Matthew Kuraja on Nostr: Not voting does make a difference. After the Civil War, the freed slaves still didn't ...
Not voting does make a difference.
After the Civil War, the freed slaves still didn't have Citizenship because every American was a Citizen of their state. There was no such thing as a U.S. citizen. Either you were a New Yorker, or a Hoosier, or one of the other states.
To give the emancipated slaves a status, the Federal govt made them citizens of the District of Columbia. What's vital to understand is the US Supreme Court said this 2nd class citizenship is not equal to state Citizenship because the former slaves only have privileges and obligations by their Federal citizenship. They don't have the Bill of Rights granted to the states by the Constitution.
Over many decades, the govt ever so gradually changed their reference of Federal (14th Amendment) citizenship to the better marketing term, "U.S. citizenship". This is where they enslaved us all. When you assert you are a U.S. citizen, the Supreme Court deems you to have traded in your state-birn rights for Federal privileges.
They've created multiple ways for a state Citizen to naturalize himself as a U.S. citizen. One of those ways is voting for the next CEO of the UNITED STATES CORPORATION which is based in District of Columbia. In exchange for the privilege to cast that vote, you become obligated to all the Federal statutes that govern its citizens.
If you want to be as free as the 1700s, 1800s Americans, you must not identity as a U.S. citizen. Do not include yourself in their program.
After the Civil War, the freed slaves still didn't have Citizenship because every American was a Citizen of their state. There was no such thing as a U.S. citizen. Either you were a New Yorker, or a Hoosier, or one of the other states.
To give the emancipated slaves a status, the Federal govt made them citizens of the District of Columbia. What's vital to understand is the US Supreme Court said this 2nd class citizenship is not equal to state Citizenship because the former slaves only have privileges and obligations by their Federal citizenship. They don't have the Bill of Rights granted to the states by the Constitution.
Over many decades, the govt ever so gradually changed their reference of Federal (14th Amendment) citizenship to the better marketing term, "U.S. citizenship". This is where they enslaved us all. When you assert you are a U.S. citizen, the Supreme Court deems you to have traded in your state-birn rights for Federal privileges.
They've created multiple ways for a state Citizen to naturalize himself as a U.S. citizen. One of those ways is voting for the next CEO of the UNITED STATES CORPORATION which is based in District of Columbia. In exchange for the privilege to cast that vote, you become obligated to all the Federal statutes that govern its citizens.
If you want to be as free as the 1700s, 1800s Americans, you must not identity as a U.S. citizen. Do not include yourself in their program.