Those that buck the party-line are either attacked and smeared, assassinated, or have their dirty laundry exposed. Trust in any government is the first step to complacency and compliance. Hitler knew what he was doing. First you have to scare people and then drum up support for your crimes while telling them it is for their best and to question any different is unpatriotic.

Modern government fears Ron Paul because he is not part of their club. He speaks out against the secret meetings and backroom deals and to allow him to be elected would only educate the citizens, effectively threatening the rulers behind the curtains.

Mike, you said in any other time this article would have caused a revolution. I disagree. Because in any other time, those that came before us would have never allowed government to achieve the position and power it has. They were our country’s true Libertarians.

If you read this message, you ARE part of the resistance. Keep fighting!

This is too nuanced for the mainstream media, in those few occasions when they cover Ron Paul at all. His issue is state’s rights, not civil liberties. He’s OK with government interference in your personal life, as long as it’s local government.

Sure, he’d end the War on Drugs – at the federal level. He thinks that it’s OK for California to allow medical marijuana. But he also thinks it’s OK for Texas to ban it. He’s not seeing this as an issue of personal rights that no government, at any level, should stay away from. He sees it as the federal government infringing on state government’s right to enact laws. Your personal rights aren’t part of it at all.

Still, I’d like to see him win the nomination. He’s willing to talk about things that need to be talked about. He’s willing to point out that the emperor has no clothes.

It’s a great article. I’d bet in another time it would have inspired a revolution.