In recent years, American politics has witnessed a significant shift on the political left in terms of its political and social rhetoric. Its efforts to use public policy and social activism to enforce its beliefs and values on everyone have moved in an extreme direction. Real concerns are emerging that the political left  is, perhaps unknowingly, taking a perilous path towards a totalitarian future. This article explores the historical context of totalitarianism and raises questions about whether the Left is unwittingly paving the way for an American future devoid of individual freedom. The principle is simple; if we will not govern ourselves, we will be governed by others.

Together, these elements demonstrate the founders' intent to create a government that derives its authority from the consent of the governed, allowing for self-governance and the protection of individual freedoms.  This is firmly established by the clear language of the 10th Amendment, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

This then is the Great American Experiment: can the American people govern themselves, preserve their rights and freedoms and keep the power of government in check and balance?