by Roger Mitchell, Stevensville
No Kings! If these people really thought about what they are pushing, they would abandon their desire for anyone to be (s)elected President, as it is certain that whoever sits in the Oval Office acts as a king – pushing laws, writing “executive orders,” finagling more revenue to spend, fomenting wars to increase their power, etc.
However, the “king thing” doesn’t stop with the president. Every single person, from the top dog down to the most local level, who tries to impose his or her will on everyone else, is a wannabe king. There are an incredible amount of people in this world who want to rule, to make their word law, to use force and the threat of violence to show how strong and tough they are. Everywhere, there are kings and most of them have been placed in their position by the “lower-downs” who decided that “our” king is better than “their” king.
Yes, that’s right. No Kings mean no kings except the ones we want to rule over us and every political faction promotes this. So, liberals and progressives are comfortable with Democrat kings, but conservatives and Christians prefer to submit to Republican ones. The reality is, though, that no matter which king or whose king is on top, the rights, freedoms, and liberties of the average American continue to be eroded, degraded, and removed.
There is only one philosophy which is true to the No Kings concept – anarchy. True-blue unbridled anarchy in which every person is his own sovereign, being respected as such AND respecting the absolute sovereignty of all others.
No kings! I agree with that sentiment and, unlike the protesters last Saturday, I try to be consistent with it.
helen sabin says
Good thinking, Roger — nice to see someone using both sides of their brain, which is more than can be said for the crowd that wandered into the “No Kings Rally.”
I’d love to give them a pop quiz, just three easy questions:
1. Why are there no kings in America?
2. Why are the dates July 4 and 1787 important in history?
3. What would it take to install a king in this country?
I suspect we’d get nothing but blank stares and TikTok-ready slogans in response.
Most of these “protesters” — whether they showed up for pay, for selfies, or just because someone handed them a sign — aren’t exactly working with a full deck. Plenty of emotion, zero comprehension. They feel like they’re saving democracy while not being entirely sure what one is.
It’s tragic, really. They march, chant, and hashtag their way through life, thinking volume equals wisdom. Meanwhile, the rest of us are left shaking our heads — and maybe raising a cold beer in sympathy for the terminally uninformed.