​By: Gene Van Shaar

Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian politician, philosopher, and writer during the Renaissance period. His most well-knownwork, The Prince was published in 1535 AD. He wrote many wise things, but he also encouraged leaders to do whatever was necessary to get and maintain power, regardless of ethics. Here are three of his most famous statements:

● "The leader should know how to enter into evil when necessity commands." (azquotes)
● "A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests." (brainyquote)
● “The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.” (goodreads)

The term Machiavellian has often been used to denote unscrupulous or devious political conduct. Some notorious Machiavellian examples are Napoleon, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Saddam Hussein, and Hugo Chavez. Many lower level politicians, and even minor bureaucrats, exhibit Machiavellianbehavior.

Since citizens are not inclined to vote for candidates they disagree with, some of those who are seeking office pretend to be something they are not, take popular positions, or make campaign promises in order to get elected. Then, after they are in office, they act contrary to voter interests and expectations.Their betrayal of constituents makes them Machiavellian Pretenders (MPs).

Before we start to identify these MPs, there is something that needs to be clarified. Many of them are good people who mean well. As Dennis Prager said,"[They] may be personally kind and generous, may be loyal friends and devoted spouses, and of course, they may be well-intentioned. But in terms of making the world worse, there is little difference between a well-meaning fool and an evil human being."

We are not talking about disreputable socialistic quacks like Pelosi, Schiff, and the Commie Quad Squad. We are talking about democrats and republicans that were elected because they promised to help solve real issues related to health care, immigration, the economy, infrastructure, pollution, family values, etc.

The democratic socialists have told us that their intention is remake our constitutional republic into a socialist state. Thankfully, there are not enough of them to do it. The scary part is that in the 2018 election they got enough votes to take control of the House of Representatives. Since then the leftists have run rampant, doing practically nothing except trying to illegally impeach the president. If they had a majority in the senate the country would already be well on its way to becoming a Socialist Hell.

How did such a giant leap to the edge of destruction sneak up on us? The answer is that too many of us voted for seemingly good people who turned out to be Machiavellian Pretenders willing to vote with the radicals.

Let's consider some facts and examples, starting with two respectable men. Ben McAdams ran as a democrat in a traditionally republican district. His campaign depicted him as a family man with traditional values and willingness to work across the aisle. He was elected to the House by the thinnest of margins. Mitt Romney ran for the senate as a republican in a conservative state. He had a morally upstanding reputation, said he supported the republican agenda, and defeated his democratic opponent by a wide margin.

Keep McAdams and Romney (and dozens of others like them)in mind. We will come back to them after reviewing some significant points about the impeachment crisis.

● The attempt to remove President Trump via impeachment started before he took office. In the absence of any valid reason,democrats attempted to create one. They tried the phony Steel dossier, the Russian agent lie, the Ukraine phone call hoax, and many other things. No evidence of anything even approaching an impeachable offence has been verified. (Impeachment Conspiracy)
● We have video of Joe Biden bragging about doing what Trump was falsely accused of, yet that is ignored along with themany impeachable offences committed by Obama. (Dem Standards) Also ignored is the fact that Bill Clinton committed multiple felonies and was impeached in the house yet not one democrat voted for his removal in the senate. In context, the faux outrage and hypocrisy over Trump's non-crimes ismindboggling. (westernjournal)
● "[The] effort to impeach Trump is really a 'coup' … an attack on our constitutional republic." (Tom Fitton) "We all have to understand that this is a tactic that they’re honing not just for Donald Trump or for his family. It’s for all of us … If they can impeach you and then remove you when you’ve never committed a crime, it really means there’s no elections. It’s not just the electoral college they want to get rid of, it’s essentially presidential elections.” (Matt Schlapp)
● “The Articles of Impeachment are constitutionally invalid on their face … They fail to allege any crime or violation of law whatsoever … They are the result of a lawless process … Nothing in these Articles could permit even beginning to consider removing a duly elected President or warrant nullifying an election and subverting the will of the American people.”(dailywire) Even if the charges against Trump were true neither is a crime or impeachable offence. (Dershowitz)

Lou Dobbs asked a revealing question that the MPs ought to be asking themselves, “How do you walk around that chamber with these people who are so hateful, and so obviously willing to live in a cesspool of deceit ... trying to bring down a man?” (Dobbs)But instead of corrective reflection, Ben McAdams calmly said that he just had to vote for impeachment as part of his "duty to the constitution and country." Many of us had high hopes for Mitt Romney, but his vote to continue the illegitimate impeachment process was a betrayal of his constituentssignificant enough to gain admission into the Benedict Arnold Wing of the Machiavellian Pretender Hall of Fame.

