Most of us wish to prosper in our lives. Prosperity only matters if you are part of society. Societies have a cost to the individual. We have obligations to one another, but these are voluntary. Well for a while anyway. The obligations that we owe to each other are not something that the government should mandate. We are dependent on others for work. Those who own or run businesses are also dependent on each of us. True independence is rare and valuable.
As we grow older the meaning changes. For many Americans Independence Day means a summer vacation with fireworks, cookouts, and time spent with family or a trip to the ocean. But many of us know the history, but I think that there are many who do not know or appreciate it. There are many that have been told in this nation that it is evil and that we as a people should feel guilty for all the bad that has been done to create this country. Many of our citizens are now ashamed of the United States. They have become enemies of a country that they call home. Their loyalties are not with our nation, but they wish to open our country to the world and they expect that surrendering will make this country better. They believe that our enemies would treat them better than the current for form of government.
So we must understand what it means when we talk about independence. The truth of independence is from tyranny. That is what the founders of the US were declaring when they signed the Declaration of Independence. They understood that they were cutting the ties to Great Britain, but that act made them dependent on each other to protect the freedoms they were creating. As we think about independence we must remember the true meaning.
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