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How to Live Like an American: The Basics
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
We must no longer act as if the government can break the basic rules of life. Fifth, the Founders believed in God with a faith so strong that it sustained …

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I for one have always believed we should return to the basics, Dr. Peter Breggin discusses his thoughts:

First, the founders were incredibly thoughtful people who read widely and who consciously tried to combine Judeo-Christian traditions and faith with Enlightenment philosophy and rationality.

Second, individual freedom, and not democracy, was the central value that the Americans fought for. The Declaration of Independence advocates each person’s right to personal freedom.

Third, the founders relied heavily on their understanding of human nature, which included human psychology.

Fourth, the founders had a holistic concept of psychology, economics, and politics that led to one overall view of life.

Fifth, the founders believed in God with a faith so strong that it sustained them throughout the War of Independence and the creation of the new government.

Sixth, the founders were idealists whose actions cannot be explained by sheer economic considerations. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were, almost to a man, very successful and respected members of the community.

Seventh, although the founders compromised on slavery in order to unite the states, as well as to support their own economic interests, many knew that slavery was a moral abomination and anticipated that their actions and principles would lead to its eventual demise.

When America is no longer a bastion of freedom, the light of freedom will begin to extinguish throughout the world, perhaps forever. The future of humanity depends upon a robust return to the founding principles of America.

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Well America do you agree with Dr. Peter Breggin?

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