Amidst the barbecues, fireworks, and celebration, I always like to actually think back on what this day means.
The Bill of Rights is a gret place to start.
Or perhaps the preamble to the constitution would be more clear.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Everywhere in that original document, when choosing between more freedom or more control, the choice is made to allow for freedom.
It is a set of ideas, born from enlightenment thinking, that creating space for an individual to maximize their potential as a Human Being is the greatest good we can achieve. We are not consumers nor corporations. We are free beings who, when able to freely choose their lives, create powerful new realities.
