Solidarity forever!

I have come to realize my idea that American’s have automatically been granted “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” is completely wrong. In fact the declaration is merely a call to action, the people’s right to revolution. If we look a little deeper than the widely accredited first half of the declaration we will soon understand that to maintain these founding ideals one is obligated to stand up for them. Frankly its all there, so why doesn’t anyone see it? Where did I get the sense that Americans are the chosen ones, that indeed we have already achieved these things and no longer do we have to fight for them? Look at the contemporary understanding of the founding ideas, individuality and happiness- both of these terms are now far distorted from what our forefathers have intended. Now we think of these as lifestyle opportunities that predicate “happiness” is what you get when you apply your “liberty” to express your “individuality”…but that’s not correct! Have have been led astray Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness means that we have the liberty to stand up to our government to redress our grievances.
How are the people supposed to reclaim our freedom if our understanding of democracy and our sense of Patriotism is far from true? Today we are asked to think of ourselves as the “chosen people” which in turn furthers us from our obligations of understanding and challenging our government. Since we have the notion that we are the elect our sense of patriotism has been dumbed down into uncritical support for U.S. policies. Today the overwhelming majority of middle class citizens though mistreated and poor have accepted their role in society set forth by the state, we have fallen trap to all of the illusions and deceit! Throughout history we have abandoned the notion of Patriotism and spent less time investing in what the stars and stripes truly represent. Instead of calling our stand to action “patriotism” we have called them “revolts” which undermine the exact meaning.
Every day in the capital people have been excising their rights to freedom of speech, which is one of the most important qualities of democracy. But yet day after day they have been decreasing comfort levels of the individuals that are keeping these ideal alive! We must not back down from this fight; it is a mere obligation of democracy! I stand in solidarity with the people who have ruthlessly not given up, this is our call to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness we will no longer be fooled by the illusions of state, and this is what democracy looks like!