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Going from despotism - living under the largest government in history - to liberty - isn’t going to be a cake walk. But we’ve got some great teachers on how to get from here to there: the Founders and Old Revolutionaries. In their words - telling the story of our foundation, our path to liberty.
One of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence, the founders and old revolutionaries not only rejected the notion of “arbitrary” government, they considered it the definition of a tyranny.
1. Individual, natural right of self defense. 2. In defense of liberty, the union, and the states. 3. To prevent the "greatest threat to liberty" - large standing armies.
The founding generation repeatedly warned us about the great dangers to liberty posed by large standing armies. The best way to guard against that danger? Prevent the need for them - one of the leading principles behind the 2nd Amendment.
Few people understand the root cause of the economic troubles we face, but the founding generation knew the situation well. For many, the “evils of paper money” were tyrannical and despotic. Or, as George Washington warned, it would “ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open a door to every species of fraud and injustice.”