Robin Monotti

18.) The only newsworthy point in this article — If the deadline stands, those citizens without their name in the federal ID database will be second class citizens unable to contract with commercial airlines. I’m not that bothered by that. Sometimes consequences are okay. The consequence is worth noting. Why the news covers this single topic and none of the other topics in this piece of writing is worth asking as well. Are you being well-served by a news source that only mentioned this one detail: “May 7, 2025 all people are to have a Real ID to travel on commercial flight”? That’s a question for you to answer.

19.) Red state v. Blue state — Red states tend to be have more efficient government and more obedient government. Obedient to whom? To perceived authority. That authority need not be legitimate, only perceived. Be careful in red states. They are better at putting the jackboot on the neck.

20.) Laxity around freedom — America has a population of slaves, not a free population. If we were handed a free country tomorrow, few of us would know what to do with it. It must be run. It must be managed. Freedom is not had without societal structure. We have an immoral people unwilling to do the hard work to live free. I do not mean to point a finger when I say that. The reality is that each person is likely lax in that area. You and I both probably have ways that we are lax in that area. Freedom is a direction and a mindset. It is not a destination.

21.) Leadership — In this period in history, America is generally-speaking poorly led. Leadership can have an impact on a people. We may change from a nation of slaves to a free people sooner than any of us realize. How are you, dear reader, rising to the occasion and embracing the opportunity by leading those around you? This is a question each on of us must ask ourselves.

22.) Slippery slopes are real.

23.) Christianity — Christianity is the central non-governmental structure at the heart of American freedom. It’s remnants are the only thing keeping us from tyranny. Christian expression tends to be more free at times or less free and is certainly not homogenous. Commerce plays a secondary role. It too tends to be more free at times or less free. Those serious about living in a free country will be serious about upholding each of these two topics. I was once an atheist. Thankfully, I no longer am. Even in those dark days of abject atheism, I understood how much the Christian nature of America mattered to my well-being. Regardless of personal theological beliefs, there is no one who is a passionate advocate of freedom who should have any hesitation promoting these two notions as good for American freedom.

24.) The foundation matters — We must be very careful of any government not solidly built on those ideals. We must be careful of all government. Living lives solidly built on those ideals and crafting a government that upholds those ideals is how we get a government solidly built on those ideals.

25.) It’s amusing — It’s fun watching the Department of Government Efficiency do their thing. Their press releases are funny. It’s amusing that someone is finally cleaning up some of that rubbish.

26.) A better option — I don’t want a more efficient government. I want a sloppy, ineffective government walking around with its head in its rear end.

27.) Then what? — Once we have an efficient government, we will not know what to do with it. That is the present nature of the American population. That is also the nature of the freedom movement and the nature of conservatism. People just want to be left alone. That makes Trump (possibly) a four year reprieve from the tyranny. That means, whether he intends to or not, the Trump Administration is building a more effective and efficient enemy of human freedom. Our founding fathers understood that government is the greatest enemy of human freedom. If you read the US Constitution, you know that they invented a slow-moving inefficient government not an efficient one.

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