America was built on a foundation of freedom. I know there are many who would argue that fact because at the founding of this Great Nation slavery was legal and there were almost 700,000 slaves being held in servitude during that time. At the same time there were almost 60,000 free blacks in America when the Constitution was ratified. A number that would increase to almost 500,000 by the start of the Civil War. This was (not is) a sad part of America's history. The reason why I refuse to say that it is a sad time in America's history is because we corrected the wrong, and many people died to ensure it would end.
So, back to my original statement, America was built upon a foundation of freedom. The people who came here wanted to be free They were looking to escape persecution from religious bigots and fanatics. They were looking for the opportunity to be free from serfdom. They were longing for something more than what they had back home. They saw a vast new world and they wanted a chance to make something out of it, and they did.
Where did we go wrong? At what point in our history did we decide that freedom was no longer important? It's hard to really pinpoint a specific event when you look back through the history books; where you can say that you've found the hinge point of American's saying that they'd had enough freedom and needed to reigned in a bit. It sounds a little peculiar to say, but in all seriousness that is what is happening in our Country today. Well did Benjamin Franklin say when he stated, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
We seem to be falling all over ourselves as a Nation to embrace socialism that we have allowed our elected officials to outright defy the Constitution and to pontificate upon the merits of socialism and the need to fundamentally alter the state of affairs in the United States to transition to a more socialistic government. Why would we willingly deny our freedom and allow a select group of self-important, high-minded, chest pounding, dream crushing elected officials rule over us?
I love my freedom. I do not believe that anyone in Washington DC has my best interest in mind. If you do, you are fooling yourself. They sit there imposing their beliefs upon us demanding that we listen to them and do as they say because they know more, and are better suited to make the important decisions. They demand that we the plebs of society do exactly as they have dictated all the while doing the opposite themselves. For example Obamacare. It was passed and forced upon the American people, but in the law they excluded themselves from having to follow the law. And that is just one example of their hypocrisy.
The Constitution of the United States of America guarantees our freedom by outlining the responsibility of the Federal government. It lays out the distribution of powers among the three branches, and places limits on the expansion or overreaching nature inherent in government. The Founders knew that if not specifically outlined , that due to the nature of man the government would try to consolidate more power and authority than what they were willing to permit. This has flustered the power hungry politicians for over two centuries. Now they just don't care. They have made an end run around the Constitution and they like the feeling of being free from the oppression of limits of power and authority.
If we as a people don't do something we will find ourselves without the protections that the Constitution contains. That document sits precariously upon the precipice of annihilation and we as a Nation are more concerned with what some prince and his wife have to say to Oprah. We need to wake up and stop allowing ourselves to be lulled away into this listless acceptance of whatever we are told to think and believe.
The so called "cancel culture" that has taken root in America has to be challenged or we will lose our individual identity as a people. Group think does not work, It is the individuality of thought that spurs change and improvement in our daily lives. If we allow this to die, our Nation will follow suit and we will have lost.
We need to be alerted to the fact that the government derives its powers from the people, for the people. It exists because we allow it to. We the people of the United States of America established it for the governance of the affairs of this Nation. We do not exist to be governed and directed in our affairs. The overreach of the government has been criminal as of late.This need to tell us how to think and how to live our lives is outright unconstitutional.
My fellow Americans, it is time that we push back against the tide of tyranny or it will push us into the corral of enslavement to an oppressive government. I am not calling for war, but for action. Stand up and let your voice be heard. Push back against those who would enslave you by denying them the opportunity to do so. As a people it is imperative that we understand that this is not a Democrat vs Republican issue. That is more smoke and mirrors utilized to distract from the real issue. We must refuse additional national debt, we must refuse additional encroachment on our freedoms. We must demand answers and responsible governance in accordance with the Constitution of the United States of America.
If we do this we have the chance of saving this Nation, and preserving it for a free people to inherit for as long as we are able to stem the tide of despotism and tyranny. Then we will be a Nation United.
