Stand Firm For Our Natural Right As Individuals

Americans are standing the pinnacle of a major shift for this country. I believe that this is one of the most crucial test for our founding documents and principals in the United States. But what is mainly at risk is our individualism.

Individualism has been the light that has summoned people from around the world to want to come to the United States. No matter what race or culture, every human is different. DNA proves that. That means we are innately "individuals". With that fact alone, the greatest society that we can aspire to would be one that celebrates our individualism. That was the vision our founding fathers held dear, a place where every individual was able to pursue his unique talents and thoughts without infringing on anyone else.

So the Constitution was written with this universal belief, that we needed to create a safe place for individuals to thrive and prosper. Along with the belief of freedom was the belief that we are individually accountable for our own life. This is where it gets tough. We are free, but responsible, accountable.

People find that being accountable is hard, so we start looking for someone else to be accountable for us.....well not for everything, but just the issues that we really struggle with. When this happens, there are always shrewd people ready to step in a take that accountability, but at a cost. This happens so quietly, subtly, that it is painless, and we rationalize that we couldn't have made it without this help.

Next major problems pops up.....okay, we need a little help again. But we have so much to do, this issue can be handled by someone else (insert government). Once this cycle begins, it is like a drug addiction. We start surrendering little by little, until we are in the gutter, and powerless.

Humans were not wired to be a collective group, so this system will never work. No matter how many Ivy League degrees a person may have, he will never create a statist government that works. Humans are not made to be equal. Remember our DNA? The state may take away books, guns, and food....but somehow those that seek this power over others eventually fall. Unfortunately, before they fall they bring much misery and grief to the society they try to control.

America's only hope is the individual. We must not be distracted by partisan rhetoric or enticing words that rationalize giving up our individual freedoms and accountability. We must stay strong and focused while we work to insure the Constitution of the United States remains in place so that our individuality is celebrated and embraced. We owe that to our children, and their children. Our choices are not liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat, socialist or capitalist, but American.