The United States emerged from World War II as the undisputed "king of the world."
We were an industrial powerhouse, the center of finance, the masters of invention, a beacon of liberty. America was the world’s "can do" nation.
But recently we've become a nation in decline.
How could this happen to a republic as powerful as the United States?
It's actually not that difficult. It can be done in six easy steps.
Step 1. Permit Unrestricted Immigration:
Former President Biden was famous for his "catch and release" program, resulting in heartache for America, including:
- Jocelyn Nungaray, age 12, raped and murdered in Houston, Texas In June 2024 by two Venezuelan nationals who illegally entered the United Startes earlier that year.
- Rachel Morin, Maryland mother of five, raped and murdered by a Salvadoran national In August 2023 after entering illegally in February 2023 under an Interpol warrant for homicide in El Salvador.
Biden also permitted gang members of Tren de Aragua, designated as a terrorist organization, to enter, and individuals on the terror watch list.
A country without borders isn't a country — it's a land mass.
Step 2. Require No Assimilation:
President Theodore Roosevelt insisted that immigrants become American in every way before being treated equally and gain citizenship, including adopting American values and learning the English language.
Today states like California have handed commercial driver's licenses to foreign nationals who can't speak or understand English, and are unable to read road signs.
The mayhem that resulted was predictable.
On a humorous note, Massachusetts has a Dominican-born mayor who can barely speak English. Lawrence, Mass. Mayor Brian De Peña requested a Spanish interpreter during a hearing tied to a state police-oversight case.
Less humorous are those who arrive on our shores and expect homegrown Americans to adopt their customs, values, and even religious beliefs.
If we lose our values, we lose our identity.
Step 3. Create Conditions that Permit Voter Fraud:
In 1867, American abolitionist and statesman Frederick Douglass proposed that "a man's rights rest in three boxes. The ballot box, jury box and the cartridge box."
But the ballot box means little when legitimate votes are cancelled by fraudulent ones.
Holding fair and accurate elections isn't rocket science.
Keep the voter rolls accurate and up-to-date, and require photo-ID to cast a ballot.
Two months before the 2020 presidential election, the New York Post's Miranda Devine reported that a Project Veritas investigation had revealed massive voter fraud in Minnesota.
Nothing's changed since then.
Last month Republican activist and voter registration promoter Scott Presler reported that anyone without identification can vote in Minnesota if a registered voter in the precinct vouches for him.
He added, "a registered voter in MN can vouch for up to eight other voters in their precinct."
That's Minnesota.
Numerous other states have made it all too easy to commit voter fraud, prompting some legitimate voters to stay home on election day, thinking, "why bother?"
We have to jealously protect the ballot box.
Step 4. Keep the Population Ignorant:
Many school districts are de-empathizing classic skills in reading, writing, math, science, history, and civics --- in favor of social justice programs, including critical race theory and gender identity.
Consequently, parents are now sending illiterate kids to college.
"It’s not even an inability to critically think," Pepperdine University Professor Jessica Wilson told Fortune. "It's an inability to read sentences."
An ignorant population is one that's easily manipulated.
Step 5. Demonize the Innocent, Victimize the Guilty:
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was murdered in cold blood for asking questions, and people denounce Kirk and support his assassin.
After a gunman crept behind CEO Brian Thompson and shot him in the back of the head, people castigate Thompson and celebrate his executioner.
Federal agents try to rid the country of criminal illegal immigrants, and the public wants to kill the agents and protect the illegals.
America needs to return to its roots as "a nation of laws, not of men."
Step 6. Remove Merit From Hiring, Promotion Decisions:
In 1961 President John F. Kennedy had two criteria for picking his cabinet: "the best and the brightest."
Sixty years later Joe Biden rejected merit: "The values of diversity, equity and inclusion are the core strength of America," he said. "That’s why I’m proud to have the most diverse administration in history to tap into the full talents of our country."
And diversity gave us the worst-run administration in U.S. history.
British politician and historian Edward Gibbon's most important work was his six-volume "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."
If we don't straighten up and fly right, some future historian will achieve his own fame by writing, "The History of the Decline and Fall of the American Republic."
Michael Dorstewitz is a retired lawyer and is a frequent contributor to Newsmax. He's also a former U.S. Merchant Marine officer and a Second Amendment supporter. Read Michael Dorstewitz's Reports — More Here.
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