Freedom Fred’s Declaration of Independence for Today’s World.
While responding to a microblog on Facebook today, I came up with an revision to the opening of the Deceleration of Independence, more suited for our day and age.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Individuals have within themselves a Yearning for Freedom, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, which shall not be abridged by any other Individuals; nor any Governments, Corporations, Municipalities, nor other Associations of Collective Power.
Indeed, the Individual reserves the sole power in making decisions to forward his own Progress towards Freedom, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, and those choices must be respected by all.
We live in a day and age where many systems of bureaucracy exist whose sole purpose is to deprive Individuals of their Yearnings, to turn into Functional Slaves at the pleasure of Others.
Yet, we also live in a day and age where we have hyper-connectivity between and among Individuals to allow for many multi-scale levels of Spontaneous Association, the likes of which no old-guard Government, Corporation, or other bureaucratic system can stand against.
To that end, a call for ALL Individuals across the World at Large to recognize the lofty yet obtainable Goals of Freedom, Liberty, and Happiness, and to put those Goals to the forefront in all doings.
Yes, I need to work on the wording, etc.