The Real Meaning of the Fourth of July
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2017
- Traditionally, the Fourth of July is a day for fireworks and cookouts. But we should take the time to also appreciate the deeper meaning of Independence Day. The founding of the United States of America was an unprecedented achievement of enormous moral and practical significance. America was the first and only nation founded on the idea that your life belongs, not to a king, or to the pope, or to the state, but to you, to pursue your values, your happiness. The Founders believed it was the government's job to protect this right. On July 4, we celebrate the Founders' vision of the sovereign individual who is free to live by his own independent judgment and to pursue his own life and happiness. From the Ayn Rand Institute, I'm Yaron Brook.
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Why do I need a government to give me rights or freedom?
Somalia has a weak government, and in it's place we get ruthless warlords. In the end there will always be a ruler of one kind or the other. "No government" is awesome for jihadi forces or any other ambitious well-armed group.
Rights are inalienable, they exist within each of us.
They cannot be given, only taken away.
You can say that come from god. God given..
I don't believe that though. They are natural. They exist whether god does or doesn't. They exist no matter what someone's interpretation of god may be as well. And they exist no matter who's god is in charge. (This will come into play as the Muslim population rapidly grows.) My Rights don't come from any god. My Right to speak freely is MINE.
My Right to a fair trial is MINE.
My Right to own and carry firearms is MINE. My Right to own my own property is MINE.
Without government some can protect their Rights, but others can't.
Think about that.
I'm anti government, but SOME unfortunately seems like a necessity.
"Let no more be said of confidence in man, but to bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." ~TJ
That same Constitution that the radical left is going to call racist very soon, and ask for it to be destroyed.
MMGJ09
I think you would enjoy reading a book by 19th century German philosopher Max Stirner “The Ego and it’s Own”
Govt protects, not gives, rights. Rights are a moral evaluation of man in society.
@@troyfreedom subjectivist, pseudo-egoism
The government doesn’t give or take away your *basic* freedoms, you are born with those rights and if your government doesn’t respect them, then you have the power to change the government, that’s the beauty of living in the USA, unlike other countries, certain rights and liberties are guaranteed to be protected under the US Constitution like speech, religion, gun ownership, and other things.
What a load of twaddle.
Didn't work out so well over time though...
Hardly the "Land Of The Free" anymore is it?
"In order to form a more perfect union." It's a process. It's about progress. It's something we are meant to continually work towards. You have a bad time at work or in your relationship, do you just decide, "well that didn't work, guess I'm done here?"
@@terriseverson3873 Yes, it is a process, and one which requires the progress you mention for that process to have any relevance.
My comment was made to point out that instead of progress, there has instead been regression. Look around you and ask yourself this question. "Is the USA really the land of the free any longer". Are you making progress, or have other countries surpassed the ideals you have now abandoned in favour of creeping authoritarianism?
@@xyork It's a process. I remember Jordan Peterson amidst an angry mob, shouting him down and someone off video saying something about how terrible it was and his response was, "well we don't know if this is the good news or the bad, time will tell." I'm not saying it feels good to have the ideologically possessed Mayor's(like the one of the city I live in), saying, "protest as long as you want however you want," at the beginning of a night filled with looting and burning. And then having to call for the national guard. But how else do people learn unless they try their hand at their beliefs and realize laws and infrastructure have value? I don't know the answer. But until you are faced with your flaws, how do you understand what changes are necessary?
My dad said no fireworks🎉 until I remember this😢. But I did it I think we got one firework
I'm glad I grew up in a household that respected individualism and liberty. The more the world does that, the better. The holiday is worth celebrating, even by people in other nations around the world. The people shocked by this video are the types for whom individualism is a dirty word, yet individualism is the only fundamental principle to fight both slavery and racism. They would likely have defended slavery had they lived in those times, and given how much they would defend regulation and confiscatory taxation, it can be argued that they still defend involuntary servitude. Good people are spiritually American, regardless where and when they lived or whatever party they may endorse, for their respect for rights keeps them on good standing with their neighbors and makes respect between individuals possible. America was and is far from perfect, to be sure, but America's detractors are much farther from perfect.
