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Revision as of 09:42, August 12, 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 expense 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.
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.