Good article. This emphasizes my point. Regardless of the philosophical reason, justification, or morality for the Government's power, the fact is that they have it, and it can't be taken away by people who don't get involved. It is a good argument to debate whether Government should have power to govern at all, but it may be a somewhat irrelevant one.
By allowing yourself to be ruled or to allow your liberties to be taken from you unchallenged, you implicitly endorse and accept their ability to do so.
To win back the country and our freedom (which ironically is counter-intuitive to those who traditionally seek power), this authority must be TAKEN from them. And anyone who refuses to get involved or believes that they can't make a difference, or simply thinks that it is enough NOT to vote for one person without supporting an alternative solution is CONTRIBUTING to the maintaining of such control.
Power does not seek those who do not reach for it, and without power in today's society, you can't possibly limit its authority and protect liberties.
Furthermore, once obtained, power must be used to protect itself from others who wish to take it.
Even if in the next 10-20 years, we managed to infiltrate the American political system and regain control of our country to return it to its founding principals, if we do not use this power to protect against those whose sole purpose is to control, then we will be back where we are now in another generation.
