Honestly...I believe we are beyond the point where our freedom can be salvaged.
I've lived a lotta years and had the fortune and misfortune to see a lot of movies, read a lot of books and the like and have learned enough to know that despair, especially that transmitted (intended or otherwise) to our young amounts to certain failure. Certain.
I've been pretty glum here these last few years and I've harbinged disaster with the best. But all the while, I never ever, when I could, not try to find out what lies my grand daughters (or children for that matter) have been told and what the hell they are learning.
I constantly am harping to my daughter to remain vigilant on this. Yes, we may get beaten by Obama, the Muslims, and leeches, but there will be a price to pay. And the dissension won't end. Not if I can help it. That's what all these weapons I've bought for 20 years are for - not for me, but for my heirs when they need them.