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Is There Any Chance of Restoring Our Lost Freedom?
James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | April 26, 2022 | George Leef

Posted on 04/26/2022 1:35:13 PM PDT by karpov

Sometimes I think about what America was like when my grandfather was young. In 1908, when he was 22, he started a business that, I’m happy to say, thrives to this day. He was the son of Swedish immigrants and started with nothing but some mechanical know-how and a good entrepreneurial idea.

Stories like his were very common in the America of a century ago. Millions of ambitious immigrants flooded into the US because its governmental system and culture were conducive to productivity and innovation. The people overwhelmingly expected to succeed or fail on their own efforts. Almost nobody thought he had a right to live at the expense of others, or had any right to dictate how others must act or what they must believe.

Moreover, the legal system protected Americans’ rights to life, liberty, and property. Theft was illegal. Acts of coercion were illegal. If someone wanted your money, he could only ask for it and had to take “no” for an answer. If someone wanted you to join a labor union, he could ask, but you were perfectly free to decline.

In those days, there were no officious bureaucrats dictating what people could and couldn’t do in their businesses. Taxes were low. At all levels, government consumed less than ten percent of the GDP. Therefore, nearly all of America’s resources of labor and materials were under the direction of the market’s profit and loss system. Profits signaled where more investment would pay off; losses quickly put an end to ill-conceived ventures.

And – crucially – government had almost no power to reward special interest groups. It did interfere with international trade to benefit domestic producers, but aside from that, government stuck closely to the precepts of laissez-faire.

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To: karpov

Sure there is but not if we aren’t willing to lay it all on the line.


21 posted on 04/26/2022 2:21:21 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: karpov
Reads like a stream-of-unconsciousness term paper hastily assembled at the last minute.

This National Review nimrod didn’t even merit the invite to sign the Against Trump cover lofl. In fact, his primary claim to fame is the 15 minutes he is going to spend atop Breaking News!

22 posted on 04/26/2022 2:22:10 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Enjoy the parade of Putlim Soviet c!rclejerkers lining up for the Tedlim-style putsch)
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To: AbolishCSEU
#19: "Have you seen the under 40 set these days? Mostly obese or twig thin beta male soy boys"

Hard to believe. Last winter I stopped in a small college town at a tavern for a burger. While we were eating some the college kids came in. I never saw so many young women who were fatties. The age of 20 or so is the time of life when everybody is in good shape. Not anymore. Young college women have really chubbed up.

23 posted on 04/26/2022 2:24:10 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: karpov

Yes. It all starts with each state enforcing the Tenth Amendment.


24 posted on 04/26/2022 2:24:29 PM PDT by Uncle Sham
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To: karpov
Is There Any Chance of Restoring Our Lost Freedom?

On a very SERIOUS note, YES!

Reclaiming your sovereign status, as opposed to being a 14th-Amendment Corporate CITIZEN.

You can reclaim your sovereignty in 3 months. You'll become a Citizen of your state, and a State National. It takes about another 2 years to unwind all the crap that the UNITED STATES has stung you with.

To get started, watch a youtube of David Lester Straight or Bobby Lawrence.

Good luck to you, fellow Patriot.

25 posted on 04/26/2022 2:25:18 PM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: karpov

Good piece!

“This dramatic change in the dominant ethos of America couldn’t have happened without the persistence of people who were frustrated by the America of the Founders, with its principles of limited government, individual liberty, and the rule of law. They disliked the “chaos” of capitalism, believing that a scientifically managed economy would be much better, shorn of unseemly competition for profits and huge inequalities between rich and poor. They called themselves “progressives” and told people that if they had control, they would transform the country for the better.”

Thank you, Woodrow Wilson. Father of The Administrative State. And FDR...LBJ...

Trump made a big dent in it, but they got rid of him and back to more all powerful, faceless bureaucracy.


26 posted on 04/26/2022 2:26:34 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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To: Jim Robinson

Yes, let’s.


27 posted on 04/26/2022 2:31:59 PM PDT by NeverTyranny
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To: karpov

Have to tried voting for it?


28 posted on 04/26/2022 2:32:45 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: karpov

Not really.


29 posted on 04/26/2022 2:35:50 PM PDT by Husker24 (Pp)
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To: Jim Robinson

“Let’s roll.”

In two words you’ve neatly encapsulated the American spirit that terrifies so many authoritarians left, right, and in the middle.


30 posted on 04/26/2022 2:50:29 PM PDT by MercyFlush (The Soviet Empire is right now doing a dead cat bounce.)
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To: Taxman

Ping


31 posted on 04/26/2022 2:52:14 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA!)
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To: karpov

Yeah… It’s called “the Second Amendment”… and “ balls”.


32 posted on 04/26/2022 2:55:12 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.She was, indeed, a hottie… Rest in peace, Joanne.)
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To: karpov

It would take a MAGA president, with a pro MAGA senate and house.


33 posted on 04/26/2022 3:08:41 PM PDT by TiGuy22
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To: karpov
There's now only 1 way left for us to regain our freedom.
34 posted on 04/26/2022 3:11:26 PM PDT by glaseatr (Father of a Marine, Uncle of SGT Adam Estep. A Co. 2/5 Cav. KIA Thurs April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
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To: oldasrocks
 
 
Too many sheep in the pasture.
 
The Patriots are outnumbered
 
Thus has it always been throughout history, certainly not exclusive to just our society. The honorable exist as the underdogs forever in a disadvantage. The sheep come down to eventually having to choose a side in order to survive. And as feckless as they are in these modern times a significant number of them would perish in any chaos of collapse. Others with options in their particular locales would gravitate towards those who can provide resources and security, whomever or whatever they might be. Looking at a patchwork of confederacies and factions for all the sheep to split their allegiances between. Quite a large mess to clean up and reconstitute back together, if ever.
 
 

35 posted on 04/26/2022 3:23:39 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: karpov
Well, first you have to know what "Freedom" is. Many do not because "Freedom" is rarely discussed anymore.

Here, we're talking about Political Freedom.

Political Freedom is simply THE ABSENCE OF GOVERNMENT COERCION.

The answer to whether we can regain our constitutionally-protected political freedom is: YES!!!

All it takes is dismantling the 80%+ unconstitutional portion of the federal government. Easy? No. Doable? Yes.

But it will take vision, determination, and force.

36 posted on 04/26/2022 3:27:50 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: karpov

There is but it would be very messy and arduous.

Given the current country situation, I’d say slim chance.

Jesus is coming back, probably in my lifetime if my life isnt ended prematurely, and He isn’t going to be handing out rainbows and lollipops.


37 posted on 04/26/2022 3:48:56 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sure would, media personnel too.


38 posted on 04/26/2022 4:29:30 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: AbolishCSEU

Make everyone take steroids, lift weights and eat steak?...
:)


39 posted on 04/26/2022 4:31:47 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin

It sounds crazy, but Ted Kaczynski was right about a bunch of things.
Blowing up people was not one of them.


40 posted on 04/26/2022 4:32:32 PM PDT by EEGator
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