Those of us who are involved in earning a living for ourselves and our families often ignore the signs that are all around us. History will show no Democracy has lasted much beyond two hundred years. We are pushing the limit.

The steps that lead to failure are as follows. From bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back to bondage.

We have arrived at the dependence level. Our people, 40 million, who depend on the government to support them will vote for whoever promises that the checks will keep coming.

The next step is dictatorship. In the 1930s Hitler promised his people only two things -- work and bread. They followed him to destruction.

Our leaders today are giving the bread but not the work. This nation could stand again if the people had satisfying work to fill the emptiness they now suffer.

What are we to do? Will revolution be the only ultimate solution? Are we only sheep being led to the slaughter? Will we stand helpless like the Jews in Germany while the military wrecks our homes and sends us to annihilation?

There are a few safeguards still in place in our country. Safeguards protected by the Constitution that the leaders are trying quite successfully to stamp out and go around. Free speech. The right to protest has become a felony under the president’s new executive order, and our right to bear arms is under heavy attack. The elected officials fear the retribution of the people for their criminal acts and constantly seek to disarm us.

If they are successful we will stand divided, unarmed and helpless, not allowed to speak out in protest and unable to protect ourselves or our children. The only road for “We the people” is to vote them out. They own the media, the constant bombardment of one-sided information has many of us fooled. Read between the lines. It is almost, if not already too late.

John Hickman

Newnan