I always put a Stars and Stripes in my window on July 4th, and I'm British.
@@philipnorris6542 Traitor
Thank you!
I am still a proud American that loves this country and would give my life for it if or when needed, and if you don't feel the same it's ok just please leave, go see how life is in Russia or Cuba
Yea you sound just about white 🙄
Life in Russia is better than amerikkka. They have no homeless, everybody isnt taxed to death, and their economy, health, school systems are top tier. Amerikkka is the titanic already sinking.
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But I must thank you for making this video. Bring awareness that the 4th is more than hot dogs and Burgers lol. So thank you!
Thank you. In the heat of the day, good memories like this are a refreshing breeze.
Great vid! :)
A lot of esoteric occult aspects completely ignored.
Could you elaborate on this please?
Dude that was so short
But what about the "native savages", as they are called in the declaration of independence?
What about the fact that civilization believed the earth was flat? What about the time in history people believed children didn't have souls until they grew into adulthood? What about the civilizations that sacrificed humans to the Gods? Seriously? Do you not understand historical relevance? What do you do about your past mistakes. Look back and just decide at 4 or 14 or 24 you should have known and understood everything as you do now? Look how long it took us to get here? You don't like how it looked on July 4th, 1776? If only you had been there you would have known better?
What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?
Are there any?
Funny, the Native Americans didn't get these rights for a long time.
Conquer.....They were killing each other to get control before English came. Survival of the strongest. It's been going on since the beginning of time. You don't like America in sure some country would welcome you.
Progress is a bumpy road. There is no instant karma. Without the West, Indians may have never known about rights.
Finding something that was already found isn't an achievement "founded America"
You right is hail
The 4th of July isn't about "finding" this land. It is about celebrating winning our independence from a tyrannical government. A government that was trying to conquer the world in those days.
Would you rather be ruled by a King? Or rule yourself?
Yes, there were natives here.
Yes, they were treated terrible at times and even slaughtered by our own government.
You think it would've been different if England ruled here instead? They were slaughtering people across the globe.
THIS was a new beginning. A hope for individual freedom. It's been a constant battle, but it's been indefinitely better and changed the whole world!!
You can't change the ugly history of the past..
This is OUR land now. All of us, from all across the globe..or do you just want everyone to go back where they came from? Lol
Unfortunately, we're about to enter possibly the biggest and worst battle for individual Liberty in history. Because everything this country was founded on is being destroyed right before your eyes.
@@MMGJ10 Well said are you on gab?
@@MMGJ10Tyrannical? is that the bs they teach you over there nowadays?
@@MMGJ10You Americans have never achieved as much has Britain has in its history.
I came here from lake of fire
Like, the nirvana song?
@@jakehammon8631 yeah
In 1776 as the United States celebrated its independence from England, African-Americans, as a people, ironically were not free.
Many of them fought against the British alongside the Caucasian people of this country in hopes of obtaining their freedom if they survived. Some did, some died, some never got their freedom.
This is the truth of the legacy of the Fourth of July. So there is no more fitting of a day to declare that "Black Lives Matter" than today, in commemoration of African-Americans being a big enough people to fight for a country that would not fight for them without other agendas.
Today those of us who are awake and aware remember our ancestors who fought and died so we could have the opportunities that we are supposed to have today.
So as we light our grills and our fireworks, safe and in our homes, we must never forget those who made this possible.
We must never forget because the struggle is not over. And for those who would turn back the clock on us, it is now time for our people to stand again, stronger, brighter and more unified than ever before.
It is time for the world to see how much your life matters. Have a great holiday.
Oh I dint know Bec I’m not America I’m aussie
But yet the slaves had no independence. Smh
Well thank God we abolished that and everybody has Independence today, right?
@@nastyone6886 yeah, it took awhile to unshackle from our English past, but we got rid of slavery didn't we?
