“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
At such an important juncture for America, the famous refrain attributed to Edmund Burke is more true and relevant than ever before.
Conservative America is understandably demoralized. Not only did Republicans lose the White House and the Senate, handing increasingly socialistic Democrats full rein over the trajectory of federal policy over the next two years; they lost amid ample evidence of voter fraud.
And they lost, it seems, because the very Republican representatives they elected to protect this Republic largely evaded their duties (or in some cases outright joined with the Democrats), weakly turning a blind eye to one of the greatest assaults on the integrity of the electoral process in the nation’s history.
These losses have resulted in widespread disillusionment with the political system. Conservatives around the country are not only abandoning the Republican Party; many are saying that they’re done with politics in general — that it’s all too corrupt and rigged for the problem to ever be solved at the ballot box or in the legislative hall. That we “can’t vote ourselves out of this one.”
But before disheartened citizens go burning their voter registration cards, they should ask themselves if such a mass exodus from political participation isn’t exactly what the establishment wants.
One of the greatest tools in warfare, after all, is demoralization. If they can convince a large enough segment of the conservative electorate that their efforts and participation don’t matter, then they will have perfectly neutralized any viable opposition to their agenda.
It will be a self-fulfilling prophecy in which Americans lament that their votes and engagement don’t matter. Then, when they sit out and thereby allow more socialists and complicit Republicans to easily cruise to victory, these Americans will only fall into further despair and hopelessness.
Such a defeatist mindset can have other disastrous ramifications for the country. People can only be oppressed by tyrannical government for so long before they seek an outlet to end the abuse. If the outlet of the ballot box is gone because Americans mistakenly believe it’s a futile one, the anger and frustration might wrongly and tragically find illegal and even violent forms of expression.
The reality is that while the situation is dire, it’s not impossible. There was electoral fraud in some key Democrat-controlled precincts strong enough to tip some battleground states toward Joe Biden’s favor. But the fraud machine is not all-powerful everywhere. In some places, in fact, it weakened, as in Florida, where President Trump won by a larger margin in 2020 than in 2016.
Elections are local affairs. Why should someone in Florida, or Texas, or Ohio, for example, think they don’t have a voice in their local, state, and congressional elections because of voter fraud in some other state?
And even a number of those battleground states where the fraud prevailed have Republican legislatures; some have Republican trifectas (control of the legislature and governorship), as in Georgia and Arizona. As many state legislatures are presently in the process of gearing up for their legislative sessions, now is the time for patriots to apply pressure and activism on Republican lawmakers for election reforms that will pave the way for honest elections in 2022.
Ultimately, of course, the question is whether our elected officials are true constitutionalists and patriots or simply RINOs. While some believe the formation of a third party would be a magic bullet that would solve all of our problems, the reality is that betrayals by politicians will always occur so long as the electorate does not carefully scrutinize those running for office.
There’s the argument that many voters do scrutinize their candidates carefully, but that after close examination none of the contenders are any good. That’s often true. The establishment, which has vast financial resources at its disposal, will always recruit and monetarily support candidates loyal to it, so count on at least one, if not all, the candidates in any given race being feckless opportunists.
So what are we to do?
This is where we come back to Burke’s quote. Evil triumphs when good men do nothing. Evil men win elections because they’re often the only ones that run; good men, who aren’t interested in political power, typically have no interest in pursuing elected office. They hope someone else will do it. They would rather someone else do it; and the establishment puppets are more than happy to be the ones to step up to the plate.
This has to change.
Every American has a civic duty. That civic duty doesn’t end at voting. Voting is the bare minimum of civic responsibility. The Founding Fathers understood this.
Great men such as Washington, Jefferson, Adams, and Madison weren’t power-hungry career politicians. Like most Americans today, they would rather have devoted their time to their business ventures, their churches, their families, and their pastimes. But they understood that, as able-bodied, intelligent, and financially independent men, they had a responsibility to serve their country in the affairs of state to the best of their ability.
Americans today should take their example to heart. It is not enough to wait around for a candidate you can get behind. If there is no honest, constitutionalist candidate you can find who is willing to throw his hat into the ring for a given office, you should consider being that candidate.
In most cases, it is highly feasible for a regular, middle-class citizen to campaign effectively for office. Many city, county, state house, state senate, and even congressional districts are small enough that a candidate can walk most of it and knock a solid number of the doors (with the help of a tight-knit team of volunteers, of course) if he registers and begins campaigning early enough before the election.
And if there was ever a time for an upright American to launch a successful underdog challenge against an Establishment-connected incumbent, it’s now.
Though the unprecedented betrayal by our politicians sting, it presents a unique, once-in-a-generation opportunity. The public is now so awakened to the extent of the corruption in government, and so frustrated with those in power, that they will vote for practically anyone who mounts a challenge against any incumbent who did nothing to stop the steal (or who abetted it).
The last few years and election cycles have already shown that everyday Americans can prevail to win seats even in Washington. This can be seen on the left — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and incoming Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) had never held public office before being elected to the U.S. House and Senate respectively.
On the Republican side, the 117th Congress features newcomers such as Lauren Boebert (Colo.) and Madison Cawthorn (N.C.) who likewise had no previous elective political experience. And, of course, the conservative standard bearer himself — Donald J. Trump — started his political career straight from the top with his upset 2016 presidential bid.
Mark my words: 2022 will be the year of the outsider; a year in which voters reject the lawyers and politically-well connected in favor of real, committed local heroes. With the midterms a year-and-a-half away, now is the time for such patriots to organize their campaigns.
And if you have not already been doing so, now is the time to become involved informing your fellow citizens about the principles of sound government and about the assaults on our liberties. There is obviously a great awakening occurring in America as a result of the steal that took place as well as the Left’s radical agenda. But the multitudes who are now waking up need to be better informed about the principles of good government, what is behind the assault on our liberties, etc., in order to prevent them from being beguiled and led astray but deceptive politicians. The more informed the electorate is, the better constitutionalist candidates will do at the ballot box. And it’s not just the ballot box: The more informed the electorate is, the more current officeholders, worried about their re-election prospects, will tend to move in the constitutionalist direction in order to be able to stay in office.
A wave is coming. Let’s pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and take our country back.
