Comments by "Winston Smith" (@winstonsmith935) on "Biden tops Trump in new poll ahead of November" video.

  1. I give you the following from Thomas Jefferson. Read it Carefully, America and 25 US States are at the Crossroads of History. History repeats itself. While we all know the basic details, most people don’t stop to ask exactly why the Founders declared independence from a powerful empire. After all, the risks of doing so were enormous. * First, creating a democracy over such a large area was an untested idea developed mostly by philosophers. * Second, colonists were rebelling against the British — one of the most formidable fighting forces in the world. What, then, provoked the Founders to do something as radical and dangerous as declaring independence from England? Leading up to the revolution, the colonists had two types of grievances: the changing, more activist, role of British soldiers and the dramatic increase in taxes after end of the French and Indian War in 1763. The Classical Liberalism of John Locke. In the Declaration, Americans asserted their right as a free people to stand up to an oppressor. At the time, it was radical, new, and theoretical idea. The Founders relied on the theories of John Locke to justify their revolution. Do we have the right to overthrow our government? The Declaration of Independence says that we not only have the right but we also have the duty to alter or abolish any government that does not secure our unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ( an invasion of the US Border also gives you that right to defend America) Given that the U.S. was formed by settlers who threw off British government rule, there is also an historic precedent for overthrowing the government. CIA do it regularly in South America. The idea of the right to revolt was famously articulated in the Declaration of Independence, which declared that “whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness], it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government.” The Declaration went on to argue that “when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.” It is worth noting that the right to revolution is not an unlimited right. The Declaration of Independence makes it clear that it should only be exercised in extreme circumstances, when a government has become “destructive” and has engaged in a “long train of abuses and usurpations.” Nonetheless, the right to overthrow a government remains an important principle to uphold, as it serves as a check on government power. It is a reminder that governments exist to serve the people, not the other way around. The possibility of revolution also serves as a deterrent against abuses of power and as a last resort when all other avenues have failed. Gov Abbot of Texas and 25 other States who support him have every right to confront Biden, and give him an Ultimatum, you did it once, you can do it again America.
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