Hi Everyone. I should have titled this "Authoritarianism Ends Freedom." I'm not talking about like Soviet era totalitarianism. I notice that my posts get deleted often here (not necessarily this community). I'm not trying to put up stuff that I think is hugely controversial and it certainly isn't leftist. Nor am I a "glowie." I am not a FED. I AM NOT A FEDERAL AGENT nor a state agent, or any kind of agent, foreign or domestic. I'm just somebody that calls things as I see them.

I don't believe in most conspiracies. Not that conspiracies don't happen, of course, they do all the time. But many of these sensational conspiracies I don't buy.

Israel was not behind 9/11. It was not a false flag. An alien space craft did not crash in Roswell and the government is not hiding evidence of alien contact with Earth. Democrats do not drink baby blood (but both Democrats and Republicans could well have been customers of Jeffrey Epstein). Wayfair is not a front for child trafficking. Trump did not conspire with Russia to steal the 2016 election. Biden did not conspire with dozens of state election officials around the country, many of them Republican, to steal the 2020 election.

Some I'm willing to consider: There was a conspiracy to kill Kennedy (but I think Oswald shot him). Reagan conspired with Iran to delay hostage release.

But there is ONE conspiracy that is happening NOW and is a threat to the freedom of every single American.

There is a conspiracy to end democratic rule in the United States. Yes, I know, "we're not a democracy." But we are. We are a Republic, which is to say, a representative democracy. Being a republic and being a democracy are not two different things. Republicanism is just a form of democracy, the only kind of democracy that really works with large populations. That is what we are. That is what the Founders envisioned. We have expanded the idea of democracy that the Founders had, but if we hadn't, many people who extol our freedoms today would not have the right vote under their original vision of democracy.

But around the world, liberal democracy, by which I mean, democracy that is based on individual freedom, is under threat. Many countries are enamored with Russia or Hungary. Why? They are neither powerful nor rich. Their people are not better off than the western liberal democracies and yet for some reason, there seems to be an attraction to these more authoritarian governments where neither individual liberty nor democracy are maintained. Don't take my word for it, check the ratings at Freedom House, a conservative, virulently anti-communist organization.

But even many conservatives are being drawn to the idea of these authoritarian style governments which only have a facade of democratic rule. For example, Tucker Carlson went to Hungary and extolled the virtues of that country's political system. Hungary has a score of 69 out of a hundred, a rating of "Partly Free," with a political rights score of 29/40. The USA is 83 (32/51). Why would he want to look at Hungary as an exemplar? In Hungary, the GOVERNMENT mandates masks for everybody.

The problem is that he's been taken in by a conspiracy to take away the rights of Americans. To end political and civil rights in the United States. Note: in Russia they do NOT have the freedom to bear arms. Hungary's gun laws are much more stringent than those of the USA. Why would these supposed "conservatives" be turning to the likes of Russia or Hungary?

And look, if we keep following people like them down this path, it's a small step to authoritarianism. Do you think you will have more rights under an authoritarian government? If you do, you are living in a world of make-believe. You will NOT be the favorites of these people. Anybody who values independence and freedom will be a direct threat to authoritarian rule. We will have no rights at all.

Please, before this gets deleted, just think about this. I welcome comments below.