From the authors
We grew up in the USSR under the communist regime. When we arrived in the United States in 1993, we were sure we would support the Democratic Party, considering it an antithesis to the communists. Doubts appeared when we began to understand better what was said on TV. The speeches of the Democrats and President Clinton in that remote 1993 somehow smelled of socialism.
Over the next 30 years, we watched with horror the deterioration of America, exceptionally rapid under Obama, when the ugly features of a revolting totalitarian bureaucracy increasingly manifested themselves in the ruling elite and the Democratic party serving it. Like in the USSR, fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Maoist China, where the all-powerful bureaucracy and the parties supporting it turned into criminal groups guilty of crimes against humanity, and the lower layers of the bureaucracy became both victims and executors of the criminal will of the leadership.
Attention!
1. Bureaucracy is a system of social management without which society cannot exist in principle. But it always seeks to get out of the control of society and act in its bureaucratic interests, using the people as a source of resources for itself.
2. The bureaucracy ensures the stability and well-being of society by creating laws and rules of social conduct. At the same time, it destroys society by ignoring the established rules.
3. The bureaucracy must have enough power to manage society successfully. But the feeling of power gives some people pleasure and can create narcotic effects of "addiction,” the desire for unlimited growth of their power. And it is precisely such people who aspire to the ranks of the bureaucracy and often reach high positions in it.
4. The bureaucracy’s favorite way to manage is to deprive people of the wealth they have created and make sure everybody gets their “fair share,” and the fairness here means that the bureaucracy gets its "lion's share.”
5. Be on the lookout when Mainstream Media (MSM) brainwash you about how good bureaucrats are and how selflessly they work in your interests. This is a hoax; they are probably up to some dirty tricks again and want to use you as a free resource!
6. When we call bureaucrats the enemy of the people, we are referring to the professional bureaucratic elite and the politicians who serve it, and not ordinary office workers who, for the most part, do their job.
7. We argue and substantiate below that the US Democratic Party is the "voice" and "hands" of the bureaucracy, and its activities are often unconstitutional and criminal.
8. Speaking about the criminal nature of the Democratic Party, we have in mind only its top: party, federal, local, etc., bureaucrats, as well as bureaucrats within large corporations who profit from party membership. Our words have nothing to do with the millions of ordinary party members who do not know and do not understand that cynical bureaucrats shamelessly manipulate them.
9. The authors do not claim at all that the elite of the Democrats are indeed agents of Satan, and the Republicans are representatives of the army from Heaven. Among them, there may be good people and villains, but with different probabilities. Today, the Democrats as a party serve the bureaucracy. Therefore, they are much more infected with caste prejudices typical of bureaucrats, of which the main ones are contempt for those who do not belong to their caste - the middle and lower classes, and a sense of their elitism and their right to manipulate the ones below, violate the laws of society, morality, and sometimes the reason for the sake of the interests of the bureaucracy.
10. In no way do we call for the destruction of bureaucracy; it is necessary for the order of life. We seek to limit its dominance by turning it into what it should be - a protector and a servant of society, ensuring the state machine's functioning.
Boris Zlotin, Alla Zusman
America Without Democracy
Clash of the Titans - Bureaucracy vs. Market
10,000 years of the history of civilization can be imagined as a constant and widespread struggle between bureaucracy and "businesscracy,” while:
- Bureaucracy - the power of coercion, the power of some selected group (elite), carried out by restricting people's freedom and forcing them to some actions. Bureaucracies constantly strive to limit, in one way or another, the inalienable rights guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence -Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
- “Businesscracy” - the power of the free market, based on the right of people to exercise their choices within the framework established by the Constitution, to do what they want, in particular, voluntarily enter into any relationship, conclude transactions, maintain freedom of speech and thought, ignore the illegal instructions of any bosses and to possess weapons to defend their rights against possible criminal elements and too zealous bureaucracy ...
Neither side can achieve complete victory because too much dominance by any side leads to catastrophic crises, up to the destruction of society and the emergence of deadly anarchy. An optimal balance of bureaucratic and market forces is vital for society, but the bureaucracy constantly strives to shift it in its interests.
