The author argues that not only Ancient philosophers and political
thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment saw the guiding and prominent
role of educated elites and their censorship of thoughts and mores
of the rest as an important factor in preserving Liberty in
society. Such an argument was also an essential part of the
Founding Fathers' reasoning. The resulting "Aristocratic
Constitution" (in terms of Anti-Federalists) was meant to limit
imprudence of the general populace, in particular that which was
influenced by the autocratic, Bible-centered political ideology of
the Puritan, Calvinist sects. When the paternalistic social model
of the Founders was over-throned during the Civil War, which was
effectively a coup d'etat of the Big Capital supported by Puritans
who saw commonalities between their self-reliance doctrine and the
new unrestricted predatory capitalism ideology, original mechanisms
of the Founders' Constitution had begun to work against Liberty.
The firm hold on the power by the union of the Big Capital and
Evangelicals was briefly and indecisively interrupted by the
Progressivist ideas of the New Deal, but now it is precipitously
strengthening again. In such conditions the unrestricted Freedom of
Speech and Expressions, guarded not exclusively from the
infringements of the Government, but also from the Special Interest
Groups and individuals, is the only way to save our deteriorating
Liberty.
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