The Government Culture of Death

People usually get the government they fear, whether it be Hitler's willing executioners, Putin's willing dupes or America's willing subserviates.

The government permits the slaughter of babies in the womb and fails to prevent the slaughter of babies in a government classroom.

What's going on? What's going on is the American rejection of the core Judeo-Christian value of the intrinsic worth of every person, and the tragic failure of American government at all levels to take rights seriously.

Because the government glorifies violence - constant wars, an annual defense budget larger than the next dozen countries combined including Russia and China, the adulation of the military, the encouragement and financing of abortions, and the use of the death penalty - it undermines the value of human life and sets a tone whereby because the government kills with impunity, violence becomes a personal tool.

The government, which is an artificial entity based on a monopoly of force in a geographic area, may not morally interfere with our rights unless we waive them.

What are these mass killings but a metaphor of government violence? The killings in New York and in Texas are not the blame of inanimate weapons, but of an incompetent government repressing a helpless, defenseless citizenry.

Take Jefferson seriously: "When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty."

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/06/andrew-p-napolitano/the-government-culture-of-death/