What does all this reveal about McAdams and Romney, and the others like them? The inescapable revelation is that they are willing to vote with the radicals even if doing so threatens to undermine the constitution and send us down the road to Socialist Hell.

Sadly, the Illegitimate Impeachment Plot is just one of the dangers we face. Our republic could also be destroyed by just a few more office holders voting the wrong way on any of the following issues: illegal immigration, the Green New Deal, the electoral college, freedom of speech, anti-family regulations, taxes, and gun control.

The good news is that it is unusual for most of the people to intentionally vote for tyranny and evil. If that starts happening,we are down the tube, but we are not there yet. The bad news is that there are almost enough Machiavellian Pretenders to tip us into the pit of despair. Therefore, the MPs are in some ways more dangerous than the radicals because they can win votes that the radicals never could.

The bottom line is that we can no longer afford to give anyone our vote for any of the following reasons: (1) Good looks (2) Sparkling personality (3) Giveaway promises (4) Identity politics, (5) Good intentions (6) Isolated claims to moral or religious superiority. It is better to vote for a wise, reliable, imperfect man than for a virtue-signaling fool. If we want to save our freedom and country, we can only vote for those who have a proven commitment to correct principles. The Machiavellian Pretenders must be held in contempt and voted out of office as soon as possible.

Perhaps we can help well-meaning voters avoid being fooled by providing the following list of synonyms that are generally descriptive of Machiavellian Pretenders: pompous, insidious, treacherous, charlatans, impostors, deceivers, double-crossers, snakes, back-stabbers.

Some might be hurt or offended by such terms and insist that they are offensive exaggerations. Sorry, but they are a sad reality. Remember, MPs solicit our votes saying things like, "We're going to work with everyone, we're going to work across the aisle, we're going to vote against Pelosi." But they end up supporting things like this: "We will never stop trying to impeach Trump no matter what. And after we get rid of Trump, we'll do the same thing to Pence." (swampdrain) And the knife ends up in our back on this and other crucial issues. “There’s not one institution that’s [not] under assault, seditious assault, by the hard-core left, which has now taken control of the establishment here in Washington.” (swampdrain)

The enormity of the unconstitutional power play we have witnessed is appalling. A majority of the House voted to illegally impeach an amazingly successful president on demonstrably false and frivolous charges. And the senate waswithin a few votes of allowing the overthrow of our legally constituted government and delivering us into a reign of tyrannyfrom which we might never recover.

It is immeasurably urgent that conservative republicans win control of the House and keep the senate (by significant margins) in the coming elections. If we don’t, the radicals will try one trick after another (with continuing MP support)endlessly trying to illegally bring down their opposition andcrack the foundations of freedom. Electing the right people in the 2020 election is crucial to preserving prosperity andavoiding imminent disaster.

Now we come to the Greatest Machiavellian Pretender in America (GMPA). Some very disturbing things have been reported about him (Ten Reasons) (Fantasy), but rather than dealing with personal problems let's review some of the larger, more well known, and dangerous issues.

The GMPA has glorified aspects of communism associated with Russia, China, Cuba, and Venezuela. He has venerated the phony virtues of communism for decades. He has preached his deceptive propaganda for so long, and to so many, that a significant number of the miseducated rising generation think it's the truth.

By now it's become obvious that the GMPA is Bernie Sanders and some readers might object to the way we have characterized him. However, this is not a game of clever insults or political banter. This is life and death, on a national scale. The ideology ofttimes espoused by Bernie has caused the death of millions. The highly destructive nature of socialism is verified in my recent articles: Socialist Hell, Beneficial Boundaries, Counterfeit Justice, Calling Evil Good, Faith or Fear, Essence of Evil, Benefactor Betrayal, and Work and Theft.

Bernie's current GMPA line is that under socialism everyone willhave plenty of free stuff and enjoy utopian conditions. There's a lot of talk about a kinder, gentler type of socialism (which is theoretically impossible) but even that does not match with his history, philosophy, or current calls for action. Toni Lahren nailed it, "Listening to Bernie Sanders on that stage last night was horrifying. He truly envisions an America where we all depend on, work for, answer to and live for the almighty government. That's not the American Dream. That's a living nightmare." (Toni Lahren)

If the Greatest Machiavellian Pretender in America (or any other social democrat) is elected president and tries to establish a socialist state, here are some probable scenarios:

● Knowing that most Americans will not actually submit to the confiscation of their property and freedom, the socialists will try to take the guns first.
● Knowing that if they lose their weapons, the socialists will surely take everything else, citizens will resist, and war will break out.
● If the truth and freedom side quickly wins, order will be restored and the nation will revert back to constitutional principles.
● If the socialists prevail, they will do what they always do. The historically established socialist pattern with large countries is tosubjugate the population via concentration camps and mass execution. According to two Bernie campaign workers (and many associated radicals) gulags are part of their plan. (1-AmericanThinker) (2-Veritas)
● Even if the GMPA fails in the coming election his influence could help sway the rising generation into socialism resulting in the death of millions.