@@clints4049 The Irony is England banned Slavery long before America.
Unless you're black or indigenous
Reading through these comments is really unsettling.
It's amazing how the sentiment in this country has changed since I was a kid in the 80's.
America hates itself.. somehow.
We're being TAUGHT to hate this country and we're buying it, hook, line, and sinker.
We're literally watching the demise of this great country right now.
Who's leading the minions?
Not at all. Most are becoming aware and not celebrating theft and murder.
God bless America. One day when the minions have destroyed America they will sit back look dumbfounded and blame everyone but them selves. Fools!
DeNiel Butler exactly!
What the minions don't know is their sowing the seeds of their own destruction. This country is among the greatest in the world's history because of it's dedication to individual liberty. God bless America.
You talk like if white people slave on the plantation, fought and died in wars, have their fucking wealth stolen among many others horrific events. Theirs nothing to celebrate for BLACK PEOPLE. 4th july means nothing to us.
black MEN weren’t freed until June 19th, 1865.
That has nothing to do with the video, though. Nobody is arguing that everyone was free the moment the Declaration was written. Still, it was a great and beautiful achievement, which led to the dissolution of slavery. Only somebody with a love for the Declaration can truly despise slavery. Thank you for your pro-American statement.
No holiday celebration for me
At least celebrate the freedom you have not to celebrate.
More of the propaganda, your life nows belomg to the I.M.F. you better learn it.
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This holiday is not for me
This video is BS hypocrisy
This is one of the biggest lies ever told.
What was stated in the video which was untrue?
@@UFO314159 Saying everyone was free.
The term cognitive dissonance applies to this ignorant presentation which ignores indigenous peoples and African Americas, why the term is used to describe the mental discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes.
Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic movement of civil-rights scholars and activists in the United States who seek to critically examine U.S. law as it intersects with issues of race in the U.S. and to challenge mainstream American liberal approaches to racial justice.
Critical Race Theory (CRT), intellectual movement, and loosely organized framework of legal analysis based on the premise that race is not a natural, biologically grounded feature of physically distinct subgroups of human beings but a socially constructed (culturally invented) category that is used to oppress and exploit people of color. Critical race theorists hold that the law and legal institutions in the United States are inherently racist insofar as they function to create and maintain social, economic, and political inequalities between whites and nonwhites, especially African Americans.
Omg I can't believe Americans made mistakes while separating from a fucking empire trying to make something new for everyone to live yes eventually everyone but it took time. This is real life not fucking Disney.
@@crunkalac Mistake! If the advent of white supremacy and racism, the human disaster degradation, and dehumanization of African, Asian, and all non-ethnically Europeans was a mistake, then why don't those who benefit from its erection, stop maintaining it and deconstruct it?
My opinion opposes white supremacy and racism in all forms and disguises, and I say the following to the confused colonized mentality of the people who themselves have been misguided and miss-educated by colonialism.
Medieval Christians maintained an extremely complicated theological system that had determinant authority. A hierarchy of Popes, Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Monks, Nuns, and missionaries maintained intellectual authority over the spiritual needs of medieval society made up of inward-looking, superstitious, illiterate, misguided, and oppressed Christian populations.
The proof……according to the World Council of Churches Executive Committee, (2012) “Statement of the doctrine of discovery and its enduring impact on Indigenous Peoples” the Church is now acknowledging and producing facts revealing the documented history of church institutions' involvement in the destruction of non-white humans globally as it has been advanced under the banner of Christianity’s version of human progress.
Roman Catholics and Anglicans understood sacrament to be a sign through which the man god they created could communicate his grace to church subjects, so they used mysterious language indistinguishable to the illiterate who could never make any distinction between the complicated theological system, the sacraments, and whether or not this information was coming from a corrupt human willing to manufacture “analogical sense” at will was actually responsible for determining the whims of “the Church known as a sacrament” articulated as from the Pope's edicts but taken in as though being the word of Allah (God).
Bull