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Occasional Reader
7/4/2026 5:45:35 AM
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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.
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preBoomer-Marinebrat
7/4/2026 7:29:08 AM
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I suggest watching the DVD series of the 2000-2002 BBC program, "A History of Britain" (by Simon Schama). The first half of the 11th session (titled 'The Wrong Empire') describes the reason behind the fracturing of the Empire, the loss of the American colonies. Schama deliberately sets the American Revolution in precise context. The colonists were the inheritors of a core English tradition, which had somehow been lost in the motherland. Watching the series up to that point will set context for historian Schama's description. (My suggestion is solely about what America was 250 years ago. It has nothing to do with where America "is" today.)
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Occasional Reader
7/4/2026 10:19:23 AM
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Perhaps if we strive greatly, we can turn this country into something more like that shining city on a hill so admired by Progressives: Somalia.
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