Perhaps their time has come...
Powerful World Religions became corrupt, so we overthrew them. They were reformed to be more reasonable and purposeful but we remain vigilant.
Then, Powerful Monarchies became corrupt, so we overthrew them. They were reformed and democratized by enlightened freedom fighters but we monitor them with caution.
Then, Powerful social authority became corrupt so we overthrew them to restore them in their service role.
Then Powerful corporations became corrupt and we went to work for them, or invested in them.
As we identify, and are able to identify with the superordinate causes that bind us in humanity, we are able to lift ourselves from the bonds of oppression and stand shoulder to shoulder as noble human beings, moving forward to the ultimate destiny of mankind.
Of the people, by the people and for the people begins in the hearts of the people. ... You think corporations have immunity? Nope, we decide!
Note Twain's incautious language. According to the theory of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, liberties are not "given me by the State." Instead the State recognizes natural rights, which preëxist it, and indeed the State only exists in order to guarantee those rights. Were a government to become "destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it," as Jefferson wrote in the Declaration. |
