Path to Liberty This isn’t a Land of the Free. It’s a Population on its Knees
Dec 3, 2025
Exploring the deep insights of John Dickinson, the discussion uncovers how politicians cleverly mask tyranny as legality. It highlights the dangers of complacency and small abuses that pave the way for greater tyranny. The critique of harmless-seeming taxes reveals their potential for vast power. Emphasizing the importance of early opposition to power grabs, it clarifies that true freedom hinges on property rights and informed consent, warning that vigilance is key to preserving liberty against creeping despotism.
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Legal-Looking Tyranny Builds Slowly
- Politicians create a veneer of legality to expand power incrementally.
- Michael Bolden warns that tolerating one abuse invites many more and leads toward tyranny.
Small Precedents Lead To Unlimited Power
- Small precedents normalize larger usurpations over time.
- Dickinson calls accepting trivial abuses a 'fatal error' that establishes precedent for greater power.
Complacency Precedes Slavery
- Complacency erodes liberty because abuses start small and spread.
- Dickinson and Cicero warn the republic is attacked with greater vigor than it is defended.
