From an article sent to IPR by Jim Burns:
During my youth, teachers employed by the government told me that the government is us. If that were true, I lived in bad neighborhoods – run by bullies, thieves, and murderers because these are some of the actions of government. Experience has shown me that my neighbors are mostly friendly, honest, and I have as yet to meet any murderer that I know about. I, therefore, concluded that there must be something more to our government other than democracy.
Perhaps, democracy is a facade concealing something good and bad. Upon further study, I found we have a Representative Constitutional Republic. I find that the Constitution favors limited government but there are large loop-holes which can and has allowed the increase in the size and scope of government.
Our goal is well stated by Benjamin Franklin “God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: “This is my country.”
I advocate that the vehicle that can achieve our goals is the combination of the first 111 words of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence*, and Libertarianism**: I call it Revolution 2.
I advance the idea that we examine the system we have and find strategies that can implement our objectives. To those who demand an instant and permanent solution, I point to words of Thomas Jefferson “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”
Jim Burns
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