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In Defense of the Necessity of Revolution by Force
Our country is one founded on revolution. This is undeniable historical fact, and it is also what makes our country what it is. The men we now call the founding fathers set their minds to finding basic principles of truth, and then built a great nation on those principles. What, then, is the correct course of action for a citizen of this country, founded on disobedience of injustice, reason, and freedom, when freedom is challenged, when obedience is demanded, and complacency is the norm? Quite simply, it is the citizen's duty to go against the system wholly insofar as it betrays these basic social and governmental principles. To do anything less would be to betray that which our country -- indeed our western society -- was built on. When accordance with any part of the law violates any higher right of man, accordance with that law becomes itself unlawful, unjust, and irresponsible.
There is, however, a great fundamental difference between now and the time of our founding fathers' revolution -- this being the widespread complacency and obedience which are so ingrained in the psyche of the people. So the democratic masses now willingly violate their own rights and the rights of others in exchange for pleasure, money, comfort, and the thoughtless propagation of their own toxic complacency.
The question now arises which is higher: the will of the people, or the fundamental and inalienable rights of man. If the will of the people is allowed to encroach on the inalienable rights of man, a free society could very easily become one bound by the chains of despotism. The only requisite is a general attitude among the populace that selfish, individual well-being stands above the principle of liberty. And this is what has happened in our country, where now the rights of man are cast aside at the whim of the masses.
There is only one responsible way to react to this decay of the guiding principle of a good and just society. This is to always act according to the higher principles of freedom and reason and justice, no matter what the consequences. Then, if a government or a society as a whole was to slip into irreconcilable, regular violation of these fundamental principles, the course of action necessary for the protection of human life, liberty, and happiness may extend so far as to require direct removal of authority by force. To neglect to take such action would be to accept the slow and agonizing decay of freedom and justice, as we are witnessing today in our country. Let us not sit idly by and watch our world crumble for our complacency in nothingness.
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