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Revision as of 06:26, August 14, 2019
The War on Freedom refers to the decline in the level of individual freedom, respect for natural law and unalienable rights, and self-governance in Western countries. This decline is advocated by liberals.
Natural law, unalienable rights, and the U.S. founding fathers
Examples of the War on Freedom
Religious freedom
Free speech
Self-defense
- See also: Gun control
Restrictions limiting and even abolishing the ability of citizens to physically defend themselves have significantly increased since the early 20th century.
Big Tech
- See also: Big Tech
Big Tech has evolved into a form of monopolistic corporatism, asserting more and more control over personal freedoms and privacy. The technology in the hands of Big Tech - the microchip, the cell phone, GPS tracking - was developed for military use by taxpayers through the DARPA program.[1] Patents are now held by private technocrats who wish to remake the world into their own ideological image by destroying Constitutional rights - freedom of speech, religion, freedom of association and other basic rights.
Tyranny by judges
- See also: Judicial activism
Attack on national sovereignty
- Main article: War on Sovereignty
Growth in bureaucracy
- See also: Administrative State and Deep State
Growth in bureaucracy comes at the cost of individual freedom. The U.S. federal bureaucracy and number of regulations – along with other western countries – has exponentially increased since the beginning of the 20th century. The permanent institutional bureaucracy, the civil service system, becomes an unelected fourth branch of government whose primary interests are often career advancement, job security, and avoiding responsibility for failure.
Socialism
- See also: Green New Deal and Democratic Socialism
Socialism degrades the human spirit by elevating one of the worst human vices - envy, and making it the basis of law for a society and the model of human virtue.
See also
References
- ↑ Is There a Global War Coming?, George Friedman at Brain Bar, Youtube, Jul 7, 2017.