Perpetual War = Perpetual Tyranny: Why No Nation Can Remain Free While Constantly at War
“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
—James Madison
War Was Once Temporary. Now It’s Endless.
In the Founders’ time, war was:
- Declared by Congress
- Limited in scope
- Followed by a return to peace and civil liberty
Today, we live under permanent abstract warfare—with no clear enemies, no clear victories, and no expiration date. Each new “war” becomes a vehicle for control, surveillance, and state growth.
The “A to Z” of America’s Domestic Wars
Each war listed below:
- Creates fear
- Expands federal power
- Erodes liberty
- Replaces self-governance with dependence
| Letter | “War On…” | Resulting Tyranny |
|---|---|---|
| A | Addiction | Forced treatment, pharma monopolies, mass diagnosis |
| B | Bullying | Speech codes, surveillance in schools |
| C | Climate Change | Regulatory overreach, carbon taxes, restrictions on energy |
| D | Disinformation | Censorship, narrative policing, truth-as-approved |
| E | Extremism | Expands domestic surveillance, vague threat definitions |
| F | Fake News | Press control, media monopolies |
| G | Gun Violence | Gun registries, red flag laws, 2nd Amendment erosion |
| H | Hate Speech | Criminalizes speech based on feelings, not violence |
| I | Inequality | Equity mandates, wealth redistribution through force |
| J | Justice Reform | Soft-on-crime chaos used to justify more state power later |
| K | Kid Safety | Overreach in homes and parenting (CPS abuse, school mandates) |
| L | Loneliness | Push for surveillance mental health apps, social engineering |
| M | Misinformation | Same as disinformation; used to silence alternative voices |
| N | National Security | Patriot Act, FISA courts, dragnet spying |
| O | Obesity | Justifies food taxes, micromanagement of personal behavior |
| P | Pandemics | Emergency powers, lockdowns, vaccine mandates |
| Q | Queerphobia | Criminalization of dissent from sexual ideology |
| R | Racism | DEI bureaucracies, CRT enforcement, collective guilt |
| S | Sex Trafficking | Used to justify surveillance and border crackdowns |
| T | Terrorism (Domestic) | All dissent can be reframed as terrorism |
| U | Unemployment | Expansion of welfare states, UBI trials, labor control |
| V | Violence | Used to crack down on lawful self-defense, protest, or speech |
| W | White Supremacy | Vague label applied to discredit patriots, families, veterans |
| X | Xenophobia | Justifies immigration control overreach & thought policing |
| Y | Youth Suicide | More forced psychological screening and state parenting |
| Z | Zoonotic Disease | Justifies endless health surveillance (pandemics, lockdowns) |
Every letter of the alphabet now houses a domestic abstract war—all manufactured to expand control while appearing righteous.
Why These Wars Are Dangerous
- They are never won.
- You can’t defeat “hate,” “terror,” or “climate.” These wars are self-renewing.
- They redefine the enemy as the citizen.
- The government is not waging war for you—but often on you.
- They justify surveillance, censorship, and force.
- Emergency becomes the norm. Dissent becomes sedition.
- They make peace impossible.
- A society always at war is a society always in chains.
How This Fits the Tapestry
- Tytler’s Cycle: This strategy traps society in apathy and dependence.
- Kohlberg’s Stage 4: Citizens blindly obey these wars because “it’s the law.”
- Overton Window: We’ve moved from liberty to compliance without realizing it.
- Dopamine Nation: Many of these wars feed anxiety, addiction, and compliance.
- Media Literacy: Propaganda turns these “wars” into moral obligations.
Warning from Madison
Madison wasn’t talking only about war with muskets and bayonets. He was warning about the mindset of war—the idea that we must forever fight:
“War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes… and the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.”
A People Who Desire Peace Must Reject Perpetual War
You cannot serve both liberty and endless warfare.
You cannot fight for justice while surrendering your soul to fear.
If we want to reclaim our freedom, we must declare peace on all fronts—and reject the systems that profit from keeping us perpetually “at war.”
Application to Today: The War That Never Ends
“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
—James Madison
We now face multiple overlapping, abstract wars, none of which are declared in Congress or fought with armies—but each of which transforms freedom into compliance, and sovereignty into submission.
War on Terror (2001–Present)
- Trillions spent, surveillance normalized
- PATRIOT Act, NSA spying, TSA, indefinite detention
- Justified permanent emergency and erosion of due process
Fear of invisible enemies made it acceptable to suspend the Constitution.
War on Drugs (1980s–Present)
- Militarized police, SWAT raids, no-knock warrants
- Asset forfeiture and mass incarceration
- Dismantled community trust and due process
A war on vice became a war on the people.
War on Information (2016–Present)
- “Disinformation” used to silence dissent
- Censorship via government-tech collusion (e.g., Twitter Files)
- Alternative viewpoints labeled “domestic extremism”
Truth was rebranded as danger. Speech as violence.
War on Health (2020–Present)
- Emergency powers invoked to suspend liberties
- Vaccine mandates, lockdowns, digital passports
- Small businesses destroyed, children isolated
Health replaced liberty as the ultimate virtue—and obedience became moral duty.
War on the Mind
- Indoctrination replaces education
- Emotional manipulation through fear, media, and algorithmic targeting
- Cognitive dissonance and distraction keep citizens passive and confused
A distracted, anxious mind cannot seek truth or resist tyranny.
War on Cash
- Civil asset forfeiture without charges
- Push toward CBDCs and digital ID control grids
- Financial deplatforming of dissenters
- Privacy in transactions is being criminalized
Freedom without economic autonomy is an illusion.
War on the Soul
- Attacks on family, faith, identity, and conscience
- Cultural reengineering removes objective truth and moral anchors
- Children targeted for ideological transformation
- Nihilism, relativism, and consumerism replace meaning and virtue
If the soul is lost, the society will follow.
Pattern and Purpose
| War | Target | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Terror | Fear of external threat | Surveillance & indefinite detention |
| Drugs | Vice & personal behavior | Militarized policing & incarceration |
| Information | Free thought | Censorship & state-approved truth |
| Health | Biology | Technocratic mandates & lockdowns |
| Mind | Consciousness | Indoctrination & anxiety |
| Cash | Economic independence | Financial surveillance & control |
| Soul | Identity & morality | Cultural disintegration & spiritual bondage |
Each of these “wars” is:
- Perpetual (never meant to end)
- Abstract (no clear enemy)
- Weaponized to expand state control and redefine liberty as compliance
Final Insight:
We are not simply under siege politically or economically—we are in a total psychological and spiritual war.
And unless we declare peace with ourselves and reject the machinery of fear, these wars will replace freedom with programmable obedience.
“We are not at war. We are being managed.”
“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” – Goethe
Americans still say they are free, but their rights now exist only at the permission of the current emergency. Until we end these wars—and the mindset that created them—true liberty will remain in lockdown.
