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April 30, 2009
When Government Replaces God and Family
By Darren Wolfe
Americans are a people whose subservience to their "leaders" results in a form of worship. Standing ready to receive their adulation are scores of political "saviors" promising much while abusing the power of the office entrusted them. Nationalism has become like a religion whose followers swear by the state, condemning fellow citizens as traitors if they resist, reject, or condemn the aims and actions of the government
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Americans are a people whose subservience to their "leaders" results in a form of worship. Standing ready to receive their adulation are scores of political "saviors" promising much while abusing the power of the office entrusted them. Nationalism has become like a religion whose followers swear by the state, condemning fellow citizens as traitors if they resist, reject, or condemn the aims and actions of the governmentDarren Wolfe is the former Eastern Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania. He presently blogs as the International Libertarian http://www.theinternationallibertarian.blogspot.com/ His articles have also appeared in Ammoland.com, American Juror, OpEdNews.com, the Libertarian Penn, and the Nolanchart.com. News services such as the New York Post.com and Rational Review have published links to his work. Darren is the Philadelphia area contact for Come Home America (http://comehomeamerica.us/), a politically neutral peace movement. Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/IntLibertarian