Dakota Beacon

The 2020 election decided how the United States would be governed. It was a referendum on the interests of the Ruling Class versus the Country Class. In other words, those of the perpetual political class and their sycophants who comprise the Washington, DC swamp against the rest of us.

A poem by Scots poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) repeatedly comes to mind. It appears below. A few Scottish/Gaelic words have been altered to render the poem a bit more intelligible.

For All That and All That

           Is there, for honest poverty

           That hangs his head, and all that;

           The coward-slave, we pass him by,

           We dare be poor for all that!

           For all that, and all that,

           Our toils obscure, and all that,

           The rank is but the guinea’s trap,

           The man’s the gold for all that.

           What though on homely fare we dine,

           Wear average clothes, and all that;

           Give fools their silks, and knaves their wine,

           A man’s a man for all that:

           For all that, and all that,

           Their tinsel show, and all that;

           The honest man, though e’rer so poor,

           Is king of men for all that.

           Ye see yon fellow, called a lord

           That struts, and stares, and all that;

           Though hundreds worship at his word,

           He’s but a fool for all that;

           For all that, and all that,

           His ribbon, star, and all that,

           The man of independent mind,

           He looks and laughs at all that.

           A prince can make a belted knight,

           A marquis, duke, and all that;

           But an honest man’s above his might,

           Good faith he mustn’t fall for that!

           For all that, and all that,

           Their dignities, and all that,

           The bit of sense, and pride o’ worth

           Are higher ranks than all that.

           Then let us pray that come it may,

           As come it will for all that,

           That sense and worth, o’er all the earth,

           May take first place, and all that.

           For all that, and all that,

           Is coming yet for all that,

           That man to man, the world o’er,

           Shall brothers be for all that.

The symbols of artificial and hollow “greatness” cannot compare to the ordinary man and woman who actually make America work. Burns clearly speaks of the real as against the superficial; the genuine versus the pompous and the phony.

Only the Biblical book Ecclesiastes and its discussion of vanity could eclipse Burns’ poem. Aided by Burns’ it is easy to conjure in my mind the empty-suited politicians posturing and uttering their mindless platitudes as they rule over us. They pontificate claiming to know what’s best for the “American people” as if they had a connection. Oh, and don’t forget the complicit social media platforms aiding and abetting the Ruling Class. With the accumulating evidence of shenanigans played in the 2020 elections, who doesn’t question the fake leadership of the Ruling Class?

God help us! God save our Republic!

Dennis M. Patrick can be contacted at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).