The Illusion of Freedom

The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to keep the illusion of freedom. When the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will pull back the curtains to reveal the real picture.

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes. Accordingly, all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.- (In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America)

There has been an erosion of liberty and freedom in the United States of America during the last seventy years.  There has been an illusion of freedom based on two documents, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America.  For years Americans have believed we live in a free society, yet we have failed to grasp the meanings of liberty and freedom.  Each generation has lost the understanding of what it means to live in a republic with certain inalienable rights and to give consent to be governed. For years we have been convinced that two paper documents grant us certain inalienable rights.  Inalienable definition, not transferable to another or not capable of being taken away or denied, not alienable.  These rights are said to be given to us by God.  That would make them sacred rights.  These are our birthrights.  The day we were born, we became the recipients of liberty and freedom.

It is through our consent to be citizens that we waive our rights to life and liberty. Inherent rights become null and void. As George Washington points out in his letter penned to Alexander Hamilton in 1783, CITIZENS HAVE NO ENDOWED RIGHTS. This has been part of the law since day one of structured Government.

It may be laid down, as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every citizen who enjoys the protection of a free government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his services to the defense of it, and consequently that the Citizens of America (with a few legal and official exceptions) from 18 to 50 Years of Age should be borne on the Militia Rolls, provided with uniform Arms, and so far accustomed to the use of them, that the Total strength of the Country might be called forth at Short Notice on any very interesting Emergency.

— George Washington; "Sentiments on a Peace Establishment" in a letter to Alexander Hamilton (May 2, 1783); published in The Writings of George Washington (1938), edited by John C. Fitzpatrick, Vol. 26, p. 289.

In his 1863 Gettysburg Address, President Lincoln embraced the Declaration of Independence as a true expression of the American spirit and the foundation of the Republic — not the U.S. Constitution. When Mr. Lincoln said: "Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal," he referred to the Declaration. He declared the new nation, the very first of its kind, was founded 'under God,' according to the 'Laws of Nature and of Nature's God,' as Thomas Jefferson wrote.

Make no mistake!

The Declaration says: YOU have an endowed right to life.

But citizens have no inalienable (endowed) right to life.

The Declaration says: YOU have an endowed right to natural and personal liberty.

But citizens have only civil and political liberty.

The Declaration says: YOU have an endowed right to absolutely own private property (upon which you can pursue happiness without permission of a superior).

But citizens have no private property, absolutely owned… the Government can claim a portion.

Inherent Rights Vs. State Rights

Thomas Jefferson considered the only function of Government was to safeguard the rights of its citizens. From a Jeffersonian viewpoint, the only reason for the existence of Government is to secure the inherent rights of those who elected it. The sole basis for the Government government's authority is that it has the consent of the governed.

To secure these rights [to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness], governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. – Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, 1776

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all. – Thomas Jefferson to Francois D'Ivernois, 1795

The people are sovereign beings, powerful without representation. We each hold inherent rights and liberties that are granted to us through the Creator by our birth. As sovereign beings, we abide by a hierarchy of laws under God. Natural Law applies to each human as body, mind, soul, and spirit, to do no harm. Inherent rights are not protected by the Constitution, as the courts would suggest:

The rights of the individual are not derived from governmental agencies, either municipal, state, or federal, or even from the Constitution. They exist inherently in every man, by endowment of the Creator, and are merely reaffirmed in the Constitution, and restricted only to the extent that they have been VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED BY THE CITIZENSHIP to the agencies of government. The people's rights are not derived from the government, but the government's authority comes from the people. The Constitution but states again these rights already existing, and when legislative encroachment by the nation, state, or municipality invade these original and permanent rights, it is the duty of the courts to so declare, and to afford the necessary relief. The fewer restrictions that surround the individual liberties of the citizen, except those for the preservation of the public health, safety, and morals, the more contented the people and the more successful the democracy.  — City of Dallas v Mitchell, 245 S.W. 944

"These are the times that try men's souls." ― Thomas Paine, The American Crisis

Our losses are mounting with every passing day that our Country is in lock-down.  What began with the post-9/11 passage of the USA Patriot Act has snowballed into eradicating every vital safeguard against government overreach, corruption, and abuse.

We, the People, have surrendered our rights in exchange for the phantom promise of safety and security.  This has resulted in a society where the nation is being locked down into a militarized, mechanized, hypersensitive, legalistic, self-righteous, goose-stepping antithesis of every principle upon which this nation was founded.

Set against a backdrop of government surveillance, militarized police, SWAT team raids, asset forfeiture, eminent domain, overcriminalization, armed surveillance drones, whole-body scanners, stop and frisk searches, police violence and the like—all of which have been sanctioned by Congress, the White House and the courts—our constitutional freedoms have been steadily chipped away at, undermined, eroded, whittled down, and generally discarded.

The rights embodied in the Constitution, if not already eviscerated, are on life support.

Free speech, the right to protest, the right to challenge government wrongdoing, due process, a presumption of innocence, the right to self-defense, accountability and transparency in Government, privacy, press, sovereignty, assembly, bodily integrity, representative Government: all of these and more have become casualties in the Government's war on the American people. This war has grown more pronounced since 9/11.

The consent of the governed is a foundational principle of democracy. Consent implies you have a choice and know the meaning of words and the foundation of Government. However, consent does not equal permission. You don't have to make a formal denial for authorities to accept your consent. Your silence and inaction will qualify as consent. Consent can be achieved when you do nothing.

What is happening in America today was planned over 100 years ago. 

" [Very] soon, every American will be required to register their biological property in a national system designed to keep track of the people and that will operate under the ancient system of pledging.  By such methodology, we can compel people to submit to our agenda, which will effect our security as a chargeback for our fiat paper currency. Every American will be forced to register or suffer being unable to work and earn a living. They will be our chattel, and we will hold the security interest over them forever, by operation of the law merchant under the scheme of secured transactions." – Edward Mandell House, the 1900s, in a private meeting with President Woodrow Wilson

When we are ignorant of full disclosure, of words and language, we no longer have true choice. Without full knowledge of the facts, we grant permission to entities to rule over us. When we consent to be citizen-slaves, we unknowingly give up our power to those who use words against us.

No document can ensure freedoms. The only freedoms we have are those we embody and defend with our words, actions, and lives. When we take full responsibility for all the privileges our birthright grants us, we become truly free people. We create a new reality of freedom and liberty.