In the history of America, more or less systematically, periods of dominance by market forces have been replaced by the authority by bureaucracy, and vice versa. In the 20th century:
- The bureaucracy seized power, destroyed the economy, and dragged America into wars under Democratic presidents. For example, World War I under Wilson, World War II under Roosevelt, the Korean War under Truman, the Vietnam War under Kennedy, many minor military conflicts under Obama, and the Ukraine War under Biden.
- Republican presidents, on the contrary, reduced the power of the bureaucracy, boosting the economy and ending wars. Examples: Hoover, who brilliantly propelled the country's economy in the twenties; Nixon, who stopped the Vietnam massacre; Reagan, who raised the economy and won the Cold War; and Trump, who revitalized the economy and managed to fix many (unfortunately not all) misgivings in his four years, brought into the life of the country by Obama.
Of course, in real life, things are not so simple. The Democrat Truman (very unloved by the Democrats) brilliantly raised the country's economy, and the Republican Bush (most likely against his will) started two wars (Afghanistan and Iraq). But in general, the primary trend is evident: with democratic presidents, the bureaucracy was dominant, and with republican ones, market forces.
Since its inception in 1728, for almost 300 years, the Democratic Party of America has united federal, state, city, labor, corporate, financial, educational, entertainment, information, criminal, and countless other bureaucrats across America and coordinated the actions of the American bureaucracy and with the bureaucracies of different countries and international organizations, including transnational organized crime.
Today, our country is facing a sharp confrontation not just between Democrats and Republicans but also:
- Democrats as representatives of the bureaucracy, left-wing extremists, social parasites, criminal organizations, and other haters of the free market and the middle class
- Republicans as representatives of the market and the middle class.
How did it all start?
How bureaucratic America began
The first American viable colony was established in 1607 at Jamestown, Virginia. Not right away. The settlement was built according to the classical forms of English life - the aristocracy, which was not going to work, and the poor, who did not want to work. To the amazement of the aristocrats, far away from the royal police and vagrancy laws, it was challenging to get the poor to work, so the colony could not feed itself.
Over time, the situation of the colony improved due to the cultivation of tobacco. The fields were worked in extortionate conditions by convicts exported from England, unemployed sold themselves into slavery, mainly from poor areas of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall. Thus began the development of the slave-owning aristocracy (bureaucracy) and the lower class, which accelerated sharply after large cotton plantations emerged in addition to tobacco. The Southern planters practically repeated the organization of the latifundia of Ancient Rome, using "talking machines" – enslaved people - for primitive agricultural work. Slavery is a typical bureaucratic system with no place for the middle class.
But the relatively small flow of poor whites ready for daily work was not enough for the rapidly growing tobacco and cotton production. Starting from 1619, enslaved Africans began to be brought into Virginia. At the same time, former white day laborers often received a “promotion” - they became overseers of black slaves. This led to the development of the states of the future "Bureaucratic Confederation of the Slave Owning South.”
How market America began
In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers, a group of English religious dissidents who did not recognize any authority of the bureaucracy (neither state nor church), founded Plymouth Colony. Profoundly spiritual and friendly among themselves, the pilgrims began with a purely socialist experiment. At first, they lived as labor communes, building houses, raising livestock, and cultivating the land. Everyone was obliged to work, but productivity was low; people shied away from work, went half-starved, quarreled, and stole from the “collective farm fields.” After 2.5 years, people understood that the problem was in the collective approach and personal irresponsibility. And they decided that it was impossible to live like that.
By order of Governor William Bradford, the land was divided, and everyone understood that from now on, everyone "will be rewarded according to his labors." There were no rich people among the colonists; no one could become a master and use other people's labor. And everyone began to work with complete dedication and to trade with each other. Within a couple of generations, a culture of a “common market” emerged, embracing the entire society. Its main components were:
- The ability to freely choose your residence, and create your farm, workshop, or business, relying only on yourself and without any bureaucratic restrictions.
- Personal freedom and independence guaranteed by everybody possessing weapons and the skill and determination to use them. This was initially needed because of the danger posed by the Indians, but also proved to be:
- Reliable protection against bandits and racketeers, preventing the emergence of feudal, federal, etc. bureaucracies.
- A means of ensuring mutual respect and equality, limiting the "right of the strong" and conflicts between individuals and families.
- "Mind of reality" – people’s common sense, based on practical knowledge, individualism, faith in one's intuition, the skill of logical thinking, and the presence of some basic knowledge.
- Respect for work - one's own and the creation of others, high initiative, energy, enterprise.
