Make America Free Again
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Note: I rechecked the link for this article and found at that they deleted the article. They now redirect the deleted link to one of their other pages. It's kind of ironic that an article about censorship has disappeared.
PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM:
All people are created equal.
All people have individual rights.
All interactions between people should be voluntary.
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS:
1 - The right to privacy - No one has the right to violate your privacy.
2 - The right to liberty - The right to do whatever you want as long as your not violating the rights of others.
3 - The right to self-defense - We never have an obligation to let anyone commit aggression against us.
4 - The right to own and carry weapons - So you can defend yourself, your property, and your rights.
5 - The right to self-ownership - We own ourselves. No one can claim even partial ownership over you without violating your rights.
6 - The right to free speech - The right to communicate your opinions and ideas without fear of government retaliation or censorship.
LIBERTY IS NOT A BATTLE:
Liberty is not a battle that requires the conversion of others in order to win.
Liberty is won when you accept the fact that you own yourself, that you have individual rights, and no one has the right to violate your rights.
When you accept that you are liberated.
NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO:
No one has the right to harm you.
No one has the right to threaten you.
No one has the right to steal from you.
No one has the right to violate your rights.
FREEDOM:
Freedom is the ability to exercise your will within your individual rights without the threat of force from anyone else.
If somebody is forcing their will on us, clearly, we are not free. A violation of freedom is an attack on a person by harming them, stealing from them, threatening them, or violating there individual rights. Freedom is not just an ideal state of society, but a moral code for respecting the individual rights of others.
Because you own yourself, it is wrong for someone to initiate force against you or your property. Acceptance of this simple fact is the foundation of a free and peaceful society. This universal nonaggression principle applies to everyone, and it is therefore wrong for someone to harm you, steal from you, threaten you, or violate your individual rights.
THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES:
The Declaration of Independence condemned authoritarian power and empowered the individual. It argued that all people were created equal. That all people have individual rights. That our individual rights can not be taken away from us. That the main purpose of government was to help secure our individual rights. That government power came from the consent of the governed. That government could not tax us without our consent. When government violates our individual rights it becomes the citizens duty to take away the governments right to govern.
But the revolution is not over. What really matters is the revolution of the mind. As long as some people claim the right to rule and others claim the right to be free, the revolution will continue. Final victory comes when people give up there fate in authoritarianism and embrace the principles of true equality, non-aggression, self-ownership, and voluntarism. That is when people will truly be ready to be free.
FREEDOM OR TYRANNY:
If people live their lives and do not infringe on the rights of others, we have no need for government at all. Sure people will say "but without government who would ....". That is like saying, "if we free the slaves, where would they live and what would they do for a living?" Would they be better off out from under the slave masters yoke and determine that later. If you always say "who would ...", you will never attain true freedom. Freedom is scary as it is uncertain. I'll take uncertainty and self-determination over government tyranny any day.
THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM NEVER ENDS:
Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction.
It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation.
- Ronald Reagan
