The fifth statement in the Chattanooga Declaration is “The American Empire is no longer a nation or a republic, but has become a tyrant aggressive abroad and despotic at home.”

First, the Union of the States presently functions as an empire. It maintains military forces in 150 nations, refuses allowing the States to leave the ‘voluntary union’, and demands its subjects make pledges (vows) of allegiance. During the Roman empire, one could worship whatever god you wished as long as you make the trek to Rome and pledged your allegiance (loyalty) to the Emperor. In the 21st century, this has been modified to where now you swear your loyalty to the flag (a symbol of the power) and the (non-existant) Republic. (Ironically, even in the wording of the pledge, it is “the Republic for which it stands”, which acknowledges that it is purely symbolic and that it is the idea of the republic, since the republic no longer exists. )

Let’s look at the similarities:

1. Rome demanded public oaths of allegiance. The Empire demands its flag be placed in churches and that oaths be administered at many public events.

2. Rome festooned its empire with the fasces, a symbol of its power. The empire has plastered that same fasces in CONgress, on the temple of Lincoln, and on other official buildings. It used to be on the dime, when the dime was real money, but has since been removed.

3. Rome persecuted Christians due to their potential threat to the empire because they served a God which allowed them to question authority. The Empire persecutes Christians today for some similar reasons. Look at the court cases involving the ten commandments if you need further evidence.

4. As the Roman empire grew, it placed less emphasis on maintaining strong patriarchal oriented families and instead grew focuses on numbers. The present empire likewise no longer values traditional family structure and likewise looks at numbers.

5. As Rome shifted from Republic to Empire, the gave voting rights and citizenship to larger numbers of people. In the early stages, the right to vote was extremely limited. In the Empire, the extension of voting rights and citizenship is likewise extended, and in a similar light, for the same reason of increasing taxation.

6. Power in Rome was largely concentrated in just a few elite families in the central location of Rome. In the Empire, power is likewise limited to a few select elites and the center of political power is Mordor on the Potomac.

There are many more similarities that exist, although this will convey the point that the modern American Empire is Rome-like.

Rome in its early days was very homogeneous, where there was a great similarity between its citizens. As the empire grew and incorporated the peoples of other nations, the homogenous aspect lessened as they accommodated those with other values and gods. Rome kept them together with their demand for allegiance to the Empire. In the American Empire, the same scenario continues being played out. The Empire no longer has a commitment to its people or their children. It is now referred to as a “proposition nation“, and no longer seen as a specific place with a specific people or having a specific value system.

In terms of its policies being a an aggressive tyrant abroad and despotic at home, look at the facts.

The Empire has troops stationed all over the world. The latest embassy construction in Baghdad is a huge complex that sends a statement of occupational presence. The Empire currently dictates how many nations conduct their financial affairs with the FINCIN regulations.Many small nations are running scared of FINCIN taking action against them. The empire also has tremendous impact on the internet and air travel world-wide. The Empire is the only nation that maintains its right to demand its citizens (chattel) living abroad pay income taxes, even when they are no longer within its borders. The arrogance of treating subjects like chattel is very much Empire-like.

On the home front, the empire is shifting to a police state mentality with cameras and eavesdropping equipment in extensive applications. Laws are enforced in a haphazard manner that leaves the subjects in a constant state of anxiety. In one of the latest episodes, some abuse of authority occurred in Florida.

The list of abuses of power are numerous. Look at how the empire dealt with Waco, Ruby Ridge, demonstrators at the political conventions, physicians who take innovative approaches to medicine, non-traditional therapies, and others. The track record also extends to war. The Empire provoked the War of 1812 (note that a Frenchman who hated the English financed the war when the Congress ran out of money), the Mexican War (the opening skirmishes with Mexican forces), the Spanish-American War (the Maine incident), War of Northern Aggression (Fort Sumter),World War I (Lusitanita) and World War II (Pearl Harbor) and VietNam (the Gulf of Tonkin Incident). In each of these major conflicts, the Empire provoked a response from the opposition or staged an event. The response was then used as justification to INVADE sovereign foreign nations. This is just the provocations to war, the list of other incidents is even more numerous, with two invasions of Korea, two invasions of Mexico, and numerous other international incursions for the extension of Empire. If you have never heard of these things before, perhaps you need better history books.

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J Murrah

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