- Self-government and election of local authorities, limiting power to the minimum necessary to comply with laws.
- Implementation of the principles of free trade, absence of internal customs barriers, federal taxes, etc.
- High innovation and active creativity allowed colonists to survive and improve life despite lacking essential tools and knowledge[1].
We (the authors) have been looking for a suitable name for this very nice "market American" for a long time - and suddenly, we recalled Mark Twain's favorite book from childhood, "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court.” Of course, we were talking about the "Yankee,” once just a New Englander. During the Revolutionary War, the British called the rebellious colonists that; during the Civil War, the northerners were called that, and today, outside the United States, all Americans in general. This word is sometimes pronounced with contempt and mockery, but keep in mind that those who use it in this way are most likely bureaucrats, their servants, or just people of a "welfare culture,” social parasites for whom disgust for the Yankees, personifying the lifestyle they hate, is the basis of self-assertion.
Of course, a governing bureaucracy soon emerged that attempted to subjugate people by force or demagogy (for example, in the Salem witch trials). But they did not go far; it was dangerous when everyone had weapons, and people developed a strong immunity against bureaucracy during all their lives! For a long time, the bureaucracy obediently played the role of a "social service system"; it did not have the opportunity to seize power over free people.
The first fight - the market against the bureaucracy
The active resettlement of the British in America lasted about 20 years, with about 20 thousand people arriving. The resettlement almost stopped with the beginning of the Cromwellian revolution in 1642; everything was not up in America. After the Glorious Revolution in 1688, England, under the leadership of the Whig party, became a market-oriented country. English capitals were looking for markets, but what kind of market existed in impoverished and sparsely populated America? The attitude of England toward the colonists can be expressed by the term "Salutary (or Benign) Neglect.” The settlers were virtually independent and could manage their lives with minimal royal and parliamentary interference.
In the middle of the 18th century, the situation in Europe became very aggravated due to the rapid growth of Prussia’s power and England’s desire to "pinch" the huge French colonial empire. As a result, the French and Indian War broke out in 1756, commonly referred to in Europe as the Seven Years’ War. As always, the war led to the solid growth of the English bureaucracy. And in 1760, George 2 died, and George 3 became king, brought up in anti-Whig (anti-market) principles, and the bureaucracy became dominant.
The bureaucracy that seized power immediately tried to subjugate the colonists and, at their expense, cover the enormous costs of the victorious war. "Salutary Neglect" became "Greedy Attention.”
All the colonists were declared British, deprived of traditional rights, and the spread of colonies to the West was limited. The bureaucracy began to reorganize the colonial administration. High duties and severe restrictions on coastal trade between the colonies were introduced. The Royal Navy pursued and punished smugglers (all local merchants were assumed to be the ones). It was forbidden to import products of “high technology,” such as advanced looms, to America, develop its industry, etc.
Naturally, all this caused outrage in the colonies. As a result of a ten-year struggle, the power of the British was overthrown. A young nation of Americans emerged.
Great anti-bureaucratic constitution
Where is democracy?
Democracy - government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
If the Founding Fathers suddenly came to life today, they would probably be most surprised by the development of “democracy” in the United States. This word is never mentioned in the Constitution - and not by accident. The Founding Fathers were educated and intelligent people, and the reputation of democracy as the power of "the whole people" for many knowledgeable people of the 18th century was very doubtful.
In history, the actual participation of the majority of people in governance existed only in small gangs of Vikings, in bandit and pirate republics, such as the Zaporizhzhya Sech and Tortuga, etc. The basis of this democracy is the armed "voters,” the ability and determination to use the weapon in democratic discussions.
Attempts to develop democratic government in sufficiently large groups of people, for example, in ancient cities, without a single known exception, were reduced to bloody anarchy and/or the power of self-serving leaders, who in ancient Greece were called "demagogues,” that is, "leaders of the people." They led to the defeat of mighty Athens in wars against much weaker opponents and, as a result, the fall of this democracy, which ruined and destroyed the country. And this is the history of Athens, Ancient Rome, and many other democratic city-republics in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, etc.
The preemptive strike against bureaucrats
The US Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787. The war with England was still in full swing, but there was an urgent necessity to build the state. For the first time in history, the Constitution was written by marketers, representatives of the middle class, and experienced fighters against bureaucrats. They wrote laws not to strengthen their power but to live by these laws themselves, enjoy freedom and give this opportunity to all their fellow citizens.
