COMMON SENSE; Revisited
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The Consent of the Governed
September 30, 2009 at 02:20 am by Matt S.Post under:I just found commonsenserevisited.com and downloaded the .pdf version of the pamphlet of the same name. I love it so far, but I'm having trouble getting past the first paragraph of the introduction.
"Paine made the case for individual sovereignty,
declaring that all powers of government were derived from the individuals who created the government..."
I feel like I have no need to read further. Individual Sovereignty and Government by the Consent of the Governed are the foundations of freedom. The safety valve for liberty, inherent in individual sovereignty, is the right to choose not to be governed at all. Those who choose to create a government have no claim on any persons but themselves and no right to exercise sovereignty over any geographic area beyond the private property of those who have placed themselves under the authority of that particular government.
This is clearly the truth behind the words of the secessionist American Declaration of Independence of 1776 as well.
Personally, I look forward to joining in a Compact of Mutual Aid with like-minded individuals and to see the blossoming of Society that will follow when the false doctrine of collectivist democracy (government by force) is tossed on the trash heap of history to fade from memory with the evil idea of the Divine Right of Kings.
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Inalienable Rights
July 07, 2009 at 03:49 pm by COMMON SENSE; RevisitedPost under:Anyone who watched the John Adams series on HBO recently witnessed Adams’ comment to Jefferson when Jefferson presented his original draft of the Declaration of Independence. Adams commented (as I remember): “Mr. Jefferson, you have not only defined the rights of Americans, but of all peoples of the world.”
The magnificence of the founder’s work will be remembered for all peoples of the world. They understood the importance of defining the relationship between “the people” and their government (regardless of which country one lived in). They also understood that America was to be the guiding light for the rest of humanity. In this regard they warned against the people of America forgetting their responsibility to keep their government in check, lest they lose their rights. They understood that “the people” could not rely upon their government to maintain the rights of the people. They knew, all too well, that power would corrupt and re-accumulate in the federal government. They also prophesied that the time would come when the people would either act to restore their rights or they would “expire in a convulsion”. We are at that time today.
It is therefore our privilege and our duty to not only ourselves, but to all of humanity, to become fully educated and to restore the blessings of liberty and constitutional “rule of law.” Future generations will look back at this time and evaluate how each of us stood up to this historical challenge.
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The True Significance of the Declaration of Independence (Indigenous vs. Surrogate Power)
July 06, 2009 at 08:48 pm by COMMON SENSE; RevisitedPost under:Understanding the nature of power is the key to understanding all relationships between humans and their institutions. To understand this, it is necessary to understand what Jefferson called the “laws of our being.” Human beings are created with unique characteristics. They have free will. They have the capacity to grow and evolve and appreciate the infinite nature of their being. They have the power to create their own reality—humans are creators.