Instead of continuing with sickening scenarios, let's just not go there. What we need is the exact opposite of a Machiavellian Pretender. We need a president who has clearly stated his positions and fulfilled his campaign promises. And most of all we need a president who can declare, "Here, in the United States, we are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in our country. America was founded on liberty and independence - not government coercion, domination, and control. We are born free, and we will stay free. Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country." (RealClearPolitics)

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Primitive men painstakingly chipped flint to create knives and hatchets that they could use to protect themselves and to help provide food, clothing, and shelter. Even if they were willing to share, they all instinctively knew that the things their work produced belonged to them. From ancient to modern times nearly all cultures, legal codes, and states have recognized and protected personal property resulting from individual labor.

From the beginning of history, there have been some taintedsouls who steal from others. Using force, deception, or fraud to take what belongs to someone has always been considered criminal activity that needs to be prevented by a system of laws and punishments. In civilized society, social order and domestic peace are maintained by protecting life and labor from thievery.

There have always been two opposing approaches to acquisition―work and theft. Good and decent people know, or soon learn, that they need to work in order to satisfy their needs and help others. An opposition minority attempts to by-pass the need for work by theft. If a significant portion of the population turns to theft instead of work the social fabric is torn, production diminishes, and people starve. The inescapable truth is, "As ye sow (plant) so shall ye reap (harvest)." (Galatians 6:7)Ultimately, it's either work or steal—there is no other way. Gifts are no exception; they originate from labor or theft.

The most famous law against stealing is the eighth commandment of the Decalogue, "Thou shalt not steal." (Exodus 20:15, Deuteronomy 5:19) This law was reasserted by Christ and Paul in the New Testament (Matthew 19:18; Romans 13:9) This commandment is unusually open-ended in that it applies to stealing of all kinds. Consider this list of various kinds of stealing that are prohibited:

● Theft of life (kidnapping, human trafficking)
● Theft of property
● Theft of labor or wages
● Theft of intimacy or sex
● Theft of identity (reputation, dignity, gender)
● Theft of knowledge (intellectual property)
● Theft of family
● Theft of freedom

Some of the things on this list are discussed in detail in these previous articles: Beneficial Boundaries, Counterfeit Justice,Calling Evil Good, and Essence of Evil. But just a quick review of this list makes two things perfectly clear: (1) Sensible peopleinstinctively agree with banning theft. (2) Avoiding theft would prevent most sins, social problems, and crimes.

Theft can only happen if there is legitimate ownership. Rules against theft would be unnecessary, unless there was something to steal from someone who already owned it. Since acquisition and ownership flow from work or theft, property rights must be protected, or thieves could get everything.

But wait, what's wrong with that? Why don't we all just become thieves who have everything? The obvious answer is: If we were all thieves, we would soon run out of everything because no one would be working to produce anything, and we would all starve. Universal thievery consumes itself, which is why communism commonly results in mass starvation, as it has in Russia, China, Venezuela, etc.

All of this brings us to the sickening secret behind criminal impulses and evil empires: Ever Expanding Selfish Exploitationis always looking for "fresh meat." Sociopaths, criminal organizations, and grasping governments constantly seek new victims and greater control. They will steal and consume as much as they can for as long as they can get away with it.

The Powers of Theft and Hell are coming for us and all that is ours, but they will march into their own pit if we can keep our freedom and property out of their grasp. Maintaining our Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness is only possible if we can preserve our property rights. History has proven that those who do not protect their means of production and prosperity can quickly be reduced to poverty.

The Powers of Theft and Hell have many thieving hands, but they have poured much of their poison into one Gargantuan Thief (a.k.a. Big Brother), the biggest and most dangerous thief in the history of the world. In the last century The Gargantuan Thief of Socialism has stolen everything, including life, from more than 100 million people. Far from being erudite, socialism is economic and organizational nonsense. It is pure and simple plunder pretending to be serious politics as it pounces on the credulous.

The Gargantuan Thief is currently trying to trick 51% of the people into voting for him. If they do, he will take all they have (including everything on the prohibited list above) and he will take everything from the other 49%. He knows that he won't be able to get away with it if his victims fight, so he is trying to steal their weapons in advance.