The colonists had rich experience - independently developing, different colonies, cities, and settlements tested many options for organizing life; they discarded unsuitable ones and found the most efficient ones. The Founding Fathers accepted the best elements from this experience, but instead of “welding” them tightly, they left more freedom for self-organizing “tuning,” adaptation, and mutual coordination. The Constitution provided the maximum protection of people and businesses from the state, that is, from its bureaucracy.
The original document was the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration's most famous line is: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Usually, “pursuit of happiness” is understood in the broad sense as the ability of everyone to determine how to build their destiny, career, business, etc. This does not include the right to receive a “part of the common pie” for free, but the right and opportunity to achieve what you want with your energy, enterprise, work, and talent.
This is a powerful anti-bureaucratic weapon. The bureaucracy needs to keep people in line; therefore, people who want to realize their “right to happiness” and don’t rely on mercy from their superiors are dangerous. The bureaucratic promise “we will lead everyone to happiness” denies people’s right to “personal happiness.”
The authors of the Constitution did not have time for utopian pictures, declarative statements, ideology, extensive preambles, and legal tricks. They did not introduce legalities that could obscure the essence of the matter, just the rules of everyday life that were understandable to everyone. Nevertheless, the Constitution is a legal document that defines the organization of the federal government and provides mechanisms to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of Americans from encroachments on the part of the bureaucracy of all levels: federation, states, cities, etc.
The first edition of the Constitution was unfinished; many things were missed; it is no coincidence that after two years, ten critical amendments were introduced as a package called the Bill of Rights. But it did the main thing - legislatively and severely limited the bureaucracy’s role. This did not make it impossible for the bureaucracy to seize power, but it wasn’t easy. That is why the bureaucracies failed to completely subjugate America under Wilson, Roosevelt, Carter, or Obama. And, we are sure it will not succeed under Biden either.
The Constitution did not prescribe what the state should do; it only forbade it from becoming omnipotent, defining what the state should not and cannot do:
- Restrict people's right to express any opinion
- Restrict freedom of conscience and freedom to create any groups and societies (except for criminal ones)
- Unreasonably invade privacy, arrest and search people without proven severe grounds.
- Infringe on the inviolability of private property
- Deprive people of owning arms
This protection of America by its constitution causes a terrible embitterment of the bureaucrats and their Democratic servants, who systematically complain about the need to “correct” the Constitution...
The Constitution is based on the idea of individual freedom of people, so bureaucrats try to circumvent it by subordinating the freedom and interests of an individual to the interests of groups and the bureaucrats who control these groups. The primary method of bureaucrats since the days of Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt is to create many by-laws and instructions from different agencies. In the 21st century, the arsenal of means to subvert the Constitution included “identity politics,” “political correctness,” “positive racism,” the formation of a “specific education system,” “Obamacare socialist medicine,” etc. - various measures that limit the freedom of the individual in favor of the “collective wellness,” which refers to the decisions of the bureaucracies managing these collectives.
What the Founding Fathers couldn't foresee
Unfortunately, the authors of the Constitution could not foresee all future changes in life due to the development of technology and social systems. They didn't expect that:
- The bureaucracy will prove so tenacious that in addition to the administrative bureaucracy they are accustomed to, there will appear a slave-owning bureaucracy, then a socialist one, and eventually the bureaucracy of the Federal Reserve, large corporations, various non-profit organizations, the UN, etc.
- The bureaucracy will have powerful allies in the form of the intelligentsia, the media, leftist parties and trade unions, and the criminal environment, that the efforts of thousands of lawyers will be directed to finding "holes" in the laws and the destruction of fundamental constitutional principles, that there will be politicians seeking to revise the Constitution in favor of bureaucracy.
- Various political parties are formed to protect the interests of different population groups, especially parties organized and fed by bureaucrats acting in their interests. The US Democratic Party took over this function.obione (8)
The following articles will examine how this party came into existence and achieved temporary dominance today.
Democratic Party of Power – Part 2
Democratic Party of Bureaucrats – Part 3
Democratic Party of War - Part 4
Democratic Party of Discord - Part 5
[1] Not accidentally, one of the first government agencies established in the US after getting rid of English power was the Patent Office.
