DEAR SOPHIA –

SINCE YOU ARE IN EIGHTH GRADE, YOU ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT LEARNING ABOUT HOW OUR GOVERNMENT WAS FOUNDED. THERE IS NO ARGUMENT THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS REVIEWED MANY OF THE ANCIENT CLASSICS. FROM THIS LINK AND THIS LINK, IT CAN BE DOCUMENTED THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS CAREFULLY REVIEWED POLYBIUS BOOK 6.

IF YOU WANT TO GET A LEG UP ON YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS AND EVEN YOUR TEACHERS, REVIEW THE LINK AND REVIEW THE WRITINGS OF POLYBIUS BOOK 6. OUR PRESENT REPUBLIC IS IN A CRISIS. THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT ARE NO LONGER BALANCED AGAINST EACH OTHER. THERE IS AN IMBALANCE.

1. AT THE TIME OF THE FOUNDING, THE FOUNDERS EXPECTED THE NATURAL LAW WOULD BE ENOUGH TO BE A NATURAL TERM LIMIT FOR THOSE IN POWER. LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS NOT EXPECTED TO GO BEYOND 60-65 YEARS OF AGE AND THEREFORE, PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT BE IN POWER FOR LONG PERIODS.
2. AN ARTIFICIAL IMBALANCE WAS INSTITUTED BY LIMITING THE PRESIDENCY TO TWO TERMS – BUT NOT LIMITING THOSE IN CONGRESS (OR THE JUDICIARY) TO A DEFINED LIMIT OF YEARS.
3. BECAUSE OF THE MODERN ERA, SINCE LIFE EXPECTANCY HAS GONE WELL BEYOND WHAT WAS ENVISIONED AT THE FOUNDING, WE NOW HAVE TWO BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT WITH UNLIMITED TENURE RESULTING IN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ABLE TO BE IN POWER FOR 50 YEARS, JUDICIAL MEMBERS FOR 50 YEARS WHO HAVE ENTRENCHED THEMSELVES. BECAUSE THE PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN LIMITED TO TWO TERMS, THE OTHER TWO BRANCHES HAVE BECOME MORE POWERFUL.

BECAUSE THESE OTHER TWO BRANCHES ARE COLLUDING TOGETHER (OFTEN TIMES DECEIVING THE ELECTORATE) THEY HAVE EXECUTED A POWER GRAB THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS (AND POLYBIUS) ENDEAVORED TO PREVENT. THE SOCIAL UNREST WE ARE EXPERIENCING IS SYMPTOMATIC OF THE UNARTICULATED YET REAL UNDERSTANDING BY THE CITIZENS THAT THE REPUBLIC IS DYSFUNCTIONAL. BEWARE OF ALL THE PUBLIC CRIES FOR DEMOCRACY – IT IS A RED HERRING ARGUMENT. THE CALLS FOR “DEMOCRACY” ARE COMING FROM THOSE IN CONGRESS PRETENDING TO BE FOR THE PEOPLE BUT IN REALITY USURPING THEIR POWER AND CONSOLIDATING MORE POWER FOR THEMSELVES WHICH IN THE END CREATES MORE PRESSURE FOR THE MOB TO RISE UP AGAINST THE TWO BRANCHES. THIS IS WHY IT APPEARS THAT THE PRESIDENCY BECOMES THE LAST LEVER AGAINST THE OTHER TWO BRANCHES AND THE REALITY IS THE OTHER TWO BRANCHES CLAIM THAT THE PRESIDENCY BECOMES A DICTATOR. THE ELECTORATE BECOMES -UNKNOWINGLY – USEFUL IDIOTS BY CONGRESS AND THE JUDICIARY.

PLEASE READ THE LINK ABOVE AND POLYBIUS BOOK 6 AND USE YOUR SOCRATIC LOGIC WHICH I KNOW YOU HAVE IN ABUNDANCE.

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LOVE,

DAD