Prison Planet.com » America – and Western Civilization As a Whole – Was Founded On a Conspiracy Theory

 

America was founded on a conspiracy theory: that Britain’s King George was conspiring against the colonists by all his actions.

 

The Declaration of Independence recites a series of conspiracies:

 

When a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism … The history of the present King of Great Britain[and others working with and for him] is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

 

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president. Half-length portrait, seated, facing front] (LOC) (Photo credit: The Library of Congress)

 

The Duty to Throw off Such Government

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson writing the Declaration of independence (1776) were all of British descent. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

““Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed. But 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.”” —The U. S. Declaration of Independence, 1776.

The Press Under A Free Government

The relationship between governments and the press has always been recognized as a matter of large importance. Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. Where ever the cause of liberty is making its way, one of its highest accomplishments is the guarantee of the freedom of the press.

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Civil Disobedience Is a Civic Responsibility

Civil Disobedience Is a Civic Responsibility

American Thinker ^ | April 29, 2012 | Col. Frank Ryan, CPA (Retired USMCR)

Posted on Sunday, April 29, 2012 12:55:16 PM by OwenKellogg

With the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the founding fathers effectively signed their own death warrant.

The Declaration said in part “[t]hat whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [re: unalienable rights], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government … But 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.”

Many Americans complain about the idiotic regulations and rules passed by our government. I question, though, whether we, as Americans, are willing to put our creature comforts on hold for our principles.

… Make your economic voice heard. Reduce your income, cut back spending, and fund your taxes only when due. Do these three things in unison, and we will win. Vote with your wallet!

Golden Apple; Silver Frame

By Jim ONeill Tuesday, April 24, 2012

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.”—Alexander Hamilton (circa 1755-1804)

“…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….”—From the preamble to ” The Declaration of Independence”

Is a govt any less despotic simply because it has not yet chosen to send stormtroopers to your door?

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Is a govt any less despotic simply because it has not yet chosen to send stormtroopers to your door?

Flopping Aces ^ | 02-08-11 | VincePosted on Tuesday, February 08, 2011 8:17:29 PM by Starman417

In the absence of government, anarchy sets in.

In the presence of an all powerful government you have totalitarianism.

In both cases a man’s attention must be focused on attending to the immediacies necessary for survival. In the former, dangers can be found around any corner as everyone fends for themselves. In the latter, dangers can be found around every corner as the government controls and sees all.

When your entire existence is focused on surviving one day to the next, it’s difficult to focus on things like science, leisure or any of the myriad other things we take for granted in civilized society……………………..

A Long Train of Abuses and Usurpations (Declaration of Independence).

A Long Train of Abuses and Usurpations (Declaration of Independence).
U.S. Government Archives ^ | 04-07-1776 | Thomas Jefferson

Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009 5:04:39 PM by broken_arrow1

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But 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.–