Do we need a new Declaration of Independence?

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I feel compelled to write about Independence day as today was the day that the US declared it’s Independence from Britain or Great Britain as they liked to be called at the time. So I was just reflecting on this idea, and the ideas presented in the Declaration of Independence, and I am a bit concerned as we seem rather far off from the plans that were set out.

I know people may say rules were made to be broken, but is this declaration a set of rules, or is it a way of life, a code of ethics, values, and moral; if its the latter, I don’t believe anyone would suggest that these principles should be, or are okay to be broken. So why are they? We want independence, but we also want to feel safe, unfortunately the two don’t always coinside. So what happens, it seems to be a reoccuring theme, people get scared, and they very easliy give up some freedom to feel safe again. The real unfortunate fact is that once freedom is lost it’s very difficult to get it back, so the more people fear, the more freedom lost, so on and so forth till we get to the point we are now stuck in a corner with little to no way out.

So whats the solution? I wish I  could say I know, but I really don’t, I do feel that it’s worth some thought and discussion though. Do we need to redeclare our independence, or are we indepent enough? Maybe we are, or maybe we have just accepted our lack of independence….