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Entry: A Road Not Taken: Distributism Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/a_road_not_taken_distributism#19613 Post contents: Sure there is a third way and it lies right beneath our noses, if a bit covered in the cant of our current politics. The Framers set down a framework of law and organization that was intended to promote the prosperity of the individual by keeping government out of the way of the citizen. The big government, near-monarchists of the age, the Federalists would be aghast at the corruptions of their work. As Garet Garrett so ably put it in his 1953 book, "The Peoples Pottage", there has been a "revolution within the form" and the Republic of the Framers is no more. Lincoln and FDR are just two of the Presidents who added there own contributions to the cause and this current President, a kind of Napoleon-for-Idiots enjoys the efforts of all. While the Monarchists among us may find some solace in this victory over the Republic, they shouldn't because this government makes monarchy look timid. What we have here is a Frankenstein of Socialism, defacto Monarchism without benefit of breeding, and crypto totalitarianism with all the charms of a vigilante group ready to burn a cross near you. It is a velvet tyranny mind you, the peasants are liberally entertained and cosseted but make no mistake, we have about as much in common with the Republic of the Founders as the Iraq War has with "spreading democracy". Sent at: 2008 05 11