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| The Road to Rediscovering America’s Identity - XVIII
BORN RIGHT^© - Jun 27, 2025
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How the Welfare State Replaced the American Family

There was a time when family was everything in America. Your parents raised you, your grandparents helped, your siblings had your back, and your children were your legacy.
The home wasn’t just a house—it was a moral training ground, an economic unit, and a spiritual compass. It was the nucleus of American life.
Today ??? That nucleus has been dismantled. Replaced by bureaucracies, subsidies, and centralized authority. The government now fills the role once held by mothers, fathers, and communities.
And make no mistake—this wasn’t an accident. It was engineered !!!

The Marxist Plan: Destroy the Family, Grow the State

At the core of Marxist ideology is a simple truth: the state cannot fully control a population that is grounded in strong families. Why?
Because families teach values. They pass down traditions. They build wealth across generations. Most dangerously of all—they raise individuals who are loyal to each other, not to the state.
To achieve centralized power, you must first break intergenerational continuity. That’s what the welfare state was designed to do—not lift people out of poverty, but redirect their dependence from the family unit to government systems. It worked.

Step-by-Step: How the State Replaced the Family

Let’s break down the strategy:

1️. Break Fathers Out of the Home
When Lyndon B. Johnson launched the “War on Poverty,” it sounded noble. But it came with a dark caveat: welfare payments were reduced or denied if a father was present in the home. The result?
• A spike in single motherhood
• A generational absence of male leadership
• A growing dependency on government aid in place of marital commitment
From 1965 to today, single-parent households—especially in low-income communities—exploded. Not because of cultural decay alone, but because government incentives actively punished family unity.
2️. Nationalize Childcare and Education
Once the father was gone, the state turned its sights on the rest of the family unit. Public schools were expanded. Daycare was subsidized. Entire generations of children were raised by state-approved institutions, not their families.
This had a dual purpose:
• Normalize parental outsourcing
• Indoctrinate kids with state-approved narratives
Children began to learn loyalty to the collective, not to their faith, culture, or family heritage. And parents were slowly conditioned to believe their children were wards of the state.
3️. Replace Elder Care with Bureaucracy
In the past, elders lived with family. They helped raise grandchildren. They shared wisdom. They mattered.
Now? They’re institutionalized, forgotten, and reduced to numbers in an insurance billing system. Government took over their care—and with it, stripped them of their influence in the home.
From cradle to grave, the state inserted itself as caretaker—and quietly replaced the role of the family.

The Result: A Nation of Isolated Individuals and Broken Homes

Look around. The damage is undeniable:

• Divorce rates near 50%
• Record-low birthrates
• Multi-generational households replaced by atomized living
• Teen mental health crises skyrocketing
• Children raised by screens instead of parents

And in place of all that? State programs.

+ Struggling single mother? Government assistance.
+ Elderly parent can’t live alone? Government facility.
+ Child acting up in school? Government therapist.
+ No moral compass in the home? Government curriculum.
The state created the problem—and then offered itself as the solution.

Who Benefits From the Broken Family?

Hint: Not you !!! The winners in this equation are:

• Politicians, who gain a loyal voting bloc by offering “free” solutions
• Bureaucrats, whose job security increases with every new program
• Globalist planners, who hate the independent family structure because it resists centralized control
• Corporations, who profit off two-income households, outsourced parenting, and an emotionally unstable populace trained to self-medicate

The losers? The American people—especially the children. Because when the state replaces the family, children don’t get nurtured—they get managed.

How Did We Let This Happen?

Two words: Comfort and shame.
We allowed the state to step in when life got hard. Rather than sacrifice or discipline, we accepted subsidies and shortcuts.
And the culture helped grease the skids by shaming tradition itself.
• Fathers were called “toxic.”
• Mothers were called “oppressed.”
• Marriage was labeled “patriarchal.”
• Stay-at-home parenting was mocked as “wasting potential.”
• Religious families were portrayed as backward and bigoted.
It wasn’t just policy—it was a cultural assassination of the family. And we let it happen. One convenience, one program, one ideological concession at a time.

How Do We Rebuild the Family and Shrink the State?

+ Reclaim parental authority. Your kids are not property of the state. Act like it.
+ Reject state dependency. If you can help a family member instead of outsourcing to a program—do it.
+ Honor generational continuity. Teach your children where they come from, what they stand for, and who they belong to.
+ Protect marriage and family values. No apology. No compromise. These are not outdated—they are the foundation of civilization.
+ Build family-first communities. Stop waiting for federal solutions. Create local cultures that uphold family, faith, and self-reliance.
Because no nation can remain free if its families are weak. And no tyrant can rule a people whose families are strong.

The American Family Wasn’t a Footnote
~ It Was the Foundation ~

We won two world wars, built the greatest economy in history, and created the freest society on earth not because of bureaucrats or think tanks—but because of strong families.
Those families raised children with courage, discipline, and purpose. They cared for their own. They passed down faith, freedom, and work ethic like sacred inheritance.
When we lost that, we didn’t just lose tradition—we lost identity.
But here’s the good news: you don’t need permission to rebuild your family.
You don’t need a law passed. You don’t need a grant. You don’t need a social movement.
You just need the will to reverse the drift—in your home, your habits, your town.
Because if we want to rediscover America’s identity, we have to start at the dinner table, not the Capitol.

What you are not changing, you are choosing.

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