Philadelphia, 1787. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention are just leaving Independence Hall, having decided on the general structure for the new United States. A crowd had gathered on the steps of Independence Hall, eager to hear the news. A woman approached Benjamin Franklin and asked him, “well, Doctor, what do we have, a Republic or a Monarchy?” Franklin replied sagely, “a Republic, if you can keep it.”

Fast forward to the height of the Cold War. Former FBI employee Cleon Skousen authored The Naked Communist which outlined a concerted effort to overcome and control all of the world's governments through the implementation of social progressivism. This book was also later reinforced by the admission of Yuri Bezmenov, a KGB agent who defected to the United States in 1984.

Although I generally do not subscribe to conspiracy theories, let’s take a look at my summation of what the author predicted sixty- five years ago, I think you will be amazed.

Is it too late for America to keep our Republic? No. But  socialists are not targeting me to change, they are just waiting my generation to quietly fade away. They are  focused on  the youth in America; trying to convince them the freedoms we currently enjoy in America are outdated and their way is better.

Don’t allow the death of freedom and liberty in America -- 0nce Franklin’s Republic is gone it will never return, lets “keep it” instead.

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