930 BCE Rehoboam, King of Israel, ignored the pleas of the northern tribes and pandered to his youthful advisors, as well as the petulant, faceless demands of the southern area. The north seceded from the united Israel and created their own northern kingdom composed of ten of the twelve tribes. They built their own temple. They had their own customs. They created their own economy.
In 720 BCE the Neo-Assyrians waged war, defeated and enslaved the northern kingdom. A little more than 100 years later the Babylonians did the same to the southern kingdom.
Israel had been at one point, the greatest, most advanced and dominant nation in the world's then history. At the end their men were killed, their women were led away naked with hooks in their noses, and their children were dressed in the clothes of those who'd conquered them.
America's vigilant, the ones who watch with worried and protective eye, are becoming fewer and fewer. Every second there are fewer who understand how bad it could get, and more who live disconnected from how this world truly works, immersed in their likes and profile pictures.
True conservatives invite people to remember how bad it could get, for people not to lose themselves in debauchery to the point where they can't understand how other people long to exploit and kill them.
True liberals invite people to remember that freedom is a precious commodity, and that there are many who would gladly take it from us and subjugate us without a moment of hesitation.
If anyone advocates the dismantling of this country, they
1) assume that the entirety of the country's problems rests with the party whom they oppose
2) are not a true conservative or true liberal
3) suffer from a severe lack of foresight
4) suffer from a more severe lack of historical understanding
