Freedom vs. Tyranny: We Have a Choice – The SandPaper

Does anyone notice that America is becoming more totalitarian? Does anyone care? Tyranny is flourishing in the U.S. because Americans are not aligning their behaviors with natural behavioral laws.

Most Americans do not even know these laws exist. Laws are fixed, inherent, immutable and unalienable principles. Humans cannot make laws. Humans cannot change or eliminate laws. Humans make rules and call them laws. Laws of behavior apply to all humans. Physical laws, such as gravity and thermodynamics, cannot be changed or altered by humans. This is the same with behavioral laws.

The results of natural laws exist whether humans know, understand and align with these laws or not. Humans have the gift of free will. Natural behavioral laws work in two ways. The amount of freedom in a society is proportionate to the amount of objective moral behavior in a society. Conversely, the amount of slavery is proportionate to the amount of immoral behavior in a society.

Morality is objective. A moral behavior is any action that does not initiate physical harm to another sentient being. This includes behaviors that support the initiation of physical harm to others. This is not pacifism. We choose to either align with the laws of freedom or not.

I could refuse to align with the law of gravity and walk off a four-story building. No matter what happens, I am going to fall to my death. Even if I have a propulsion device, at some point, I will descend to the surface of the Earth. Gravity is constant. Gravitational force can be different due to the masses of objects and the distances between them. However, gravity itself is always present and constant throughout the whole universe.

The results of behavioral laws can be different depending on how much or how little humans align with these laws individually. The results can also vary depending on how many people in a large society align or do not align with behavioral laws.

The results of behavioral laws are most visible in large societies over long periods of time. Compare the levels of freedom in America starting in the 1980s to the present day. Observe how over a period of 40 years, America slowly became less free. This is how natural behavioral laws work.

The founders of America had a good understanding of these laws. The Declaration of Independence says all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. Rights do not come from kings or governments. Only privileges come from a ruling class. Driving is a right; a license to drive is a privilege giving a person permission to engage in the right to travel freely. Natural rights are birthrights endowed by the Creator, or God. This is not a religion.

To be clear, the founders of America were not completely enlightened. Abhorrent practices such as the slavery of dark-skinned people and the destruction of the original Americans were common. However, these nefarious activities had been going on for thousands of years. The founders of America were not going to change this overnight.

What the founders did was give information to the public about the truth of natural behavioral laws. For the first time in history, a nation was founded on the principle that human beings do not have the right to rule over other human beings. This was a great start.

Bill Hoey lives in Barnegat.

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Freedom vs. Tyranny: We Have a Choice - The SandPaper