Katherine Frisk – The United States of America was founded on a federated system with small central government, where the individual states had a large degree of autonomy and control in the decision-making process as to the laws that they did or did not want to implement within their own regions. America was the land of opportunity where millions from Europe, the poor, the tired, the huddled masses who, with enough determination and hard work, made a decent life for themselves and their families.

Over the last 70 years since the end of WW2, the government in Washington D.C. has grown to such a degree that the Founding Father’s would not recognize it. Control has been centralized, and by incremental steps the states have lost and are losing more and more control over their own decision-making.

The same can be said of Europe where power has been centralized into the EU parliament. In both instances the standard of living for the average middle class person has declined dramatically in the last 20 years, global corporate monopolies have gobbled up every small, medium and large private business enterprise and a large sucking sound has been heard where wealth has vacuumed up to the top and into the pockets of the elites, while those on the ground have been left all the poorer for it.

Both regions have all the signs of becoming dictatorial, fascist police states where the voters aspirations and concerns do not count. As Martin Shultz of the EU recently proclaimed following the Brexit referendum: “It is Not the EU Philosophy that the Crowd can Decide its Fate.” In the USA, voter rigging ensures that the elite in society remain in power, while the will of the people is undermined. Continue reading →