"The Federalist" by John Brand, D. Min., J.D.

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John Brand is a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry veteran of WWII.

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He then makes a very incisive comment. That of "those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants."

Did Hamilton write this in 2003? Of course, he did not. However, he had an understanding that history repeats itself. We are inundated by the present administration with demagogic sound bytes such as no more taxes, anti-abortion, God, and on and on. Such propaganda enflames emotions and stirs base feelings in the electorate. Then when intellect has become properly anesthetized, the demagogue becomes a tyrant. In a nation preoccupied with shallow and meaningless materialism, it does not take a great deal to put a whammy on the vast masses of the people.
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