The incomprehensible State.

But what if the State itself, is the “worst of all evils?” What if the State is genetically predisposed to malevolent mutations? What if even the “best State” – the one that begins its life, nobly, as a constitutionally constrained republic, dedicated to protecting and promoting “life, liberty and justice for all” – is really, at all times, on the road toward the most evil, militaristic expression possible?^[1]

The web site Freedom, Democide, War and a trainload of books, articles, and films point out the danger of government.

The Framers knew of the slaughter and other hideous abuses of ancient and modern states but even they could not envision the coercive and murderous powers that states have been able to acquire in the last 200 years. They'd have appreciated the dangers instantly but their descendants cannot.

But, today, bottom line, it's useless to call attention to the danger of government.

Some do see the problem but the reigning liberal infection, backed by the also-enhanced propaganda powers of the state, simply will not see it. The liberals' answer to the question posed by Mr. Bowman is that there is no need to worry about state power so long as educated people motivated by compassion can order the affairs of state and beat back selfish, materialistic, and "right-wing" producers.

To the liberal, there can never be a danger of runaway state power and those who seek to limit state power do it only to safeguard arrangements that exploit honest and virtuous workers.

The truth is that each and every citizen has a vital interest in preserving and refining limits on political power but it's become pointless to raise this in any debate. Supreme Court nomination hearings are a case in point. The horrendous federal-state implications of the Roe v. Wade decision should be the primary focus of inquiry during such hearings but the only thing that needs to be established in those hearings is whether the nominee will leave Roe v. Wade alone. End of inquiry.

Reverse the Supreme Court's attack on federalism?

Preposterous! Sacred stare decisis must protect even usurpations. Which is why it's sacred today.

The road is clear for the American state to fly further down the road to soft tyranny and then on to hard tyranny. The Constitution would have prevented this but we were unworthy of it. We did not inquire sufficiently into the nature of the state.

Notes
^[1] "Freedom: The New and Future Experiment... Part II ." By Joel Bowman, The Daily Reckoning, 11/21/11.