It Is Time For A New Revolution - July 4th, 2024
Today is the 4th of July, and the idea of freedom and a declaration of independence from a tyrannical government are of course being celebrated. Yet we have our illusions, our preconceived and entirely engineered notions of what “freedom” actually means today. Except the term freedom is not really up for debate, it is quite clear in fact: The absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action. Despite this very clear definition, how the word freedom is perceived has seriously changed over the years, which is by no means an accident. The Declaration of Independence set forth the ideal: All people have been endowed by nature and the Creator with certain inalienable rights — that is, rights that cannot be taken away or destroyed by anyone, including one’s own government. In fact, as the Declaration points out, the purpose of government is to protect the exercise of these rights, not infringe upon, alter or destroy them in any way, for any reason or justification. Now most of the Founding Fathers did not before, and certainly did not after, truly embody and live these ideals. Which is likely due in part to a lack of desire to do so, meaning some may not have truly believed what they signed, but it is also in part (and I would like to believe its the larger part) due to the reality that the Framers were simply striving to achieve a society that reflected the values in the Declaration, not that they could just sign this piece of paper, snap their fingers, and the world would all of a sudden be just. We did then, and still do now, need to work toward the creation of this world, and then work to maintain it. Today, the idea of freedom is muddled — intentionally so — with the idea of safety, security, and convenience. We have been conditioned to forget that this country was founded on the essential ideals of limited government, and freedom of choice, in every regard. Which absolutely comes with a measure of danger; the world is not without its dangers, and no government presence, authoritarian or otherwise, can ever remove that danger from our lives. It can only replace it with one of its own creation — which is entirely the point. The ideas of limited government and freedom of choice should not be misunderstood, however, as the allowance of that which society deems unacceptable or worthy of repercussion or exile, but the point being, that such choices were always meant to be society’s, the individual’s, and not that of an uncontrollable, unaccountable technocratic oligarchy, which is what we see today. In a truly free society — that which the Founders were arguably aiming to achieve — there will be flaws, faults, and mistakes, but those are ours to make, as a community, as individuals, and not to be overseen, or entirely overcome, by a faceless ruling entity that has no real understanding of what each specific community holds dear or ultimately values. If said community falls victim to corruption or manipulation, it is the right of the community themselves to remove those doing the manipulating, as is our inherent right, as outlined in the Declaration of Independence, and point of fact, even in regard to the Federal Government itself. To quote the Declaration: …whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it. The simple realization that such a right has been removed from possibility, should show us just how illusory our freedom truly is in this country. People have been convinced by a manipulative government that it is wrong of them to point out the faults of that government, when in fact it is our very duty to do so. I love this country, despite what the jingoistic sycophants out there might say, and everything I do today is in service to the United States as well as the rest of the world. But you see, when I say the United States, many immediately think government, which would make the Foundi
