Our Founders, did not lie to themselves about where they stood and what the conditions were that they found themselves in.
They understood and accepted the truth.
The Crown and Parliament was lawless. It was a tyranny that intended to kill them and force the colonies into subjection by force. They decided it had no moral authority over them any longer, and they rebelled.
They did not continue to lie to themselves when the tyranny was self-evident that repeated petitions and prostrating themselves before the throne was going to alleviate their condition.
If the spirit of liberty is going to survive - it better get itself out of subjugated and fundamentally transformed thinking. A spirit of liberty would recognize that this federal government no longer has any moral authority over We the People, even if half of our countrymen prefer to live as slaves.
You cannot defeat a lawless tyranny via civil means.
Subjugated thinking is what you’re preaching.