The Founders' Principles of Freedom - Part 3 (Establishing New Government, We Are a REPUBLIC!)

10/31/22 • 26 min

Welcome back! In this episode, we continue our study of the principles of liberty by looking at what has to be in place for a nation to alter its form of government, and we look at the Revolutionary War as a case study to see if it meets the criteria for a "just revolution." We applied the same principles and analysis to the Civil War. We also talked about how our country is a Constitutional Republic and NOT a democracy, and why that's a good thing.

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The Founders' Principles of Freedom - Part 2 (Unalienable Rights and Where Sovereign Power Lies)

In this episode, I continue sharing principles of freedom that our Founders believed in and which informed how they built this country. This episode explains what unalienable rights and where the come from. I also dive into the Divine Right of Kings and how revolutionary it was to build a country on the foundation of sovereignty resting with the masses. This seems obvious to us, but the implications of this shift in thinking have been staggering.

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The Founders' Principles of Freedom - Part 4 (Power Corrupts & the Importance of Property Rights)

The first principle I talk about in this episode is the corruptibility of human nature and how power corrupts even the most virtuous and well intentioned. The Constitution was structured to prevent even the best-intentioned people from exceeding their authority.
The second principle I talk about is how without property rights and government protection of those rights, your right to life and liberty are seriously threatened. Property doesn't seem like a huge deal, but it is the linch pin of all the other rights. Listen on to find out why that is.