The first two "freedoms" he presents are well-established liberties that are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
The last two are nothing more than utopian, collectivist nonsense that have no place in a free nation. One of the sobering realities of human existence is that we are forced to contend with "want" and "fear" on a regular basis. What separates us from animals is that we are capable of facing them, and dealing with them.
Depends on how you go about seeing that we have achieved “Freedom from want”.
For example, we have coal and oil reserves that Democrats have prohibited us from touching. We can be self-reliant (not reliant on global trade that can cripple our economy, especially in wartime) but we have tied our hands.
Also to hear OBAMA tell it, we have it too good. We eat too much. We have air conditioning. We have indoor toilets. We have our own cars. The rest of the world does not have our same standard of living. Again, OBAMA wants to restrict our freedom.
It does not HAVE to be about getting turkey and dressing FROM the state so we can eat on Thanksgiving or Sunday.
And Freedom from Fear...
And our government is charged with the responsibility to defend our nation from enemies both foreign and domestic. Terrorists and traitors like Bill Ayers and Jane Fonda should have been prosecuted for their crimes. Our border should be defended against military incursions from Mexico. Our border should be defended against millions of illegal immigrants. Our nation should not be shutting down our weapons development and reducing our arsenal to “please” China and Russia. Our nation should not be reducing the standing military to establish a “new civilian domestic security” force.
I’ve seen that Rockwell poster before. I’ve always interpreted it that the first two enable the second two. But that’s just me.