I’m overwhelmed by the sheer volume (or mass) of people who have no clue by what system we are governed (or were intended to be governed by back when the Constitution of the United States was created by them old dudes with white wigs).

The rule of law through a constitutional republic that employs a democratic system governs us. At no time was it intended to deprive any single person of his or her rights — and that includes the right of ownership of private property.

We don’t get to “vote” away our neighbors’ rights to property. We can buy it from them or trade them something for it, but we cannot “vote” it out of their private ownership. I guess it’s so basic, that it’s confusing for many.

We are NOT a democracy. We do not cheat and steal by majority vote — we are not two lions and one lamb voting on what to have for lunch. We USE the democratic process to fulfill our rule of law, and we live by laws, not whims or popular opinions.

Using the term democracy is a mind-bending scare tactic to instill fear into those who do not agree with us. It is mental and emotional manipulation used to subjugate those who choose not to know any better.

Your neighbors cannot vote to donate all the cars in your area to a museum by majority vote. They cannot vote to donate all homes in the area to a historical society. They cannot take what you own by a democratic vote.

What makes anyone in this region of the U.S. believe they can vote away your water right and give it to a “sovereign foreign nation”?  And who would believe that that “sovereign foreign nation” would defend and protect your water right? In a pig’s eye.

The only physical things left on this planet worth anything are the “natural resources” and our “food supplies,” plain and simple. He who controls the natural resources and the food supply, controls the planet. You want that to be someone else, via a democratic vote?  You want that to be our infamous federal government agencies?

Gale is a resident of Ronan