes a means to change it. But those who believe in a 'living constitution' ignore and circumvent that prescribed means and invent their own.

Even amending the Constitution in a proper fashion to impose alcohol prohibition turned out to be a disaster. Fortunately this was rectified after a short time with its repeal. But today, the American people accept drug prohibition, a policy as damaging to liberty as alcohol prohibition. A majority vote in Congress has been enough to impose this very expensive and failed program on the American people, without even bothering to amend the Constitution...

Transition to Democracy

The transition from republic to democracy was gradual and insidious. It seeds were sown early in our history. In many ways, the Civil War and its aftermath laid the foundation for the acute erosion that took place over the entire 20th century. Chronic concern about war and economic downturns — events caused by an intrusive government’s failure to follow the binding restraints of the Constitution — allowed majority demands to supersede the rights of the minority...

Democracy Subverts Liberty and Undermines Prosperity

Once it becomes acceptable to change the rules by majority vote, there are no longer any limits on the power of the government. When the Constitution can be subverted by mere legislative votes, executive orders or judicial decrees, constitutional restraints on the government are eliminated. This process was rare in the early years of our history, but now it is routine.

Once a nation becomes a democracy, the whole purpose of government changes. Instead of the government’s goal being that of guaranteeing liberty, equal justice, private property, and voluntary exchange, the government embarks on the impossible task of achieving economic equality, micromanaging the economy, and protecting citizens from themselves and all their activities. The destruction of the wealth-building process, which is inherent in a free society, is never anticipated. Once it’s realized that it has been undermined, it is too late to easily reverse the attacks against limited government and personal liberty.

Democracy, by necessity, endorses special-interest interventionism, inflationism, and corporatism. In order to carry out the duties now expected of the government, power must be transferred from the citizens to the politicians. The only thing left is to decide which group or groups have the greatest influence over the government officials. As the wealth of the nation dwindles, competition between the special-interest groups grows more intense and becomes the dominant goal of political action. Restoration of liberty, the market and personal responsibility are of little interest and are eventually seen as impractical.

Power and public opinion become crucial factors in determining the direction of all government expenditures. Although both major parties now accept the principles of rule by majority and reject the rule of law, the beneficiaries for each party are generally different, although they frequently overlap. 

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Here is but one example. Franklin Roosevelt’s Executive Order 6102 made it illegal for citizens to own gold, except in the smallest of quantities. It formed the basis of today's fiat money system which effectively robs people via inflation. “Where in the Constitution did the president get that power?”
 https://bonnerandpartners.com/how-executive-order-6102-doomed-america/

Habeas Corpus, the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure, the rights of the accused… these are quickly becoming lost to the memory hole of history.
https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/these-international-borders-have-become-no-rights-zones-24221/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sm_notes&utm_campaign=notes&utm_content=20181015_new_zeal

Courts torture the 'Commerce Clause' of the Constitution to bestow more powers to government at the expense of We, the People.

John Whitehead:You Want To Make America Great Again? Start By Making America Free Again.

See also:Suspending The Constitution: In America Today, The Government Does Whatever It Wants

Coup Against Trump Is "Biggest Violation Of Constitution In History"

Just how much of the US Constitution to protect people from government still remains? See related.

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As the great philosopher Lord Woodhouse once wrote, 

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy. ... 

Aldous Huxley wrote an extremely prescient warning in his 1958 book Brave New World Revisiteded: 

Or take the right to vote. In principle, it is a great privilege. In practice, as recent history has repeatedly shown, the right to vote, by itself, is no guarantee of liberty. Therefore, if you wish to avoid dictatorship by referendum, break up modern society’s merely functional collectives into self-governing, voluntarily co-operating groups, capable of functioning outside the bureaucratic systems of Big Business and Big Government. 

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