Who’s the crazy one?
In a recently published article, Anand Biharie states the following:
James Madison, one of the founders of the American Constitution, emphasized that ‘If men were angels, no government would be necessary.’ But since humans are not angels, every constitutional state requires a watchdog that actively monitors the abuse of power by governments. By strengthening the CHof [Constitutional Court] with autonomous review powers, we can proactively defend the constitutional state against laws that undermine freedom and justice.
If we look at the quote from James Madison, he’s saying that the robberment is necessary because people aren’t angels. It’s often also said that the “constitutional state” is necessary because people are bad and corrupt and need to be kept in check. However, subsequently individuals from that very same group of people — who are said to be bad, corrupt, and not angels — are then placed in positions of power within the “constitutional state” to rule over others. Is that logical? If people are indeed so bad, why would you create the possibility for them to end up in positions of power where they can cause immense harm? And then complain when these bad people, who are not angels, abuse their power? In that case, who’s the crazy one? Would you make a conscious choice to live with a serial killer in the same house and then use watchdogs to protect yourself? Wouldn’t you be the crazy one in that case?
The sociopaths and psychopaths running the robberment
Unfortunately, few people realize that there’s a major logical flaw in their thinking when it comes to the robberment. People continue to hold on to this concept of ruling over others, despite thousands of years of evidence showing that it will always, inevitably, and certainly end badly. As Albert J. Nock stated in his book “Our Enemy the State” (1935), the “constitutional state” is an “anti-social and criminal system that can only be administered by people who, given the nature of this system, are best adapted to such service,” namely, sociopaths and psychopaths. Moreover, given the fact that an anti-social system, by its nature and design, can only produce sociopaths and psychopaths, over time increasingly bigger sociopaths and psychopaths will eventually come to power. The situation within this system can therefore only get progressively worse until it finally destroys itself. In the words of Julian With, who blocked me on Facebook after our first interaction years ago: It will never get better.
It’s therefore inevitable that the Constitutional Court will reflect the characteristics of the people that it’s composed of. And we’ve already seen that these people come from the same group of individuals who, according to Madison and many supporters of the robberment, aren’t angels. Not long ago, we had already seen that judges here on the plantation Suriname hold the view that “you can justify any decision.” The Constitutional Court will be able to do the same, with or without autonomous review powers. And as I pointed out back then, it would be foolish to place your hope on this system.
The founders of the American Constitution were very intelligent, but unfortunately, not intelligent enough. If they could see what has ultimately become today of their idea of a “limited government,” they would undoubtedly have a nervous breakdown. From the beginning, they were aware of the dangers of even a “limited government.” But they saw it as a “necessary evil,” without thinking further and realizing that by doing so, they were creating a society in which evil is necessary. A society, like ours, based on a system where every ‘choice’ you make can only be between different degrees of evil, and where by ‘choosing’ the lesser evil, you’re still choosing evil, resulting in even more evil. So, who’s the crazy one? Aren’t you the crazy one?
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