The Gargantuan Thief has a bunch of his gang members telling us that if we call him The Democratic Gargantuan Thief, he will not steal everything but give us more instead. How is that possible? Where will he get it? From the 1% of the rich?Everything they have would last less than a year, productivity would plummet, and then we would all suffer equal dispossession and deprivation.

But how do we know that The Democratic Gargantuan Thiefwon't create a wonderful Utopia? We absolutely, 100% know that the Democratic Gargantuan Thief will create Socialist Hell because the number one, basic, fundamental, overriding tenet of socialism is: The government owns and controls everything. Simply stated, the government acquires everything by stealing it from the people. But some argue, "It's not stealing if they vote for it." No argument could be more misguided. Votes for socialism are based on fraud and false promises. Many of the hundred million destroyed by socialism believed the lies, until it killed them. The same will happen with those who naively vote for it now. Whoever is in charge of the socialist collective will be immersed in the Ideology of Theft and will most certainly perpetuate it.

The most grievous example of institutionalized Ideology of Theft in the history of America was the slavery practiced mostly in southern states prior to 1865. People were stolen and enslaved in economic enclaves that thrived on theft. Torture, rape, and breaking up families was legal. Institutionalized theft is even worse than individual theft because it is propagandized as being beneficial. In the USA it took Abraham Lincoln, divine intervention, and a war that cost over 600,000 lives to break the party of theft. Note and remember that enslavement by socialismfar exceeds the American tragedy in both number and duration,which continues to this day.

Two instructive examples of current organizations associated with theft and slavery are: (1) The antifa movement, which is violently propagating global exploitation via fascist and socialist ideology and methods. (2) Operation Underground Railroad,which is valiantly fighting sexual slavery, one of the fastest growing crimes in the world.

The Ideology of Theft is destructive to both the victim and perpetrator. Both are deprived of reaching their full potential. The victim loses part of his life, and the perpetrator is enslaved by his sin.

All current democratic presidential candidates are demandingsocialist theft by the trillions and plan to pour what is seized into non-productive schemes. If they were successful what would be the inevitable result? Just look at the downward death spiral in California, San Francisco, and every other major city controlled by the socialist left. (Socialist Hell)

President Donald Trump is a great believer in work and workers. Most of his life has been dedicated to constructive work. He has been primarily responsible for the creation of millions of jobs. Under his direction wages have increased and workers have been helped and blessed in numerous ways. Contrast this with some prominent democrats, past and present, who have never held or created any actual jobs, and constantly spew the Ideology of Theft.

In the 2020 election the choice is clear. We will be voting for either work or theft.

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Part of the ancient Mosaic code known as "The Law of the Kinsman-Redeemer" established that the nearest blood relative had the privilege or responsibility to help, rescue, or save a family member who was in need, danger, or bondage. The person who functioned in that role or office was originally called a go'el and part of his assignment was to "set free."

The best account of the traditional Kinsman-Redeemer role isthe romantic story of Ruth and Boaz. Ruth's husband died and Boaz, presumably a wealthy widower and distant relative of Ruth, assumed the role of Kinsman-Redeemer for her, saved her from poverty, and married her. Subsequently Ruth and Boaz became the great grandparents of King David who was anancestor of Mary, the mother of Jesus, who became our ultimate Kinsman-Redeemer. (Ruth 1-4; Luke 3:23-38)

In the Judeo-Christian Tradition, and in virtually all of Western Civilization, the family has been considered to be the most fundamental and necessary component of social and economic systems and has consistently filled the role of Kinsman-Redeemer for virtually all people. Mothers and fathers have successfully served, provided for, and trained their children for thousands of years. Children have experienced parental love and the blessings of Kinsman-Redeemers and passed it all on from generation to generation. Beyond this, families have been the source of immeasurable joy and fulfillment whenever emotionally healthy families have flourished.

Sadly, some families have been and continue to be dysfunctional. In many cases extended family members assuming the role of Kinsman-Redeemer have come to the rescue. When the family breaks down there is suffering. When families function well there is an exponential increase in happiness.

