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From the Radio Free Michigan archives
ftp://141.209.3.26/pub/patriot
If you have any other files you'd like to contribute, e-mail them to
bj496@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu.
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* WHAT TODAY'S AMERICANS DON'T UNDERSTAND *
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By Charley Reese, Syndicated Columnist
There are three things every American ought to read: the
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, the CONSTITUTION, and the
FEDERALIST PAPERS. None of them is difficult reading. They
are not obscure dissertations written by pedants to impress
pedants. All three were written for the average person and
widely published.
The Declaration contains the philosophical premises of the
American Revolution. A lot of Americans today clearly don't
believe in them. A lot more have no idea what they are.
The Constitution is the compact drawn up and ratified by the
people who created a government consistent with the
philosophical premises of the Declaration. Incidentally,
the government created by that Constitution is not
recognizable in Washington, except in the barest outline.
The Federalist Papers are a series of articles written and
published in newspapers during the debate over ratification.
They are arguments in favor of the Constitution and its
original intent. There are many paperback editions
available.
All of this is 100 percent relevant to today, for whether
you agree or disagree with the premises and principles of
the American Revolution will determine how you view current
political issues.
In a nutshell, the basic premises of the American Revolution
are these: people are born free and equal, their rights a
gift of God, the only legitimate purpose for government is
to protect those rights, when government instead abuses
those rights, then people have the right and the duty to
overthrow it with force and violence, and to form a new
government that will protect their rights. Too many
Americans today, consumed with material pursuits, their
brains spongy with trivia and amusement, their spirits timid
and corrupted with whining and pleading, view such
sentiments as absolutely radical, if not subversive and, God
forbid, even leftist.
Their standard question to public officials and candidates
is, "What are you going to do for me economically?" You
would thing listening to American political debate, that the
American Revolutionists were all Marxists and that nothing
in the world matters but economics. I'm sure most people if
they ever find themselves standing before God will hand him
first their financial statement.
Freedom in this modern, Orwellian America, is something that
is "defended" overseas but otherwise never mentioned in
polite conversation at home.
A true son or daughter of the American Revolution will be
more concerned about freedom than about making it easier for
the police to catch criminals; more concerned about property
rights which are the basis of political freedom, than about
schemes to control traffic and housing developments; more
concerned about freedom than in accomplishing social goals
at the expense of freedom; more concerned about freedom than
about some fool being corrupted by what he reads or sees.
Basically what it means to be free is to be let alone.
People have a right to be let alone. They have an
obligation to leave others alone. They do not have a right
to subsidies, to be liked or approved, or granted favors.
Just let alone. Nor do they have an obligation to like,
approve or grant favors to others. Just to leave them
alone.
This clearly is not understood by the sons and daughters of
the welfare state. Gays, for example have a right to be let
alone, but they demand that others approve of them. They
have no right to approval. Others demand so called equal
opportunity , but they want a lower standard of test scores
or physical demands. Everyone has a right to be treated
equally. No one has the right to demand special treatment.
Clearly, freedom demands a better class of human beings -
human beings who value freedom more than wealth or personal
security and who don't need the approval of others to
bolster their weak egos.
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