Off Topic / Re: Would you become a paleolithic human if you could?
« on: August 13, 2009, 02:17:27 pm »I have very divided feelings about the amount of liberty we have in America. You have the liberty to decide which restaurant you will eat at, where you live, what job you would like, the kind of car you drive, what size flat screen you want,, you get it?? This is merely the illusion of liberty, not liberty itself.
You don't have the liberty to save up for a secure future without our government and banking system robbing a sizeable portion (or all of it) through taxes, inflation, and the boom/bust cycle created by our monetary policy. You don't have the liberty of a speedy trial, no everything gets lost in litigation that takes years to sort out, and ,many have been denied the right of habeas corpus for years now. You don't have the liberty to decide what you will put in your body - raw milk, marijuana, vaccinations - it's all decided for you by the state. In many places, you don't have the liberty to decide how you will educate your children. The list goes on and on.
So we've accepted the illusion of liberty for the real thing itself. And why does this happen? Because our nation(s)' people have willfully relinquished the source of liberty; and that source is freedom, which can only occur internally. We've become slaves to luxury and passion, we've neglected imagination, deduction, and true examination/questioning of authority and commonly held beliefs. And this common disease, this common enslavement of the mind -- given willfully, even if given subconsiously, freedom can only be given not taken -- this willful enslavement has allowed unscrupulous men to take advantage and take away liberties little by little. It was merely a reflection of the internal state in to which we were/are? falling.
The source of enduring liberty is springs from the hearts and minds of free individuals. When enough people demand it, liberty can be restored, or at least increased. Our nation was founded on these very principles, it is why the Constitution was written, to limit the power of government so that it would not impinge upon the liberty of individuals. Great though it is, it is backed by nothing except the resolve of free men and women to enforce the standards of liberty which are clearly spelled out. The only way to do this is to get involved in the political process, as tedious and difficult as that sounds.
I don't have time tonight to get in to all of it, but maybe I'll post some more info in the off topics about how we can actually do something other than just wish, debate, hope.