Ignorance of liberty, of the constitution, of the powers delegated to the government - and so much more - are just what tyrants absolutely love. And we’re literally surrounded by people who are willfully ignorant of it all.
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To many people today, liberty is little more than choosing new people to rule over them every few years. And even in the founding generation, there was a wide range of viewpoints on just what constitutes a state of liberty.
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: August 25, 2023
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If we truly want to build a real “land of the free,” it’s essential to understand the source of our problems. Using the wisdom and warnings of leading founders and old revolutionaries - we can point to consolidation, or centralization of power.
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Government is waging a war on your liberty. And it’s not just happening when the team you don’t like is in power. This is how things have always been.
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Supporters of the monster state want you to believe that unless the “debt ceiling” is raised - yet again - we’ll have absolute chaos. But the truth is, it’s actually the other way around.
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To the founders and old revolutionaries, liberty requires a rejection of fear, ignorance, and a culture of obedience. But it also takes courage - fortitude and perseverance - to support freedom, whether government likes it, or not.
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April 29, 1745 - Oliver Ellsworth was born. Even just a quick look at some views of the 3rd Chief Justice - can show just how far almost everyone today is from our founding principles.
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Government power is like a cancer. So if the people don’t “nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud,” they shouldn’t be surprised when it’s used as a foundation for more and more and more. The people certainly failed to get the job done, and in these three areas, it couldn’t be more obvious.
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The Constitution affirms important principles of the Revolution - that all power flows from the people, and any act beyond what they’ve delegated to the government is void. It’s just up to the people to treat those acts that way too.
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What most people try as a strategy to stop federal power has nothing to do what the founders told us needed to be done. Here’s a hint - it’s not about trying to convince the federal government to stop doing what the federal government wasn’t supposed to be doing in the first place.
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