Conservatives and libertarians must join together to defeat the progressive enemy. If we fail to come together around the cause of economic freedom, then we will have ourselves to blame when, late on November 6, 2012, we sit drained and demoralized after witnessing the reelection of America’s worst president and congress, an event which will give progressives the opportunity to finish the process of wealth destruction which entered the endgame phase on January 20, 2009.

By Chuck Rogér

Dear Mr. Alexander:

In your essay, “The Next American Revolution,” you do a fine job encapsulating how America came to her current horrific state. You argue for dramatic action. Thank you for trying to rekindle the revolutionary spirit of freedom that birthed our nation.

I have some thoughts on one aspect of your article. You write:

If the 2012 election cycle does not provide sufficient momentum toward the goal of restored Liberty, there are substantial measures of civil disobedience that can ratchet up the pressure—measures which will find support among true conservatives in both the House and Senate.

I wonder if you have made an assumption which will lead to a fatal error—the omission of key participants from the revolution. Why is it necessary to invoke the label of “conservative”—“true” or otherwise? Judging by Congress’s abysmal approval ratings, a substantial portion of Americans who are neither liberal nor conservative may be disgusted enough with Washington’s tyrannies to do what it will take to bring about a freer America.

More to the point, I hope that you do not mean to imply that only “true conservatives” would be interested in restoring personal freedoms. It will be necessary to excite far more Americans than there are conservatives to “provide sufficient momentum toward the goal of restored Liberty.”

Somewhat more than 40 percent of Americans consider themselves to be “conservative.” With another 20 percent or so being “liberal,” many “independents” will be needed to put America back on a prosperous path. After all, it will take more than half of voters to fire the overbearing elitists who control our central government.

Insisting on the ideological designation of “conservative” in order to consider someone a “patriot” is unnecessarily divisive. The Tea Party, for instance, is not a conservative movement. Tea Partiers include conservatives, libertarians, and people who identify with no specific sociopolitical-economic philosophy. The Tea Party movement is about economic freedom. A successful effort to kick the fools off the Hill in 2012 will focus on economic freedom.

Recently, David Ranson captured the direness of America’s economic situation, observing:

The source of national economic wellbeing is not “stimulus,” but private capital and enterprise. And capital is, effectively, on strike until there is an honest alleviation of the debt crisis. So, in the medium term, prosperity may be out of reach.

We can go further. The source of America’s overall wellbeing is not government imposition of social constructs by politicians insistent on those constructs. The source of overall wellbeing is overall freedom.

Ranson has indeed laid out the specific problem which must be believably resolved. Money is “on strike.” Money will not return to work until Washington really does reduce the debt.

Let’s go further. Americans’ belief in government is on strike. Trust will not return until economic freedom returns. Without economic freedom, social freedom is a pipe dream. Overall freedom is out of reach.

I know that it is asking a great deal, but even the staunchest social conservatives must back off from pushing social ideology and focus on freedom. We are fighting for our economic survival. Conservatives and libertarians must join together to defeat the progressive enemy. If we fail to come together around the cause of economic freedom, then we will have ourselves to blame when, late on November 6, 2012, we sit drained and demoralized after witnessing the reelection of America’s worst president and congress, an event which will give progressives the opportunity to finish the process of wealth destruction which entered the endgame phase on January 20, 2009.

Maybe, just this once, we could drop the labels and unite behind the revolution.

Chuck Rogér blogs at Clear Thinking

Email Chuck at swampcactus@chuckroger.com

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