[demshateGod]

It’s tempting to say “it’s been gone for years now” but some things are still working pretty well. I can do pretty much whatever I want. However, what I want to do might be affected by what I can do. I can’t start a business, I can’t pay for my own education, I can’t pay for my kid’s education, I can’t travel like I want. I usually chalk that up to personal choices I made, but maybe things would be different if The Founder’s America still existed.

[CodeToad]

“I can do pretty much whatever I want”

Not really.

Try just merely talking about non-PC subjects at work or in public.

Try travelling by air without a strip search.

Try merely painting your house a different color.

Try buying a gun without asking permission.

Try travelling with more than a few hundred dollars in cash.

Try starting a business without federal and State intervention, such as the EPA.

Try reading a Bible on school property.

Try sending an email without the government stealing its contents.

Try filing a patent. It now costs over $22,000 to do that.

Try keeping silent during a criminal trial: They now can use your silence against you.

Try keeping your private property if the government thinks it can sell it for more tax profit: Right to private property is not subject to eminent domain merely for more tax dollars.

I could go on and on and on, but the fact is you cannot do what you want.