Consider the service, love, happiness, and training expressed in the following poem:

She Mothered Five
By Edgar A. Guest
She mothered five!
Night after night she watched a little bed,
Night after night she cooled a fevered head,
Day after day she guarded little feet,
Taught little minds the dangers of the street,
Taught little lips to utter simple prayers,
Whispered of strength that some day would be theirs,
And trained them all to use it as they should.
She gave her babies to the nation's good.…
She mothered five!
Night after night they sat about her knee
And heard her tell of what some day would be.
From her they learned that in the world outside
Are cruelty and vice and selfishness and pride;
From her they learned the wrongs they ought to shun,
What things to love, what work must still be done.
She led them through the labyrinth of youth
And brought five men and women up to truth.
She mothered five!
Her name may be unknown save to the few;
Of her the outside world but little knew;
But somewhere five are treading virtue's ways,
Serving the world and brightening its days;
Somewhere are five, who, tempted, stand upright,
Who cling to honor, keep her memory bright;
Somewhere this mother toils and is alive
No more as one, but in the breasts of five.
(Public Domain)

It's hard to imagine anything much better than this passing of love, service, and noble living from one generation to another. Most good people have experienced this themselves through their families and are in the process of passing it on. Similarly, consider the sentiment in this poem:

Sleeping Child
By Edgar A. Guest
I like to tiptoe round her when she's lying fast asleep
And straighten out the covers where she's kicked them in a heap,
And when I find her sprawling kitty-corner on the bed
I find it fun to set aright that lovely sleepy-head.
Oh, whether late or early I'm retiring for the night,
I slip into her bedroom just to see that she's all right
I stand and gaze upon her and I chuckle when I see
Her feet are on the pillow where her little head should be….
Oh, I have tasks that weary me, and tasks that I detest.
The mother's always calling me to work when I would rest,
But straightening out a little girl who's sleeping wrong-end to,
I'd call the happiest task on earth a father has to do.
(Public Domain)

If you have not experienced such things you might be longing for them. On the other hand, you might be surprised to know that there are some who hate the idea of a Kinsman-Redeemer. In fact, they hate it so much that they want to destroy every family in the world. Here are some of the ideas that are currently being proposed:

● The traditional family needs to be broken.
● The private family is the foundation of all evil.
● We need ways of counteracting biological parents.
● We must separate all parents and children.
● We must destroy the heteronormative family.
● We must destroy the whole system of kinship.
(Overthrow The Family)
Unbelievable? Exaggeration? Could a significant faction actually be so reckless and evil? Remember Marx and Engels, the founders of socialism? They purposed that everybody should be cut off from all knowledge of, and all responsibilities for,their specific children and that the socialist collective should take over all child rearing and education. (Engels, Origin of the Family) Gone would be the days of fondly tucking your sleeping child in at night or raising your children at your side, teaching them the life lessons you think are most important. The state would usurp such responsibilities.

Current democratic socialists are saying that the reason socialism has always failed is because family bonds have blocked it by perpetuating endearment to specific people and property. All of this and much more is well documented in the forthcoming book "The Invincible Family." (Regnery Publishing) The following quotes from that soon-to-be published book are representative.

"Seen through the lens of socialism, the 'belonging' of things to specific people is an evil, wicked, bad, nasty thing which leads to possessiveness and dreaded 'inequality.' Since family bonds are bonds of 'belonging,' this makes the family profoundly problematic in a socialist or communist society. In fact, the core aims of socialism as outlined by Engels and Marx include: the overthrow of capitalism, the abolition of private property, the overthrow of governments, and the elimination of the family as a social unit."

"True power is not dependent upon the invented honors of earth. True power is that which guides, shapes, carves and claims the souls of men. And the souls of men are most often won and lost at the feet of mothers."

"The love of a woman for her child is the very thing that energizes, individualizes, privatizes, and stabilizes the entire world, one child at a time.… The love of mothers and fathers has historically been the standard against which all other loves are measured. But the love of family is increasingly being attacked as 'selfish'.… Efforts to debase family love and to equate familial connectedness to racism are expanding."

Let's watch for the publication of the "The Invincible Family" in the summer of 2020 which is poised to act as an antidote to the ferocious anti-family movement currently saturating society especially in pro-socialist circles.

The world is courting disaster by attempting to do away with the principle and practice of Kinsman-Redeemers. Apparently, a biblical author saw the problem of family fragmentation coming over two thousand years ago when he said, "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." (Malachi 4:5-6) The world will be saved by protecting and preserving the family, not by destroying it as devils and socialists demand.

Have you been blessed by a Kinsman-Redeemer? Are you willing to help others by becoming one? Do you believe in the goodness and benefits of the family? Can you think of some past and present leaders who qualify as Kinsman-Redeemers? Donald Trump certainly does, as verified in these three must-read articles: Benefactor, Dennis Prager, Larry Provost.

President Trump’s policies across the board, from the United Nations to the heart of our nation, seek to support and strengthen bonds between mothers, fathers, and children both before and after birth. President Trump’s policies work to ensure the continuation of familial belonging and private stewardship of family members to each other, which forms the core of civilized society. On the other hand, every democrat presidential candidate is demanding multiple anti-family practices and embracing the ultimate anti-family political system: socialism. Will you be voting to save the family or destroy it?


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